By Paul Gardner The complaint, often heard these days from Europe, is that the major leagues there are becoming too predictable. This is hardly a new gripe, but we getto hear much more of it lately because of the English Premier League. In Spain and Italy this is an old problem. Looking only at the […]
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Sizzling races in big five leagues
[EUROPE] Europe’s five major leagues are enjoying sizzling races. Real Madrid and Barcelona remain tied for first in Spain’s La Liga, where both teams have onlydropped 13 of a possible 81 points. Four or less points separate the top three teams in England, Germany and Italy. Five points separate the top six teams in France. […]
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Players mourn mafia boss — get suspended
Players from Italian amateur club San Luca wore black armbands during a game in mourning at the death of a Calabrian Mafia boss Antonio Pelle. The 16 players who made the gesturehave been suspended for two games and fined, while the eight-tier team was docked points. The Italian soccer federation said the players had worn […]
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SA POLL: Who will win the 2010 UEFA Champions League?
The field is down eight teams in the UEFA Champions League: four former champions and four teams seeking their first title. Who do think will win?
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Mourinho: 'The enemy won'
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] There will be no putting down Jose Mourinho, at least not for a while. “The Special One”returned to Stamford Bridge, where he lost only one game in more than three years as Chelsea manager, and led Inter Milan to a 1-0 win that knocked the Blues out of the UEFA Champions League. […]
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UEFA Champions League on the air …
[TV GUIDE] All four midweek UEFA Champions League games — the second legs of round-of-16 series — will again be available live on television. Coverageincludes the Chelsea-Inter Milan game, Inter coach Jose Mourinho‘s first game back at Stamford Bridge, live on Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports en Espanol onTuesday (kickoff: 3:30 pm ET). For […]
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Beckham out of World Cup [VIDEO]
[ENGLAND] David Beckham will miss the 2010 World Cup and his status for the 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy season is in doubtafter tearing his Achilles tendon playing for AC Milan Sunday. Beckham, 34, injured himself while turning with no one on him in the middle of midfield during Milan’s game against ChievoVerona. Beckham immediately thought […]
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Beckham admits his England hopes are in doubt
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] With his playing time at AC Milan shrinking, David Beckham admitted that he is not banking onmaking England’s World Cup squad. “I am not guaranteed to go to South Africa,” he said. “I have to work hard and hopefully win my place. There are a good few months left and plenty ofgames […]
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Rooney challenged to match Ronaldo
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Even with a bad knee, Wayne Rooney was once again too much for AC Milan. The England strikerscored once in each half to give him four goals in two games against Milan — and 30 on the season — and lead Manchester United to a 4-0 win on Tuesday at Old Trafford […]
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Fiorentina haunted by bad call
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Fiorentina’s 20-year-old Montenegrin Stevan Jovetic scored two goals 10 minutes apart in thesecond half but Dutchmen Mark van Bommel and Arjen Robben both scored from distance to give Bayern Munich the two awaygoals it needed to go through to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League despite its 3-2 loss in Florence. […]