[EUROPA LEAGUE] Manchester United moved into the round of 16 of the Europa League despite losing to Ajax, 2-1, at home in the second leg of their round-of-32series. AZ, Braga, Hannover 96 and Udinese all parlayed wins on the road into series victories. For all the results … EUROPA LEAGUE Man. United 1 (Hernandez 6) […]
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Suarez ban: English FA draws line in sand
Luis Suarez and Liverpool surely don’t like it — the Reds have already appealed — but the English FA’s decision to ban the Uruguayan star eight games forhis racist remarks at Manchester United’s Patrice Evra was a landmark decision. Martin Lipton says the decision was at the worstend of their scale of possible outcomes for […]
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Rooney comes to de Gea's defense
Perhaps no summer signing has more pressure that 20-year-old Spanish goalie David de Gea. Field players can be moved slowly into the lineup or moved aroundthe field, but a goalie is either in or out of the team. The pressure has mounted as number of high-profile gaffes have observers wondering if de Gea has what […]
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Fox to air four EPL games
[TELEVISION GUIDE] For the first time, English Premier League matches will air on U.S. broadcast television as Fox will package three EPL matches with NFL gamesand then a live match on Super Bowl Sunday next February. “Soccer is moving into the mainstream of American sports,” said Fox Soccer General Manager David Nathanson. “It only makes […]
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Fans love 'Chicharito' everywhere
Javier Hernandez isn’t just big in Mexico and Manchester. He’s big in Charlotte, N.C., where he scored two goals in Mexico’s 5-0 win over Cuba to give himfive goals in two games at the Gold Cup. “It’s very important that he’s playing for Manchester United,” says former Mexico star Enrique Borja, nowa Mexican soccer official. […]
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The Barcelona Way — Part 1
Barcelona 3 Manchester United 1. How can a game between the champions of England, the legendary ManU, and the champions of Spain, the equally esteemed Barca, possibly turn out to be a mismatch? But such was the superiority of Barca, such the increasing tameness of ManU’s response, that the word drowns out one’s attempt to […]