With his 67th-minute penalty against Russian club FC Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday, Jermain Defoe set Tottenham’s record for most strikes in Europe, with his23rd, surpassing Spurs legend Martin Chivers in the process. Tottenham won the game 2-1, qualifying for the second phase of the Europa League with two games still to play.
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Pellegrini: Man City Can Beat Anyone Now
Manuel Pellegrini praised strikers Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo for combining for five goals as Manchester City beat CSKA Moscow 5-2 in UEFAChampions League Group D play on Tuesday, securing qualification for the Round of 16 for the first time in the club’s history. “I think both of them have played really well not only […]
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Nazi Flag Appears in Russian Premier League Game
Russia has been thrown into yet another soccer scandal after a Nazi flag was unfurled during Spartak Moscow’s Russian Premier League game against Shinnik Yaroslavl on Wednesday, which wasabandoned in the 53rd minute due to crowd violence. Video shows Spartak fans throwing flares and smoke bombs and clashing with police shortly after halftime. In the […]
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UEFA to Investigate Man City-CSKA Game
UEFA President Michel Platini has ordered an immediate internal investigation into the racial abuse of Yaya Toure by CSKA Moscow fans during ManchesterCity’s 2-1 win against CSKA in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday. The allegation is that the referee and the Russian club had failed to follow formal protocol in dealing with such situations.Under […]
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Man City Appeals to UEFA Following Racist Abuse in Russia
Manchester City has said it will make a formal complaint to UEFA about the racist chanting endured by its players during City’s 2-1 win away to CSKA Moscow in Champions League Group D play onWednesday. In May, UEFA announced that racist chanting from supporters would lead to a partial stadium closure for the first offense […]
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Four more teams clinch, eight move into playoffs
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Europe] Four teams, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, which has never played in the World Cup, all controlled their own fate and all gotthe job done, clinching the remaining European group titles on Tuesday. Eight second-place teams, including Iceland, which has also never played in the World Cup, moved into next month’s playoffs todetermine […]
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Russia repeats as world champion
[BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP] Russia repeated as beach soccer world champion with a 5-1 win over Spain in Saturday’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final. Host Tahiti fellto Brazil in a shootout after their third-place game ended, 7-7. After a scoreless first period, Russia scored three unanswered goals and cruised to the title. Dmitrii Shishin […]
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Guardiola: Bayern Plays its Own Style, Not Mine
Bayern Munich enjoyed a comfortable evening at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday, beating CSKA Moscow 3-0 in Pep Guardiola’s UEFA Champions League debut as coach of the reigningtreble winner. Following the victory, which included goals from David Alaba, Mario Mandzukic and Arjen Robben, Guardiola noted that his talented squad is playing itsown style, not his. […]
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Chelsea Completes Eto'o Signing
Chelsea on Thursday completed the signing of former Anzhi Makhachkala striker Samuel Eto’o on a one-year-deal. The Cameroonian, who won an historic treble with Blues coachJose Mourinho when the pair was at Inter Milan, arrives at Stamford Bridge on a free transfer. Eto’o, 32, is a four-time African Player of the Year.
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Willian to Join Chelsea Subject to Work Permit
Chelsea has reportedly reached an agreement to sign Anzhi Makhachkala forward Willian for just under $50 million. The Brazil international will join the Blues following a workpermit hearing on Wednesday.