EURO 2012 WARM-UPS: Results: May25 Croatia 3 Estonia 1. CRO: Vedran Corluka 16 CRO: Nikola Kalinic 20 CRO: OgnjenVukojevic 81 EST: Konstantin Vassiljev 83 Russia 1 Uruguay 1. URU: Luis Suarez 48 RUS: Alexander Kerzhakov 49 Schedule: May 26 Brazil vs. Denmark Ireland vs. Bosnia Czech Republic vs. Israel Poland […]
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Foxhoven on fire in Russia
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Former University of Portland star Danielle Foxhoven scored the tying goal late in regulation andconverted the first penalty kick in Energiya Voronezh’s 4-1 shootout win over Kubanochka Krasnodar in the quarterfinals of the Russian Women’s Cup. Foxhoven scored to even the score at2-2 in the 84th minute. It was her third goal in […]
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Did Villas-Boas commit 'career suicide'?
[WORLD VIEW] It was not a good day for two of European soccer’s richest clubs in the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea blew a 1-0 lead at Napoli and lost, 3-1,adding to the woes of its embattled manager, Portuguese Andre Villas-Boas. Real Madrid missed several golden chances in the second half and had to settle for […]
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Blatter: Everything will be 'wonderful' in Russia
How bad are preparations going for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil? FIFA President Sepp Blatter says Russia, which won’t host until 2018, is farther along thanBrazil, which has only two years left to get everything ready. “The tournament organization in Brazil is not as good as in Russia, even though there is little more […]
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UEFA Champions League this week …
[SCOREBOARD] CSKA Moscow joined Napoli, Basel and Lyon as the final four teams to qualify for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League. CSKA leapfroggedLille and Trabzonspor when it beat Inter Milan, 2-1, at the San Siro and Lille and Trabzonspor tied 0-0 in France. Inter Milan had already clinched first place and joins […]
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Winners & Losers
[TRANSFER WATCH] The European transfer deadline came and went with a flurry of activity but no stunning move on the final day before the window closed. Luka Modric will remain at Tottenham. Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder will also stay put for now. The influence of billionairetycoons was very much evident, making Samuel Eto’o and Samir […]
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Roberto Carlos' next move: Russian club president
Brazilian star Roberto Carlos has two years left on his contract with Russian Premiership club Anzhi Makhachkala, and he already knows what he wants to doafterwards. “After that,” he says, “I will resign and take the post of the club president. I’m going to stay in Russia for a long time. And I’m set to […]
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Goals for Bedoya and Starikov
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Alejandro Bedoya continued his torrid pace in Sweden with a goal — his fourth of the season — andtwo assists in Orebro’s 3-1 win over GAIS, and Eugene Starikov also scored in Tom Tomsk’s 2-1 win over Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia. For all the Americans inaction abroad … Denmark (Superligaen) Silkeborg 4 […]
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Onyewu's Twente freezes out Rubin
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Wearing a ski cap and looking oh-so uncomfortable, Oguchi Onyewu started for Dutch club FC TwenteThursday in its 2-0 win over Russian club Rubin Kazan in a match played in below-zero temperatures before an estimated 300 fans at Moscow’s 90,000-seat Luzhniki Stadium. The game wasplayed on Luzhniki Stadium’s artificial turf in the afternoon […]
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USA calls up Russian-based Starikov
Eugene Starikov, who spent last season on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg to Tom Tomsk in Russia, has joined the U.S. national team’s training camp at theHome Depot Center. The 22-year-old forward was born in Odessa, Ukraine, raised in Florida and attended Stetson University before signing with Zenit two years ago. He scoredone goal in […]