According to Hibernian manager Neil Lennon, the scourge of illegal transfer payments that is tearing through English soccer has not infiltrated the Scottish game. Lennon, who leftBolton in March after serving as its manager for nearly a year and a half, told the BBC he was aware of situations such as those being unveiled by […]
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UCL: Guardiola's perfect start at Man City ends with 3-3 draw at Celtic
The good news for Manchester City is that it came back from a goal down against Celtic in Glasgow three times. The bad news: City had settle for a 3-3 tie that ended Spanish manager PepGuardiola‘s perfect start at the club.
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U.S. Abroad: Kitchen is handed Hearts' captaincy
Perry Kitchen has certainly made an impression on Heart manager Robbie Neilson since arriving at the Scottish club as a free agent in March. He named the 24-year-old American as theHearts captain for the 2016-17 season. “I’ve been impressed by Perry’s attitude, desire and, of course, his performances from Day 1,” Neilson told heartsfc.co.uk. “He’s […]
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Playoff fever hits Germany
What’s the best way of ending Bayern Munich’s four-year reign as German Bundesliga champion? If you can’t beat Bayern in the 34-game league championship, how about getting a second shot in theplayoffs? Former German Football League (DFL) president and Bayer Leverkusen chief executive Wolfgang Holzhauser suggested in an interview with Kicker on Monday that playoffs […]
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What They're Saying: Brendan Rodgers
“There can be no embarrassment as they do that to better teams than us.” — Celtic’s first-year manager, Brendan Rodgers, after Barcelona handed the Scottish champion a 7-0 defeatin their UEFA Champions League opener, Celtic’s worst ever European loss. (Sky Sports)
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Messi scores sixth UCL hat trick
Barcelona opened its UEFA Champions League campaign with a 7-0 win over Celtic. Lionel Messi scored his sixth Champions League hat trick to hand Celtic its heaviest ever European defeat.Luis Suarez added two goals while Neymar had a goal and four assists.
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U.S. Abroad: Nifty assist marks Johnsen's Hearts debut
Bjorn Maars Johnsen, whose debut with Scottish club Hearts was held up by his former Bulgarian club, made quite an impression on fans at Tynecastle Stadium off the bench with a back-heelpass to teammate Sam Nicholson for a goal in the 5-1 win over Inverness. The 24-year-old striker joins Perry Kitchen as the second American at […]
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Allardyce: Team GB needs to be represented in soccer
New England coach Sam Allardyce would like to have Team GB soccer teams at future Olympics. England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales each has its own national team program. And aftersending unified teams to the 2012 London Olympics, the four national associations could not agree on sending a British women’s team to the Rio Games […]
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ICC: Messi set to return to action early with Barcelona
Lionel Messi is expected to play for Barcelona when it faces Celtic in the International Champions Cup at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday. The Argentine was not expected to play aftertaking part in the Copa Centenario, but he returned to the Barcelona set up earlier than expected. Celtic kicked off the tournament, hosting […]
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What They're Saying: Twitter troll 'GeorgeWeahsCousin'
“For f**** sake. That wasn’t even meant to seem believable.” — Twitter troll “GeorgeWeahsCousin” after made-up facts from a graphic he posted about Lincoln Red Imps –their average home crowd is 28 fans and they cannot train on Tuesdays because their field is rented out to a local metal-detecting society — were repeated by longtime […]