[SPAIN] Pedro unseated Thierry Henry from the starting lineup at Barcelona. Nowcan he make his way into the starting lineup for World Cup favorite Spain? Pedro, 22, was one of three uncapped Spaniards picked for the trip to South Africa. Pedro, who scored 22 goalsin all competitions for Barcelona this season, will be in familiar […]
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Barca offers $49 million for Villa
Spain champion Barcelona is to sign Spain striker David Villa from Valencia in a transfer worth $49 million. Villa was Spain’s leading scorer during its 2008 European Championshiptitle win and has scored 206 goals in 393 appearances since his debut for Sporting Gijon in 2003. With 36 goals in 55 games for Spain he is […]
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Barcelona shatters La Liga record
[SPAIN] Barcelona retained La Liga title with a record 99 points thanks to its 4-0 win over relegated Valladolid on Sunday. Lionel Messi scored twice to give him 34 league goals, tying the club record set by Brazil’s Ronaldo in 1997. Barca, winner of its20th league title, finished three points ahead of Real Madrid, which […]
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Scandal rocks World Cups
[ENGLAND] If you’ve never heard of Lord Triesman before, you sure will now. He quit Sunday as the chairman of theEnglish Football Association — the head of English soccer — and England’s World Cup bid committee after he became embroiled in a sex scandal that threatens to bring down the English bid to host the2018 […]
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Barca and Inter look to clinch
[EUROPEAN RACES] Barcelona and Inter Milan head into the final weekend of play with the edge in their respective league races. Barca will clinch with awin at home against Valladolid, while Inter must win at relegated Siena away to assure itself of its fifth straight Italian title. (Second-place Roma, which is two points behind and […]
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Atletico Madrid defeats Dempsey's Fulham in final
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Uruguayan Diego Forlan‘s second goal of the game four minutes before the end of overtime gave AtleticoMadrid a 2-1 win over Fulham in the Europa League final Wednesday in Hamburg. Clint Dempsey came on the second half, becoming the first American-bornand -bred player to play in a European final. Forlan had put Atletico […]
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Fabregas and Torres on Spain list
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Despite worries about the fitness of Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas and Liverpool’s Fernando Torres, the two EPL stars were included in Spain’s 30-player preliminary squad for the World Cup Coach Vicente delBosque on Monday.
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What England's injuries may mean for USA
By Paul Gardner As various American players are recovering their physical fitness in time to play in the World Cup — think Clint Dempsey, Stuart Holden, Oguchi Onyewu,even Charlie Davies — it seems that events are taking a rather different direction for England — the team that the USA will face in its first game. […]
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Barca has crown in sight
[EUROPEAN RACES] Barcelona is one win away from repeating as Spanish champion after it won at Sevilla, 3-2, holding off the hosts after taking a 3-0 lead after62 minutes. Real Madrid got four goals in the last 19 minutes and beat Real Athletic Bilbao, 5-1, to stay one point behind Barcelona in La Liga. Barca […]
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Chelsea and Bayern Munich in driver's seat
[EUROPEAN RACES] The English and German leagues end this week. Chelsea and Bayern Munich, respectively, are in the driver’s seat. Barcelona and Inter Milantake narrow leads in the penultimate days of play in Spain and Italy, respectively. For a look at the major European races and the weekend action, including television viewing information … ENGLAND 83 […]