Friday’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal draw saw Paris Saint-Germain, possibly the world’s richest team, paired with Barcelona, the world’s most successful team over the lastfive years. The two-game series will match up Zlatan Ibrahimovic against his former club, although the Swede is suspended for the first-leg in Paris. The otherquarterfinals see Champions League debutant Malaga […]
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Gala Fans Try to Dig Tunnel into Schalke's Stadium
Schalke sporting director Horst Heldt has claimed that a group of ticketless Galatasaray fans were caught trying to dig their way into Schalke’s Veltins-Arena using theirbare hands ahead of the clubs’ UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second-leg game in Gelsenkirchen. According to the Guardian report, the away section was heavily oversubscribed forthe crucial match […]
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Shea makes EPL debut, Boyd scores 10th goal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Brek Shea made his English Premier League debut in Stoke City’s 1-0 loss at Fulham. He came on midwaythrough the first half. Shea’s cross was later handled by Fulham’s Iranian, Ashkan Dejagah, for a penalty kick that JonathanWalters missed. — Terrence Boyd scored his team-high seventh goal in the Austrian Bundesliga and10th in […]
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Schalke's Special Prep Pays Off in Istanbul
Apparently, Schalke had special preparation for the notoriously hostile atmosphere of Galatasaray’s Turk Telecom Arena in Istanbul ahead of the first-leg of their UEFA Champions League Roundof 16 series on Wednesday. “We simulated the atmosphere of this stadium with a laptop, which prepared us very well,” midfielder Julian Draxler told ZDF. “Matchesaren’t a lot of fun […]
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FIFA Lets Drogba Play for Gala During Shenhua Investigation
FIFA on Thursday gave Didier Drogba a temporary license to play for Turkish giant Galatasaray, although his contractual dispute with Shanghai Shenhua is still being investigated.The decision clears the former Chelsea striker to play in Galatasaray’s UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first-leg clash against Schalke in Istanbul next Wednesday. However, FIFA saysDrogba’s clearance is […]
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Galatasaray a 'Step Forward' for Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder shocked the world when he decided to transfer from Inter Milan to Galatasaray a few weeks ago. Last Sunday, the Netherlands captain played 25 minutes in a 2-1 winover fierce rival Besiktas. A few days later, the Turkish giant unveiled another massive signing: former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba would be joining from Shanghai […]
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Shenhua Disputes Drogba's Galatasaray Move
Didier Drogba’s move to Galatasaray has been thrown into doubt after Shanghai Shenhua released a statement insisting that the Ivory Coast international is still contracted tothe club. Galatasaray on Monday announced the signing of Drogba on an 18-month contract, but the Chinese Super League club indicated it could challenge the transfer. “The club is deeplyshocked,” […]
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Drogba Joins Galatasaray
Galatasaray on Monday announced its second major signing in a week, as former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba agreed to an 18-month deal, cutting short his stint at Chinese SuperLeague club Shanghai Shenhua. The move is the Turkish giant’s second major coup of the transfer window after Dutchman Wesley Sneijder joined the club last week. Onhis […]
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Sneijder Completes Galatasaray Switch
Turkish giant Galatasaray has signed Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan for nearly $10 million. The 28-year-old had had reportedly stalled over the move, with reports claiming thathe was reluctant to move to Turkey, but Galatasaray confirmed on Monday on its Twitter account that the Dutch international was undergoing a medical in Istanbul and would soon […]
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Edu headed to Turkey on loan
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielder Maurice Edu, who played all of 10 minutes since joining English Premier League club StokeCity from Rangers in the summer, has been loaned out to Turkish club Bursaspor until the end of the season in a bid to get playing time. Edu rarely even dressed for the Potters, whosigned him after Rangers’ […]