Arsene Wenger praised Danny Welbeck after his three-goal performance gave Arsenal a comfortable 4-1 win against Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. The Frenchman, whowas celebrating his 18th anniversary in charge of the Gunners, said Welbeck’s outstanding performance would give him greater confidence in front of goal. “He was more aggressive and madegreat […]
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Gunners' Injury Crisis Worsens Ahead of Blues Clash
Arsenal is once again facing an injury crisis ahead of an important run of games as Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta were ruled out of Wednesday’s home game against Galatasaray inthe UEFA Champions League and Sunday’s visit to Chelsea in the Premier League after picking up muscular injuries in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to […]
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Wenger Bemoans Ramsey Suspension After Gunners Stalemate
Aaron Ramsey was sent off as Arsenal eked out a 0-0 draw away to Besiktas in the first leg of its UEFA Champions League playoff series against the Turkish clubin Istanbul on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Welshman picked up a second yellow card for pulling back Oguzhan Ozyakup late in the second half. After the game, […]
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UEFA Hands Celtic UCL Lifeline
Celtic on Friday was handed a UEFA Champions League lifeline when Europe’s governing body awarded the Scottish champ a 3-0 victory against Legia Warsaw in the second-leg of the teams’qualifying series after the Polish club fielded an ineligible player. Legia had won Wednesday’s game 2-0 en route to what it thought was a 6-1 series […]
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UCL Qualifiers: Besiktas, Zenit Through; Celtic Shocked
Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba scored a hat trick on Wednesday as Besiktas beat Feyenoord, 3-1, in Istanbul to send the Turkish giant into the UEFA Champions League playoff round on theback of a 5-2 aggregate win in the two-game series. Elsewhere, Scottish champ Celtic slumped to a humiliating 6-1 series loss to Polish club […]
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Prandelli Becomes Galatasaray Boss
Former Italy coach Cesare Prandelli will take the reigns as Galatasaray boss next Monday, reports in Italy have confirmed. The ex-Fiorentina tactician only left his post with theAzzurri nine days ago, following their elimination from this summer’s World Cup. On Thursday, the Istanbul club’s president, Unal Aysal, said it is a done deal andthat the Prandelli […]
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Gala, Mancini Part Ways
Galatasaray on Wednesday fired Roberto Mancini after the Turkish club failed to win its domestic league, finishing second to rival Fenerbahce. Mancini, a former Inter Milan and ManchesterCity coach, was hired last fall after the Turkish giant fired Fatih Terim for a poor start to the 2013-14 season. In his only season in charge, Mancini […]
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Serious work begins Sunday at Red Bull Arena
[USA-TURKEY] The Azerbaijan game was just a warmup to the serious work of preparing for the World Cup. Turkey, which dismantled Honduras in the last 20 minutes ofThursday’s friendly in Washington, is a big step up from Azerbaijan, and Nigeria on June 7 will be an even bigger test. USA-Turkey: Sunday, June 1 in Harrison, […]
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Good-bye to the Farm, hello Times Square
[USA MEN] Leg 1 of the USA’s World Cup preparations ends Thursday morning when Coach Jurgen Klinsmann holds the nationalteam’s last training session at Stanford University. After 16 days on the Farm, the national team is off to New York, where a Times Square pep rally will be held on Friday in advance of Sunday’s […]
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Jones and Bedoya remain on bench
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Eighteen of the 31 U.S. World Cup hopefuls started on teams in action abroad over the weekend. Among those who did not get off the bench weretwo possible starters: Jermaine Jones, who has only made two appearances lasting an hour each time since moving to Besiktas in Turkey, and Alejandro Bedoya, whose reduced […]