[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Inter Milan defeated Chelsea, 2-1, in the first leg of their round-of-16 series in the UEFA Champions League. The win was sweetfor Inter coach Jose Mourinho in his first competitive game against Chelsea since leaving the Blues in 2007, but the margin gives the Italian champions littleroom for comfort going into the […]
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Barcelona needs to do better
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Barcelona isn’t going to defend its UEFA Champions League title the way it played Tuesday at Stuttgart. The Spanish club needed asecond-half equalizer from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to earn a 1-1 tie. In Tuesday’s other game, visiting Bordeaux edged Olympiakos, 1-0. “We had to fight, it was a hard game,”Barca coach Pep Guardiola […]
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Barcelona looks to avoid upset
[PREDICTIONS] Can defending champion Barcelona avoid an upset at red-hot Stuttgart? Visiting Bordeaux and Sevilla appear to have the edge against Olympiakos andCSKA Moscow, respectively. The big match in the second set of first legs in the UEFA Champions League’s round of 16 again takes at the San Siro. Last week it was DavidBeckham and […]
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Fox Soccer Plus to have … rugby
[TELEVISION WATCH] The Fox Soccer Channel debuted as Fox Sports World in 1997 for a reason. It offered more than soccer. Now that Fox Soccer Plus — Fox SoccerChannel 2 if you will — will air, beginning on March 1, it will return to its roots. Rugby will be among the offers on the new […]
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Why Porto-Arsenal ref was right
Swedish referee Martin Hansson certainly finds controversy. He failed to see Thierry Henry‘s handball on the playthat to the goal that sent France to the 2010 World Cup at Ireland’s expense in November. And on Wednesday he was the referee who handed the ball to Porto’s RubenMicael, whose quick free start led to Falcao‘s winning […]
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Bayern fortunate to beat Fiorentina
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] All signs pointed to a Bayern Munich victory, but the German club needed a late goal from MiroslavKlose — scoring in an offside position — to beat 10-man Fiorentina in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round-of-16 series on Wednesday. Klose, who scored on a headerin the 89th minute after […]
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Fabianski goat in Arsenal loss [VIDEO]
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Rarely has a goalkeeper been so solely responsible for his team’s loss in the Champions League. Arsenal understudy Lukasz Fabianski, pressed into service by the finger injury to Manuel Almunia, palmed a cross from Silvestre Varela into his own goal and was called for picking up a back pass from teammate Sol […]
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Lion is unlikely Lyon hero
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Cameroonian Jean II Makoun was the unlikely hero of Lyon’s 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the firstleg of their UEFA Championship round-of-16 series on Tuesday, scoring a stunning goal to give th French team its third win in three games at home against Real Madrid. Real Madrid’sGalacticos didn’t have a shot […]
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Rooney ranks among the greats
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] It’s time to include Wayne Rooney among the great players in the world today. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka — none is hotter than Rooney, who scored hisfirst two goals in this season’s UEFA Champions League — his 24th and 25th goals of the season — to give Manchester United a […]
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Mourinho taunts Chelsea
A week before Inter Milan faces Chelsea in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, Inter coach Jose Mourinho taunted his old team, with which Mourinho won two EPLtitles, the FA Cup and two League Cups. Since Mourinho was sacked, Chelsea has one just one trophy, last season’s FA Cup. “You should have […]