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Antonio Valencia nearly fractures his left ankle again

The Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia came close to a recurrence of the injury that severely disrupted his last season and will miss Ecuador's second Copa América Group B match, against Venezuela on Saturday. After [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Free-Scoring Chelsea Happy To Win Ugly, Says Mikel

Free-Scoring Chelsea Happy To Win Ugly, Says Mikel: Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel insists the free-scoring Premier League champions will be happy to win ugly against Stoke on Saturday. Carlo Ancelotti's side have made an ast [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Shield success for United

Antonio Valencia scored the opening goal in the first half before setting up summer signing Javier Hernandez for a freakishly fortuitous second after half-time, while Dimitar Berbatov scored a magnificent third after Salomon Kalou's [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Arsenal's Van Persie spurred by W.Cup defeat

Had things turned out differently for the Netherlands at Soccer City in Johannesburg on July 11, Robin van Persie would be reporting for duty with Arsenal this week with a World Cup winners' medal. Instead, Spain's defeat of the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Manchester City Aim To Turn Pounds In To Prizes

Manchester City Aim To Turn Pounds In To Prizes: At a time of acute financial uncertainty for football clubs across the globe, Manchester City continue to buck the trend. After failing to achieve Champions League qualification last term, [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Djalo leads Sporting Lisbon over Manchester City

Yannick Djalo scored a pair of first-half goals to power Sporting Lisbon over Manchester City 2-0 in an exibition friendly at the Red Bulls Arena. Djalo headed Simon Vukcevic's cross from the right side off goalkeeper Joe Hart's [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Bigger, but better? Adriano aims to be old self

He may be overweight and seemingly past his best but new AS Roma striker Adriano believes he still has a lot to offer on his comeback to Italian football. A year and a half ago, Adriano walked out on Inter Milan and returned to Brazil cl [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Tearful Messi leaves World Cup without a goal

Lionel Messi came into the World Cup with the expectation that he would light up the tournament. But the Barcelona superstar left empty-handed, without a goal and in floods of tears. It is not somethin. The world footballer of th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

DIEGO MARADONA will forever be

Diego Maradona will forever be known for his infamous 'Hand of God' goal, which knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup. But he was unimpressed with Brazil's Luis Fabiano performing the same act, not once but twice, in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

World champions Italy looking to dominate

World Cup holders Italy will be expecting nothing less than plain sailing in a Group F which they are the clear favourites to win. A pairing with New Zealand, Paraguay and Slovakia makes comfortable viewing for a team that has been [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Spain edge South Korea in World Cup warm-up match

European champions Spain eked out a 1-0 victory over South Korea in a World Cup finals  warm-up match here on Thursday. The match had promised to be an exciting meeting, with Spain hoping to exorcise the ghosts of the 2002 Worl [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Hoarau lands French Cup for PSG

An extra-time goal from Guillaume Hoarau handed Paris St Germain their eighth French Cup success on Saturday to deny Monaco 1-0 at Stade de France. The 26-year-old Hoarau, from Saint Louis on La Reunion island in the Indian Ocean, s [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Title race on as Real go a point behind Barcelona

Real Madrid striking duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain grabbed a goal apiece as Real moved to within one point of leaders Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a 2-0 home win over third-placed Valencia on Sunday to set up a thrill [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Chelsea need no motivation to beat Tottenham, says Carlo Anc...

Carlo Ancelotti leads his Chelsea team into this evening’s match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane believing that the hard part of his season’s work has been done. That is not to say that the manager thinks tha [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0