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Juve in Europa League boxseat, Liverpool crash at Lille

Juventus assumed command of their Europa League last-16 tie against Fulham with a 3-1 first-leg win on Thursday, after beleaguered English giants Liverpool were beaten at Lille. Juve took an early lead in Turin when centre-back Nico [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Ferguson savours sweetest night made by Rooney

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney could match the 42 goals that Cristiano Ronaldo provided for Manchester United in 2008 after the England striker reached the 30 mark with a double in the Champions League humbling of AC Milan. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Irish Rethinking Football Independence

Calling the state of college sports the most unstable he has seen in 29 years, Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said Tuesday that the Irish were considering giving up their football independence.Although Swarbrick stressed tha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Mexico, New Zealand to clash in World Cup warmup

World Cup veterans Rafael Marquez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco will lead Mexico against New Zealand Wednesday in a friendly football match that will serve as a World Cup tuneup for both. For Mexico the match is the second in a series of six fri [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Owen hints at extent of England pain

Michael Owen has hinted for the first time at the true depth of his frustration at being cast into the shadows by England manager Fabio Capello. Owen has been consistently ignored by Capello since the Italian took charge and will once ag [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Liverpool survive scare as Roma crash in Europa League

Liverpool survived a big scare against Romanian underdogs Unirea Urziceni on Thursday night before securing a 3-1 victory that takes them into the Europa League round of 16. Serie A giants Roma, however, crashed out of the competiti [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Fallen giants Nantes stare into abyss

Fallen giants Nantes appointed their third coach of the season this week as they face the possible humiliation of dropping into the footballing abyss of the French third division. Once a dominant force in French football, the Canaries bo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Angry Mancini wants Tevez back at City

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has ordered Carlos Tevez to return from Argentina, where he has been on compassionate leave, after the forward ignored repeated requests to give the club a date for his expected return. City m [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Rooney looks to extend goal run at Everton

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney returns to the club where he made his name when the Premier League champions travel to Everton on Saturday. The England forward's double in the mid-week Champions League victory against AC [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Liverpool, Juventus earn Europa League advantage

Favourites Liverpool began their Europa League campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni in the home leg of their round-of-32 tie on Thursday. The five-time European champions dropped down to the continen [...]

Posted On : Feb, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Bayern leave it late against 10-man Fiorentina

Bayern Munich left it late to beat a dogged 10-man Florentina with a controversial last-minute goal to hand the German giants a 2-1 win, making it 13 in a row in all competitions. German international striker Miroslav Klose headed home i [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Rooney double inspires United to first win in Milan

Wayne Rooney was the hero as Manchester United made AC Milan look old in a 3-2 win in the Champions League last 16 first leg clash here on Tuesday to record their first ever victory in the San Siro. Rooney scored a brace as Mi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Tottenham in a spot of bother after more penalty woe

Tottenham first-team coach Joe Jordan admits his players will have to start practicing their spot kicks more often after another miss consigned them to an FA Cup fifth round replay with Bolton. When Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen s [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Ronaldinho inspires Milan to Udinese win

Ronaldinho was at his inspirational best as AC Milan ended a four-game winless streak with a 3-2 success against Udinese at the San Siro to move up to second in Serie A. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored a brace and Pato marked his injury [...]