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Sun Sep 7 17:34:41 2008 |
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Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Manchester United Chief Executive David
Gill has laughed off claims that Manchester City are willing to spend nearly
$250 million on Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo.
Sulaiman Al-Fahim, the
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Sun Sep 7 17:30:21 2008 |
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Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Robinho has promised to show Chelsea it
was wrong not to increase its offer for him when he makes his Manchester City
debut against Luiz Felipe Scolari's side next weekend.
The 24-year-old was expe
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Sun Sep 7 17:27:23 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - West Ham has confirmed that Slaven Bilic,
Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Donadoni and Michael Laudrup are all on the shortlist
to replace Alan Curbishley as the manager at Upton Park.
Hammers Director Mike Le
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Sun Sep 7 17:19:41 2008 |
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Florence, Italy (Sports Network) - Fiorentina defender Alessandro Gamberini
faces a spell on the sidelines after picking up an injury while on
international duty.
The 27-year-old dislocated his left shoulder in the opening
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Sun Sep 7 17:17:43 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal captain William Gallas believes
controversial Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton got away lightly with his
punishment for assaulting Ousmane Dabo.
The Football Association handed Barton
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Sun Sep 7 17:11:02 2008 |
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Nate Jaqua scored two goals, Kei Kamara had two
assists and Houston rolled over Kansas City, 3-1 on Sunday for its sixth win in
its last seven Major League Soccer matches.
Houston (10-5-8), which also got a g
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Sun Sep 7 01:22:39 2008 |
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Rookie Bryan Jordan had a goal and an assist in
his first start in Major League Soccer, but Los Angeles settled for a 2-2 draw
against Real Salt Lake on Saturday and its winless skid reached 11 matches.
Jordan,
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Sun Sep 7 01:22:07 2008 |
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Santa Clara, CA (Sports Network) - Darren Huckerby had a goal and an assist as
San Jose beat D.C. United, 2-1, on Saturday at Buck Shaw Stadium to extend its
unbeaten streak to eight matches.
San Jose won for the fourth time in its last fiv
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Sat Sep 6 22:58:09 2008 |
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Bridgeview, IL (Sports Network) - Stephen King scored the game-winner and Jon
Busch posted his league-leading 10th shutout as the Chicago Fire defeated Red
Bull New York, 1-0, on Saturday at Toyota Park.
King - who shares his name with fam
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Sat Sep 6 22:10:56 2008 |
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Havana, Cuba (Sports Network) - Clint Dempsey's goal in the 40th minute was
enough to lead the United States to a 1-0 win over Cuba in World Cup
qualifying on Saturday.
The match marked the first time in 61 years that the Amer
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Sat Sep 6 21:54:34 2008 |
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Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored a goal and
assisted on two more as the Columbus Crew downed the New England Revolution,
4-0 on Saturday at Crew Stadium in a battle of the top two teams in MLS.
The win
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Sat Sep 6 20:48:23 2008 |
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Bridgeview, IL (Sports Network) - Chicago agreed to terms with midfielder
Justin Mapp on a four-year contract extension through the 2011 season on
Saturday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We are glad we
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Sat Sep 6 20:30:17 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - West Ham has narrowed its shortlist for
the managerial vacancy at Upton Park down to "five or six candidates."
Chief executive officer Scott Duxbury has revealed that discussions over
finding a
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Sat Sep 6 18:10:29 2008 |
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Toronto, Ontario (Sports Network) - Ante Razov scored a goal and assisted on
two more as Chivas USA recorded a 3-1 win over Toronto FC at BMO Field on
Saturday.
Tyler Rosenlund handed Toronto the lead 30 minutes into the match, but D
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Fri Sep 5 16:58:01 2008 |
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Stuttgart, Germany (Sports Network) - Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez admitted on
Friday he is keen to play in one of Europe's other top leagues.
The 23-year-old Germany international was the subject of a failed approach from
Manchester City
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Fri Sep 5 16:47:23 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was
ruled out of England's opening World Cup qualifier against Andorra on Saturday
with a back injury Friday.
Ferdinand, 29, missed training before England fle
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Fri Sep 5 16:46:52 2008 |
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Kansas City midfielder Davy Arnaud didn't waste
time reflecting on last week's 2-1 loss to San Jose, instead looking ahead to
Sunday's game at two-time defending Major League Soccer champion Houston.
"We wan
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Fri Sep 5 16:33:15 2008 |
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Florence, Italy (Sports Network) - Adrian Mutu has filed an appeal with the
Court of Arbitration for Sport against a FIFA ruling that he must pay $24.1
million in damages to Chelsea.
Mutu, who cost Chelsea $26.5 million when they
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Fri Sep 5 16:32:44 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - Roberto Mancini is the latest candidate to
be distanced from the managerial vacancy at West Ham United after claims from
his agent that the Italian coach is not currently seeking work.
Mancini, 43, was
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Fri Sep 5 15:45:59 2008 |
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Galaxy will be hoping to snap a
10-game winless skid on Saturday when the team welcomes Real Salt Lake to the
Home Depot Center, however they will have to do so without a number of star
players
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