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Fri Jun 20 18:31:06 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has handed
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger a timely boost by penning a new long-term contract
with the club.
Mathieu Flamini and Jens Lehmann have already left the Emirates
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Fri Jun 20 18:28:03 2008 |
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Vienna, Austria (Sports Network) - Semih Senturk scored on the final play of
double overtime, just minutes after Croatia scored the first goal of the match,
and Turkey won in penalty kicks 3-1, to break the 1-1 tie for its third amazing
win
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Fri Jun 20 16:16:33 2008 |
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - The Columbus Crew travel to take on the red-hot
Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center in Major League
Soccer action.
The Galaxy (6-4-2) have won four of five and are the league's highe
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Fri Jun 20 15:13:03 2008 |
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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - U.S. men's national team coach Bob Bradley
named 18 players to the squad that will travel to face Barbados in the second
leg of CONCACAF's FIFA World Cup qualifying on Sunday.
Following the U.S. MNT's
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Fri Jun 20 15:00:38 2008 |
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - FC Dallas will start a new era when it
travels to New Jersey to take on the New York Red Bulls on Saturday when head
coach Schellas Hyndman will be making his Major League Soccer debut.
"I've been a
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Fri Jun 20 14:43:35 2008 |
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Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Rangers have wrapped up the signing of
Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty from Burnley for a fee in excess of $5
million.
The 20-year-old has signed a five-year contract at Ibrox, having al
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Fri Jun 20 14:20:45 2008 |
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Innsbruck, Austria (Sports Network) - Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is
confident that his long-standing knee injury will not require surgery before
the new season.
The 26-year-old struggled during Sweden's Euro 2008 campaign
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Fri Jun 20 14:17:42 2008 |
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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - U.S. men's national team coach Bob Bradley
named 18 players to the squad that will travel to face Barbados in the second
leg of CONCACAF's FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Of those 18, seven represent Major
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Fri Jun 20 14:12:37 2008 |
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Seville, Spain (Sports Network) - Sevilla have completed the signing of Spain
international left back Fernando Navarro from Real Mallorca.
The 25-year-old, who is currently on international duty at the European
Championships, will
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Fri Jun 20 13:30:12 2008 |
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Salt Lake City, UT (Sports Network) - Real Salt Lake and the New England
Revolution will both put extended unbeaten runs on the line when they square
off at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday night in Major League Soccer action.
Both t
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Fri Jun 20 13:30:11 2008 |
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Commerce City, CO (Sports Network) - After going 0-2 on the road the past two
weeks, the Colorado Rapids return home to host the Houston Dynamo at Dick's
Sporting Goods Park in Major League Soccer action on Saturday night.
The two losse
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Fri Jun 20 13:12:16 2008 |
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Toronto FC managed to extend its home unbeaten
streak to nine games - including all seven this season - without a few starters
last weekend and could return to full strength Saturday against the Kansas City
Wiza
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Fri Jun 20 00:52:41 2008 |
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - The Chicago Fire lost their third game in a row
and fourth in the last five games after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chivas
USA at The Home Depot Center on Thursday night.
The Fire (6-5-1) missed an early
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Thu Jun 19 20:35:09 2008 |
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Frisco, TX (Sports Network) - New FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman named
former Real Salt Lake head coach John Ellinger as the top assistant coach on
the staff that also includes assistant coach Marco Ferruzzi and goalkeeper
coach
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Thu Jun 19 20:33:30 2008 |
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Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Chivas USA forward Alecko Eskandarian
underwent successful surgery on his left groin on Wednesday, the team
announced on Thursday. Eskandarian, who has one goal in his only appearance
with Ch
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Thu Jun 19 20:33:29 2008 |
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Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) - The Houston Dynamo and D.C. United
announced on Thursday that their Major League Soccer regular season clash at
RFK Stadium has been re-scheduled for July 22.
The two teams were originally sched
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Thu Jun 19 18:22:29 2008 |
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Munich, Germany (Sports Network) - Bayern Munich ace Franck Ribery faces
around two months on the sidelines after suffering a serious leg injury while
playing for France at Euro 2008.
The 25-year-old playmaker collapsed in agony ea
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Thu Jun 19 18:19:54 2008 |
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Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Liverpool have confirmed that Norway
international John Arne Riise has left the club to join Italian side Roma on a
four-year contract.
The 27-year-old will cost Roma around $8 million, with Riise op
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Thu Jun 19 18:15:46 2008 |
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Vienna, Austria (Sports Network) - Italy defender Andrea Barzagli has been
ruled out of the remainder of the tournament after damaging his knee during
training.
The Wolfsburg defender featured in Italy's opening 3-0 defeat to Holland
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Thu Jun 19 18:04:20 2008 |
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Vienna, Austria (Sports Network) - Turkey has been the most exciting country in
the Euro 2008 finals so far, but coach Fatih Terim doesn't want to keep waiting
until the last minute to win every game.
Turkey rallied to win its last two Group
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