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Sat Jun 21 21:28:04 2008 |
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Kansas City, KA (Sports Network) - The Kansas City Wizards announced that
Argentine midfielder Eloy Colombano has been released. The 25-year-old
attacking player will return to Argentina to be with his wife and newborn son
after s
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Sat Jun 21 21:20:40 2008 |
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Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) - D.C. United will try to continue its surge
back into contention in the Eastern table when it hosts the expansion San Jose
Earthquakes on Sunday at RFK Stadium.
United, which started the season 2-7-0 is
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Sat Jun 21 18:56:48 2008 |
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Vienna, Austria (Sports Network) - Spain forward Fernando Torres admitted Italy
has his team's "respect" entering Sunday's Euro 2008 quarterfinal, but "we have
absolutely no fear of them."
"It's not by luck that they are world champions," he
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Sat Jun 21 18:02:33 2008 |
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Rookie goalie Brian Edwards made five saves for
his second shutout as Toronto FC extended its home unbeaten streak to 10 games
with a 0-0 draw against the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday.
Edwards started in p
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Sat Jun 21 17:30:15 2008 |
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Basel, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Andrey Arshavin and Dmitri Torbinski
scored goals in extra time to hand Russia a surprising 3-1 win over the
Netherlands on Saturday in a Euro 2008 quarterfinal.
Russia took a 1-0 lead into
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Sat Jun 21 15:41:17 2008 |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sports Network) - FC Twente named former England coach
Steve McClaren its new coach Friday.
McClaren, 47, was fired as England's coach after the country failed to make the
finals of Euro 2008. He signed a two-year co
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Sat Jun 21 14:05:32 2008 |
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Seville, Spain (Sports Network) - Sevilla have completed the signing of Genoa
midfielder Abdoulay Konko on a five-year contract.
The 24-year-old Frenchman is the second new arrival at the Sanchez Pizjuan in
the last week, with Spain left
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Sat Jun 21 14:02:49 2008 |
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Hamburg, Germany (Sports Network) - Hamburg summer signing Dennis Aogo is
looking forward to the challenge of proving to be a success with the
Bundesliga powerhouse.
The 21-year-old has joined Hamburg from Freiburg on a four
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Sat Jun 21 13:58:05 2008 |
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Basel, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Netherlands coach Marco van Basten has
paid tribute to defender Khalid Boulahrouz, who has declared himself ready to
feature in the Euro 2008 quarterfinal with Russia.
The 26-year-old left the Dutch t
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Sat Jun 21 13:52:22 2008 |
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Suwon, South Korea (Sports Network) - The U.S. Women's National Team won the
2008 Peace Queen Cup with a 1-0 victory over Canada as midfielder Angela
Hucles scored two minutes into second-half stoppage time.
With the match seemingl
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Fri Jun 20 18:33:42 2008 |
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Basel, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Russia manager Guus Hiddink will be
facing a familiar foe on Saturday when his team meets the Netherlands in the
third quarterfinal of Euro 2008.
Hiddink guided the Dutch to the semifinals o
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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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