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Sun Dec 21 17:51:41 2008 |
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Barcelona extended its lead atop the Spanish
La Liga to 10 points with a 2-1 win over Villarreal on Sunday.
Cani gave Villarreal the early lead, but Barca's Seydou Keita and Thierry
Henry scored in the
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Sun Dec 21 16:29:46 2008 |
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Catania, Italy (Sports Network) - Takayuki Morimoto scored a pair of goals as
Catania held off an in-form Roma side, 3-2 at the Stadio Angelo Massimino on
Sunday.
Roma entered the contest on a 10-game unbeaten run in all competitions,
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Sun Dec 21 13:46:49 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal and Liverpool played to a 1-1 draw
at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, leaving the Gunners eight points back of
the Reds.
Robin Van Persie and Robbie Keane traded world-class goals in the first
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Sun Dec 21 11:34:27 2008 |
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Falkirk, Scotland (Sports Network) - Celtic restored its four-point lead atop
the Scottish Premier League table on Sunday as the Hoops scored three times in
the second half, including two in stoppage time, to beat Falkirk, 3-0 at
Falkirk
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Sun Dec 21 10:37:51 2008 |
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Doetinchem, Netherlands (Sports Network) - Ajax kept pace with league-leaders
AZ Alkmaar on Sunday as Dario Cvitanich and Luis Suarez scored two goals
apiece in a 6-0 pounding of Graafschap at De Vijverberg.
Cvitanich and Miralem Su
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Sun Dec 21 09:13:46 2008 |
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Yokohama, Japan (Sports Network) - Wayne Rooney's goal in the 73rd minute
handed 10-man Manchester United a 1-0 win over LDU Quito in the final of the
FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday.
United was the better side throughout much of the ma
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Sat Dec 20 17:59:44 2008 |
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Real Madrid used a first-half goal by Gonzalo
Higuain to outlast 10-man Valencia at home on Saturday afternoon to move
within a point of the second place La Liga club.
The young Argentine scored his 1
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Sat Dec 20 17:04:15 2008 |
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Paris, France (Sports Network) - Rennes scored two late goals in its French
Ligue 1 victory over Lorient to move into second in the league table, four
points back of leaders Lyon.
Lorient's Jeremy Morel gave his side a first half
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Sat Dec 20 16:35:25 2008 |
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Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Tommaso Rocchi's goal in the 66th minute was
enough to give Lazio a 1-0 win over Palermo on Saturday at the Stadio
Olimpico, helping the team take over sixth place.
The two sides entered the match
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Sat Dec 20 14:41:23 2008 |
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Blackburn, England (Sports Network) - Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce had an
instant impact on Saturday as he led Rovers to an important 3-0 win over Stoke
City at Ewood Park in his debut.
Benni McCarthy scored twice and Jason Roberts tall
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Sat Dec 20 13:58:32 2008 |
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Renton, Washington (Sports Network) - Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Freddie
Ljungberg underwent surgery to repair a hip condition, the Major League Soccer
club announced.
"Freddie Ljungberg is a player that we value for the long term,"
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Sat Dec 20 12:10:26 2008 |
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Hamilton, Scotland (Sports Network) - James McCarthy scored a goal in each
half as Hamilton helped its relegation chances with a 2-0 win over Motherwell
at New Douglas Park on Saturday.
The teenage midfielder scored the opening goal rig
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Fri Dec 19 17:11:17 2008 |
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Milan, Italy (Sports Network) - AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti will have
plenty of holes to fill before his team hosts Udinese at the San Siro on
Sunday.
Ancelotti will be especially concerned with his team's defense, which
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Fri Dec 19 15:54:20 2008 |
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Wolfsburg, Germany (Sports Network) - Wolfsburg's Italy international defender
Cristian Zaccardo admits he is flattered by rumors linking him with a move to
Juventus in the new year.
The 26-year-old only moved to Germany last summer and
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Fri Dec 19 15:40:49 2008 |
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Middlesbrough, England (Sports Network) - Middlesbrough coach Gareth Southgate
has revealed that Brad Jones has agreed a new contract with the club, while
discussions with Ross Turnbull are set to continue.
Jones' current deal ends nex
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Fri Dec 19 15:13:25 2008 |
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Hull, England (Sports Network) - Hull City boss Phil Brown has once again
distanced himself from rumors linking him with the managerial vacancy at
Sunderland.
The Black Cats are searching for a new manager following Roy Keane's
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Fri Dec 19 15:11:22 2008 |
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Portsmouth, England (Sports Network) - Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch insists
he is not looking to leave Fratton Park in next month's transfer window.
Former Arsenal defender Lauren had predicted that several Pompey stars,
includin
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Fri Dec 19 14:54:20 2008 |
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Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Spain international Fernando Torres will
play no part in Liverpool's Premier League match against Arsenal on Sunday as
the striker continues his recovery from a troublesome hamstring injury.
The 24-ye
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Fri Dec 19 14:53:49 2008 |
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Turin, Italy (Sports Network) - Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri is relishing a
return to former club Chelsea, after the two sides were paired in the draw for
the last 16 ties in the Champions League.
Ranieri enjoyed nearly four years in ch
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Fri Dec 19 14:48:42 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Hoffenheim was an amateur club in
Germany's eighth division back in 1990, when Dietmar Hopp decided to get
involved with the club he played at as a kid.
Hopp, one of the founders of European software giant
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