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| France coach Laurent Blanc is making sure all his players will be singing the national anthem before a 2012 European Championship qualifier against Belarus on Friday, to show they really care about playing for their country. Blanc is so concerned that some of his younger players actually may not actually know how to sing "La Marseillaise" that he has been handing out sheets with the... |
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| Coach Vicente del Bosque will
have more concerns over striker Fernando Torres than the
opposition when Spain visit tiny Liechtenstein on Friday for
their first competitive game since winning the World Cup.
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| Bob Bradley's experience and success as United States coach outweighed any concerns about the team going "stale" over the next four years. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said Tuesday that he and Bradley are aware of the mixed record of coaches who stick around for a second World Cup cycle. |
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| Concerns over his team's "age and character" have Fabio Capello pondering a recall for David Beckham. |
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| Defending champion Rangers went top of the Scottish Premier League on Saturday thanks to a 2-1 win at home to St. Johnstone and Aberdeen's 1-0 home defeat by Kilmarnock. Rangers bounced back from conceding the opener to Danny Grainger in the 25th minute by scoring either side of the break, through Sasa Papac and Kenny Miller, to claim its third win from three matches this season. |
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| Trinidad team Joe Public secured for a 1-1 away draw at Guatemala's Municipal on Thursday in a Group B match of the CONCACAF Champions League. Mario Rafael Rodriguez gave Municipal a 1-0 lead in the 77th, and when Joe Public's Jevon Morris was sent off with a red card in the 81st for a nasty elbow, Municipal looked certain winners. |
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| Argentine forward Juan Cuevas scored two goals in the first 10 minutes to lead defending Mexican champion Toluca to a 4-0 victory over Honduran club Olimpia in Group D of the CONCACAF Champions League on Thursday. Hector Mancilla of Chile made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute and an own-goal by Jose Arevalo in the 85th capped the scoring. |
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| English clubs Liverpool and Manchester City qualified for the Europa League group stage on Thursday along with Italian sides Juventus, Napoli and Palermo. Liverpool won 2-1 at Turkish club Trabzonspor after conceding an early goal to go through 3-1 on aggregate, while Man City defeated Timisoara 2-0 to advance 3-0 on aggregate. |
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| Injury concerns come early for Claudio Ranieri. |
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| Schalke and Werder Bremen are both hoping to bounce back from poor opening performances as they prepare for the second round of the Bundesliga, but they do so in contrasting moods. Bremen conceded four goals in the first half of a 4-1 defeat at Hoffenheim in week one, while Schalke finished with 10 men as it lost 2-1 at Hamburg. |
