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| Football Federation Australia says Indonesian company Bakrie Group has assumed full ownership of reigning A-League champion Brisbane Roar. Bakrie bought a 70-percent stake in Brisbane Roar last September, becoming the first majority foreign owner of a team in the Australian competition. The FFA announced Monday that Bakrie "has now acquired 100 percent ownership" and is in the process of... |
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| Brisbane beat first-placed Central Coast 2-0 to end the Mariners' 15-match unbeaten streak in Australian football's A-League on Saturday. Erik Paartalu and Besart Berisha scored first-half goals. Second-placed Wellington rallied from a goal down on Friday to beat Adelaide 2-1 for a club record fourth straight win to close the gap on the Mariners to seven points with Brisbane a further point... |
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| Tashkent is about two-thirds of the distance from Sydney to London and if Sunday's Olympic qualifier in the Uzbek capital goes badly for Australia, it could be as close as the Olyroos get to the 2012 games. With three games played in the Asian zone of qualification and three to go, Australia has yet to score and that must change if it is to maintain its record of qualifying for every Olympics... |
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| Hannover defender Emanuel Pogatetz has been banned for three matches over an incident in last Friday's 1-0 home win over Nuremberg. The German football federation says Pogatetz intentionally punched Nuremberg's Philipp Wollscheid. The referee missed the incident, but the federation used video replays to ban the Austrian. |
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| AC Milan completed the signing of teenage striker Philipp Prosenik from Chelsea on the last day of the winter transfer market on Tuesday. Milan, along with Juventus and Bayern Munich, tried to sign the young Austrian in 2009, but Prosenik opted to join Chelsea's academy. Prosenik started well in England but has had lengthy spells on the sidelines because of serious injuries. |
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| Newcastle earned its first away win in more than a year in Australian football's A-League with a 1-0 win over Brisbane on Saturday. Newcastle's last win away from home was over the now defunct North Queensland Fury, 3-1, on Jan. 8 last year, and the Jets have since had 10 losses and three draws on the road. |
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| Werder Bremen says it has agreed to sign Austria attacking midfielder Zlatko Junuzovic from FK Austria Wien. Bremen's general manager Klaus Allofs says the 24-year-old Junuzovic only needs to pass a medical examination to complete the transfer. Junuzovic, who is of Bosnian descent, will receive a three-and-a-half year deal. |
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| Werder Bremen says defender Sebastian Proedl has been discharged from the hospital after breaking his nose, fracturing his jaw and suffering concussion in a Bundesliga match. Bremen says in a statement on Sunday that the Austrian is now at home but will undergo further tests on Monday. Proedl was hurt when he was kicked in the face by Kaiserslautern striker Dorge Rostand Kouemaha's overhead... |
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| Blackburn dropped into the Premier League's relegation zone on Saturday despite snatching a 1-1 draw at Everton thanks to David Goodwillie's fortunate second-half equalizer. An attempted goalline clearance by Australia midfielder Tim Cahill, who put Everton in front, hit Goodwillie flush in the chest and rebounded into the back of Everton's net in the 72nd minute. |
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| Central Coast overcame a testing schedule to beat Adelaide 3-2, extending its unbeaten run to 15 matches and opening an 11-point lead over second-placed Brisbane in Australian football's A-League. Facing a third league match in seven days, Central Coast rallied from 2-1 down with two goals in four minutes to post its 12th win from 18 matches this season. |
