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| The New York Red Bulls' recent resume is looking pretty impressive. According to Dave van den Bergh, there is just one thing missing -- a big road victory. |
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| Defender Olof Mellberg has said
he expects to be less busy playing for a superior Juventus than
his previous club Aston Villa.
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| Germany coach Joachim Loew will
look to younger players to fill the void left by injured pair
Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings when the Euro 2008 runners-up
play Belgium in Wednesday's friendly in Nuremberg.
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| Germany's keeper Rene Adler will not play against Belgium on August 20 at Nuremberg because of a shoulder injury, his club Bayer Leverkusen said on Thursday. |
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| Champions League third qualification
round first leg results on Wednesday
Barcelona (Spain) 4 Wisla Krakow (Poland) 0
Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal) 0 Basel (Switzerland) 0
Standard Liege (Belgium) 0 Liverpool (England) 0
Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) 2 Fenerbahce (Turkey) 2
Sparta Prague (Czech Rep) 1 Panathinaikos (Greece) 2
Twente Enschede (Netherlands) 0 Arsenal (England) 2
Juventus (Italy) 4 Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia) 0
Schalke 04 (Germany) 1 Atletico Madrid (Spain) 0
Brann Bergen (Norway) 0 Olympique Marseille (France) 1
Galatasaray (Turkey) 2 Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 2
AaB Aalborg (Denmark) 2 FBK Kaunas (Lithuania) 0
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 3 Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 0
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 0 BATE Borisov (Belarus) 1
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 2 Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) 0
Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 4
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| Sweden midfielder Freddie Ljungberg was released from his contract with West Ham on Wednesday, a statement on the club's website confirmed. |
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| West Ham United have reached
agreement with midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg to terminate his
contract with immediate effect, the Premier League club said on
Wednesday.
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| Champions League second qualifying round,
second leg results on Tuesday
Ventspils (Latvia) 2 Brann Bergen (Norway) 1
(2-2 on aggregate, Brann Bergen won on away goals)
Kaunas (Lithuania) 2 Rangers (Scotland) 1
(Kaunas won 2-1 on aggregate)
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| Late goals gave Dynamo Kiev
and Brann Bergen slender first-leg leads over their rivals in
the Champions League second qualifying round on Tuesday.
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| Champions League second qualifying
round, first leg results on Tuesday
FC Baku (Azerbaijan) 1 Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) 1
Brann Bergen (Norway) 1 Ventspils (Latvia) 0
Drogheda United (Ireland) 1 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 2
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