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| Petr Jiracek scored two goals as Wolfsburg edged out bottom-place Freiburg 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Friday. Freiburg twice came back to level but had no answer after Jiracek's second goal in the 61st minute proved to be the winner. The game was held in freezing weather and light snowfall, and it got off to a fast start with Jiracek putting the home side ahead after five minutes. |
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| Stuttgart defender Cristian Molinaro has been banned for three Bundesliga matches after getting sent off in the 2-2 draw at Bayer Leverkusen. Molinaro will be available for the German Cup quarterfinal match against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. The Italian left back will miss Bundesliga matches against Hertha Berlin, Hannover and Freiburg. |
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| Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese's error allowed last-place Freiburg to claim an unlikely point in a 2-2 draw in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Wiese fumbled a shot from Jonathan Schmid for the ball to trickle through his hands and in off the post in the 70th minute, giving the 21-year-old midfielder his first ever Bundesliga goal. |
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| Werder Bremen twice
squandered a lead to draw 2-2 at Freiburg on Sunday with two
goals from Peruvian evergreen Claudio Pizarro enough to lift
them into fifth place in the Bundesliga.
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| Mainz scored three goals in the first 17 minutes to beat 10-man Freiburg 3-1 and climb to 12th in the Bundesliga Sunday. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting fired Mainz ahead in the third minute, and it got worse for the league's bottom side a minute later when Fallou Diagne was sent off for bringing down Adam Szalai. |
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| A group of Angola fans have ridden motorbikes more than 2,500 kilometers through five countries to watch matches at the African Cup in Equatorial Guinea. The 10-man party has struggled with border problems, heat and insect bites during the seven-day ride up the west coast of Africa. But Jorge Almeida, a 53-year-old freight company owner, says the trip has been worthwhile "for all the people... |
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| The utility player, who has played in both fullback positions and right midfield for the Magpies this season, also gave credit to manager Alan Pardew for the club's excellent form |
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| Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse has left German side Freiburg to join Newcastle in the Premier League. Cisse scored 37 goals in 65 Bundesliga games for Freiburg over two seasons. Freiburg is bottom of the Bundesliga halfway into the season with 13 points and five points away from safety. Cisse had been eager to leave the struggling club. |
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| Senegal international joins the Magpies for an undisclosed fee understood to be around £9m and signs a five-and-a-half-year at the Sports Direct Arena |
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| Newcastle United have signed
Senegal striker Papiss Cisse from bottom of the table Bundesliga
team Freiburg on a five and a half year deal, the Premier League
club said on Tuesday.
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