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| Scotland manager George Burley has backed Rangers' criticism of the Scottish Premier League bosses after their refusal to further extend the domestic season condemned the UEFA Cup finalists to play seven games in 18 days. |
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| Champions Celtic came from behind
to win 2-1 at Motherwell thanks to late goal from Georgios
Samaras and moved eight points clear of Rangers in the Scottish
Premier League on Saturday.
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| A petition by AS Roma fans
urging the owners to sell the Italian soccer club to George
Soros has been signed by over 15,000 people after reports the
billionaire financier had pulled out of talks.
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| Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez doesn't want to be caught in the middle between feuding owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. Hicks met twice with Benitez this week, while Gillett didn't attend Tuesday's European Champions League semifinal against Chelsea because of illness. "George knows about what was said -- everybody knows. |
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| Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has a new job -- peacemaker. The Spaniard wants to end the internal strife at his club and help American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. resolve their standoff. There is added urgency after Liverpool was held 1-1 by Chelsea on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals with Hicks at Anfield for the first time since December. |
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| Liverpool co-owner George Gillett is so determined to make a statement of intent at Anfield tonight that he has insisted that his Dubai International Capital guests sit in the directors' box. |
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| Georgios Samaras earned champions Celtic a 1-0 win over Aberdeen that put them two points ahead of Rangers in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. |
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| Georgios Samaras earned
champions Celtic a 1-0 win over Aberdeen that put them two
points ahead of Rangers in the Scottish Premier League on
Saturday.
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| Rafael Benitez has
reiterated his determination to stay at Liverpool despite the
boardroom fight between the club's two owners George Gillett and
Tom Hicks.
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| George Gillett Jr. vowed never to sell his 50 percent stake in Liverpool to Tom Hicks and called on his partner to stop causing trouble. Hicks last week called on Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry to resign and told Sky TV in an interview broadcast Thursday that Parry's leadership was a "disaster." "I am saddened at this latest outburst from Tom Hicks," Gillett said in a statement Thursday. |
