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| Portugal's dismal start to European Championship qualifying only got worse Tuesday with a 1-0 loss against Norway after Erik Huseklepp scored the winner in the first half. Huseklepp's goal came in the 21st minute after Portugal keeper Eduardo lost the ball in a challenge from John Carew, leaving Huseklepp in front of an open goal. |
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| Former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro inspired his Dubai-based club Al Ahli to its first victory of the season, a 4-1 win over cross-town rivals Al Wasl that eases some pressure on the team after it lost its season-opener. The 36-year-old defender, who led Italy to the 2006 World Cup title but retired from international duty after the team's dismal performance in the 2010 tournament in South... |
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| It was a stroll in the park for Diego Forlan & Co. tonight at Vicente Calderon. |
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| How the teams shape up at the start of the new Spanish league season, which begins on Saturday: Almeria Founded: 1989 Colors: red and white Stadium: Estadio Mediterraneo (capacity 15,000) Coach: Juan Manuel Lillo (second season) Honors: none Last season: 13th Key acquisitions: Michael Jakobsen (Aalborg), Diego Valeri (FC Porto), Marcelo Silva (Danubio) Significant departures: Domingo Cisma... |
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| Algerian club J.S. Kabylie maintained its perfect record in the group stage of the African Champions League with a 1-0 win over six-time winner Al Ahly. Defender Mohamed Khoutir-Ziti scored in the 24th minute at Stade 1 Novembre on Sunday to put Kabylie five points clear at the top of Group B. In another Group B match, Ismaily registered its first win as it edged Nigerian side Heartland 1-0 with a... |
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| Laurent Blanc has only just
started the rebuilding process for a France side suffering the
effects of a dismal World Cup campaign, yet the former defender
saw plenty of cause for optimism despite losing his first game
in charge.
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| Steven Gerrard concedes his England team is not among football's elite and has urged fans to lower their expectations. A dismal World Cup campaign which ended in a 4-1 second-round thumping by Germany highlighted to Gerrard that England isn't the world power it considers itself to be. "It's you guys, not me, who say how good we are," the England captain told a media briefing... |
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| Captain Steven Gerrard
said England deserve to be jeered by their own fans when they
play Hungary on Wednesday in their first match following their
dismal World Cup campaign in South Africa.
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| The new Ligue 1 season gets
underway this weekend with French soccer desperate for an image
uplift in the aftermath of the national team's dismal World Cup
showing and off-field infighting.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid's talismanic striker Raul bid an emotional farewell to the La Liga club on Monday after 16 seasons and said he was eying a move to the Bundesliga or the English Premier League.
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