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| Portuguese soccer authorities deducted six points from FC Porto for attempting to fix league matches. The league's disciplinary committee also relegated Boavista to the second division and deducted three points from Leiria after the investigation into corruption during the 2003-04 season. Four referees were suspended for up to six years. |
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| Porto stretched their lead at
the top of the Portuguese Premier League to 10 points when they
crushed bottom-of-the table Uniao Leiria 4-0 on Saturday.
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| A blunder by Sporting goalkeeper
Rui Patricio allowed Uniao Leiria to snatch a 1-1 draw on
Sunday which left the Lisbon side 12 points behind leaders
Porto.
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| Vitor Oliveira is the new coach of first division side Uniao de Leiria, taking over from Paulo Duarte who resigned on Monday after a fourth consecutive defeat. |
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| Uniao de Leiria coach Paulo Duarte has resigned after blaming himself for the Portuguese first division side's worst start to the season in 25 years. |
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| Soccer news in brief from around
the world.
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| UEFA Cup first round draw made on
Friday
Sevilla (Spain) / AEK Athens (Greece) v Salzburg (Austria)
Nurnberg (Germany) v Rapid Bucharest (Romania)
Midtjylland (Denmark) v Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Rabotnicki (Macedonia) v Bolton (England)
Groningen (Netherlands) v Fiorentina (Italy)
Villareal (Spain) v BATE Borisov (Belaurus)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) v Uniao Leiria (Portugal)
Zenit St Petersburg (Russia) v Standard Liege (Belgium)
Sion (Switzerland) v Galatasary (Turkey)
Everton (England) v Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Panathinaikos (Greece) v Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)
Bordeaux (France) v Tampere United (Finland)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) v OB Odense (Denmark)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) v Erciyesspor (Turkey)
FC Zurich (Switzerland) v Empoli (Italy)
Pacos de Ferreira (Portugal) v AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
Rapid Vienna (Austria) v Anderlect (Belgium)
Sochaux (France) v Panionios (Greece)
Sampdoria (Italy) v AaB Aalborg (Denmark)
Spartak Moscow (Russia) v Hacken (Sweden)
Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) v Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) v Palermo (Italy)
Larisa (Greece) v Blackburn Rovers (England)
Hammerby (Sweden) v Braga (Portugal)
Stade Rennes (France) v Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria)
Bayern Munich (Germany) v Belenenses (Portugal)
Brann Bergen (Norway) v Brugge (Belgium)
Heerenveen (Netherlands) v Helsingborg (Sweden)
Aberdeen (Scotland) v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
(Ukraine)
Toulouse (France) v CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)
Sarajevo (Bosnia) v Basel (Switzerland)
Aris Salonika (Greece) v Real Zaragoza (Spain)
Hamburg SV (Germany) v Litex Lovech (Bulgaria)
Austria Vienna (Austria) v Valerenga (Norway)
AIK Stockholm (Sweden) v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel)
Racing Lens (France) v FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
Tottenham (England) v Anorthosis (Cyprus)
Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) v Elfsborg Boras (Sweden)
Getafe (Spain) v Twente Enschede (Netherlands)
Groclin Grodzisk (Poland) v Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
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| Draw for the second qualifying round of
the UEFA Cup made by UEFA at their headquarters in Nyon,
Switzerland on Friday:
Otelul Galati (Romania) v Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria)
CFR Cluj (Romania) v Anorthosis (Cyprus)
Rabotnicki (Macedonia) v Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)/
Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia) *
Slaven (Croatia) v Galatasaray (Turkey)
Uniao Leiria (Portugal) v Maccabi Netanya (Israel)
Hajduk Split (Croatia) v Sampdoria (Italy)
Besa Kavaje (Albania) v Litex Lovech (Bulgaria)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) v Kayserispor (Turkey)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) v Vojvodina (Serbia)
Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia) v Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) v CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)
Basel (Switzerland) v Mattersburg (Austria)
Ried (Austria) v FC Sion (Switzerland)
MIKA (Armenia) v Artmedia (Slovakia)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) v Belchatow (Poland)
Honved (Hungary) v Hamburg SV (Germany)
Young Boys (Switzerland) v Racing Lens (France)
Tobol Kostanai (Kazakhstan) v Groclin (Poland)
Austria Vienna (Austria) v Jablonc (Czech Republic)
Zlate Moravce (Slovakia) v Zenit St Petersburg (Russia)
Rapid Vienna (Austria) v Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)
MyPa Myllykoski (Finland) v Blackburn Rovers (England)
Drogheda United (Ireland) v Helsingborg (Sweden)
Metalurgs (Latvia) v AIK (Sweden)
HJK Helsinki (Finland) v AaB Aalborg (Denmark)
Ekranas (Lithuania) v Valerenga (Norway)
Dunfermline Athletic (Scotland) v Haecken (Sweden)
Brann Bergen (Norway) v Suduva (Lithuania)
Haka Valkeakoski (Finland) v Midtjylland (Denmark)
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) v Odense (Denmark)
Kaerjeng (Luxembourg) v Standard Liege (Belgium)
Fredrikstad FK (Norway) v Hammarby (Sweden)
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| French left back Damien Tixier - on loan at Lens from Portuguese side Leiria - could return to the Superliga with Porto rumoured to be keen. |
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| Domingos Paciencia resigned as
coach of Portuguese Premier League club Uniao Leiria on Friday.
The former Portugal striker told reporters that the main
reason for his unexpected departure was "disciplinary problems
with some players".
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