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| Braga beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 on Sunday to move ahead of its opponent and into sole possession of third place in the Portuguese league. Helder Barbosa scored off Lima's cross for Braga's 51st-minute opener. Lima added what proved to be the winner in the 64th before substitute Andre Carrillo halved the deficit for the visitors Sporting in the 74th. |
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| Zenit St Petersburg midfielder
Roman Shirokov has dismissed Cypriot champions APOEL Nicosia as
nothing more than Champions League pretenders as the group phase
approaches its climax.
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| Bayern Munich
posted a 1.3 million euro profit for the 2010/2011 season
despite failing to win any silverware and a tough financial
climate, the club said on Friday.
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| Benfica drew 1-1 at Braga on Sunday, missing a chance to move top of the Portuguese league standings. Braga went ahead in first-half added time through Lima's spot kick after Benfica defender Emerson had handled in the area. Spanish forward Rodrigo Moreno equalized in the 72nd, but Benfica failed to get the winner that would have lifted it two points ahead of defending champion FC Porto. |
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| Hugely unpopular August
friendlies could be dropped from the international calendar
following a series of meetings of UEFA's 53 member nations in
Limassol, Cyprus which ended on Friday.
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| Nuno Gomez scored a double to lead Braga to a 3-1 win over 10-man Gil Vicente on Sunday in the Portuguese league. Gomez came off the bench in the second half and soon punched home a rebound for Braga's 62nd-minute opener. A minute later Gil Vicente defender Eder was sent off with a red card for a foul on Braga striker Lima. |
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| To help ease through the transition of finding fitness and acclimatizing to a new system, Klinsmann wants his USA team to show more ruthlessness in front of goal. |
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| Carlos Tevez's advisor says the Argentina striker is happy at Manchester City and could "settle down" at the club now his wife is back living in England. Tevez said in July he wanted to leave City for a country where he could be reunited with his wife Vanesa and two daughters, who all moved back to Argentina after struggling to adapt to the British climate and culture. |
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| Brazilian police say they are investigating whether the 16-year-old girlfriend of a football player jumped to her death or was pushed from the 15th floor window of his apartment. Police investigator Elisabete Sato tells reporters the death of Flavia Anay de Lima is being treated as suspicious until all questions are answered. |
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| Chelsea midfielder believes South American climate will not favor Three Lions, but hopes to be involved in tournament even though he will be 36 years old when it comes around |
