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| Japan have wasted little time
putting new coach Alberto Zaccheroni to work by making him an
ambassador for the country's 2022 World Cup bid.
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| Inter will struggle to repeat their recent success because they don't have Jose Mourinho, claims Walter Zenga. |
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| The Seattle Sounders will get a chance to defend their U.S. Open Cup title after beating Chivas 3-1 in Wednesday's semifinal while Columbus Crew downed D.C. United 2-1 in extra time. Seattle's Nate Jaqua opened the scoring in the 10th minute following a cross from the left by Steve Zakuani, who also delivered the cross for Fredy Montero to make it 2-0 in the 58th minute. |
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| Barcelona winger Jeffren Suarez will be out for two weeks after injuring his left leg. Jeffren was diagnosed with the muscle tear on Wednesday and the Spanish champions say the player will return from the Spain under-21 team's training base to begin his recovery. Jeffren scored two goals in 16 appearances during his first full campaign for Barcelona last season, when he was often selected ahead... |
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| Zinedine Zidane
stole the show at a France's training camp on Wednesday in a
sign that Les Bleus had a long way to go to erase the memory of
their South Africa World Cup disgrace.
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| The bookies have cut the Everton manager's odds considerably while the Swede remains a contender according to latest prices. |
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| Brazil striker Robinho has reportedly arrived in Italy and will sign with AC Milan if the seven-time European champions let go of Marco Borriello. The ANSA news agency reports that Robinho landed at Milan's Malpensa airport Tuesday and will undergo medical tests with Milan pending his possible transfer from Manchester City. |
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| Serbia striker Danijel Ljuboja has signed a one-year contract with Nice after moving from second-tier club Grenoble. Nice said it has the option of keeping the former Paris Saint-Germain forward for another year if he is able to play on a regular basis this season. The 31-year-old Ljuboja replaces Loic Remy, who left the club for Marseille for a reported ?15 million ($19 million). |
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| Werder Bremen says striker Claudio Pizarro will not be able to make his international comeback in either of Peru's two friendlies in September after injuring his thigh. Peru coach Sergio Markarian had called up the 31-year-old Pizarro for the first time in nearly three years to play Canada in Toronto on Saturday and Jamaica in Miami on Sept. |
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| Seattle forward scores twice to give Seattle the winning margin over the Fire and former Sounder Freddie Ljungberg. |
