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| Switzerland will travel to face Austria in an Aug. 11 warm-up match before beginning their qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Championship. The Alpine neighbors said Wednesday they will play at Klagenfurt's Woerthersee Stadium -- one of the tournament venues when they co-hosted Euro 2008. Switzerland has been drawn with England, Bulgaria, Wales and Montenegro in group G for the Euro 2012... |
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| Unlike their last trip to South America, Monterrey could use first-team players in their Copa Libertadores match against Once Caldas on Wednesday. |
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| Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner atoned for a poor performance over the weekend by scoring a hat trick in a 5-0 win over FC Porto for the Gunners to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday. Arsenal overturned a 2-1 deficit from the first leg last month to advance 6-2 on aggregate. |
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| South Africa international Steven Pienaar has been banned from driving for 12 months and fined 1,000 pounds ($1,496) after pleading guilty to drunk driving. Pienaar was also ordered to pay a 100 pound ($150) fine on Tuesday for failing to obey a traffic signal. The 27-year-old Everton midfielder was stopped by police on Feb. |
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| The young winger, who has shot to prominence this season, has elected to continue to turn out for the country of his birth, despite north African interest... |
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Goal.com’s Robin Bairner examines les Gones’ transfer policy over the last nine months, pondering whether they achieved value for money after a huge outlay last summer. |
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| A season that still has two
months to run cannot end soon enough for Liverpool boss Rafa
Benitez who once secured a Champions League title for his club
but would now gladly settle for fourth in the Premier League.
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| Vahid Halilhodzic believes he was sacrificed by political authorities after being fired as coach by the Ivory Coast football federation just months before the World Cup. Halilhodzic, who was expected to lead the Elephants in South Africa, was dismissed after his team lost to Algeria in the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals. |
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| Vahid Halilhodzic says he has been "sacrificed" by political authorities after being fired as coach by the Ivory Coast football federation just months before the World Cup. Halilhodzic, who was expected to lead the Elephants in South Africa, was dismissed after his team lost to Algeria in the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals. |
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| Goal.com’s Robin Bairner examines les Gones’ transfer policy over the last nine months, pondering whether they achieved value for money after a huge outlay last summer... |
