|
|
| Villarreal climbed above
Barcelona into second in the Primera Liga with a 2-0 win over
struggling Real Valladolid at the Madrigal on Sunday.
|
|
| Celtic needed an own-goal to beat Kilmarnock 1-0 in the Scottish Premier League and keep pace with first-place Rangers. Celtic was kept from scoring by Kilmarnock goalkeeper Alan Combe until the 63rd minute. Defender Martyn Corrigan then deflected a shot from Celtic's Scott Brown into the net. Celtic has 46 points and is one behind Rangers, which plays at Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Sunday. |
|
| Soccer news in brief from
around the world:
|
|
| Levante's problems in paying their
players are making it hard for them to focus on their job,
according to leading striker Riga.
|
|
| Levante's Italian striker
Christian Rigano is to spend the night under observation in
hospital after receiving a blow to the head during a Primera
Liga match on Sunday, Spanish media reported.
|
|
| Barcelona's poor run of form in Villarreal's El Madrigal stadium continued on Saturday as they crashed to a defeat which sees them fall off the pace in the Primera Liga title race. |
|
| Latvia 0 Northern Ireland 0 - Euro 2008
Group F qualifying latest from Riga
|
|
| Security will be stepped up for
Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier between Latvia and Northern
Ireland after six fans were arrested for fighting in Riga on
Friday night, police said.
|
|
| Latvia 1 Moldova 2 - international
friendly result from Riga on Wednesday
|
|
| France international midfielder Antonio "Rio" Mavuba was officially unveiled at Villarreal's Estadio El Madrigal Stadium on Wednesday after signing from French first division side Bordeaux. |
