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| Croatia won 1-0 against Moldova at the coastal town of Rijeka on Saturday in their first warm-up match ahead of next month's Euro 2008 finals. |
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| A superb header by
captain Niko Kovac gave Croatia a 1-0 win over Moldova in their
penultimate Euro 2008 warm up in front of 8,000 home fans in the
northern Adriatic port of Rijeka on Saturday.
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| European soccer governing body
UEFA have fined Israeli cup winners Hapoel Tel Aviv 50,000
Swiss Francs ($41,560) following crowd disturbances during a
UEFA Cup qualifying match.
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| European football's governing body, UEFA, on Monday opened disciplinary proceedings against Bosnia-Herzegovina club Siroki Brijeg and Israeli opponents Hapoel Tel-Aviv for offences committed at last week's UEFA Cup match. |
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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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| Romanian soccer coach Victor
Piturca's job could be in danger after a "shameful" home defeat
against Lithuania in their World Cup qualifier, officials and
the media warned on Sunday.
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New Zealand clinched the top spot in the Oceania World Cup qualifying competition and advanced to a playoff after Saturday?s 3-1 victory at New Caledonia in Nouméa.
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| Red Star Belgrade have sacked
their Czech coach Zdenek Zeman after a string of poor results,
the Serbian first division club said on Sunday.
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| Coming off the midweek victory in the U.S. Open Cup Final and missing two key attacking pieces Luciano Emilio and Fred, both of whom were injured, D.C. United knew it would take some time to get untracked. |
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| Former BBC director-general Greg
Dyke said on Sunday the Premier League was turning into a farce
because of the growing foreign influence in the game.
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