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| Gremio regained the top
spot in the Brazilian championship from Palmeiras with a 2-0 win
at home to Santos.
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| Former goalkeeper Miguel
Angel Santoro is to take over as coach of Independiente for the
second time this year after being named as the replacement for
Claudio Borghi, who quit Sunday.
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| Injured Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will miss Paraguay's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Peru, the country's football federation said on Monday. |
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| Ecuador striker Christian
Benitez notched his sixth goal of the campaign to give Mexican
champions Santos Laguna a 1-0 win over Morelia on Sunday.
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| Real Madrid drew against vistors
Espanyol 2-2 after a hard fight in the Santiago Bernabeu on
Sunday, breaking a six-match winning streak and knocking them
down the Primera Liga table to fifth place.
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| Tottenham fans had every reason to think their team would contend this season. Few would have imagined that after six games their team would be last in the Premier League and off to its worst start in 53 years. Manager Juande Ramos had strengthened his League Cup-winning squad with such players as Luka Modric, Giovani dos Santos and David Bentley. |
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| (Recasts after Racing Santander v Real Madrid)
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| As expected record nine-time European champions Real Madrid defeated Belarus unknowns BATE Borisov 2-0 in the Champions League Group H opener at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. |
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| Look at the players who have been stellar of late, and you will find some common threads. They were injured earlier in the season or they joined a new team. Players like Taylor Twellman, Juan Pablo Angel, Davy Arnaud and Santino Quaranta have come back from earlier injuries to play very well of late. Darren Huckerby, Arturo Alvarez, Jeff Cunningham, Jorge Rojas and Nate Jaqua have come in and made immediate contributions to their teams. |
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| Liverpool ended a seven-year
wait for a home league win over Manchester United as they
prepared for the opening round of Champions League action with a
2-1 victory at Anfield.
In Spain, Barcelona's poor start continued with a 1-1 draw
at home to Racing Santander and champions Real Madrid nervously
beat Numancia 4-3. Lazio lead the way early on in Serie A while
Hamburg SV stole ahead in Germany.
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