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| The Dutch football association says winger Arjen Robben has been ruled out of the Netherlands' next two European Championship qualifiers by a groin injury. The team announced late Wednesday that the injury-prone Bayern Munich star would not play Friday against Moldova in Rotterdam or four days later against Sweden in Solna. |
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| Swedish prosecutors have charged three people after claims that bribes were paid in the construction of a new 50,000-seat stadium for the national football team. A city official in Solna, a Stockholm suburb, is accused of accepting bribes from a company involved in the construction project. Anti-corruption prosecutors on Wednesday said another Solna city official and a representative of the company... |
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| A quartet of center backs were chosen by Sweden coach Erik Hamren to replace injured Celtic defender Daniel Majstorovic and suspended Olof Mellberg against Moldova in 2012 European Championship qualifying. Hamren picked Michael Almeback, Mikael Antonsson, Andreas Granqvist and Jonas Olsson in a 20-man squad on Tuesday for the March 29 game in Solna. |
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| AIK Solna's abrasive Scottish
coach Alex Miller has publicly criticised his players, sold two
fan favourites and introduced a tough disciplinary regime in the
few short weeks since he took over the Swedish champions.
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| AIK's remarkable season finished on a high, with goals from Obolo and Antonio Flavio enough to dispatch IFK Goteborg over the weekend... |
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| The Stockholm side proved to be too strong for IFK in the decisive game... |
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| The Swedish league will be decided on Sunday... |
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| A retired goalkeeper who played in two World Cups for Sweden was convicted of doping Tuesday after police tests revealed traces of anabolic steroids in his blood. Magnus Hedman was fined $757 by the Solna district. Using anabolic steroids for nonmedical purposes is illegal in Sweden. He has denied deliberately taking steroids. |
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| The French league says Sunday's first division match between Caen and Auxerre has been postponed because of freezing weather conditions. The LFP has not set a new date. Despite the cold, all other matches went ahead on Saturday, although Saint-Etienne's home game against Lorient was abandoned after 10 minutes because of a frozen pitch. |
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| Bayer Leverkusen midfielder
Sidney Sam will be out for several weeks after tearing a muscle
12 minutes into his comeback on Saturday and will also miss the
Champions League round of 16 clash against Barcelona, the club
said on Sunday.
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