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| AC Milan defender Alessandro Nesta
has been ruled out of Sunday's Serie A clash with Napoli with a
muscle strain, his club said on their website.
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| Egyptian police have fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protesting the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 people. Nearly 10,000 protesters, including sports fans, rallied Thursday demanding retribution for the bloody violence, which most blamed on police inaction. |
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| The Spain international claimed that Jose Manuel Pinto was guilty of a clear hand ball and accused referee Jose Luis Gonzalez of not having the 'courage' to blow his whistle |
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| Wayne Bridge will look to revive his career at Sunderland after joining the northeast team on loan from English Premier League leader Manchester City until the end of the season. The 31-year-old Bridge has played just one match for City this season -- in the League Cup against Birmingham in September -- after falling behind fellow left backs Gael Clichy and Aleksandar Kolarov in the pecking order. |
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| Brazilian club Internacional says it has reached a deal to keep Argentine playmaker Andres D'Alessandro despite a good offer for him to play in China. Internacional says it raised D'Alessandro's salary and over the weekend convinced him to stay in Brazil. D'Alessandro said on the team's website that he was "happy" with the outcome of the negotiations and that he was... |
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| Ukraine goalkeeper Oleksandr Rybka will miss the European Championship after receiving a two-year ban for doping. Rybka, who plays for club side Shakhtar Donetsk, tested positive for a banned diuretic in November, one month after making his national team debut. His two-year ban was imposed by UEFA. Shakhtar says it will appeal against the "extraordinarily harsh sentence." The club says the... |
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| Thousands of football fans are attending a rock concert and fireworks display Sunday to celebrate the opening of Poland's new National Stadium where the 2012 European Championship will kick off in June. The 58,000-capacity Warsaw stadium was built specially for Euro 2012. Its opening -- originally planned for last June -- had been repeatedly put off because construction experts and firefighters... |
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| Alessandro Matri scored twice to
help Juventus beat Serie A title rivals Udinese 2-1 on Saturday
and extend their lead at the top to four points.
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| Alessandro Matri scored twice as Juventus' charge towards the Serie A title gathered pace with a 2-1 win over third-placed Udinese in wintery conditions on Saturday. Matri scored either side of Antonio Floro Flores' equalizer to help unbeaten leader Juventus move four points clear of second-placed AC Milan, which faces Cagliari on Sunday. |
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| Sun and sand in Tahiti or the gray skies of northwest England? For Tim Ream, there was only one choice. Contacted by English Premier League club Bolton the day after his wedding, the 24-year-old American defender canceled his honeymoon on the Pacific island and headed east instead. Ream convinced Bolton manager Owen Coyle of his worth while training in December with Bolton's squad and completed... |
