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| VILNIUS, Sept 21 (Reutes) - Lithuania's soccer federation
will appeal UEFA's decision to issue a two-match ban to
midfielder Saulius Mikoliunas for diving.
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| Poland has apologised to
Lithuania after Legia Warsaw fans went on the rampage during an
Intertoto Cup match against Vetra Vilnius, the prime minister's
office said on Tuesday.
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| Legia Warsaw president Leszek
Miklas vowed on Monday to impose severe measures against his
club's football hooligans following Sunday's violence in the
Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
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| Twenty-six supporters of Polish club Legia spent a night in jail in the Lithuanian capital after a violence-marred Intertoto Cup match against Vetra Vilnius was halted at half time, police said Monday. |
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| A low-key Intertoto Cup match
between Vetra Vilnius of Lithuania and Legia Warsaw of Poland
was abandoned at halftime on Sunday after Polish fans attacked
police with metal bars and stones.
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| Intertoto Cup first round second leg
results on Sunday
Llanelli (Wales) - Vetra Vilnius (Lithuania)
5-3 (halftime: 2-1)
Vetra Vilnius win on away goals after 6-6 on aggregate.
TVMK Tallinn (Estonia) - FC Honka (Finland)
2-4 (halftime: 0-1)
FC Honka win 4-2 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan (Armenia) - Shakhter Soligorsk (Belarus)
2-0 (halftime: 1-0)
Shakhter Soligorsk win 4-3 on aggregate.
Dinaburg Daugavpils (Latvia) - Cliftonville (Northern Ireland)
0-1 (halftime: 0-1)
Cliftonville win 2-1 on aggregate.
Played on Saturday
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) - FC Differdange 03 (Luxembourg)
3-0 (halftime: 1-0)
Slovan Bratislava win 5-0 on aggregate.
Slavija Sarajevo (Bosnia) - UE Sant Julia (Andorra)
3-2 (halftime: 1-0)
Slavija Sarajevo win 6-4 on aggregate.
Cork City (Ireland) - Valur (Iceland)
0-1 (halftime: 0-1)
Cork City win 2-1 on aggregate.
Vllaznia Shkoder (Albania) - NK Zagreb (Croatia)
1-0 (halftime: 1-0)
Vllaznia Shkoder win on away goals after 2-2 on aggregate.
Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) - FK Baki (Azerbaijan)
1-1 (halftime: 1-0, 90 mins: 1-1, penalty shootout: 3-1)
Dacia Chisinau win 3-1 on penalties after 2-2 on aggregate.
Grbalj (Montenegro) - Gloria Bistrita (Romania)
1-1 (halftime: 1-1)
Gloria Bistrita win 3-2 on aggregate.
FC Zestafoni (Georgia) - Tobol Kostanai (Kazakhstan)
2-0 (halftime: 2-0)
Tobol Kostanai win 3-2 on aggregate.
KI (Faroe Islands) - Hammarby (Sweden)
1-2 (halftime: 1-1)
Hammarby win 3-1 on aggregate.
Makedonija Skopje (Macedonia FYR) - Ethnikos Achnas (Cyprus)
2-0 (halftime: 1-0)
Skopje win 2-1 on aggregate.
Maribor (Slovenia) - Birkirkara (Malta)
2-1 (halftime: 0-0)
Maribor win 5-1 on aggregate
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| Results of Intertoto Cup first round,
first leg matches on Sunday:
FC Honka (Finland) 0 TVMK Tallinn (Estonia) 0
Vetra Vilnius (Lithuania) 3 Llanelli (Wales) 1
Gloria Bistrita (Romania) 2 Grbalj (Montenegro) 1
Birkirkara (Malta) 0 Maribor (Slovenia) 3
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Spain midfielder Marcos Senna has revealed he wants to end his career in the country of his birth, Brazil, but only after spending several more seasons in his adopted nation.
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| The shorthanded New York Red Bulls received a measure of good news Thursday when star striker Juan Pablo Angel joined the team on its flight to Colorado, where the Red Bulls will take on the Rapids in a Fourth of July match at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. |
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| The relationship between an injured athlete and the fitness coach trying to get him back on the field can be one of love and hate. |
