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Germany's famous football duo Poldi and Schweini could be separated again at club level as Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger have been linked with moves away from Bayern Munich.
The Bild daily said on Monday that Podolski, 23, has had enough of his role as reserve player and told club officials he wants to leave the Bundesliga...
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Arsenal have made an initial approach for Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, according to British media reports Monday.
Manager Arsene Wenger is keen to pair the 26-year-old with his
Spanish compatriot Cesc Fabregas and is believed to be prepared to
offer around 10.5 million pounds (20.7 million dollars), the fee
Liverpool paid to...
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Newcastle manager Kevin
Keegan said on Sunday that he is willing to give troubled midfielder
Joey Barton another chance with the English Premier League club.
Barton is due to return to the club later this month after serving a six-month prison sentence for assault.
Keegan told BBC radio that Barton, considered one of the best...
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English football giants
Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday that they have rejected an approach from
Italian champions Inter Milan for Frank Lampard.
The England midfielder is a key target for his former manager Jose Mourinho, who took charge at Inter earlier in the summer.
But the west London club have insisted they are unwilling to...
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 Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell has died after collapsing near the
end of his side's Scottish Premier League game against Dundee United,
the club said Saturday.
The 35-year-old midfielder fell to the ground just as he was about
to be replaced by Marc Fitzpatrick near the end of Motherwell's 5-3
victory.
O'Donnell was treated...
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 The British Football Association confirmed on Wednesday that Fabio Capello is considered for the vacant position as the national English football team coach, as they began discussions with the Italian."I can confirm that Brian Barwick and Sir Trevor Brooking have today held talks with Fabio Capello in London," an FA statement...
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 Less than a month after coming from Madrid to Malibu, David Beckham begins to discover the dificulty of facing the difficulty of sharing his time and energy between his new club, the Los Angeles Galaxy, and the matches he plays in Europe for England’s national squad. Less than 30 hours after playing for England in a friendly against...
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 David Beckham managed to get back in the US in time for Los Angeles Galaxy’s match against Chivas USA on Thursday, less than 30 hours after playing for England in a friendly against Germany.The 32-year-old midfielder was unable to help his team avoid the 3-0 defeat to Chivas before a sellout crowd of 27,000 at The Home Depot Center on...
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 Despite assisting his team mated in scoring three goals, Beckham ended as a loser Los Angeles Galaxy’s match against the New York Red Bulls. The game attracted a record crowd of 66,237 at the Giants Stadium (the average attendance is around 11,500) that saw Beckham play his first full 90 minutes in MLS as Galaxy lost 5-4.The crowd that...
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 David Beckham was selected by Coach Steve McClaren to play for England’s national team in its next friendly match against Germany at the newly-built Wembley Stadium.This good news came for the English midfielder after he managed to successfully start for his new club, the Los Angeles Galaxy, and score his first goal in the MLS in the 2-0...
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 David Beckham finally started for the LA Galaxy and after the long and frustrating wait he did it in style. The superstar midfielder scored the first goal after curling home a trademark free-kick in the 28th minute and assisted Landon Donovan in scoring the second to give Galaxy a much needed 2-0 win over DC United. With the captaincy...
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 David Beckham had finally made his Major League Soccer debut ant entered the field of RFK Stadium in Washington as a substitute in the second half, but failed to help his team avoid the 1-0 defeat against DC United. After being limited to only fifteen minutes of action, which he saw in the friendly match against FC Chelsea London, Becks...
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 David Beckham continues to struggle due to his injured ankle and the probability of him playing in Galaxy’s next match against DC United on Thursday is again very low. England’s former captain made his debut for LA Galaxy, when he played about 15 minutes in a friendly match against Chelsea, but after a month from the contract signing...
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 Former Real Sociedad defender Javi Garrido has signed a four year contract with Manchester City becoming the fifth summer signing since clubs new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson arrival.After the 22-year-old defender passed the medical on Thursday morning, both sides agreed on his transfer, with a fee of £1.5million.The Spanish club form the...
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 Although it still couldn’t count on the services of newly acquired midfielder David Beckham, the Los Angeles Galaxy managed to defeat 6-5 over the FC Dallas on Tuesday night for a place in the SuperLiga semifinalsThe man of the match was without a doubt Landon Donovan, who scored a goal and assisted on three more. The first four goals...
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 American soccer star player Freddy Adu agreed in principle to play for the Portuguese club Benfica, pending the results of a medical test.The Portuguese Premiere League Soccer club, who must have been impressed by Adu after his latest performance at the U-20 World Cup Held in Canada, will reportedly pay about two million dollars to the ...
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 Los Angeles
superstar David Beckham had to watch from the bench as his new team Galaxy lost
1-2 against Chivas de Guadalajara on Saturday in the SuperLiga tournament.
The England
midfielder played just 16 minutes since his arrival at the Major League Soccer
of LA. as he is battling to shake off a swollen left ankle, injury from...
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 As expected, David Beckham didn’t play in the Los Angeles Galaxy's SuperLiga match against Mexico’s Pachuca on Tuesday. The former captain of England’s national squad struggles with a lingering ankle injury and his new coach Frank Yallop says he needs more time to recover.Asked whether the 32-year-old midfielder would play in Galaxy’s...
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 The war for supremacy in South America between Argentina and Brazil consumes another battle Sunday on Estadio José Pachencho Romero in Maracaibo.Argentina can be considered the great favorites if we follow their path in Copa America this year, where they didn’t leave the field without the victory in their pocket. One by one, USA,...
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 David Beckham was officially introduced as the newest Los Angeles Galaxy player at the Major League Soccer team's home stadium on Friday.The soccer super star was welcomed by a massive crowd of Galaxy season-ticket holders and sponsors' guests as he was presented with the No.23 shirt."It's nice to see so many fans and I thank you...
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 David and Victoria Beckham arrived Thursday night in Southern California where they will begin their new lives in the U.S. The two smiled and hold hands as they walked out of a Los Angeles International Airport terminal around 8:20 p.m. after their flight aboard a British Airways jet from London.They were both dressed in black and they...
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 Brazil gets another crack at the most desired trophy in South America after a dramatic win against Uruguay in the semifinal, 5-4 in a nerve-wreaking penalty shootout.The Seleção knew the tremendous force it’s facing and rushed in to score after only 13 minutest through Internazionale Milano’s defender Maicon. As the two teams were...
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 Freddy Adu recorded a hat trick as United States came back from a goal conceived in the fifth minute to rout Poland 6-1 on Tuesday at the Under-20 World Cup and silence the chanting Polish fans among the crowd of 35,801 at Olympic Stadium.This result came as a bit of a surprise after team U.S. struggled to draw with the Koreans while...
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 Bayern Munich's new superstar players, Italy striker Luca Toni and France midfielder Franck Ribery, will not join the Reds on their trip to Hong Kong according to Deutsche Press Agentur.Bayern’s management will allow the two new acquisitions to miss the start of training at the end of the month as well in order to let them get some rest...
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 David Beckham helped Real Madrid clinch their first Primera Liga title since 2003, finishing in style what he considered the toughest season in his of his 15-year professional career.Over the last 12 months Beckham lost his starting place in England’s squad and in Real’s as well, had to deal with injuries and was told in January he will...
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 The United States national soccer team will meet Panama on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup. The Americans won the previous edition of this tournament after a penalty-kick shootout against the above mentioned team.Panama might be the tougher obstacle for the U.S. team, who rolled over Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago and El...
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 An uncontrolled gesture of midfielder Christian Poulsen
unleashed the fury of Danish spectators, who stormed on the pitch, hunting the
referee during a Euro 2008 qualifying game.
Saturday was scheduled to take place another battle from the
Danish-Swede war on the football field, the 99th to be precise. The load was
even higher...
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 Jose Mourinho will be forced to pick goalkeeper Hilario as a substitute striker for the FA Cup final on Saturday. Due to the injury problems that Chelsea is confronting the Portuguese manager could have just 15 senior players fit to play against Manchester United at the new Wembley Stadium.The latest injury was suffered by Chelsea’s...
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When South Africa was awarded the right to host the 2010 World Cup football officials in the country embarked on an ambitious plan.
Not only did they want to ensure that the World Cup itself would be a huge success, they also wanted to make sure that they would be able to field a strong team at the showpiece of international...
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New Zealand's All Whites see 2009 as their most important year since the national team reached the World Cup finals 26 years ago, an achievement that gave them their highest ever FIFA ranking of 47th.
After slumping to a record low ranking of 156th last year, New Zealand have risen to 54th after five wins in five games in a successful...
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Few international football tournaments have had such a troubled history as the Confederations Cup.
Considered arguably the second most important competition staged by the sport's governing body FIFA, the Confederations Cup has seen teams declining to participate and tragically, it has seen the only death of a player on the field of...
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Landon Donovan was elected United States Footballer of the Year for the fifth time in his career on Tuesday.
The 105-times capped Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder won the US media poll with 297 votes from Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard (249) and Fulham forward Clint Dempsey (176).
Donovan, 26, scored 20 goals for the Galaxy in the...
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Bayer Leverkusen downed Schalke 2-1 to stay top of the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Bayern Munich lost ground after conceding two late goals in a 2-2 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Hoffenheim meanwhile stayed second, level on 28 points with Leverkusen but with a slightly inferior goal difference after edging Wolfsburg...
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AC Milan and lawyers for David Beckham were set to begin negotiations Thursday for the loan of the English star to the Serie A powerhouse.
The ANSA news agency quoted Milan vice president Adriano Galliani as saying that representatives of the 33-year-old midfielder advanced the date of a meeting originally scheduled for next...
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VfB Stuttgart striker Cacau will play in Sunday's Bundesliga match against VfL Bochum, coach Armin Veh confirmed.
Cacau was missing for Stuttgart's 2-0 defeat at the hands of Sevilla in the UEFA Cup Thursday but the Brazilian is expected to replace midfielder Martin Lanig for the game on the weekend.
"Cacau will come back...
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Liverpool have three fresh injury doubts ahead of Sunday's top of the table meeting with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge,
Already without striker Fernando Torres, who suffered a hamstring injury while on international duty with Spain last week, they could also find themselves missing forward Robbie Keane and midfielders Steven Gerrard and...
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A good showing in the Champions League may have signalled the end of a bad run for struggling giants Juventus ahead of a city derby they play late Saturday with Torino.
The injury plagued black-whites beat guests Real Madrid 2-1 in mid-week despite a massive injury list that includes top-notch players like goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon,...
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Midfielder Torsten Frings is the latest Germany player toying with retirement as coach Joachim Loew now longer guarantees anyone a place in the starting 11.
"I am really thoughtful, retiring is more and more on my mind," Frings told Friday's edition of the Bild daily.
The 31-year-old from Werder Bremen was a key player in...
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Midfielder Ali Karimi, once nicknamed as "Asia's Maradona," announced his retirement Thursday from the Iranian national football team, ISNA news agency reported.
Karimi broke the news in a letter to the Iranian Football Federation (FFI. No reason was given for Karimi's sudden decision which came just after head coach Ali...
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SV Hamburg defender Marcell Jansen has pulled out of the Germany squad for forthcoming World Cup qualifiers with a thigh injury, the German football federation (DFB) said Monday.
Jansen suffered a torn muscle fibre in Sunday's 2-1 victory over Energie Cottbus and will be sidelined for two weeks.
The Germany squad will gather in...
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SV Hamburg travel to Energie Cottbus hoping to defend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga while champions Bayern Munich play catch-up at home to Bochum in weekend league action.
Bayern are in midtable after their worst start to a Bundesliga season in 31 years, winning just two of their opening six games.
After back-to-back...
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Romanians CFR Cluj and Cypriots Anorthosis Famagusta give home fans
their first taste of Champions League action when they will be out to
show Wednesday that their strong starts in the competition were not
down just to good fortune.
Cluj take on Chelsea having already upset Roma in a shock 2-1 victory in Italy in their opening...
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Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann prepares for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Olympique Lyon with the pressure already mounting on the former German national team boss.
The German champions have made their worst start to a Bundesliga season in 31 years, winning just two of their opening six games as Klinsmann's side...
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Newcastle United named former Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear as their caretaker manager on Friday.
The 61-year-old, who also managed Luton Town, will be in charge only until the end of October after what was a shock appointment, coming hot on the heels of Terry Venables' refusal to take the role on a short-term basis.
Kinnear will...
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Champions Bayern Munich visit Hanover 96 on Saturday for a meeting of last weekend's big Bundesliga losers.
Munich crashed 5-2 at home against Werder Bremen while Hanover were trounced 4-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.
The holders Munich recovered in midweek to beat Nuremberg 2-0 in the second round of the German cup, with French star...
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Juventus midfielder Mohamed Sissoko has apologized to his team mates for a recent poor performance due to his observance of Ramadan.
La Gazzetta dello Sport Wednesday quoted the footballer, a French-born Muslim of Mali origins, as saying to the team: "I'm sorry. I know that in Cagliari (last weekend) I didn't give my usual...
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Cristiano Ronaldo is back in contention as Manchester United begin the defence of their European crown on Wednesday when they take on Spanish hopes Villareal at Old Trafford.
The Portuguese winger has recovered from ankle surgery and could make a timely return as United aim to become the first club to retain the Champions League...
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Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien is likely to be sidelined for several months with a serious knee injury, the club said Tuesday.
The Ghana international has been confirmed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered playing in a World Cup qualifier against Libya on Friday.
"Michael has ruptured his anterior cruciate...
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Germany face a first stern test of their 2010 World Cup credentials when they take on Finland in a Group 4 qualifying match in Helsinki on Wednesday.
The Germans began their qualifying campaign with a comfortable 6-0 outing against Liechtenstein in Vaduz on Saturday, and coach Joachim Loew looks like keeping an unchanged side against...
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There seems to be no end to the bad news for coach Marcello Lippi, who has four players missing as the world champions Wednesday welcome Georgia for a second World Cup qualifier.
Midfielder Gennaro Gattuso hurt his wrist as he fell near the bench during a training game at the weekend, and joins an injured list already including...
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SV Hamburg are expected to announce the signing of a second Brazilian within two days with the expected transfer of playmaker Thiago Neves to the Bundesliga club, local media reports said Thursday.
It would take Hamburg's spending on new players to close to 27 million euros (40 million dollars) after the club Wednesday sealed the...
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Ahead of Manchester United's European Super Cup clash with Zenit St Petersburg Friday, midfielder Darren Fletcher has warned that Russian sides could soon be challenging English dominance in the Champions League.
The annual fixture between the Champions League winners and the UEFA Cup champions is generally disregarded by English...
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Ever Banega is to be loaned out by Valencia to Atletico Madrid for one season, according to sports daily Marca on Thursday.
Atletico will pay all of the salary of the Argentine midfielder - who helped his country to win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics - and will have an option to buy him at the end of the season.
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Liverpool are on the point of signing midfielder Albert Riera from Espanyol, according to media reports in Spain and England on Tuesday.
According to Madrid sports daily Marca, Liverpool are prepared to pay up to 12 million euros (17.71 million dollars) for the left-sided Riera, who has already tasted Premier League action with...
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Some of Europe's biggest teams will be seeking to secure passage into the lucrative group stage of the Champions League in the return legs of the third qualifying round on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Spanish and Italian giants Barcelona and Juventus look well placed to advance after comfortable 4-0 wins at home two weeks ago.
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Belgium defeated Belgium 3-0 in Shanghai Friday with a brace from Jo and one from Diego to win the consolation of a bronze medal in the men's football tournament at the Olympics.
Werder Bremen midfielder Diego opened the scoring in the 27th minute from a pass by Rafinha.
Jo headed a second for the Brazilians shortly before...
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Premier League giants Chelsea are determined to buy Robinho from Real Madrid, according to Spanish media reports on Friday.
Sports daily Marca said Chelsea were prepared to pay up to 37 million euros (54.77 million dollars) for the Brazilian winger.
Rival daily AS suggests that Chelsea's offer is closer to 32 million euros.
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Schalke 04 will be looking to follow up last weekend's bright start to the Bundesliga with a victory at Werder Bremen in a meeting between two title aspirants on Saturday.
Meanwhile title holders Bayern Munich face a tough trip to Borussia Dortmund as they seek a first league win for new coach Juergen Klinsmann.
Schalke travel to...
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Italy and AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi's father-in-law has been murdered in what investigators suspect was a settling of scores in Rome's criminal underworld, Italian news reports said Thursday.
The badly decomposed corpse of a man, shot in the face and back, was identified Wednesday as belonging to the 48-year-old Massimo...
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Two recent European champions in Liverpool and Spanish giants Barcelona face tricky opponents as they attempt to negotiate their way safely through the last qualifying stage of the Champions League in first leg matches on Wednesday.
Barcelona, who won the title in 2006, come up against Polish champions Wisla Krakow while Liverpool,...
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Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann has handed the captain's armband to Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel.
Van Bommel becomes the first foreign player to be named captain in the history of the German league and cup winners.
"Mark van Bommel is predestined for this task," Klinsmann said Friday.
"He is multilingual...
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Chelsea have made an official approach to Real Madrid to buy Brazilian international Robinho reportedly worth close to 20 million pounds (38 million dollars), it was reported Friday.
In a statement on their website, Chelsea confirmed they have made an offer for Robinho, but did not reveal the size of their bid.
However British...
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German Cup holders Bayern Munich begin the defence of their title with a visit to third-division Rot-Weiss Erfurt on Sunday in a first competitive test under new coach Juergen Klinsmann.
The former Germany coach and Bayern striker will be keen to see some improvement after his first weeks in charge have produced anything but the form...
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 Following Liverpool’s captain Steven Gerrard's house burgling, only the last in a long chain, the football club announced on Thursday that it would enhance the security at their players' houses.As the midfielder was away playing in the Champions League against Marseille on Tuesday, helping the team qualify for the knockout phase with a...
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Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones has won a place in midfield for Germany against England in Berlin on Wednesday.
Jones, who missed out on the Germany squad for Euro 2008, gets his chance in defensive midfield after the omission of Torsten Frings.
It will be a first start for the 27-year-old son of a US serviceman who grew up in...
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Neither Germany nor England will be at full strength when they meet on Wednesday in a match both coaches will use to test some new players.
However a meeting between the two old foes is never one to dismiss even though the friendly nature of the international will be more pronounced than previous meetings.
"Everyone has told...
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Germany are expected to hand out some new caps in the friendly international against England in Berlin on Wednesday.
Coach Joachim Loew, who has called up three newcomers for the match in the Olympic Stadium, said Monday he wanted to test some or all of his trio of novices.
"The intention is to learn something new against...
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Another chapter in one of the oldest rivalries in international football will be written this week as England and Germany lock horns in an international friendly in Berlin on Wednesday.
The two nations, whose histories are inextricably linked by the 1966 World Cup final, won by England on home soil, have met 26 times in all, including...
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Franz Beckenbauer says whenever he climbs into a taxi in London the driver invariably has one subject on his mind: whether it was a goal or not.
The 1966 World Cup final - and Geoff Hurst's controversial strike off the underside of the bar for England's third in the 4-2 win - is still a cause for intense debate in both...
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Age seems to have become a problem for Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero, whose impressive form was not enough to grant him a spot in Marcello Lippi's squad as the world champions Wednesday visit Greece for a friendly in Athens.
Lippi decided to leave home the 34-year-old striker despite the three memorable goals he scored as Juve...
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The tie between England and Germany at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin may be the most high-profile international friendly on this week but much attention will also be on Diego Maradona's Argentina, who take on Scotland in his first match in charge.
Maradona arrived in Scotland to a hero's welcome at the weekend with Scottish fans...
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Torsten Frings asked to be omitted for Germany's friendly with England after a recent row and captain Michael Ballack is recovering from injury as coach Joachim Loew on Thursday nominated three newcomers into his 20-player squad.
Defender Marvin Compper and midfielder Tobias Weis from Bundesliga sensation TSG Hoffenheim as well as VfL...
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Torsten Frings was omitted for Germany's friendly with England after a recent row and captain Michael Ballack is not fit again after an injury as coach Joachim Loew on Thursday nominated three newcomers into a 20-player squad.
Defender Marvin Compper and midfielder Tobias Weis from Bundesliga sensation TSG Hoffenheim as well as VfL...
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Torsten Frings asked to be omitted for Germany's friendly with England after a recent row and captain Michael Ballack is recovering from injury as coach Joachim Loew on Thursday nominated three newcomers into his 20-player squad.
Defender Marvin Compper and midfielder Tobias Weis from Bundesliga sensation TSG Hoffenheim as well as VfL...
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Germany coach Joachim Loew will have some clear words to say to the squad he names Thursday for next week's classic encounter with old rivals England.
Loew is to use the opportunity of the friendly international in Berlin to lay down some rules and guidelines on how he expects his players to behave for the rest of the qualification...
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Several leading Italian clubs are interested in signing Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger, but club manager Uli Hoeness said Thursday he was confident of keeping the midfielder at the German champions.
The 24-year-old Germany international's current contract expires at the end of the season and Hoeness said Inter Milan, AC Milan...
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Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp said Thursday that he would be interested in signing David Beckham on loan if a proposed deal to take the England midfielder to AC Milan falls through.
Beckham, who plays in the MLS for Los Angeles Galaxy, is in talks with Milan over a possible three-month deal from January to March, that would allow...
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Movie stars', footballers' and other celebrities' penchant for choosing colourful names for their children may be a thing of the past in Italy following a ruling Wednesday by the country's top appeals court.
The Rome-based Cassation upheld another court's order preventing a couple from calling their son Venerdi (Friday), the ANSA...
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Giants AC Milan have said they will sign English star midfielder David Beckham in January offering him a five-month contract until the end of the Serie A season, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Wednesday.
"We are talking with his agent," AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said. "I think he will join us for some...
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Midfielder Torsten Frings is the latest Germany player toying with retirement, after being benched in the last two matches because coach Joachim Loew now longer guarantees anyone a place in the starting 11.
"I am really thoughtful, retiring is more and more on my mind," Frings told Friday's edition of the Bild daily.
The...
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Germany are not shedding any tears over Kevin Kuranyi as they gear up to play Wales in a 2010 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night.
The three-time world champions are coming off a morale-boosting 2-1 victory against Russia in which they played a superb first half before running into trouble through poor defending after the...
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France and Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery was the best player in the Bundesliga last season, according to a poll among professional players conducted by Germany's player union VDV.
Ribery won 37.3 per cent of the votes to win ahead of his Bayern Munich teammate Luci Toni, the Italy striker garnering 19.3 per cent. Brazil and...
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Franck Ribery's comeback for Bayern Munich has been put on hold after the France midfielder complained of a muscle problem on the eve of Saturday's Bundesliga match with Werder Bremen.
Ribery, 25, was expected to return after ankle surgery following Euro 2008, but has experienced stiffness in a thigh muscle.
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France star Franck Ribery is set to make his comeback after injury as Bayern Munich take on Werder Bremen on Saturday in a clash between last season's Bundesliga champions and runners-up.
Title-holders Bayern go into a match at the Allianz Arena which coincides with the start of the annual Oktoberfest beer festival and follows a 1-0...
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German Cup holders Bayern Munich begin the defence of their title with a visit to third-division Rot-Weiss Erfurt on Sunday in a first competitive test under new coach Juergen Klinsmann.
The former Germany coach and Bayern striker will be keen to see some improvement after his first weeks in charge have produced anything but the form...
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Hamburg midfielder Rafael van der Vaart is
set to join Spanish champions Real Madrid after both clubs were close
Monday to agreeing a transfer deal. SV Hamburg press
spokesman Joern Wolf told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa the transfer had
not been completely sealed but 'we hope to confirm it in the course of
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David Albelda is to stay at Spanish giants Valencia after all, it was reported said Monday.
According to sports daily AS, the former Spain midfielder has already
been told by the club that he is now off the transfer list. Two weeks ago Valencia were still trying to offload the veteran, though without receiving any lucrative...
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Surprise package Hoffenheim will be aiming to keep their place at the top of the Bundesliga when they visit Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
The newly-promoted village club are the only side with maximum points following two victories without conceding a goal, and Leverkusen coach Bruno Labbadia warns that the good start is no...
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