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(Sportsbooks) - Bayern Munich has been by far the most dominant team in
Europe this season, walking to the Bundesliga title and brushing aside both
Juventus and Barcelona among others on its way to the Champions League final
at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Bayern will be favored to beat ... |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbooks) - Chelsea added another European
trophy to its cabinet on Wednesday as Branislav Ivanovic scored in stoppage
time to hand the Blues a dramatic 2-1 win over Benfica in the Europa League
final.
Fernando Torres put Chelsea in front in the 59t... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (Sportsbooks) - AIK goalkeeper Ivan Turina has died at
the age of 32, the club confirmed on Thursday.
"It is with great sorrow and shock the we can confirm that goalkeeper Ivan
Turina passed away on the night between Wednesday and Thursday," the club said
in a statement... |
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Newcastle, England (Sportsbooks) - Laurent Koscielny picked a fine time to
score his second Premier League goal of the season.
The defender's 52nd-minute strike at St. James' Park on Sunday helped Arsenal
earn a 1-0 defeat of Newcastle to clinch fourth place in England's top flight
an... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - QPR striker Loic Remy was one of three men
who was arrested and questioned on suspicion of rape on Wednesday.
According to a statement from Scotland Yard, the incident occurred just over a
week ago in the west London area when a 34-year-old female report... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - Rio Ferdinand announced his retirement from
international soccer on Wednesday so that he can focus on his club career with
Manchester United.
Ferdinand spent almost two years away from England's national team before he
was recalled by manager Roy Hodgson... |
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New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - The MLS Disciplinary Committee handed Houston
Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell an additional one-game suspension and fined him
an undisclosed amount for violent conduct against New England Revolution
forward Dimitry Imbongo.
The incident took place in... |
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Portland, OR (Sportsbooks) - The Portland Timbers announced on Wednesday
that the club has signed defender Rauwshan McKenzie, while also waiving
defender Ryan Kawulok.
McKenzie, 26, joins the Timbers after making 20 appearances, 19, starts. with
Chivas USA during the 2012 camp... |
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New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Seattle Sounders forward Eddie Johnson was
named the Player of the Week on Monday for Week 12 of the 2013 Major League
Soccer season.
Johnson, an American international, scored twice on Saturday as he led his
club to an impressive 4-2 victory over ... |
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Suspended Columbus Crew forward Jairo Arrieta for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for violent conduct. ... |
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The Hague, Netherlands (Sportsbooks) - Tobin Heath opened the scoring while
Christen Press added a brace to see the United States women's national team
claim a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands in a friendly match at Kyocera
Stadium on Tuesday.
The opening goal came in the 36th... |
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Offenbach, Germany (Sportsbooks) - A six-goal second half was split evenly
as the United States and Germany played to a 3-3 draw on Friday in a friendly
that featured the top two teams in the women's game.
Abby Wambach scored her 155th career goal to move to within three of Mia
H... |
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Commerce City, CO (Sportsbooks) - Clint Dempsey's first-half goal lifted
the United States to a gutsy 1-0 win over Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying
at a snowy Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
After suffering a 2-1 defeat to Honduras to open the Hexagonal round of
qualifying on ... |
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Saint Denis, France (Sportsbooks) - Spain moved to the top of Group I of
UEFA World Cup qualifying on Tuesday, earning a 1-0 win over 10-man France at
the Stade de France.
Pedro produced the telling goal in the 58th minute while Paul Pogba's two
yellow cards in the span of a ... |
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Barranquilla, Colombia (Sportsbooks) - Five different players found the
back of the net for Colombia on Friday in a comfortable 5-0 thrashing of
Bolivia in South American World Cup qualifying at the Roberto Melendez.
The home side opened the scoring just 20 minutes into the mat... |
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Toronto, ON (Sportsbooks) - Canada men's national team manager Stephen Hart
resigned Thursday, two days after the country was eliminated in qualifying for
the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Canada entered the final game of the semifinal stage of CONCACAF qualifying in
need of a tie or win to ... |
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(Sportsbooks) - Canada will host the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup with John
Herdman as its manager, after it was revealed Friday he will leave his current
job with New Zealand to guide the Canadians.
Herdman has led New Zealand for five years, guiding the squad to the 2007 and
2011 Wor... |
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Berlin, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Germany women's national team midfielder
Kerstin Garefrekes retired Tuesday, as the two-time World Cup champions lost
another longtime player.
All-time leading scorer Birgit Prinz retired after the 2011 World Cup and the
31-year-old Garefrekes - who... |
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbooks) - FIFA banned North Korea from the 2015
Women's World Cup on Thursday, following positive doping tests from the recent
tournament in Germany.
Five North Korean players tested positive for steroids during the tournament,
and FIFA also imposed a fine o... |
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Urlacher retires after 13 NFL seasons