Soccer Sports Betting News
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Lille, France (Sportsbooks) - Eden Hazard scored off a free kick with just
five minutes remaining and Lille edged Liverpool 1-0 on Thursday in the first
leg of their Europa League Round of 16 series at Lille Metropole.
Hazard curled a 25-yard free kick from the far left through traffic ... |
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Madrid, Spain (Sportsbooks) - Real Madrid failed to advance to the
quarterfinals of the Champions League for the sixth successive season as they
were held to a 1-1 draw by Lyon at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, leaving
them on the short end of a 2-1 aggregate score.
Cristi... |
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Florence, Italy (Sportsbooks) - Arjen Robben's brilliant goal in the 65th
minute capped a stretch of four combined goals in 11 minutes, as Bayern Munich
slipped into the quarterfinals of the Champions League despite a 3-2 defeat at
Fiorentina on Tuesday.
Stevan Jovetic scored two goals... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - Last weekend's 2-1 loss at home against
fellow relegation-strugglers Bolton did not sit well with West Ham manager
Gianfranco Zola.
But he is calling on his team to recover and pull off a stunning win at
Stamford Bridge against Chelsea on ... |
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Portsmouth, England (Sportsbooks) - Avram Grant has called on the Premier
League to make a swift decision over any points penalty his Portsmouth side
will receive after claiming the uncertainty is filtering down onto the pitch.
Pompey have yet to discover their fate after becoming... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - The England door remains open to Michael
Owen despite his season-ending injury, according to Under-21 coach Stuart
Pearce.
Pearce has dismissed suggestions that the 30-year-old Manchester United
striker will never play for his country again.... |
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Houston, TX (Sportsbooks) - The Houston Dynamo acquired defender/midfielder
Adrian Serioux from Toronto FC in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2011
draft, the Major League Soccer clubs announced on Friday.
The 31-year-old Serioux, was a member of the Dynamo's first championship te... |
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Chicago, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Fire Soccer signed 24-year-old
Dutch forward Collins John, the Major League Soccer club announced on Friday.
"We are very excited to have Collins join the Chicago Fire," Fire Technical
Director Frank Klopas said. "Collins is a talented pl... |
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Washington, D.C. (Sportsbooks) - Major League Soccer players overwhelmingly
voted to strike if a new collective bargaining agreement isn't reached with
the league by the season opener on March 25, according to a report in The
Washington Post.
The report comes after league and uni... |
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Signed forward Collins John. ... |
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Acquired defender/midfielder Adrian Serioux from Toronto FC in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2011 draft. ... |
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Bolton, England (Sportsbooks) - Former Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart
Holden, who is now playing for the Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier
League, will miss about 6 weeks after suffering a fracture in his leg during
the United States' friendly against Holland in Amsterdam o... |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbooks) - The United States men's soccer team
suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Netherlands at Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday in an
international friendly.
The Dutch went ahead five minutes before halftime through a Dirk Kuyt penalty
kick, and after Klaas-Jan Hu... |
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Faro, Portugal (Sportsbooks) - The United States women's national soccer
team topped Germany 3-2 in the Algarve Cup final on Wednesday in Portugal.
Lauren Cheney, who scored two goals in the American's previous Algarve Cup
match vs. Sweden, scored the winner in the 70th minute ... |
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbooks) - Brazil was chosen as the host country
of the 2014 Men's World Cup, while Germany was given the same distinction as
the home of the 2011 Women's World Cup.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter made the announcement following an executive
committee meet... |
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbooks) - The FIFA Disciplinary Committee fined
and suspended France captain Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco
Materazzi Thursday for the incident that took place during the 2006 FIFA World
Cup final on July 9 in Berlin.
The Committee issued a... |
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Shanghai, China (Sportsbooks) - Hope Solo's comments will define the United
States' 2007 World Cup effort forever, but it's that one loss that will take
the Americans years to overcome.
Like it or not, Solo's outburst after the 4-0 semifinal loss to Brazil - the
worst loss in the Uni... |
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Shanghai, China (Sportsbooks) - Brazil's Marta was awarded the Golden Ball
on Sunday as the top player in the Women's World Cup.
Marta, 21, scored seven goals to lead Brazil to its first final. Although she
missed a penalty kick in the final, a 2-0 loss to Germany, Marta ran away with
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Shanghai, China (Sportsbooks) - Birgit Prinz scored and Nadine Angerer
stopped a penalty kick by Brazil's Marta as Germany became the first team to
repeat as Women's World Cup champions with a 2-0 victory on Sunday.
Prinz, a three-time FIFA Player of the Year, scored in the 52nd... |
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