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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sportsbooks) - Former Argentina captain Roberto
Ayala is set to return to his homeland after 15 seasons of playing in Europe
as he will join Racing Club.
The 36-year-old defender left Spanish side Real Zaragoza as a free agent and
will be introduced at R... |
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbooks) - Leandro Benitez scored two
goals and Argentina's Estudiantes held off eight-man South Korean side Pohang
Steelers, 2-1 on Tuesday to advance to the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Benitez opened the scoring just before half and added his... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sportsbooks) - Banfield captured the first title
in its 113-year history Sunday, despite losing 2-0 to Boca Juniors on the last
day of the Apertura season.
Banfield need a win to clinch the Apertura crown, but Boca left the title race
open for Newell's, which w... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (Sportsbooks) - Following a 1-0 UEFA EURO 2008
qualifying win over Luxembourg on Wednesday night, Bulgarian National Team
captain Stiliyan Petrov came out to say he will retire from international
football at the ripe age of 27.
The Aston Villa midf... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (Sportsbooks) - Just days before the start of the
Bulgarian Division I season, Lokomotiv Sofia learned that it will be without
defender Ivan Paskov for four months due to a knee injury.
The 33-year-old suffered the setback in last week's UEFA Cup qualifying ma... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (Sportsbooks) - Levski Sofia clinched the Bulgarian
Premier League title with a 2-1 win over Botev Plovdiv on Saturday.
With two matches remaining on the schedule, Levski has an eight point lead
over second place CSKA, who lost Saturday, 1-0 to Rodopa Smolyan.
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Copenhagen, Denmark (Sportsbooks) - FC Copenhagen claimed its second
consecutive Danish title on Wednesday after defeating Brondby 1-0 to take a
13-point lead at the top of the standings with just four games to play.
After missing an opportunity to clinch the title on home s... |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (Sportsbooks) - Defending Danish Superligaen title-
holders FC Copenhagen are on the verge of two league records as the Denmark
season closes in on its conclusion.
First, if the champions win at home versus Aalborg BK on Saturday, the Lions
will defend their ... |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (Sportsbooks) - Denmark is in desperate need of two
wins when it plays against Turkey on Saturday and Georgia on Tuesday in World
Cup qualifiers.
Morten Olsen was forced to make one alteration to his original squad when
captain Per Nielsen fractured his c... |
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Waalwijk, Netherlands (Sportsbooks) - Kenneth Perez scored midway through
the second half and Twente moved atop the Dutch Eredivisie with a 1-0 win over
last-place RKC Waalwijk at Mandemakers Stadion on Sunday.
PSV Eindhoven dropped its first match of the season Saturday, 2-1 to NAC, a... |
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Breda, Netherlands (Sportsbooks) - PSV Eindhoven suffered its first league
defeat of the season on Saturday at NAC as Robert Schilder scored the winning
goal in the 72nd minute.
Orlando Engelaar put PSV in front after 18 minutes, but after Donny Gorter
leveled the match in the 3... |
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Eindhoven, Netherlands (Sportsbooks) - Danny Koevermans scored twice as PSV
extended its season-long unbeaten streak to 25 matches with a 5-1 win over RKC
Waalwijk at Philips Stadion on Sunday in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Balazs Dzsudzsak, Ibrahim Afelley and Nordin Amrabat also scored for Ei... |
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Bordeaux, France (Sportsbooks) - Two second-half goals from Ireneusz Jelen
gave Auxerre a 2-1 comeback win at Bordeaux on Wednesday, allowing the
visitors to move to within one point of Bordeaux at the top of the Ligue 1
table.
Bordeaux remains in first place on goal diffe... |
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Bordeaux, France (Sportsbooks) - Alberto Costa scored in stoppage time, but
Montpellier wasted a chance to take over the lead in France's Ligue 1, because
Bordeaux goalie Cedric Carrasso saved two penalties in a 1-1 tie Sunday at the
Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas.
Bordeaux, which played th... |
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Nice, France (Sportsbooks) - Substitute Issiar Dia scored in stoppage time
to hand Nancy a 3-2 win over Nice at the Municipal du Ray on Saturday.
Djamel Bakar scored five minutes into the game for Nancy, but the hosts
answered two minutes later through Renato Civelli. Jonathan ... |
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Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Veteran goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is set
to call time on his illustrious career at the end of the season, after turning
down the offer of a new contract at Stuttgart.
The 40-year-old has decided against staying with the Swabians, leaving Sven
Ulreich... |
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Nurnberg, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Nurnberg has been rocked by confirmation
that on-loan defender Breno will miss the remainder of the season.
Breno was stretchered off during Sunday's 3-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen
and subsequent scans have revealed serious knee ligament damage.
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Munich, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Bayern Munich's French ace Franck Ribery
has stated that he will make a decision about his future in the next few
weeks.
The 26-year-old forward is a target for most of Europe's top clubs, with his
current Bayern contract running out at the end ... |
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