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Dublin, Ireland (Sportsbooks) - Just three days before the start of the
2007 Irish Premier League season, Sligo Rovers boss Rob McDonald resigned his
post.
The former Newcastle United, PSV and Sporting Lisbon striker replaced Sean
Connor at the end of last season.
Leo Tierne... |
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Dublin, Ireland (Sportsbooks) - Republic of Ireland defender Kenny
Cunningham decided to retire from international football on Thursday.
The country's captain made the decision after the Republic of Ireland failed
to qualify for the World Cup finals next summer in Germany.
T... |
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Turin, Italy (Sportsbooks) - Juventus signed Arsenal defender Armand Traore
and Napoli defender Leandro Rinaudo on season-long loan deals Tuesday.
Traore, a 20-year-old left back, made nine appearances for Arsenal last season
and Rinaudo, a 27-year-old center back, made 37 appearances fr... |
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Rome, Italy (Sportsbooks) - Roma acquired forward Marco Borriello on loan
from AC Milan on Tuesday, and the deal will become permanent at the end of the
season.
Roma agreed to take Borriello on loan this season, and will play a nearly $13
million transfer fee for the Italian at the en... |
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Milan, Italy (Sportsbooks) - AC Milan acquired Brazilian striker Robinho on
Tuesday from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee, just two years after City
signed him for a British record transfer fee of $50 million from Real Madrid.
Robinho made just 41 appearances for Manchester City and... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (Sportsbooks) - Portugal winger Simao Sabrosa announced on
Friday that his international career has come to an end.
In a letter to the Portuguese Football Federation, Simao stated that he was
retiring for "personal reasons" and that he felt it was time to create roo... |
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St. Petersburg, Russia (Sportsbooks) - FC Porto defender Bruno Alves
completed a move to Russian side Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday that will
cost Zenit $29 million.
The 28-year-old Alves helped Porto capture four league titles and three
domestic cups in his five y... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (Sportsbooks) - Benfica won its first Portuguese Premier
League title in five years on Sunday as the club got two goals from Oscar
Cardozo in a 2-1 victory over Vila Conde.
Benfica needed only a draw at the start of the day to clinch the title and
they found ... |
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Moscow, Russia (Sportsbooks) - Both CSKA Moscow and the Russian National
Team took a hit on Sunday as keeper Igor Akinfeyev tore knee ligaments while
playing in a Russian Premier League match against Rostov.
The 21-year-old netminder fell awkwardly midway through the second half of h... |
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Moscow, Russia (Sportsbooks) - Vagner Love posted a hat trick as
CSKA Moscow hoisted the Russian title on Saturday with a 4-0 victory over Luch
Energiya.
CSKA opened the scoring in the 15th minute courtesy of a goal by Daniel
Carvalho.
The Brazilian striker then ... |
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Kiev, Ukraine (Sportsbooks) - The mid-season injury bug has latched onto
Dynamo Kiev, as the Ukrainian club will be forced to sit out six impact
players during Wednesday's Champions League match with Group E power Lyon, who
stand atop with nine points to Dynamo's zero.
Brazilia... |
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Motherwell, Scotland (Sportsbooks) - A 73rd-minute penalty kick from Daryl
Murphy was enough to lift Celtic to a 1-0 win over Motherwell at Fir Park
Stadium on Sunday.
Celtic was on top for the majority of the match, but it took until the 73rd
minute for the Hoops to break the d... |
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Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbooks) - Kenny Miller continued his fast start to
the new Scottish Premier League season on Saturday, scoring the decisive goal
11 minutes from time in a 2-1 Rangers win over St Johnstone at the Ibrox
Stadium.
Miller has now scored five times in the openi... |
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Aberdeen, Scotland (Sportsbooks) - Aberdeen enters the weekend on top of
the Scottish Premier League table with two wins from its first two games, and
the Dons will look to make it three wins from three matches on Saturday when
they host Kilmarnock.
Aberdeen has beaten Hamilton a... |
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Madrid, Spain (Sportsbooks) - Real Madrid loaned defender Royston Drenthe
to promoted Hercules on Tuesday for the rest of the La Liga season.
Drenthe, a Netherlands international, joined Real in 2007 from Feyenoord, but
has struggled to earn a significant role in Madrid.
Hercules is... |
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Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbooks) - Barcelona signed Mali midfielder Seydou
Keita to a contract extension Tuesday through the 2013-14 season.
Keita's old deal was set to expire at the end of the 2011-12 season. Keita has
become a key piece of Pep Guardiola's club the last two seasons. Bar... |
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Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbooks) - Barcelona announced on Monday that the
club has completed the signing of Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano.
Mascherano, 26, signed a four-year deal with the Catalan side on Monday after
completing a medical, and he moves to Barcelona for a fee... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (Sportsbooks) - Niclas Alexandersson will captain
Sweden in Wednesday's European Championship 2008 qualifier against Iceland in
the absence of normal captain Freddie Ljungberg.
Ljungberg, 29, injured his calf in Sweden's 2-0 win over Spain in the
quali... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (Sportsbooks) - Sweden will have star striker Zlatan
Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson available for two upcoming World Cup
qualifiers.
Lars Lagerback's team, which is currently second in UEFA's Group 8, hosts
Bulgaria Saturday and then plays in Hunga... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (Sportsbooks) - Swedish coach Lars Lagerback will have
Juventus striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in the lineup for Saturday's World
Cup qualifier against Bulgaria.
Ibrahimovic was placed back on the squad after missing a friendly versus
France back in Februar... |
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