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Dublin, Ireland (MySportsbook) - 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 (MySportsbook) - 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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Rome, Italy (MySportsbook) - Disgraced former Juventus director Luciano Moggi
believes Italian football is in a worse start now than it was two years ago.
Moggi is currently banned from the game for his part in the football scandal
which rocked Italian football in 2006, but he insists t... |
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Reggio Calabria, Italy (MySportsbook) - Reggina coach Nevio Orlandi has been
handed a vote of confidence by president Pasquale Foti, even though Sunday's
4-0 defeat at Genoa left his side rooted to the foot of the Serie A table.
Reggina has won only one of its 11 games so far this se... |
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Milan, Italy (MySportsbook) - AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti blamed a
refereeing mistake for his side's 1-1 draw with Lecce on Sunday.
Ancelotti was furious that Ronaldinho's 79th minute strike was cancelled out
by Andrea Esposito's last-gasp header at the Via del Mare as Le... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (MySportsbook) - Spain forward Jose Antonio Reyes has joined
Benfica on a season-long loan deal from Atletico Madrid.
The 24-year-old former Sevilla and Arsenal winger struggled to make his mark at
the Vicente Calderon last season, but failed to score in 29 games for Atlet... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (MySportsbook) - Sporting Lisbon president Filipe Soares
Franco has reiterated his club's stance that they do not want to sell midfield
ace Joao Moutinho.
The 21-year-old Portugal international is a target for Everton, while Arsenal
have also been credited with an int... |
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Merseyside, England (MySportsbook) - Portugal international Joao Moutinho
hopes his transfer from Sporting Lisbon to Everton will eventually go through.
The 21-year-old, who insists the Toffees have already had one bid rejected for
him, remains keen to leave the Portuguese side this s... |
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Moscow, Russia (MySportsbook) - 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 (MySportsbook) - 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 (MySportsbook) - 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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Edinburgh, Scotland (MySportsbook) - Hearts midfielder Saulius Mikoliunas
will be out of action for around two months after damaging knee ligaments.
The 24-year-old Lithuania international suffered a torn lateral ligament
during last weekend's 1-0 SPL victory over St Mirren.
"M... |
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Glasgow, Scotland (MySportsbook) - Scotland coach George Burley has included
Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson in the squad for the friendly international
against Argentina.
Ferguson has only just recovered from an ankle injury, making three substitute
appearances for the Gers this mo... |
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Aberdeen, Scotland (MySportsbook) - Andrew Considine and Sone Aluko scored
in the final 10 minutes as Aberdeen defeated St. Mirren, 2-0, to move back into
the top six in the Scottish Premier League on Tuesday.
Considine scored the first goal in the 80th minute and Aluko sealed the win ... |
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Madrid, Spain (MySportsbook) - Andrei Arshavin has welcomed reports that
Real Madrid are keen to sign him when the transfer window reopens in January.
The star of the Russia side at Euro 2008 saw potential moves to Barcelona and
Tottenham fall through during the summer, after his cu... |
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Madrid, Spain (MySportsbook) - Argentina international Javier Saviola insists
he has no intention of leaving Real Madrid in the January transfer window,
despite struggling to break into Bernd Schuster's first-team plans.
The 26-year-old, who has been a regular on the substitute's benc... |
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Madrid, Spain (MySportsbook) - Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has
flown to the United States in an attempt to discover the extent of his current
knee injury.
The Dutch international will visit knee specialist surgeon Richard Steadman,
who operated on the same knee eight y... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (MySportsbook) - 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 (MySportsbook) - 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 (MySportsbook) - 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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