Carlo Ancelotti played down Chelsea’s recent scoring run that has brought 13 goals in three games and warned his side will face a much sterner test at Bolton this weekend. Ancelotti’s team cruised into the last eight of the League Cup on the back of a comprehensive 4-0 defeat of Gary
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Football: Wenger expects Arsenal starlets to shine at highest level
October 29th, 2009 |
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Wenger predicted his crop of Arsenal youngsters would reach “the top level in the game” after they scalped Liverpool in the League Cup fourth round. The Frenchman did not pick any of his regular Premier League starters for Wednesday’s 2-1 victory against the Reds at the Emirates Stadium, but
Football: Producers Ferdinand, Cole attend film premiere
October 23rd, 2009 |
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England football stars Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole attended the premiere of “Dead Man Running”, a new British gangster film they produced. The pair joined the cast from the movie on the red carpet Thursday in London’s Leicester Square, the home of British film premieres. Manchester
Football: Benitez needs Liverpool rally against United
October 23rd, 2009 |
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez received the dreaded ‘vote of confidence’ ahead of Sunday’s clash against Manchester United but the Spaniard knows kind words alone cannot do much for his side. The Reds, who last won the English title back in 1990, go into this weekend’s Anfield fixture on
Football: Rush tells Liverpool fans to back Benitez
October 22nd, 2009 |
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Liverpool great Ian Rush has urged supporters to row in behind under-fire boss Rafael Benitez as the Spaniard prepares his struggling side for Sunday’s home clash with bitter rivals Manchester United. Tuesday’s 2-1 Champions League defeat by Lyon here at Anfield meant Liverpool had lost four
Football: Only first place will do for ambitious Ancelotti
October 22nd, 2009 |
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Carlo Ancelotti warned his Chelsea stars that only first place will do after Salomon Kalou and Frank Lampard inspired a 4-0 Champions League rout of Atletico Madrid. Ancelotti’s side moved within touching distance of a place in the last 16 thanks to their clinical display against the woeful
Football: Injuries leave United with European worries
October 18th, 2009 |
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Manchester United have injury concerns over Patrice Evra and Ryan Giggs ahead of the Champions League game at CSKA Moscow on Wednesday. Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping that Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic, who missed Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League win over Bolton Wanderers here at Old Trafford
Football: Ancelotti promises Chelsea crackdown
October 18th, 2009 |
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Carlo Ancelotti has pledged to eradicate the dreadful defending that is threatening to increase the pressure on the Italian after second successive Premier League defeat away from home. Saturday’s 2-1 loss here to Aston Villa combined with Manchester United’s win over Bolton saw Chelsea
Capello has Becks, Crouch in his World Cup squad sights
October 16th, 2009 |
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England football coach Fabio Capello appears to be considering both David Beckham and Peter Crouch for his World Cup 2010 squad of 23 players.
Beckham, 34, was named man of the match in Wednesday’’s 3-0 win over Belarus, even though he made only a half-hour appearance as sub. Crouch, 28, netted twice against Belarus [...]
Diplomatic coup at football match
October 15th, 2009 |
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Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has visited Turkey in a fresh step towards reconciliation between the two nations after nearly a century of hostility. In the first such visit by an Armenian leader for a decade, he joined Turkish President Abdullah Gul at a World Cup qualifying football match.
Indian Maoists kill three at football match: police
October 14th, 2009 |
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Suspected Maoist rebels in eastern India opened fire at a prize-giving ceremony after a local football match, killing three people, police said Wednesday. Among those shot dead were two bodyguards for a former member of parliament who was presenting the trophy to the winning team in front of
Football: Australia must go to Asian Cup, says Neill
October 13th, 2009 |
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Skipper Lucas Neill has targeted the qualifier against Oman here on Wednesday as the turnaround in Australia’s fortunes for the 2011 Asian Cup. The Socceroos have paid for a low-key approach to their opening two qualification games and are nestling at the bottom of Group B behind pool
Football: Al Jazeera, UEFA strike broadcast rights deal for Euro 2012 and 2016
October 13th, 2009 |
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UEFA says broadcaster Al Jazeera has bought rights to screen football’s European Championship in 2012 and 2016. The multimedia deal covers Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia in North Africa plus countries across the Middle East. The value was not disclosed. UEFA said in a
Football: Socceroos must adapt to Oman threat, says Verbeek
October 11th, 2009 |
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Australia are bracing for a different challenge when they take on Oman in this week’s AFC Asian Cup qualifier after a battling draw against the highly rated Dutch, coach Pim Verbeek says. While nothing but professional pride was at stake in Saturday’s scoreless friendly with the Netherlands,
Football: Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Tunisia target World Cup
October 9th, 2009 |
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Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Tunisia could qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa this weekend. Ivory Coast need one point at bottom-of-the-table Malawi Saturday in Group E to clinch a second successive appearance at the quadrennial international football showpiece. But
Football: Friendly failures may spell end for South Africa coach
October 9th, 2009 |
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World Cup hosts South Africa could dump Brazilian coach Joel Santana if they suffer embarrassing friendly defeats in Norway Saturday and Iceland three days later. Santana has been under public, media and official fire after six losses in seven outings with the sole success coming via a
French fan buried in hometown
October 6th, 2009 |
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A French football fan who was injured in a hooligan attack in Belgrade and later died in hospital, was laid to rest in Toulouse today. Brice Taton’s funeral was attended by family members, Toulouse FC players and fans.
Football: Hughes hails red hot Bellamy
October 6th, 2009 |
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Mark Hughes believes Craig Bellamy can provide the firepower to shoot Manchester City into the Champions League after the striker’s goal earned a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa. Bellamy hit his fourth goal of the season after half-time at Villa Park on Monday to cancel out former City defender
Football: Furious Fergie lashes out at ‘unfit’ referee
October 4th, 2009 |
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Sir Alex Ferguson launched an extraordinary attack on referee Alan Wiley after Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Sunderland, claiming he wasn’t fit enough to officiate at the highest level. United needed a 93rd minute deflected Patrice Evra effort to earn a point against a Sunderland side
Victim’s parents speak out over son’s death
September 30th, 2009 |
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Brice Taton’s parents say that his murderers, whether they were football hooligans or not, were wearing shirts and symbols of “barbaric nationalism.â€
His parents told French daily La Depeche du Midi that “a wild horde attacked Brice and his friends, savagely and for no reason,†while they were sitting in front of a Belgrade café not wearing any team colors.