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MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - Manchester United have postponed plans for a homecoming parade should they capture the Champions League trophy after violence flared in the city following the UEFA Cup final. United face Chelsea in Moscow on Wednesday and were due to parade through the city streets on...
Walter Smith may still be hurting following the UEFA Cup final but the Rangers boss is well aware football is not a matter of life and death. He returned from Manchester the morning after the 2-0 defeat to Zenit St Petersburg having just heard the news his friend, and former assistant with...
They came, they saw, they conquered Manchester. But the first Scottish invasion of England since Bonnie Prince Charlie’s in 1745 ended in tears once again. Rangers were deservedly beaten 2-0 in the UEFA Cup Final by the sleek Russians of Zenit St Petersburg, coached by former ‘Gers manager Dick...
MADRID: A thrilling final weekend of the Spanish football season is in store with four teams fighting relegation and two vying for the final UEFA Cup spot. Incredibly all six sides are in action against each other in three high-stake matches tomorrow. Real Mallorca have won five consecutive...
The European domestic leagues are coming to a close, but the US Men’s National Team players based on the continent are just getting warmed up. This summer will be an important one for the USMNT in their run-up to qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. A series of testing friendlies...
BERLIN: When the German season concludes today, Bayern Munich’s stalwarts Oliver Kahn and Ottmar Hitzfeld will take their Bundesliga bows. Bayern won the league title a fortnight ago and are back in the Champions League next season with former Germany boss Jurgen Klinsmann taking over as head...
PARIS (AFP) - Lyon's big match nerves will be tested to the full on Saturday as they play their final French league match of the season with a seventh successive title at stake. Third-placed Nancy and fourth-placed Marseille, already guaranteed a place in European with at least the UEFA Cup as a...
ROME: Veteran striker Alesandro Del Piero has one last chance to convince Italy coach Roberto Donadoni to pick him for the Euro 2008 squad, which will be announced on Tuesday. Del Piero began this season on the Juventus bench and out of the Italy squad. But his form since breaking back into the...
Abu Dhabi: A delegation from the UAE Football Association (FA) has submitted the UAE's bid to host the 2009 and 2010 Fifa Club World Cup Championship to Fifa president Sepp Blatter in Zurich. The UAE delegation, headed by its president, Mohammad Khalfan Al Rumaithi, also met Fifa officials on...
One of the Argentina legendaries “DIEGO MARADONA” is the most realistic and unforgettable player in the football history. The devotions he had given to the football game and football lovers could not be expressed in any words. Whenever the name of football comes to our mouth the name of MARADONA...
