Soccer Sports Betting News
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Worldwide Gamble) - Diego Maradona's tenure as coach of
Argentina ended Tuesday, when the Argentine Football Association announced his
contract would not be renewed.
Maradona, 49, became Argentina's manager in November of 2008. He was initially
offered a four-year con... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Worldwide Gamble) - Villarreal has allowed Argentinian
midfielder Damian Escudero to move to Boca Juniors in his homeland for an
undisclosed transfer fee.
The 23-year-old joined the Yellow Submarine from Velez Sarsfield two years ago
but he was immediately lo... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Worldwide Gamble) - Juan Mercier and Facudo Coria both
scored, as Argentinos Juniors defeated Huracan 2-1 on Sunday edge Estudiantes
for its first Argentina league title in 25 years.
Mercier opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, and Coria doubled the lead in
the ... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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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Amsterdam, Netherlands (Worldwide Gamble) - Ajax has put an end to talks with
Bayern Munich about the sale of defender Gregory van der Wiel, according to
the Amsterdam club.
Bayern manager Louis van Gaal was hoping to add the right back in an effort to
strengthen his back line, but ... |
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Alkmaar, Netherlands (Worldwide Gamble) - AZ Alkmaar's Belgium international
striker Moussa Dembele says that he is a target for German champions Bayern
Munich.
The 22-year-old still has another year of his current AZ contract to run, but
says that he would like to try his luck at a b... |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (Worldwide Gamble) - Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy
looks set to miss this summer's World Cup in South Africa after being left out
the Netherlands' 26-man training squad for the tournament.
The 33-year-old former PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid s... |
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Montbeliard, France (Worldwide Gamble) - Sochaux completed the signing of Mali
international striker Modibo Maiga from Le Mans on Wednesday.
Maiga scored seven goals in 32 appearances for Le Mans last season, but after
the club was relegated at the end of the campaign, team president ... |
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Saint Etienne, France (Worldwide Gamble) - Saint-Etienne forward Boubacar Sanogo
will be sidelined for three weeks with a thigh injury and could miss the start
of the French Ligue 1 season, which starts the first weekend in August.
Sanogo left training Wednesday and it was later revealed the i... |
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Lyon, France (Worldwide Gamble) - Lyon signed Brazilian center back Cris to a
two-year contract extension Friday through the 2012-13 season.
Cris, 33, has spent the last six seasons at Lyon and looks set to finish his
career with the French Ligue 1 club. He has 24 goals in 252 matches for... |
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Gelsenkirchen, Germany (Worldwide Gamble) - Real Madrid legend Raul has
confirmed the new chapter in his career by joining Bundesliga side Schalke.
The 33-year-old striker has agreed to a two-year contract with Schalke after
officially leaving Madrid earlier in the week.
Raul sc... |
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Hannover, Germany (Worldwide Gamble) - United States defender Steve Cherundolo
was named captain of German Bundesliga club Hannover on Tuesday.
Cherundolo, 31, has been with Hannover for more than a decade. He joined the
club in 1999 and has made almost 300 appearances.
Following a str... |
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Mainz, Germany (Worldwide Gamble) - Mainz acquired striker Adam Szalai from Real
Madrid on Tuesday.
Szalai, 22, spent the second half of last season on loan with Mainz and agreed
to a permanent switch through the 2012-13 season for an undisclosed fee.
"We're extremely happy that we've man... |
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