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Dublin, Ireland (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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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Parma, Italy (Worldwide Gamble) - Serie A leader Juventus had its match at Parma
postponed Tuesday because of snow.
Unbeaten Juventus leads AC Milan by one point, but could surrender first place
when Milan visits Lazio on Wednesday.
Juventus has 12 wins and eight draws from its 20 matches t... |
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Milan, Italy (Worldwide Gamble) - Inter Milan moved to offset the departure of
midfielder Sulley Muntari with three new signings Tuesday.
Colombian striker Fredy Guarin, Italian midfielder Angelo Palombo, and
Brazilian defender Juan have all joined the San Siro club ahead of ... |
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Milan, Italy (Worldwide Gamble) - AC Milan signed striker Philipp Prosenik from
Chelsea's youth academy Tuesday.
Prosenik, 18, joined Chelsea from Rapid Vienna in 2009, but played just five
matches for the second string and 24 for the youth team at Chelsea. He missed
a significant amount of ... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (Worldwide Gamble) - FC Porto fell five points back of league-
leaders Benfica on Sunday after sustaining a surprising 3-1 defeat at Gil
Vicente.
The home side brought a five-match winless streak into the contest against the
defending champions, but jumped out to a 2-... |
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Benfica, Portugal (Worldwide Gamble) - Oscar Cardozo scored his Portuguese Liga-
high 12th goal and unbeaten Benfica maintained its cushion atop the table over
fellow unbeaten FC Porto with a 3-1 win Sunday over Gil Vicente.
Cardozo opened the scoring after 27 minutes and, after Rodrigo Galo l... |
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Braga, Portugal (Worldwide Gamble) - Helder Barbosa and Lima scored early in the
second half as Braga beat Sporting Lisbon, 2-1, at Estadio Municipal on Sunday
for its fourth straight win in the Portuguese Liga.
Barbosa opened the scoring after 51 minutes and Lima followed in the 64th, and
Sp... |
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Moscow, Russia (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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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Glasgow, Scotland (Worldwide Gamble) - A goal in each half from Steven Davis
propelled Rangers to a 4-0 win over Hibernian at the Ibrox Stadium on
Saturday, moving the club to within a point of leaders Celtic.
Davis scored the lone goal of the first half when he was played in beh... |
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Glasgow, Scotland (Worldwide Gamble) - Rangers welcome Hibernian to Ibrox in
Scottish Premier League play on Saturday with an opportunity to place some
additional pressure on first-place Celtic.
The Hoops lead the league with 59 points through 24 games, four points better
than their ... |
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Inverness, Scotland (Worldwide Gamble) - Inverness announced Friday that it has
acquired 28-year-old winger Claude Gnakpa on loan from League One side Walsall
until the end of the season.
Gnakpa, who can also play at left back, has also featured for Peterborough and
Luton Town in England's l... |
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Barcelona, Spain (Worldwide Gamble) - Barcelona signed forward Isaac Cuenca to a
contract extension Tuesday that will keep the 20-year-old with the club until
the summer of 2015.
Cuenca has made 12 appearances for Barcelona this season and scored four goals
for the Spanish and European cham... |
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Navarra, Spain (Worldwide Gamble) - Atletico Madrid climbed to seventh in La
Liga on Monday after Diego Godin's first-half goal handed Atletico a 1-0 win
at Osasuna.
The goal arrived five minutes before halftime when a corner kick was
redirected on goal by Radamel Falcao. ... |
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Barcelona, Spain (Worldwide Gamble) - Inter Milan midfielder Philippe Coutinho
will spend the rest of the season in Spain on loan at Espanyol.
The Brazil international will join the club on a five-month loan deal with
Espanyol sitting in fifth place in the La Liga table and just five poi... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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 (Worldwide Gamble) - 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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