We moved into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup with victory over Wigan at a freezing Emirates Stadium.

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Arsenal 2 Wigan Athletic 0 – Carling campaign continues

Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday’s quarter-final tie between Birmingham and Aston Villa in the Carling Cup.

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Birmingham v Aston Villa

West Ham manager Avram Grant describes his team’s 4-0 League Cup quarter-final victory over Manchester United as one of the best in his career and hopes it bodes well for their Premier League season.

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Grant savours unforgettable win

Serie A clubs Fiorentina and Chievo are through to the Coppa Italia’s Round of 16 following victories on Tuesday.

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Coppa Italia wrap: Fiorentina, Chievo true to form

NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July in 1988, a present arrived from Zurich: The World Cup was headed to the United States for the first time.

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Soccer Capsules: U.S. awaits 2022 World Cup with big hopes

Manchester United assistant boss Mike Phelan says there are “lessons to be learnt” from United’s mistakes during their 4-0 League Cup quarter-final defeat by West Ham.

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Poor defending disappoints Phelan

As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July in 1988, a present arrived from Zurich: The World Cup was headed to the United States for the first time. “The richest land in the world simply cannot be allowed to remain a blank spot on the world map of soccer any longer,” Hermann Neuberger, president of West German soccer’s governing body, said at the time.

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US awaits 2022 World Cup with big hopes for soccer

Venky’s will have to balance club ambitions with finances after its acquisition of Blackburn Rovers.

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Sporting Egos

The Italian Serie A players’ union has called a strike for matches on December 11 and 12 because of a dispute over contracts.

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Serie A – Serie A players’ strike: Q and A

Wigan coach Roberto Martinez says that despite being knocked out of the League Cup after a 2-0 defeat by Arsenal, he is happy to have reached the quarter-finals of the competition.

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Martinez praises Wigan’s hard work

German champions Bayern Munich posted a 2.9 million euro (£2.4m) profit in their successful 2009-10 season.

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Bundesliga – Bayern Munich post season profits

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits that on paper his team are favourites to win the League Cup after they beat Wigan 2-0 to reach the semi-finals but warns that his team are “not guaranteed anything”.

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Wenger downplays favourites tag

We said it could be a game that defines a footballing generation, and it just might have been. The current Barcelona side have volunteered themselves as one of the best ever to pull on the famous blue and red shirt, or any shirt for that matter, with a 5-0 victory that needs to be seen to be believed. It was a night where everything went right for Barca. Nobody had a bad game, in fact, most …

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El Clasico: FC Barcelona Humiliates Real Madrid

English League Cup holders Manchester United crashed out in the quarterfinals of this year’s competition as they were thrashed 4-0 at struggling West Ham on Tuesday night.

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Holders Manchester United crash out to bottom club West Ham

West Ham dumped holders Manchester United out of the Carling Cup with a stunning victory inspired by Jonathan Spector’s first goals in English football.

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West Ham 4 Manchester United 0

Arsenal moved into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup with a 2-0 win over Wigan at a freezing Emirates Stadium.

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Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Athletic

Manchester United FC’s League Cup defence ended with a 4-0 quarter-final loss to West Ham United FC while Arsenal FC also won and ACF Fiorentina and AC Chievo Verona advanced in the Coppa Italia.

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West Ham stun United, Arsenal through

Arsenal believe the Carling Cup is theirs to lose after they reached the semi-finals and Manchester United were knocked out.

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Arsenal 2 Wigan Athletic 0: match report

Gunners book semi spot

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Arsenal v Wigan – 30 November

West Ham book their first League Cup semi-final for 20 years after knocking holders Manchester United out of the Carling Cup at a snowy Upton Park.

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West Ham thrash Man Utd in Carling Cup

Arsenal ease through to the last four of the Carling Cup with a comfortable victory over Wigan.

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Arsenal ease through to semi-finals

Bayern Munich have announced that they made a profit of €2.9 million for the 2009-10 season. It was a successful campaign for the Bavarians as they won the German Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal while reaching the final of the Champions League.

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Bayern Munich Announce Profit Of €2.9 Million For 2009-10 Season

Rampant West Ham book a first League Cup semi-final for 20 years after knocking holders Manchester United out of the Carling Cup at snowy Upton Park.

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West Ham 4-0 Man United

Italian Cup results on Tuesday. Chievo Verona 3 Novara (II) 0 Fiorentina 3 Reggina (II) 0

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Soccer-Italian Cup results

Toronto FC has sent midfielder Joseph Nane to the Colorado Rapids for a third-round pick in the 2012 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.

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Toronto FC trades Nane to Rapids

Bartosz Bosacki said “all of Poland” will be behind KKS Lech Poznań when they aim to qualify at home to Juventus, whose coach Luigi Delneri believes they can turn their campaign around.

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Lech look for glory against Juventus

Europa League champions Atletico Madrid can book their place in the competition’s last 32 with a win over Aris Thessaloniki on Wednesday.

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Europa League preview: Atletico want revenge

Lazio president Claudio Lotito says that he cannot fathom why Serie A players are going on strike during the weekend of December 11-12.

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Lazio President Claudio Lotito Doesn’t Understand Logic Of Serie A Strike

The American Association for Cancer Research, in cooperation with the University of Catania Ph.D. Oncology Program and the Italian League Against Cancer of Catania, announces the establishment of the “Margaret Foti Award” for the best thesis in translational oncology. The first awards will be given on Dec. 2, 2010, in Catania, Italy.

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AACR and University of Catania Establish the Margaret Foti Award for Best Thesis in Translational Oncology

When Internazionale of Milan travels to Olympic Stadium in Rome on Friday, it will be doing so in slightly better shape than it has been recently. Midfielder Thiago Motta might be able to play his first full match of the season. He is slated to start.

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Inter Limping Into Rome To Face Lazio