Roberto Mancini warns Irish goalkeeper he will not be able to leave Eastlands until a suitable replacement is found.

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Chelsea manager says he has no qualms about playing youngsters ahead of club’s underperforming stars.

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Borussia Dortmund increased their lead on top of the Bundesliga to 13 points after a crushing 3-1 win away at nearest rival Bayer Leverkusen.

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Borussia Dortmund extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 13 points, blitzing second-placed Bayer Leverkusen with three goals in just six minutes for an impressive 3-1 away win.

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Borussia Dortmund delivered a devastating blow to Bayer Leverkusen’s title hopes with a 3-1 away victory that extended the German league leaders’ advantage to 13 points.

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Kevin Grosskreutz scored twice and set up another goal within seven minutes Friday as Borussia Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 to provisionally extend its lead in the Bundesliga to 13 points.

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Borussia Dortmund extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 13 points on Friday, blitzing second-placed Bayer Leverkusen with three goals in just six minutes for a 3-1 win at home.

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Tenth takes on ninth when Schalke 04 entertain Hamburger SV in Saturday’s early evening kick-off, and neither of these Bundesliga big guns is all too happy to be jockeying for position in mid-table.

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Aiming for better days

A blitz of goals early in the second half saw a Shinji Kagawa-less Dortmund hammer Leverkusen 3-1 at the BayArena, as BvB extended their lead in the Bundesliga to 13 points.

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Dereham Town have applied to go up a league if they finish in the Ridgeons Premier top three – and ahead of Leiston who have also put in a bid.

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Magpies put in a bid to rise up pyramid

Borussia Dortmund kicked off 2011 with an unequivocal message of intent, coming away from Bayer Leverkusen with an emphatic 3-1 victory.

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Dortmund victory march continues

Matthias Sammer has refused to rule out a move to Hamburg amid reports linking him with a switch to the northern German club to take on the role of sporting director.

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Tottenham’s Rafael van der Vaart tells Football Focus’ Dan Walker that growing up in a caravan helped make him the man he is today.

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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) — Forward Ryan Babel faces punishment from Liverpool over the mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb that he posted on Twitter, manager Kenny Dalglish said on Friday.

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TAMPA, Fla. – United Soccer Leagues released the divisional alignment and schedule for USL PRO Friday, with the action slated to kick off for the 180-game regular season on Saturday, April 2. Opening weekend will be highlighted by the debut of Orlando City, which travels to face the Richmond Kickers at City Stadium.

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Former England coach Glenn Hoddle is convinced it would not be feasible to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, either in the summer or the winter.

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Everton confirmed Friday they have accepted a bid from an un-named club for South African international Steven Pienaar.

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The 2. Bundesliga got back underway on Friday with a home victory for Union Berlin over Aachen and a missed opportunity for Greuther Fürth.

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Fürth held at Karlsruhe, win for Union

AMSTERDAM – With another big weekend of action for American Exports in Europe, this time heavy on Sunday fare, we’re here to help plan your pub raids.

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Football Focus presenter Dan Walker chats to former Liverpool greats Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson about Sunday’s Merseyside derby as Kenny Dalglish prepares for his first game in charge at Anfield in 20 years.

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Friday Focus with Alan Hansen

When we speak of the top 10 best matches of FC Barcelona under Pep Guardiola, it is acceptable to refer to the hottest and most entertaining games in which Barca have played under the leadership of their young coach. However, this is actually not the main point of this article, as we simply focus on the best games of the Blaugrana which ended profitably from their point of view. In the next …

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Liverpool caretaker manager Kenny Dalglish says it will be an “emotional” return to Anfield as he prepares for Sunday’s Merseyside derby against Everton which will be his first home game in charge.

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Cardiff City v Stoke City – Live

Most of Europe is back from Winter break, adding Germany and France to the weekend schedule. Sunday brings us the Birmingham and Liverpool derbies. Saturday EPL on Fox Soccer Plus: Stoke City host Stuart Holden’s Bolton at 10am with Fulham at Wigan at 6pm. Fox Soccer Channel has Manchester City – Wolverhampton at 10am, Jonathan Spector’s West Ham United hosting Arsenal at 12:30pm, and West …

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The Gelsenkirchen side are in the market for a new goalkeeper because of the ongoing uncertainty about the future of Manuel Neuer and head coach Felix Magath reportedly sees the 26-year-old Handanovic as the perfect replacement.

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Northampton land frontman Laurent.

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According to Bild, Blackburn are the latest team chasing Schalke outcast Jermaine Jones…

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The action gets into full flow on Saturday afternoon with some mouth-watering fixtures. Marco Pezzaiuoli’s first game in charge of Hoffenheim takes him up to Bremen, high-flying Freiburg also head north to face St. Pauli, Stuttgart take on Mainz in an intriguing clash and bottom side Mönchengladbach travel to Nürnberg.

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Great games in store on first Saturday back