Chile international Luis Jimenez has left Cesena to sign a four-year deal with Dubai club Al Ahli.

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Serie A – Jimenez joins Al Ahli, Cannavaro future in doubt

Munich – Diamonds are formed under enormous pressure and when Marc-Andre ter Stegen took his Bundesliga bow in goal for Borussia Mönchengladbach against local rivals 1. FC Köln on April 10th, the pressure could scarcely have been greater.

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Testing time ahead for "rough diamond"

Midfielder Chris McCann will not be playing his football for Bolton Wanderers next season, but will be at Burnley after he put pen to paper on a new two year deal at Turf Moor.

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Liverpool FC Transfer News Sees Reds Look to Poach Malouda From Chelsea After Sending Torres to Stamford Bridge Last Season Liverpool and Chelsea once again appear destined to do business with one another, this time with Florent Malouda swapping shirt colours from blue to red. According to the Daily Star , the 31-year-old French national is among those Pensioners that manager Andre Villas-Boas …

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Liverpool FC Transfer News: Will Florent Malouda Join Reds This Summer?

AMSTERDAM — Europa League entrants Hannover 96 are starting preseason without injured captain Steve Cherundolo, but say they are crossing fingers that the American stalwart will be fit for Bundesliga opening day.

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American Exports: Hannover’s Cherundolo out 4 weeks

AMSTERDAM – Europa League entrants Hannover 96 are starting preseason without injured captain Steve Cherundolo, but say they are crossing fingers that the American stalwart will be fit for Bundesliga opening day.

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Hannover brass hopeful of quick Cherundolo return

AC MILAN have ruled out a summer swoop for Barcelona target Cesc Fabregas

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Milan pull plug on Cesc interest

New Leicester City signing Kasper Schmeichel insists there is no ill-feeling between himself and former side Leeds United.

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No Leeds animosity – Schmeichel

Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung, the owner of relegated English Premier League football club Birmingham City, was arrested and charged with money laundering Thursday.

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Birmingham City owner arrested on money laundering charges

Hamburger SV has taken on another young player from Chelsea, signing 19-year-old Dutch defender Jeffrey Bruma on a two-year loan deal. Since Frank Arnesen arrived in Hamburg to become director of sports, the Bundesliga club has signed four young players from his former club. The other three are Michael Mancienne, Gokhan Tore and Jacopo Sala.

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Hamburg signs Jeffrey Bruma from Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club are set to make a move for Nicolas Anelka. Spurs have long been linked with a bid for Didier Drogba since the end of last season, but it appears as though the Ivorian could be offered a new deal at Chelsea.

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Tottenham Hotspur turn attention to Anelka

Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona target Javier Pastore will not leave Palermo for less than 50million euros, according to his agent.

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Palermo set price for Pastore

Former Vitesse Arnhem player John van den Brom has been confirmed as the club’s new coach, leaving fellow Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag to replace Albert Ferrer.

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Van den Brom appointed Vitesse coach

Cologne – In one respect, SC Freiburg’s new striker Garra Dembélé already has the edge on his fellow frontman Papiss Demba Cissé: The French-born Mali international finished top of the scoring chart.

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Much-travelled man aiming to settle down in Freiburg

Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung, a one-time hairdresser turned football tycoon, appeared in court in Hong Kong Thursday charged with money-laundering, a day after being arrested by police.

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Jurgen Klopp claims Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund will have a stronger squad next season, despite losing key midfielder Nuri Sahin to Real Madrid.

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Klopp: Dortmund are even stronger

New PSV Eindhoven midfielder Kevin Strootman insists he will not use the club to earn a move abroad, but certainly believes he can become a better player after his move from FC Utrecht.

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Strootman: PSV not a stepping stone

The Hong Kong-based owner of Birmingham City football club was charged Thursday with five counts of money laundering involving more than 720 million Hong Kong dollars ($92 million). Carson Yeung, who bought Birmingham two years ago for 81.5 million pounds ($131 million), appeared in court to face the charges of dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offense.

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HK police arrest Birmingham City owner

Sarah Killion has lost count of the number of soccer jerseys she has pulled on over the years. Like many players, she started kicking about the time she started running.

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News-Sentinel Girls Athlete of the Year: Sarah Killion takes game to national level

Former Germany midfielder Torsten Frings has left SV Werder Bremen, and European football at large, for a new challenge with Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.

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Frings confirms Bremen exit by joining Toronto

Werder Bremen are on the verge of strengthening their defence with the loan signing of Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Genoa, however, a move for out-of-contract Nurnberg captain Andreas Wolf is not yet complete, despite recent reports to the contrary.

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Werder Bremen close in on Genoa’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos, though Andreas Wolf move in doubt

International-style football got a hardy reception Wednesday from a crowd of 3,800 at Robert E. Rich All High Stadium, as the FC Buffalo Buffalo Blitzers took on the visiting Bedlington Terriers in what is quaintly called a “friendly.”

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FC Buffalo tops Bedlington in a friendly soccer match

Juan is confident Serie A outfit Roma will do better than last season’s sixth spot finish in the 2011-12 campaign and believes the Stadio Olimpico side are one of the favourites to win the Scudetto.

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Roma are one of the favourites for Serie A title – Juan

SIR Alex Ferguson last night backed Scotland to grab a play-off spot for Euro 2012 – because we finally have a decent midfield.

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Scotland: Scotland tipped to qualify for Euro 2012.. by Sir Alex Ferguson

Javier Pastore – looks set for a move. Javier Pastore will not leave Palermo for less than 50million euros, according to his agent.

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BAR SET AT 50m IN PASTORE PURSUIT

Borussia Dortmund have made it clear that they wish to hold on to Brazilian centre-half Felipe Santana despite the player revealing his desire to secure first-team football.

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Borussia Dortmund plan to keep Felipe Santana despite Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart interest

Old Trafford newcomer does not believe club should be fazed by prospect of trying to win the Champions League.

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Manchester United new-boy David de Gea looks for Champions League success

New Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says he is aware he has to lead the club to success to keep his job, saying: “The expectations are for the maximum”.

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In depth – Villas-Boas on the need to succeed

In his first press conference as Chelsea manager, Andre Villas-Boas plays down comparisons with him and former Blues manager, the self-entitled ‘Special One’, Jose Mourinho.

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Villas-Boas ‘The Group One’ not the Special One

Nick Soolsma scored on a penalty kick in the 54th minute to lift Toronto FC to a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday night.

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