BERLIN — At least 18 policemen were injured and 27 fans arrested as violence erupted after a German cup match in Berlin, police said yesterday.
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Hooligans: Bundesliga fans attack each other
Sunday’s first round matches saw Greuther Fürth and Schalke 04 put up double digit goals on their way to advancing to the second round. Sunday FC Oberneuland Vs. FC Ingolstadt 04 Moritz Hartmann scored a goal in the 8th minute after being set up by Tobias Fink. They doubled their lead in the 19th minute when captain Stefan Leitl converted a penalty. Gökhan Aktas would bring the home side back …
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DFB Pokal First Round: Schalke 04 Advance With 11-1 Thrashing
Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton has hit out at his club’s hierarchy, accusing them of lacking ambition.
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Newcastle United’s Joey Barton criticises club’s owners for lack of ambition
After receiving a hero’s return at Arsenal, Thierry Henry exposed his former team’s defensive deficiencies in helping the New York Red Bulls win the preseason Emirates Cup on Sunday. All that spoiled Henry’s homecoming was the referee denying him the chance to again pull on the Arsenal shirt he wore for eight years.
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Henry helps Red Bulls win cup at ex-club Arsenal
Friday Rot-Weiss Essen 2, FC Union Berlin 2, Essen advances 4-3 on penalties RB Leipzig 3, VfL Wolfsburg 2 FC Saarbruecken 1, FC Erzgebirge Aue 3, OT SSV Jahn Regensburg 1, Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1, VfB Stuttgart 2 VfL Osnabrueck 2, 1860 Muenchen 3, OT Saturday BFC Dynamo 0, Kaiserslautern 3 Hallescher FC 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 2 FC Heidenheim 2, Werder Bremen 1 Dynamo …
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German Cup Scores
Holders Schalke hit 11 goals as they eased throughout to the second round of the DFB-Pokal at the expense of Teningen on Sunday. It just took three minutes for the visitors to make their mark at the Friedrich Meyer Stadium, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring the first of his four goals.
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Schalke score 11 in DFB-Pokal
DUBLIN: Manchester City picked up their first silverware of the season on Sunday after routing Inter Milan 3-0 to win the Dublin Super Cup, but boss Roberto Mancini has already set his sights on more significant prizes.
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Football: Mancini eyes more silverware as Manchester City win in Dublin
Schalke 04 began their defence of the German Cup with an 11-1 rout of seventh tier Teningen.
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Bundesliga – Schalke begin defence with 11-goal rout
Bundesliga side Freiburg suffered a shock elimination from the DFB-Pokal at the hands of Unterhaching, while Schalke, Hannover and Greuther Furth recorded resounding victories.
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DFB-Pokal round-up: Freiburg suffers shock exit, Schalke and Hannover cruise
Holders Schalke ran riot over FC Teningen with an 11-1 victory in the second round of the DFB-Pokal, while Hannover, Hertha Berlin, Hoffenheim, Mainz and Cologne were among the day’s other winners.
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Schalke run riot, Freiburg sent packing
Schalke 04 began their defence of the German Cup on Sunday with an 11-1 rout of seventh tier Teningen whose players were banned from halftime shirt swapping by their coach.
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Schalke begin cup defence with 11-goal rout
Women’s Super League leaders Birmingham and home side Lincoln finish with 10 players in a feisty 1-1 draw.
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Birmingham City held at Lincoln
Holders Schalke thrashed tiny FC Teningen 11-1 on Sunday to take their place in the second round of the German Cup.
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Holders Schalke cruise to German Cup victory
Third-division club Unterhaching knocked Freiburg out of the German Cup with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. Freiburg is the fourth topflight team to be eliminated in the first round, after Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg. Title-holder Schalke routed seventh-tier team FC Teningen 11-1, but two Bundesliga clubs needed extra time to advance past lower-division opposition.
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Freiburg eliminated from 1st round of German Cup (AP)
Blackburn Rovers Football Club are closing on David Goodwillie. Steve Kean is eager to bolster his attacking options at Ewood Park ahead of the new season, and he has been heavily linked with his Scottish compatriot.
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Blackburn Rovers closing on Goodwillie
Third-division club Unterhaching knocked Freiburg out of the German Cup with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. Freiburg is the fourth topflight team to be eliminated in the first round, after Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg. Title-holder Schalke routed seventh-tier team FC Teningen 11-1, but two Bundesliga clubs needed extra time to advance past lower-division opposition.
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Freiburg eliminated from 1st round of German Cup
Arsenal suffered the indignity of being jeered by their own fans after another careless display ended in a lacklustre 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls in the Emirates Cup on Sunday.
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Arsenal jeered after New York snatch draw
Cup holders Schalke did a demolition job on Teningen, Köln and Düsseldorf also progessed without too much trouble but Mainz got more than they bargained for at Zweibrücken.
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Eleven for Schalke – Mainz struggle through
• QPR announce that Blackpool have accepted a bid for striker • Bolton sign Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears QPR have announced that Blackpool have accepted a bid for the striker DJ Campbell, reportedly triggering a release clause in the striker’s contract, which had a year left to run with the option of a further 12 months. QPR said: “The club have had a bid for Blackpool striker DJ Campbell …
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Football transfer round-up: QPR edging nearer to DJ Campbell deal
As its manager goes into his 25th season at Old Trafford, the planning process for his successor is already underway, while the CEO rejects criticism of the Glazer family.
The Bundesliga clubs both progressed against their lower-flight opponents, but 1899 had to struggle all the way.
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Easy for Hertha, extra time for Hoffenheim
Newcastle suffer defeat at Elland Road with Leeds twice pegged back before Billy Paynter’s headed winner.
Protesters gathered outside the 2014 World Cup qualifying draw this weekend in Rio de Janeiro to demand that the soccer tournament stay free of corruption. They promised to keep up pressure as the event nears.
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Brazil passes its first organizational hurdle ahead of 2014 World Cup
Another Bundesliga side bit the dust against lower-league opposition in the DFB Cup on Sunday afternoon. Here’s a round-up of the early action.
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Haching beat Freiburg – Hannover make no mistake this time
Now that the U.S. Soccer federation’s perennial coach-in-waiting finally has the job, Juergen Klinsmann will be expected to kick-start a stagnant men’s national team.
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David Goodwillie will complete his £2.8million move to Blackburn Rovers — leaving Rangers boss Ally McCoist nursing the loss of another prime transfer target after they failed with a last-ditch bid.
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David Goodwillie in Blackburn talks
Manuel Neuer was shocked to be named Germany’s footballer of the year for 2010/11 ahead of Mario Gomez and Nuri Şahin, saying “when I was told I thought they were pulling my leg”.
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Neuer recognised as Germany’s best player
Manager Fabio Capello says England face a difficult task of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup after being drawn against Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, and San Marino in Group H.
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World Cup draw is tough – Capello
Wolfsburg midfielder Diego is keen to complete his £8.8 million move to Atletico Madrid, according to the player’s father.
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Trying ties await some big clubs in the third qualifying round second legs, with the prospect of even bigger prey in the play-offs keeping Europe’s would-be giant killers hungry.
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Play-off draw looms for Thursday’s hopefuls
