Weekend TV: Crowded Saturday

Saturday EPL on ESPN2: Everton – Liverpool at 7:30am. EPL on Fox Soccer: Manchester United – Norwich at 9:30am, Wolverhampton – Newcastle United at 12pm, and Aston Villa – Wigan at 5pm. Fox Soccer Plus has Blackburn – Manchester City at 10am and Sunderland – WBA at 2pm. Championship on Fox Soccer Plus: Leicester City – Derby County at 4pm and Leeds – Portsmouth at 6pm

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Premier League club Arsenal reports reduced profit

Arsenal reported pretax profits of 14.8 million pounds (?17.1 million; $23 million) in the year ending May 31, 2011, as reduced gains from player and property sales led to a drop in the Premier League club’s earnings. Arsenal released the numbers Friday, revealing a drop from the record 56 million pounds (?65 million; $87 million) profit in 2010 as it failed to generate much revenue in players…

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Go West

Thame United boss knows they’re underdogs in The Cup.

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UEFA EURO 2012 play-off draw in Krakow

The UEFA EURO 2012 play-off draw will be made in Krakow on Thursday 13 October, defining the four pairings that will contest the last four available places in Poland-Ukraine.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United: match preview

Preview of the Premier League game between Wolves and Newcastle United at Molineux on Saturday Oct 01 2011, kick-off 15.00 BST.

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Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City: match preview

Preview of the Premier League game between Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City at Ewood Park on Saturday Oct 1 2011, kick-off 15.00 BST.

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Week 5: Serie A Predictions

  Week 5 of the Serie A season brings us some heavyweight matchups, as Inter Milan hosts red hot Napoli and Juventus hosts AC Milan .   Atalanta at AS Roma Atalanta began the season with a six-point penalty due to its role in a betting scandal. That penalty has quickly evaporated as the club already has four points on the plus side. Atalanta does have a solid midfield with Luca Cigarini and …

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Hooper on Wolverhampton Wanderers radar

Gary Hooper is a target for Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. Mick McCarthy’s side started the Premier League season in fine fashion, but they have fallen away in recent weeks much to the concern of the Molineux boss.

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Köln head to the capital with confidence

Berlin/Köln – As if it weren’t enough that Hertha BSC Berlin are one of Lukas Podolski’s favourite opponents, Hertha boss Markus Babbel boosted the 1. FC Köln striker’s ego even further ahead of Saturday evening’s top match in the Bundesliga (kick-off 18:30 CET) by claiming “the ‘Prinz’ has become the King”.

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Köln head to the capital with confidence

Big day out for Augsburg, Leverkusen revived

Munich – Matchday 8 in the Bundesliga sees reigning champions Borussia Dortmund seek a return to winning ways against promoted FC Augsburg, while fellow Champions League contestants Bayer 04 Leverkusen host VfL Wolfsburg. Elsewhere, SC Freiburg welcome Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Nuremberg take on 1. FSV Mainz 05.

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West Ham’s Tevez loan bid rejected

Manchester City have rejected Championship club West Ham’s offer to take Carlos Tevez back to Upton Park on loan.

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Mancini says Tevez saga is finished

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says as far as he is concerned the situation concerning Carlos Tevez is “finished”.

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Hoffenheim set for toughest test yet

Munich – Ever since winning promotion to the Bundesliga in 2008, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim have not managed a single victory over FC Bayern München in six attempts. With the 22-time champions in rampant form at the top of the table, Holger Stanislawski’s men will hardly be confident of breaking that trend when the sides meet on Saturday either (kick-off: 15:30 CET).

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Yohan Cabaye believes he can be the man to fire Newcastle United into Europe this season

Newcastle United new boy Yohan Cabaye is aiming for Europe with the Magpies and believes he can be the one to score the goals to make his continental hopes become reality.

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Mali include Auxerre’s Coulibaly

Mali include Auxerre defender Adama Coulibaly in their latest squad despite him being out injured for his club for two weeks.

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Napoli coach looking for high-level game in Milan

Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri said on Friday he was looking for a high-level encounter against Serie A rivals Inter Milan this weekend to mark his 50th birthday.

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Leeds 1-0 Portsmouth

Danny Pugh scores on his second home debut for Leeds to give United victory over Portsmouth.

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Leeds v Portsmouth

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday’s game between Leeds and Portsmouth in the Championship.

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Manchester United: Norwich Fixture Couldn’t Have Come at Better Time for Devils

At some point, it’s nice to stretch out and take it easy, welcoming all that life is willing to bestow on you. Manchester United have been tried and tested, but on Saturday, they get a bit of the good life.  Sir Alex Ferguson had his boys on a roll to start the season. There was an actual thought they could steam roll through, not only the Premiership, but the Champions League group stage as …

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Three familiar faces back in the Germany squad

National team coach Joachim Löw has called up the strongest squad available to him for Germany’s final two EURO 2012 qualification games. Löw’s side face Turkey in Istanbul on October 7th and play Belgium in Düsseldorf on October 11th.

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Three classics: Barcelona-AC Milan, Pt.1

Looking at three historic clashes between two soccer titans

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Arsenal owner backs Wenger

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has given Arsene Wenger a resounding vote of confidence and insists the Gunners manager will decide how long he wants to stay in the job, it was reported Friday.

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Arsenal keeper Almunia completes West Ham loan switch (Reuters)

Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia has joined English second-tier side West Ham United on an emergency one-month loan deal, the clubs said on Friday.

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Premier League Preview: Aston Villa – Wigan Athletic (Goal.com)

The Latics will be looking to end the Villans’ unbeaten start to the season, with the Midlands club having shared the spoils five times.

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Serie A Round 6 Preview: Lazio visits high-flying Fiorentina, while Roma hosts unbeaten Atalanta

This week’s top-flight action in Italy promises much, as Udinese could go top with a win against lowly Bologna, while Palermo and Cagliari have great opportunities to capitalize.

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Serie A Round 6 Preview: Lazio visits high-flying Fiorentina, while Roma hosts unbeaten Atalanta (Goal.com)

This week’s top-flight action in Italy promises much, as Udinese could go top with a win against lowly Bologna, while Palermo and Cagliari have great opportunities to capitalize.

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Serie A – Matchpack: Internazionale v Napoli

Team news, manager quotes, match odds, facts and figures ahead of the Serie A clash at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.

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Eredivisie Round 8 Preview: Ajax awaits difficult away game against Groningen (Goal.com)

The Dutch top flight returns following the midweek Champions League and Europa League action – and an exciting round 8 awaits.

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