French international Franck Ribery wants to see out his playing career at Bayern Munich, he told the German media on Monday.

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Liverpool are waiting to learn the extent of the injury which prevented captain Steven Gerrard playing in the club’s 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, manager Kenny Dalglish has said.

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They come from a country barely larger than the state of Delaware, mostly known across Europe for its long, adventurous history and famous as a tourist destination.

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Cypriot Side Drawing New European Frontier

Three Americans rang the bell abroad this weekend, with Anderlecht midfielder Sacha Kljestan hitting for a goal and assist in the Belgian leaders’ 4-0 waltz past Lierse.

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Kljestan Paces Mauves Rout

Match facts ahead of the Champions League Group F fixture between Borussia Dortmund and Olympiacos at Signal Iduna Park.

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Match facts ahead of the Champions League Group E fixture between Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen at the Mestalla.

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Champions League – Match facts: Valencia v Bayer Leverkusen

AC Milan midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng will miss the next two Serie A games after he was sent to the stands during Saturday’s 3-2 win at Roma. Boateng was sent to the stands shortly after being substituted, prompting the league to give him a two-match ban “for insulting the referee.” He will miss the home game against Catania and the visit to Fiorentina.

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Giovanni Sio has been linked with a move to Sunderland Football Club. It is no secret that Steve Bruce wants to sign a new striker when the window reopens, as he feels he is still to find a suitable replacement for Darren Bent who joined Aston Villa last season.

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After Chelsea ‘s humiliating loss against Arsenal on Saturday, Andre Villas Boas will welcome this Champions League game at Genk. The Londoners have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats and a good win is needed to their rebuild confidence. However, Villas Boas will still want to rest some of his players, especially those who have played against Everton and Arsenal in the past five days …

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Chelsea FC: How Should Chelsea Line Up Against Genk?

Arsenal defenders Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson are fit to play in Tuesday’s Champions League game at home to Olympique Marseille, manager Arsene Wenger said after the pair made late appearances in the weekend’s stunning 5-3 victory over Chelsea.

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Three football managers give their views on whether racism persists in the game, in the wake of two claims of racial abuse at Premier League matches.

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Top Premier League managers on racism in football

Feyenoord coach Ronald Koeman expressed his disappointment after his side’s 6-0 mauling at the hands of Groningen in Eredivisie action on Sunday.

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Feyenoord’s Ronald Koeman rues disastrous defeat to Groningen

The single family-of-five moved their two caravans into the facility used by Swansea City FC and the Ospreys rugby club seven years ago and have refused to budge.

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Gypsies squatting in Premier League car park leave taxpayers with £120,000 bill (for toilet and traveller liaison …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — League leading Chivas remains three points clear in Mexico’s Apertura tournament despite being held to a 1-1 draw by last-place Atlas in a weekend of surprising results.

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Karlsruhe – Karlsruher SC and head coach Rainer Scharinger have agreed part ways with immediate effect. The 44-year-old’s contract, which was set to run until 30 June 2012, has been terminated.

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Chelsea gets the chance to overcome its miserable domestic form at Genk in the Champions League this week, with its opponent anchored to the bottom of the teams’ group. Saturday’s 5-3 home defeat to London rival Arsenal was Chelsea’s second straight loss in the Premier League. But Chelsea beat Genk 5-0 two weeks ago and the Belgian side’s record of just one point and no goals from…

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FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Mallorca during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011.

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Barcelona close to advancing in Champions League

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has hit out at Hammers fans that have criticised his team’s style of play in recent weeks.

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Arsenal’s players are aiming to expose stuttering Marseille to the same attacking football that blew away Chelsea when the teams meet in the Champions League on Tuesday. Arsenal’s recovery from a terrible start to the season gathered further momentum with Saturday’s remarkable 5-3 Premier League win at Chelsea, which was previously unbeaten at Stamford Bridge.

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Sunderland Football Club will have to cough up £18million for Papiss Demba Cisse. Steve Bruce is eager to land a new striker when the window reopens, as he feels he has not properly replaced Darren Bent who left for Aston Villa almost twelve months ago.

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Cisse could be too costly for Sunderland

Monday’s press conferences are in full swing, with FC Zenit St Petersburg and Arsenal FC among the clubs to have spoken − our blog has team news and build-up to matchday four.

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UEFA Champions League live: 31 October

FOR one special night only, they were Leeds Reunited.

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Leeds United: 1991-92 title winning team reunited SLIDESHOW

On the way home from the Blackpool game, absolutely delighted with the win of course, plus the manner of the performance, it did occur to me that if Elliott and Fox had been retained, there might still just have been a top-six squad at Turf Moor.

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IF – the biggest word in football

Mario Balotelli knows he owes Manchester City Football Club coach Roberto Mancini. The two Italians worked together at Internazionale, and when Mancini joined City during the 2009/10 season, he made it a priority to be reunited.

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Balotelli owes Manchester City coach

PARIS (Reuters) – The euro area is headed toward a sharp economic slowdown in 2012, with some countries set for negative growth, and failure to restore confidence in battered state finances could prompt a major contraction in developed countries, the OECD said on Monday.

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Striker Ivica Olic is ready to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season after being restricted to a substitutes role following his return from a long injury break.

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Forward Olic wants to leave Bayern Munich

Simon Church is aiming for a repeat of last year’s result at Nottingham Forest tomorrow night (7.45pm kick-off).

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Inter lost the Derby d’Italia, but Maicon was once again a fierce competitor down the right as his sensational goal and endless running illustrated. Alessandro Nesta was on the scoresheet for Milan but it was his experience at the back that shone in the 3-2 win over Roma, as he made several expert tackles and gave the opposition attackers little space to manoeuvre.

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It’s fair to say the progress of this term’s Norwich City pupils has been impressive – learning the ropes of an English football top flight that has seen many a new class fall by the wayside at the end of year reckoning.

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RATINGS: Norwich City teach Blackburn Rovers their favourite lesson

Yeovil manager Terry Skiverton is looking forward to the FA Cup clash with old rivals Hereford at Edgar Street. The two clubs were paired together in the first round draw yesterday.

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