Simon Davies puts Simon Cox under pressure. Fulham began life after Bobby Zamora with a whimper as West Brom secured a point on Roy Hodgson’s first return to Craven Cottage.

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Sunderland continued their excellent revival under Martin O’Neill with a comfortable 3-0 Premier League victory over Norwich City.

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Arsenal missed out on more vital points as they were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.

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Football: Bolton 0 : Arsenal 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted his side could still finish in the top four of the Premier League after a goalless draw away to Bolton Wanderers left them five points shy of a Champions League spot.

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AC Milan handed Juventus the advantage in the Serie A title race as they lost 2-0 at Lazio on Wednesday, with Inter Milan held to a draw in an eight-goal thriller against Palermo.

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Milan stumble at Lazio as Inter held

Newcastle United leapfrogged both Liverpool and Arsenal into fifth place in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers as the Gunners were held to a 0-0 draw by Bolton Wanderers.

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Newcastle climb with Arsenal held

Lazio players celebrate after their teammate midfielder Hernanes of Brazil scored during a Serie A soccer match between Lazio and AC Milan, in Rome’s Olympic stadium, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.

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FC Barcelona and Valencia CF will go into their Copa Del Rey semi-final second leg level after a 1-1 draw on a night when Olympique de Marseille reached the French League Cup final.

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Barça held at Valencia, Marseille reach final

OM will face off against Lyon in the final after beating Nice 2-1 in the semis on Wednesday night, Loïc Rémy and Brandao cancelling out Anthony Mounier’s strike to stay on track for a third consecutive Coupe de la Ligue title.

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Marseille down Nice to set up ‘Olympico’ final

AC Milan wasted a chance to take the Serie A lead with an uninspired 2-0 loss at Lazio on Wednesday.

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AC Milan waste chance to take Serie A lead

Valencia will claim that Barcelona should have been down to 10 men early in their match, but it’s hard to believe that they would have pulled off a much better result than they gained in the end. Los Che put together one great attack, while Diego Alves was brilliant in net in a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla. The two sides will play the second leg of their Copa Del Rey semifinal next week at Camp Nou …

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Valencia Vs. Barcleona, 2012 Copa Del Rey: Los Che Do Enough To Grab Draw

AC Milan dropped vital points in a 2-0 loss to Lazio at the Stade Olimpico in their pursuit of top spot in Serie A, with Hernanes and Tommaso Rocchi sealing victory for the hosts.

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Milan slip up at Lazio

AC Milan missed out on the chance to go top of Serie A after losing 2-0 at S.S. Lazio, while Diego Milito scored four as FC Internazionale Milano drew 4-4 with US Città di Palermo.

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Milan slip at Lazio, Inter held in thriller

Fulham began life after Bobby Zamora with a whimper as West Bromwich Albion secured a point on Roy Hodgson’s first return to Craven Cottage.

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Napoli ‘s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season suffered yet another blow as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Cesena at the San Paolo on Wednesday evening.

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Napoli 0-0 Cesena: No win in four Serie A matches for hosts after frustrating stalemate

Chester, Pa. (February 1, 2012) – Philadelphia Union today announced that the club has traded midfielder Kyle Nakazawa and a 2013 natural second round draft pick to the LA Galaxy in exchange for an international roster spot.

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Philadelphia Union Trade Midfielder Kyle Nakazawa to LA Galaxy

By any standard, Manchester United has been the most successful team in British football over the past two decades. Since the Barclays Premier League was formed in 1992, United have won more titles than any other team.

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Albania’s state ombudsman says he has moved dozens of homeless members of the Roma community into his Tirana office to highlight their plight as a cold snap hits the region.

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Albanian ombudsman takes in homeless Roma

CHICAGO, IL (Feb. 1, 2012) – The Chicago Fire Foundation, the charitable arm of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club, announced today that registration for the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is open to the public at chicagomarathon.com.

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Register to Run the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Behalf of Chicago Fire Foundation

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2011 Player of the Year and top goalscorer, Camilo Sanvezzo, has agreed to new terms with the Major League Soccer club. Per league and club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.

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By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 19, 2011) US Soccer Players — Kris Boyd, born August 18th, 1983 in Irvine, Scotland, late of Eskişehirspor of the Turkish Süper Lig, formerly of Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough FC, and – most famously – Glasgow Rangers, current record-holder for most goals scored in the Scottish Premier League and a name well known in international soccer circles, is Major …

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Munich – Fans the world over look forward to deadline day as the one of the most exciting on the football calendar, but while several Bundesliga clubs made last-minute forays into the transfer market in the hope of solving their short-term problems on Tuesday, FC Bayern Munich stayed true to their word and watched on from the sidelines.

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Bayern lacking life insurance?

Due to heavy snowfall in northern Italy, three Serie A fixtures: Atalanta-Genoa, Bologna-Fiorentina, and Siena-Catania, have been postponed for a date yet to be confirmed.

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Three Serie A matches postponed

A full run-down of the transfer ins and outs in the Premier League during the January window.

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Club-by-club guide to all the January transfer deals

The Atalanta-Genoa Serie A match was called off minutes before it was due to kick off at 6.30pm local time on Wednesday due to heavy snow.

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Snow hits Italian league games

After spending some time on the side lines due to a thigh injury, Nnamdi Oduamadi got back into the thick of the action for Torino against Vicenza at the Olimpico di Torino on Tuesday night in the Italian Serie B.

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Nigeria’s Nnamdi Oduamadi recovers from injury and returns to Torino squad

Athletic Bilbao have themselves in perfect position to progress to the final of the Copa Del Rey, but they let Mirandes back into the tie late. Marcelo Bielsa’s men look set to face the winner of the Valencia – Barcelona semifinal tie, but thanks to a late goal by Mirandes’ attacker Ander Lambarri, the tie is not over. Bilbao take a 2-1 lead to San Mames after their win on Tuesday, and will have …

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Copa Del Rey 2012: Athletic Bilbao Defeat Mirandes, But Let Them Into The Tie

Both our local teams in action last night dropped points in vital league matches in the Championship. Goals from Watford FC’s Troy Deeney and Joe Garner were enough to confound a miserable night for Millwall FC at the New Den last night.

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Djibril Cisse scores on his debut but Aston Villa come back from two down to draw 2-2.

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Aston Villa 2-2 QPR

The Prime Minister backs calls for revenue chiefs to meet with Portsmouth Football Club to recoup taxes owed.

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