Levante stay fourth as Bilbao and Espanyol draw

Levante drew 1-1 at home to struggling Racing Santander on Saturday to remain in fourth place in La Liga, worth a potential Champions League place, as Athletic Bilbao drew with Espanyol 3-3 in the clash between their two closest rivals.

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Ramos keeps Madrid ahead of the pack

Spanish Liga leaders Real Madrid CF ground out a valuable three points at city rivals Getafe CF to keep José Mourinho’s charges seven points clear of FC Barcelona, who also earned a win.

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Liverpool and Spurs row simmers after Londoners break NextGen team rules

Tottenham and Liverpool are involved in a row on the eve of their Premier League confrontation at Anfield on Monday night.

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Excelsior off the bottom, Vitesse success

Excelsior won the battle at the bottom of the Eredivisie as they heaped more woe on VVV-Venlo with a 3-1 win to move them off the foot of the table, while Vitesse managed a 1-0 win over NAC Breda.

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Barcelona Vs. Real Sociedad, 2012 La Liga: Barcelona Earn Narrow Win

Barcelona , faced with a ten-point gap between themselves and league leaders Real Madrid, needed a win against Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou. Normally, that would be an easy task for the European champions, but the hosts were oddly profligate throughout the match and things were therefore far more stressful than Lionel Messi and company have liked. Barcelona fielded a very young squad, including …

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Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad: Tello nets first league goal and Messi is also on target but champions are unconvincing …

Barcelona ran out 2-1 winners in their La Liga clash against Real Sociedad at Camp Nou on Saturday evening, despite the away side’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo making a number of fine saves.

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Five Local Radio Personalities to Judge Next Weekend's Real Salt National Anthem Auditions

SANDY, Utah (Saturday, February 4, 2012) – Real Salt Lake has secured the help of a handful of local radio personalities to assist in the judging at next weekend’s auditions for “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “O Canada” performers.

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Dynamo Defeat Houston Baptist University in Preseason Scrimmage

HOUSTON, TX (Saturday, February 04, 2012) — The Houston Dynamo defeated Houston Baptist University 4-0 on a wet Saturday morning at Houston Amateur Sports Park. Brian Ownby scored two goals and Philip Aseweh and Eder Arreola added one apiece as the Dynamo continued their preseason with a third consecutive shutout.

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Football: Man City 3 : Fulham 0

Manchester City continued their perfect Premier League record at the Etihad Stadium this season, notching a comfortable 3-0 win over Fulham.

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Birmingham City 0 Southampton 0: match report

Snow puts the skids on Birmingham’s momentum as they fail to defeat promotion contenders Sounthampton.

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West Brom 1 : Swansea 2

Two goals in a mad five minutes gave Swansea City a 2-1 win as West Brom slipped up at home once again.

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Football: Stoke 0 : Sunderland 1

Sunderland defeated a frustrated Stoke City 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium in a game that saw Robert Huth receive a straight red card.

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Football: Norwich 2 : Bolton 0

Goals from Andrew Surman and Anthony Pilkington handed Norwich City a deserved three points against Bolton Wanderers at Carrow Road.

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Dortmund profit as title rivals stutter

Borussia Dortmund hold a two-point lead at the Bundesliga summit after title rivals FC Bayern München and FC Schalke 04 both drew and VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach also stuttered.

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Bayern Munich held 1-1, squanders Bundesliga lead

Hamburg’s Son Heung-Min of South Korea, front, and Bayern’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, back, challenge during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.

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Bundesliga Round 20 Results: Stuttgart peg back Leverkusen at the death; Wolfsburg hold Gladbach

Gladbach missed an opportunity to close the gap on Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga after a 0-0 draw away to Wolfsburg. Both teams were struggling to create much in the way of goalmouth action, with the visitors probably just edging the run of play during the first-half.

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Bayern draw in Hamburg to leave Dortmund top

Bayern Munich striker Ivica Olic equalised against former club Hamburg in Saturday night’s 1-1 draw as defending champions Borussia Dortmund finish the weekend back on top of the German league.

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Slick City restore three-point lead

Manchester City FC moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 3-0 defeat of Fulham FC after Arsenal FC resumed winning ways against Blackburn Rovers FC.

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Freiburg hoping for a sea change against Bremen

Munich – 3-1, 6-0, 6-0, 4-2: On the back of their four most recent outings at SC Freiburg, Werder Bremen can, on the face of it, take to the pitch with confidence away to the team currently bottom of the league on Sunday.

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Bayern frustrated at Hamburg

Bayern Munich find themselves two points short of Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund after Hamburg held the viistors to a 1-1 draw, with Ivica Olivc’s second-half goal rescuing a point after Jacopo Sala’s earlier strike.

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Wigan 1 Everton 1

VICTOR ANICHEBE headed the equaliser to spare the blushes of Phil Neville after OG

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Spoils split in Bilbao six-goal thriller

Juan Albin capped off a thrilling encounter between Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol, which ended 3-3, after both sides had lead the game.

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Olic to the rescue for Bayern

Bayern Munich battled back from a goal down to salvage a hard-earned point at Hamburger SV in Matchday 20′s late Saturday kick-off. The result leaves Bayern now two points shy of new table-toppers Borussia Dortmund, in second place after Schalke and Mönchengladbach could likewise only draw earlier in the day.

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Espanyol draws 3-3 at Athletic Bilbao in Spain

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Espanyol substitute Juan Albin scored in stoppage time as his team rallied twice to draw 3-3 at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday in the Spanish league.

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Report: 2 more arrested in Italian fixing scandal

CREMONA, Italy (AP) — A third-division goalkeeper and a nurse who handled various tasks for Bari players were reportedly arrested in the latest police sweep in an ongoing Italian match-fixing and betting scandal.

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Germany: Bayern blows chance at lead

BERLIN (AP) — Hamburger SV denied Bayern Munich the chance to reclaim the Bundesliga lead by holding the visitors to 1-1 on Saturday, when Borussia Dortmund’s title rivals all dropped points.

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England: Manchester City blanks Fulham

LONDON (AP) — Manchester City rediscovered its attacking verve in the English Premier League on Saturday, beating Fulham 3-0 to maintain its perfect home record and keep Manchester United at arm’s length in the title race.

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Germany: Bayernsquanders Bundesliga lead

BERLIN (AP) — Hamburger SV denied Bayern Munich the chance to reclaim the Bundesliga lead by holding the visitors to 1-1 on Saturday, when Borussia Dortmund’s title rivals all dropped points.

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AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri: We are not having a disappointing season

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri is not concerned with his team’s recent results, claiming the Serie A champions are not having a disappointing season ahead of Sunday’s encounter against Napoli.

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D.C. United's depth chart

Here’s a look at D.C. United’s depth chart heading into the second stage of preseason Feb. 7-16 in Arizona. Twenty-two players are currently under contract, leaving six to eight slots open. Trials were extended for seven players. Other trialists are likely in Arizona.

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