From colleague Jonathan O’Connell’s story in The Post’s Capital Business section Monday: Officials from D.C. United and Events DC are close to agreeing on a two-year lease extension at RFK Stadium, creating a window in which the team and some officials likely will attempt a last-ditch effort to build a stadium for the team in the District. Read full article > >
AC Milan stormed back to the top of Italian soccer’s Serie A with a 3-0 win at lowly Cesena on Sunday.
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Milan on top of Italian soccer league
Borussia Dortmund edged a point further ahead at the top of the Bundesliga, while Paris Saint-Germain FC held firm to maintain their advantage in France. UEFA.com recaps the action.
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PSG protect lead while Dortmund edge clear
AC Milan reclaimed top spot in Serie A with a 3-0 win over Cesena, while Lazio suffered a heavy 5-1 loss to Palermo, allowing Udinese to take up third place after a goalless draw with Cagliari.
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Milan back top as Lazio crumble
AC Milan reclaimed top spot in Serie A with a 3-1 win over Cesena, while Palermo thrashed an undermanned Lazio.
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Milan back at the summit
Palermo ran out to a convincing 5-1 victory over a depleted Lazio, taking a 3-0 lead within the first half before completing the rout to move up to eighth in the Serie A standings.
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Palermo fire five past depleted Lazio
Lionel Messi struck four goals on his 200th Liga appearance as FC Barcelona came from behind to beat Valencia CF 5-1 and cut Real Madrid CF’s lead at the top back to ten points.
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Messi hits four as Barcelona respond in kind
A misfiring Udinese finished goalless with Cagliari and as a result, have moved level on points with Lazio, who suffered a crushing defeat by Palermo today.
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Udinese forced to settle with Cagliari
Lecce put on a resounding show to boost their hopes of Serie A salvation, after defeating relegation rivals Siena 4-1 at the Via del Mare in Sunday’s early kick-off.
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Serie A Round 24 Results: Five-star Palermo batter hapless Lazio, Lecce thrash Siena in relegation six-pointer
AC Milan stormed back to the top of Serie A with a 3-0 win at lowly Cesena on Sunday as they made light of the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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Milan back on top after Cesena stroll
The first 10 minutes didn’t go well for Barcelona in their La Liga match against Valencia at Camp Nou, but the degree to which they dominated the following 35 minutes was staggering. Los Che got on the board with a surprising counter-attack goal in the early going, but Barcelona recovered brilliantly, and go into halftime leading Valencia 2-1. They could easily have more than two goals, if it …
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Barcelona Vs. Valencia, 2012 La Liga: Halftime Score, Blaugranas Recover From Early Hiccup
Top sides PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar both suffered shock defeats in the Eredivisie, while Ajax were victorious.
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Football: Shock losses in Eredivisie
Top sides PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar both suffered shock defeats in the Eredivisie, while Ajax were victorious.
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Shock losses in Eredivisie
Freiburg – There weren’t too many Bayern representatives willing to discuss Saturday’s tame 0-0 draw against bottom club Freiburg , but those who did were unequivocal in their criticism. “The first half went exactly as I told them it would be,” said a consternated Jupp Heynckes post-match.
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A much needed wake-up call
Hannover held on to claim a 4-2 win over Stuttgart, scoring four goals without reply before their opponents put up a fight with two late goals.
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Hannover hang on to beat Stuttgart
PSV coach Fred Rutten has expressed his frustration with the 3-0 Eredivisie loss away against Groningen on Sunday afternoon. Two goals from Hyun-Jun Suk and a single strike by Leandro Bacuna helped Groningen to the full three points, leaving Rutten dismayed by PSV’s lacklustre performance.
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PSV boss Fred Rutten: We made unacceptable mistakes against Groningen
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored two goals to help Schalke beat Wolfsburg 4-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
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FC Schalke 04 climbed to within five points of Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar struck twice in a comprehensive 4-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg.
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Schalke stay in touch with Wolfsburg win
Eredivisie top two PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar were beaten 3-0 by FC Groningen and FC Utrecht respectively, allowing FC Twente to close the gap to just three points.
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Twente take advantage of top two troubles
Bayer Leverkusen attacker Andre Schurrle has voiced his concern over the ongoing unrest at the Bundesliga side in recent weeks. “When I joined Leverkusen, they were regarded as a quiet club.
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Andre Schurrle expresses concern over unrest at Bayer Leverkusen
The league leaders were both beaten away from home, while the reigning champions bagged the full three points in the Amsterdam ArenA
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Eredivisie Round 22 Results: Ajax cruise past NEC, while PSV, AZ & Feyenoord all drop points
MILAN (Reuters) – Free-scoring AC Milan, 4-0 winners over Arsenal in the Champions League last week, kept the goals flowing with a 3-1 win at bottom club Cesena on Sunday that ensured they finished the weekend top of Serie A. Sulley Muntari, Urby Emanuelson and Robinho scored in a half hour spell for the titleholders before Daniel Pudil reduced the arrears for the Sea Horses. Fabio Borini gave …
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Milan keep the goals flowing to lead Serie A
AC Milan returned to the top of the Serie A standings ahead of next weekend’s meeting with second-placed Juventus by recording a 3-1 win at bottom club AC Cesena.
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Milan see off Cesena to resume Serie A lead
AC Milan made it three convincing wins in one week with a comfortable 3-1 victory at Cesena, which moves the champions back up to top spot in Serie A above closest challengers Juventus.
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Milan stroll on with win at Cesena
Klaas Jan Huntelaar claimed a double and Raul was also on target as Schalke comfortably beat Wolfsburg 4-0 at home to remain in touch with the Bundesliga leaders.
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Schalke thrash Wolfsburg to stay in touch
Schalke’s two times scorer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of the Netherlands, right, celebrates his goal with Schalke’s Christian Fuchs of Austria during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and VFL Wolfsburg in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Schalke won the match with 4-0.
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Huntelaar scores 2 as Schalke beats Wolfsburg
Everton and Sunderland will meet in the FA Cup quarter-finals following Sunday’s draw at Wembley.
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Everton and Sunderland drawn in FA Cup
League One Stevenage earned a money-spinning FA Cup fifth-round replay at Tottenham after holding the Londoners to a 0-0 draw on Sunday.
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Tottenham stutter at Stevenage
Roma defeated Parma 1-0 through a 26th-minute Fabio Borini goal, scoring against the run of play to condemn their visitors to a first loss in five games and climb up to fifth in the Serie A standings.
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Roma end Parma unbeaten run
Munich – FC Schalke 04 reignited their Bundesliga title bid with a thumping 4-0 victory at home to VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday.
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Schalke send Wolves to the slaughter
