Aston Villa Football Club want Demba Ba to boost their goalscoring return. The Senegal international is arguably the signing of the season for Newcastle United, who took him on a free transfer from West Ham United in the summer.
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AC Milan defender Thiago Silva has insisted that the Rossoneri are hungry for success again ahead of the highly anticipated Serie A clash against Juventus on Saturday evening at San Siro.
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Thiago Silva: AC Milan are hungry for success again
Berlin – Joachim Löw is relying on his tried-and-tested performers for Germany’s first friendly of 2012. Notwithstanding the absence due to injury of Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski, Per Mertesacker and Mario Götze, the national team coach has selected 22 squad regulars from the EURO 2012 qualifying campaign for the game against France in Bremen on February 29th.
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First joint Germany call-up for Bender twins
Hamburg – For Ottmar Hitzfeld, the Champions League Round of 16 meeting between FC Basel and FC Bayern Munich has a particularly personal resonance.
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"Bayern aren’t particularly solid at the moment"
The UEFA Europa League last 16 will be determined on Thursday with Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Lazio and Sporting Lisbon just some of major clubs seeking continental glory.
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Continent's elite eye Europa League last 16
Manchester United are bracing themselves for a massive dip in media revenues following their exit from the Champions League.
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Manchester United face huge cash dip due to Europa League spell
The common thread between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake is just that – a thread.
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MLS Soccer Desert Diamond Cup: LA, Salt Lake only alike in their success
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Striker Kris Boyd, the Scottish Premier League’s all-time leading scorer, has joined Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers. Boyd was signed by the Timbers in late January, but his arrival in Portland was delayed while he secured a visa.
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Soccer Capsules: Timbers welcome Scottish striker Boyd
Bayern Munich face FC Basel on Wednesday in the Champions League’s Round of the 16, first-leg tie, eager to avoid slipping on the same Swiss banana skin which toppled Manchester United.
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Below-par Bayern out to avoid a slip in Basel
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Former Leeds United, Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg star Tony Yeboah has admitted to holding a fake passport upon his arrival in Germany.
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Yeboah admits to having fake DOB on passport
SSC Napoli 3-1 Chelsea FC Ezequiel Lavezzi scored twice as the hosts came from behind to earn a stunning first-leg advantage to take to Stamford Bridge in three weeks.
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Chelsea floored by slick Napoli comeback
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez says sorry for his behaviour following touchline row with manager Roberto Mancini.
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Tevez offers apology to Man City
The Bologna bandwagon rolled on as first-half goals from Alessandro Diamanti and Gaston Ramirez led them to a 2-0 win against Fiorentina. The Rossoblu went into Tuesday evening’s game unbeaten in six Serie A games and on the back of a 3-0 win over Inter Milan on Friday.
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Bologna bandwagon rolls on
Struggling Bologna beat 10-man Fiorentina 2-0 on Tuesday to boost its chances of Serie A survival.
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Serie A roundup: Bologna gets much needed victory
Having returned from the side’s 11-day stay in Ventura, Calif., Saturday night, the Chicago Fire take a three-day break ahead of its departure Wednesday for phase three of preseason, February 22-March 4 in Charleston, S.C.
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Chicago Fire Head to Charleston for 2012 Carolina Challenge Cup
A week of fun in the Florida sun concluded on Monday as Seattle Sounders FC began the transition to the final phase of preseason preparations.
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Sounders FC News and Notes
Chester, Pa. (February 21, 2012) – Philadelphia Union continued to fine tune the club’s roster today, signing SuperDraft selections Greg Jordan and Raymon Gaddis, Supplemental picks Krystian Witkowski and Antoine Hoppenot and goalkeeper Chase Harrison.
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Philadelphia Union Sign Jordan, Gaddis, Harrison, Witkowski and Hoppenot
If it’s true that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, then FC Barcelona might want to listen to Romario. The legendary goal scorer wants the storied club to sign his son, Romarinho, and plans to make the case this week, according to Sambafoot.com. “I will try and take my son there [Barcelona], “Romario said in comments he made to El Pais, Sambafoot reports. “This week I will speak with the …
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Romario Will Try to Convince FC Barcelona to Sign Son, Romarinho
The English soccer superstar will lead the L.A. Galaxy into Rogers Centre on March 7 for CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final
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Toronto FC Training Camp report: Home schedule starts with David Beckham
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has told his star-studded squad to set aside any dreams they have of playing in the Champions League final on May 19 and concentrate on their current plight.
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Hoeness warns Bayern stars to forget the final
Hanover – Having gone into 2010-11 widely tipped to struggle against the drop, Hannover 96 instead enjoyed their best-ever season in the top flight, earning a place in the Europa League at the end of it.
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Rejigged strategy keeps Hannover on course for Europe
Kaiserslautern – It may have been “very, very tough”, but there was no disguising the fact that Borussia Mönchengladbach boss Lucien Favre was also “very, very happy” with his side’s 2-1 victory away to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a result which made them Borussia Dortmund’s closest challengers in the title race.
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No time for celebrations
Basel – Around 90 journalists crammed into the small conference room at the Swissotel Le Plaza in Basel on Tuesday afternoon, all of them eagerly anticipating the arrival of FC Bayern Munich ahead of Wednesday evening’s UEFA Champions League last-16 first-leg tie (kick off: 20:45 CET).
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Bayern better late than never in Basel
Last week’s win at Stoke City FC boosted Valencia CF’s hopes of a long run in the UEFA Europa League but defender Ángel Dealbert is still taking nothing for granted in the second leg.
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Valencia mix ambition with caution as Stoke visit
PSV defender Erik Pieters has played in his first football match after a four-month spell on the sidelines through injury. Pieters suffered a fractured foot in the Eredivisie match against Utrecht in October of last year which has left him unfit for action since.
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Italy-based prodigy Richmond Boakye-Yiadom could make his Ghana debut in this month’s friendly against Chile in the US subject to his visa acquisition.
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Boakye-Yiadom Invited For Ghana-Chile Friendly
Former Leeds United and Eintracht Frankfurt striker Tony Yeboah has admitted he used a fake passport to change his date of birth. The Ghanaian was a star for the English and German clubs in the 1990s and forged a reputation for spectacular goals.
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Yeboah changed date of birth
Dortmund – Borussia Dortmund have extended the existing contract of midfielder Sebastian Kehl for one year, through to June 30th 2013, with the 32-year-old midfielder having the option to then stay on for a further season.
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Kehl staying on at Dortmund
Aunque hace tres o cuatro décadas que la televisión latinoamericana muestra resúmenes de ligas como la española o la italiana, en los últimos años el paisaje del fútbol global que vemos desde este lado del Atlántico cambió a una velocidad increíble.
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De hinchas a consumidores, la gran encrucijada del fútbol
