Russian football has been blighted by a series of high-profile incidents of racial abuse in recent times, an issue the country’s soccer administrators are eager to address ahead of the FIFA World Cup arriving in 2018.
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Russia launch anti-racism taskforce after Samba abuse
AC Milan have a seemingly endless list of names on the sidelines, as Alexandre Pato, Filippo Inzaghi, Rodney Strasser, Ignazio Abate, Robinho and Flavio Roma, Mathieu Flamini and Antonio Cassano are all out of contention.
Moscow, March 22 (IANS) Two Russian football clubs issued a joint statement Thursday condemning an incident where a fan threw a banana at a player in Moscow.
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Russian football clubs condemn banana throwing incident
First Vice President of the Russian Football Union (RFS) Nikita Simonyan said he was impressed by the level of training of Poland to adopt the Euro-2012.
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Vice President RFS Nikita Simonyan: “preparing Poland for Euro 2012 impresses”
Borussia Dortmund left it late to book their place in the DFB-Pokal final with a 1-0 extra-time win over Greuther Furth at the Trolli Arena. Ilkay Gundogan saw his powerful effort find the bottom corner in the final minute of extra time, leaving the Cloverleaves crestfallen.
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Greuther Furth 0-1 Borussia Dortmund (aet): Gundogan's 120th minute strike puts BVB in the DFB-Pokal final
MOSCOW: Russian football chiefs on Tuesday launched an investigation into an apparent racially-motivated attack on Anzhi Makhachkala’s Congolese defender Christopher Samba.
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Russian league probes banana attack on DRC player
Russian football chiefs on Tuesday launched an investigation into an apparent racially-motivated attack on Anzhi Makhachkala’s Congolese defender Christopher Samba.
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Russian league probes banana attack on Samba
MOSCOW – A Russian football club has expressed its disappointment over an “idiotic” banana throwing incident with its Congolese-born defender.
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Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala regrets 'idiotic' banana throwing incident with defender Samba
AC Milan have consolidated their position at the Serie A summit after casting aside Parma in a 2-0 victory at the Tardini on Saturday.
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Parma 0-2 AC Milan: Ibrahimovic and Emanuelson on target as Rossoneri strengthen grip on first place
Bayer Leverkusen unfortunately find themselves short of influential midfielder Lars Bender, who is currently looking at ‘several weeks’ out, according to the club’s official site, after tearing his thigh muscle in last weekend’s 3-2 loss to Wolfsburg.
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Bayer Leverkusen – Monchengladbach Preview: Both sides eager for victory to prevent full-blown form slumps
After a promising start under Roberto Donadoni following his appointment in early January, Parma have slowed down significantly, but some positive news for the coach is he will be able to count on recovered first-choice goalkeeper Antonio Mirante and striker Sergio Floccari from the starting whistle.
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Parma – AC Milan Preview: Champions look to make it three Serie A wins in a row
The President of the Russian Football Union (RFS) Sergey Fursenko commented on the situation with poor margins on Russian stadiums and postponement of the matches.
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RFS threatens to ban matches at unsatisfactory stadiums
After a short break, the UEFA Champions League is back with a generous portion of fixtures that will definitely fill your football cravings.
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Lots at stake in Champions League
Borussia Dortmund saw their gap at the top of the league reduced to five points, as they were left frustrated at the SGL Arena in the face of a spirited showing by Augsburg , who themselves moved out of the relegation places following a well earned 0-0 draw on Saturday.
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Augsburg 0-0 Borussia Dortmund: Bundesliga minnows frustrate Klopp's men in stalemate
On the eve of the start of the football season, the activists of the movement “women in Lithuania for football” held in Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania, FlashMob in support of this kind of sport, reported today, 9 March, BakuToday the Lithuanian Football Federation.
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The movement “women in Lithuania for football” held in Kaunas FlashMob
The Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of the Russian Football Union (RFS) fined several coaches from 33 matches of championship of Russia. For beyond the technical zone head coach “Spartacus” Charleston and his colleague from Zenit Luciano Spalletti fined 30 thousand rubles.
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Hiddink, Spalletti and Karpin fined
The striker Keegan and Lukas Podolski Germany there are four Club: Lokomotiv Moscow, Anzhi “mahačkalinskij” Galatasaray (Istanbul) and arsenal (London), according to Bild. Each of the 26-year-old commands offers delivered to contract for a period of four years, with the most advantageous financial conditions are ready to give in Moscow and Makhachkala-for 12 million euros per year. 10 million …
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“Anzhi” and “Lokomotiv” offer on Podolski million euro in year 12
After being battered 4-0 on home soil last weekend, Palermo are aiming to bounce back and add another win to their formidable home record and make up ground on Roma, who they trail by four points in the Serie A standings as both teams still have an outside chance of ending the season in a Europa League qualifying spot.
CSKA Moscow President Yevgeny Giner took the initiative to abolish the limit on foreign players. However, other Board members did not support it. In particular, Sergey Fursenko RFS head indicated that he opposed.
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CSKA President wants to lift the limit on foreign players. RFS-against
Gertjan Verbeek will have a full squad at his disposal for the visit of the Bianconeri, with the coach expected to name an unchanged lineup from the side that defeated Heracles Almelo 3-1 on Saturday.
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AZ – Udinese Preview: Eredivisie leaders aiming to stretch unbeaten European run to 10 games
AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund made the most of slips by their nearest pursuers to move further in front in their respective top flights. UEFA.com recaps the best of the action.
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Milan and Dortmund engineer breathing space
Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £50 in free bets! Twente recorded a memorable victory at the Philips Stadion on Sunday, drubbing PSV 6-2 to burst back into Eredivisie title contention.
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PSV 2-6 Twente: Fred Rutten's side dismantled as Tukkers fire title warning in dominant display
Was guilty of being indecisive for Sporting’s equaliser when he did not come out to claim the ball, which allowed Barral to sneak in. Apart from having his goal breached, he was largely a spectator in the match.
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Player Ratings: Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijon
Seydou Keita scored a sensational goal 12 minutes from time to help Barcelona overcome the challenge of Sporting Gijon at Camp Nou after Gerard Pique had been sent off in the early moments of the second-half.
Milan were in imperious form as they surged to an emphatic 4-0 win over a wretched Palermo at the Renzo Barbera, momentarily extending their lead over Juventus at the Serie A summit to four points.
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Palermo 0-4 AC Milan: Ibrahimovic hat-trick demolishes hapless hosts to send champions four points clear
Claudio Ranieri’s side have a few injury concerns going into Sunday’s clash, with Andrea Ranocchia and Ricardo Alvarez ruled out with thigh and muscle strains respectively, while Freddy Guarin is still nursing the calf injury that has plagued him since signing from Porto in January.
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Inter – Catania Preview: Nerazzurri seek their first victory in over a month
Palermo will want to put any memories of the 4-1 defeat by Siena behind them as they host the champions at the Renzo Barbera on Saturday, but must contend with a few noticeable absences.
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Palermo – AC Milan Preview: Ibrahimovic returns as Rossoneri look to make Serie A title-winning run
The round of 16 returns with Arsenal FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen facing mountainous tasks while SL Benfica and Olympique Lyonnais protect slender leads.
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Arsenal and Leverkusen staring down the barrel
Borussia Dortmund came away from their clash against Hannover at the Signal Iduna Park with a 3-1 win in Sunday’s Bundesliga encounter.
