Owen Hargreaves released by Manchester City

Manchester City admitted defeat in their attempt to resurrect Owen Hargreaves’ career on Tuesday when he was released at the end of a one-year contract after playing only 13 minutes of Premier League football.

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Teal Bunbury Scores Twice in 2-2 Draw

Sporting Kansas City picked up the team’s first draw of the season on Saturday with a 2-2 road result at the Colorado Rapids behind two first-half goals from forward Teal Bunbury.

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Manchester City's title-winning football stolen

Manchester City officials have called in police after a teenage fan made off with the title-winning ball in the club’s Premier League triumph.

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Something has to give

Düsseldorf/Berlin – The whole of Düsseldorf is already planning how best to celebrate the imminent return of Bundesliga football to the city – with the notable exception of the coach and squad of players charged with actually making that dream a reality.

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Cardiff City drop change to red

Cardiff City drop plans to change their blue shirts to red, but the Malaysian owners warn that the club cannot carry on losing money.

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Touré double puts title in City’s grasp

Two timely strikes from Yaya Touré ensured Manchester City FC are on the verge of winning their first league title since 1968, although Manchester United FC remain on their heels.

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Sporting Kansas City Vs. Montreal Impact, 2012 MLS: SKC Dealt Their Second Consecutive Loss

Mighty Sporting Kansas City doesn’t look so mighty anymore. After starting the season with seven straight wins, they have now lost consecutive matches thanks to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Montreal Impact on Saturday. More amazingly, this one came at Livestrong Sporting Park, where Kansas City seemed unbeatable, but clearly such rules do not apply to Canadians. The Impact got on the board …

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Impact Visits Sporting Kansas City Saturday

KANSAS CITY, Kansas – The Montreal Impact (2-5-2) will face Sporting Kansas City (7-1-0) this Saturday, at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park at 8:30pm ET. The game will be broadcast live on TVA Sports and is also available on illico Mobile, illico Web and MLS Live.

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Football: West Ham take first blood

A Jack Collison double fired West Ham to a 2-0 win at Cardiff City in the first leg of their Championship playoff semi-final on Thursday.

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Football: Bristol City chairman Sexstone resigns

COLIN SEXSTONE will step down as Bristol City chairman on May 31 to pursue other interests.

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London calling for Köln hometown hero

Cologne – As of next season, Lukas Podolski will be turning out for Arsenal FC in the English Premier League.

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Manchester City watch £15m midfielder

Manchester City Football Club have been keeping tabs on Ander Herrera. A sensational recent run of results has put the Blues right back in contention for the Premier League title, but Roberto Mancini is already thinking about next term.

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Award celebrates Liverpool music

A new music award is presented in Liverpool to highlight the city’s thriving music scene and prove there is more to Liverpool than The Beatles.

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Paul Lambert and Norwich City prove they have arrived

The return of Liverpool to Carrow Road tomorrow provides another benchmark of how far Norwich City have come over the past three years. Chris Lakey reflects on the contrasting fortunes of the two clubs and their Glaswegian managers

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Friendship through Football

Cardiff City fans organised a community football match against the two Cardiff synagogues as part of their drive to engage communities across the capital in our local football club.

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Soccer Capsules: Three playoff spots still open in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three playoff berths are still up for grabs in Mexico’s first division with five decided as the season enters the final round of the regular season.

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League round-up: Pompey and Sky Blues fall as Royals are crowned champions

Coventry City and Portsmouth were relegated from the Championship after both lost and Bristol City, the only other team in danger, won 2-0 against Barnsley. Meanwhile, Reading were crowned champions.

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Ipswich Town 1 Birmingham City 1 matchcentre

Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1. Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 1. Attempt saved. Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved. Assisted by Lee Martin with a cross.

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NEWS: FA Cup play returns for anniversary

THE Belgrade Theatre’s top scoring play, We Love You City, returns to the theatre’s B2 auditorium from Tues 8 to Sat 26 May, to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of Coventry City winning the FA Cup.

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We are distracted by Coppa Italia final against Juventus, says Napoli's Cannavaro

Walter Mazzarri’s men have endured a setback in their quest for a Champions League spot over the last month, and the defender cited the cup’s showpiece as the reason for this

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Del Piero prefers LA Galaxy or New York Red Bulls, says Montreal Impact's Nick De Santis

The experienced striker has allegedly chosen which clubs he prefers to join in case he moves to the MLS, with the player apparently uninterested in signing for the Canadian side

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FOREST WITHOUT SUSPENDED McCLEARY

Nottingham Forest will be without the suspended Garath McCleary when play-off chasing Blackpool visit the City Ground. McCleary was shown a straight red card midway through the second half of the 1-0 victory at Peterborough on Monday.

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Man City 4-0 West Brom

Manchester City cut Manchester United’s lead at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win over West Brom.

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Avi Creditor: MLS Week 5 Power Rankings

Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake take care of business ahead of their showdown, and Chivas USA pulls another stunner. That and more from Week 5 in MLS:

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Championship roundup: Hughton pleased as Birmingham maintain grip

• 3-1 win over Palace bolsters Birmingham’s play-off hopes • Leicester hoping for late run after thrashing Doncaster Birmingham City 3-1 Crystal Palace Birmingham consolidated their grip on a play-off spot with a third successive win, leaving Chris Hughton “very pleased … Over the 90 minutes we certainly had to show both sides of our game and I thought we scored three excellent goals.” Palace …

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Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy at Livestrong Sporting Park, Video Preview

Saturday’s marquee match will see Sporting Kansas City (4-0-0) put their perfect record on the line against a Galaxy (1-2-0) squad that is playing their first road MLS match of the season.

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Los Galacticos does not work

Manchester City (3-3 at home to Sunderland) did not take advantage of the game which could have put pressure on United and as a consequence Mancini’s side slips further back, the coach now restricted to prayers and hopes that Sir Alex will drop points. He won’t.

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Johnson tops Sunderland wanted list

Adam Johnson is Sunderland Football Club’s top summer want. The 24-year-old has been at Manchester City since February 2010, but he has been unable to cement a regular place in their starting eleven.

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Birmingham makes Trayvon Martin honorary citizen

The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday to declare the Florida teen shot last month as a honorary citizen.

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