Former Toronto FC defender Jim Brennan has been promoted to assistant coach with the Major League Soccer team.

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TFC's former captain Brennan new asst. coach

Atalanta, Novara and Siena are among 22 Italian teams that will have to answer to sports authorities in a massive match-fixing scandal.

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Serie A clubs named in match-fixing scandal

Lionel Messi scored four times Saturday to give Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola a 4-0 win over crosstown rival Espanyol in his last home game.

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Messi scores 4 in Guardiola's last home game

Novara claimed its first win in six games with a 2-1 victory over Lazio on Wednesday denting the Roman side’s hopes of a third place finish.

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Lazio downed by Novara; lose ground for 3rd

Athletic Bilbao pushed last-place Racing Santander toward near-certain relegation from the Spanish league on Sunday with a 1-0 away win.

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Bilbao scores early goal to edge Racing

Danny Dichio knows all too well what Toronto FC is feeling headed into Saturday’s game.

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TFC's Dichio recalls ending drought vs. Fire

Radamel Falcao scored a brace to help Atletico Madrid beat Valencia in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals on Thursday.

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Atletico Madrid, Sporting Lisbon win first legs

French defender Matthieu Delpierre will leave Stuttgart at the end of the season to join Bundesliga rival Hoffenheim.

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Delpierre joining Hoffenheim next season

Hoffenheim says attacking midfielder Roberto Firmino has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

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Hoffenheim's Firmino out for season

Stuttgart outclassed Werder Bremen in a 4-1 win on Friday that wraps up fifth place in the Bundesliga.

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Bundesliga: Stuttgart tops Werder Bremen

It has been six years since their epic collapse and demotion, but Juventus is back on top in Serie A and poised to win the scudetto.

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Michalakos on Serie A: Juventus rising

Surging Juventus replaced AC Milan at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win at Palermo on Saturday after the defending champion concluded a difficult week with a 2-1 loss at home to Fiorentina.

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Juventus bumps off Milan atop Serie A

Inter Milan fired Claudio Ranieri on Monday after a run of just one win in its last 10 league matches.

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Inter fires coach Ranieri, hires Stramaccioni

Catania rebounded to draw 2-2 at Napoli in Serie A on Sunday after late goals from Nicolas Spolli and substitute Davide Lanzafame.

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Catania rebounds late to draw at Napoli

Javier Hernandez scored twice as Manchester United thrashed 10-man Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 on Sunday.

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English recap: United thrashes Wolves

Bosnia striker Vedad Ibisevic scored twice on his first return to former club Hoffenheim to give Stuttgart a 2-1 win in the Bundesliga.

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Ibisevic returns as Stuttgart beats Hoffenheim

Last-place Kaiserslautern earned a 0-0 draw at Stuttgart on Friday in the Bundesliga but remained winless in 15 matches.

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Bundesliga: Kaiserslautern draws at Stuttgart

Athletic Bilbao prepared for its Europa League clash with Manchester United by beating Real Sociedad 2-0 on Sunday.

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La Liga: Athletic Bilbao beats Real Sociedad

Lazio beat 10-man Roma 2-1 in a heated Serie A derby match on Sunday to do the double over its rivals for the first time in 15 years.

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Lazio tops 10-man Roma in heated contest

German Denis scored a hat trick as struggling Atalanta stunned nine-man Roma 4-1 in the Serie A on Sunday.

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Serie A: Atalanta shocks 9-man Roma 4-1

Racing Santander rallied for a 1-1 home draw against Sporting Gijon on Saturday in a Spanish league relegation fight.

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La Liga: Racing Santander, Sporting Gijon draw

Hoffenheim’s new coach Markus Babbel was unable mark his home debut with a win Friday as Mainz came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw.

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Bundesliga: Hoffenheim draws with Mainz

Darren Mattocks scored but the Vancouver Whitecaps had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake in a MLS pre-season game Friday.

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Mattocks tallies but Whitecaps tie Real Salt Lake

Novara coach Emiliano Mondonico’s return to Serie A proved disappointing as he witnessed his new team lose 2-1 to Chievo Verona on Thursday.

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Novara loses in Mondonico's Serie A return

Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg 2-0 to remain top of the Bundesliga on goal difference, just ahead of Borussia Dortmund which also won.

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Bayern, Dortmund heat up Bundesliga chase

Brazilian striker Amauri has completed a move to Fiorentina after having fallen out of favour at Juventus.

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Striker Amauri completes move to Fiorentina

Fresh off a breakthrough 2011 in the English Championship and for Canada’s national team, defender David Edgar talks to sportsnet.ca.

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Doyle on soccer: Q&A with David Edgar

Schalke brushed aside Stuttgart 3-1 to draw level on points with Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich on Saturday.

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Schalke grabs share of league lead with win

The bizarre, exasperating and ultimately disappointing relationship between Mustapha Jarju and the Vancouver Whitecaps came to an end.

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MacMahon on Whitecaps: Designated failure

Toronto FC re-signed diminutive forward Joao Plata to a multi-year deal Wednesday.

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Toronto FC re-signs Plata to multi-year deal