It was Manchester City’s big moment, a chance to show how far the “noisy neighbors” from the blue half of town have come from under the shadows of their big rivals — but the day of wild celebrations ended with a humble apology to one of football’s most iconic names.
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Manchester City sorry for Tevez's 'Fergie R.I.P.' banner
Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Genoa, at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Sunday, May 6, 2012.
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Udinese beats 9-man Genoa 2-0, Napoli loses
Spanish specialist Riled will helm “Spartacus”. Photo: gentevalencia.com The new head coach of Spartak would be appointed the current coach of Valencia ” Riled , reports “ASE”. Sports Director spartakovcev Dmitry Popov had already visited in Spain, where ulažival the last details of the future contract Spanish specialist with the capital Club. The contract must be executed according to the …
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FC “Spartak” (Moscow) has a new Steering
ROME, May 5 – Juventus could be crowned Serie A champions tomorrow but even if they and AC Milan win to take the title race to the final round, there is a feeling in Italy that this is the weekend that will decide the scudetto. Antonio Conte’s Juve are one point ahead of Milan, who take on Champions League-chasing Inter Milan at the same time as …
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Serie A title will be decided Sunday, says Allegri
The English FA is set to appoint Roy Hodgson as England manager, to succeed Fabio Capello and not Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp, as expected. Hodgson’s greater experience in Europe and his organisation skills at tournament level are believed to be the main reasons behind the FA’s decision.
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England has a manager
Keith Mills was one of the longest-serving and most recognisable backroom men in the history of Wigan’s rugby league club and the only man to have also played football for Wigan Athletic. Though his professional careeras a rugby league player was brief – 25 first-team games and nine substitute appearances from 1967-69 – he had more claim to the honorary title of “Mr Wigan” than many who pulled …
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Keith Mills: Stalwart of Wigan RLFC across five decades
A footballer was jailed for five years today for raping a teenager who was “too drunk to consent” to sex as two of his friends watched and tried to film it on a mobile phone.
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Five years for Sheffield United and Wales footballer rapist Ched Evans
Arsenal’s attempts to cement a place in next season’s Champions League were thwarted on Monday as Wigan claimed a notable 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium in the English Premier League.
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Martinez masterminds another memorable win as Wigan beat Arsenal
Italian footballer Piermario Morosini has died after collapsing during a Serie B match at Pescara on Saturday, according to Italian media reports.
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Italian footballer dies after collapsing during Serie B match
Alvaro Saboria and Fabian Espindola have been a potent 1-2 punch for Real Salt Lake in recent years.
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Saboria, Espindola lead Real Salt Lake past Rapids
In any credible list of football’s greatest matches, Real Madrid’s 7-3 dismembering of Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup final would rank highly.
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José Maria Zárraga: Winner of five European Cups with Real Madrid
How do you solve a problem like Mario Balotelli? After an eventful fortnight that saw the Manchester City striker gatecrash a press conference, row with teammates and crash his Bentley, it’s perhaps no wonder that his club manager Robert Mancini has been driven to despair.
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Bad boy Balotelli drives Manchester City manager to despair
Liverpool’s disastrous run in the English Premier League continued Sunday with a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle – the sixth defeat in the last seven for Kenny Dalglish’s men.
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Newcastle extend the misery for slumping Liverpool
Claudio Ranieri was sacked as coach of Inter Milan on Monday after a dismal run which has seen the 2010 European champions win only one of the last 10 Italian Serie A matches.
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Ranieri sacked by slumping Inter Milan after Juventus defeat
MARCH 20 — If you ever come across a new follower of English football who is trying to decide which team to support, or if you are looking for a new team to follow yourself, could I please point you in the direction of Swansea City? Despite their Real Madrid-style all-white kit, the Welsh club are the FC Barcelona of the Premier League — lacking, …
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Swansea City: The new Barcelona
ATHLETIC BILBAO ripped Manchester United to shreds with an attacking master class last night at Old Trafford.
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English: Europa League: Manchester United 2 Athletic Bilbao 3
PARIS (AFP) – Premier League leaders Manchester City suffered a 1-0 defeat by Sporting Lisbon in their Europa League last 16 first-leg clash on Thursday, as 2010 winners Atletico Madrid closed in on the quarter-finals.
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City edged out in Lisbon, Atletico eye last eight
AC Milan withstood a brave comeback from Arsenal to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League Tuesday despite a 3-0 defeat in the second leg at the Emirates.
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AC Milan advance despite brave Arsenal fightback at Emirates
Although his side slipped to the bottom of the Bundesliga yesterday, coach Marco Kurz has been reassured by Kaiserslautern president Stefan Kuntz that his job is safe for another week.
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Kurz gets Kaiserslautern backing
A HAMSTRING strain will prevent Matt Phillips from making his Scotland debut in Slovenia tomorrow night but that didn’t deter the Scottish Football Association from getting the Blackpool winger to pose for photographers yesterday in the national team’s new adidas away kit.
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Blackpool's Phillips happy to pledge allegiance to Scotland
With Germany’s title race set to resume in earnest on Sunday, Bayer Leverkusen took center stage in Saturday’s Bundesliga action by claiming fifth place with a 2-0 win at struggling Cologne.
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Bender double puts Bayer Leverkusen fifth in Bundesliga
Ola John (FC Twente) and Luciano Narsingh (sc Heerenveen) are the only first-timers in national football coach Bert van Marwijk’s 24-strong squad for next week’s friendly against England.
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John and Narsingh called up for England friendly
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How do the leagues stand as the transfer deadline closes? Tomorrow we bring you the latest deals; today, the leagues where they play. A super race is on in the Bundesliga with four clubs chasing the title and one point separating them; in Spain, Mourinho looks more and more like Campeón!
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Transfer deadline closes: How they stand
Aston Villa winger Charles N’Zogbia is to see a specialist today as he seeks to get to the root of a troublesome heel injury.
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Aston Villa examine N'Zogbia injury
Colorado Rapids new head coach Oscar Pareja speaks at his introductory news conference, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at the MLS soccer team’s facility in Commerce City, Colo. Pareja replaces Gary Smith, who was fired in November.
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Colorado Rapids hire Pareja as new head coach
Bundesliga bottom club Freiburg Thursday dismissed coach Marcus Sorg, for the first time in the history, after he was only appointed in July.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was again on target as AC Milan returned to the top of Italy’s Serie A with a 2-0 victory at Cagliari on Tuesday.
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Milan reclaim Serie A lead as Ibrahimovic tops scoring chart
