UEFA names five clubs in match-fixing probe - Summary
Nyon, Switzerland - Five clubs from Albania, Latvia, Slovenia and Hungary were on Wednesday named by the ruling body UEFA as suspects in a major match-fixing scheme. UEFA said KF Tirana (Albania) KS Vilaznia (both Albania), FC Dinaburg (Latvia), NK ...
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UEFA names five clubs in match-fixing probe
Nyon, Switzerland - Five clubs from Albania, Latvia, Slovenia and Hungary were on Wednesday named by the ruling body UEFA as suspects in a major match-fixing scheme. ...
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Career end looms for Pechstein as CAS confirms ban - Summary
Lausanne, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration on Wednesday rejected an appeal from German speed skater Claudia Pechstein against a two-year ban for a doping rule violation. Pechstein will miss the Vancouver Olympics over the ruling which makes her...
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Barcelona extend contract of defender Abidal
Madrid - European champions Barcelona announced on Wednesday that the contract of left-back Eric Abidal had been extended for a year, until 2012. Abidal said on Wednesday that I feel good in this team. This is the best club in the world. ...
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Hanover to play in Enke-tribute shirts for the rest of season
Hanover, Germany - Hanover 96 players will wear shirts with a black number one for the rest of the season in a tribute to their late goalkeeper Robert Enke. The Bundesliga club Hanover said on Wednesday that the German football league had approved th...
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Federer reflects only briefly on proud return to top - Feature
London - Roger Federer was pausing only briefly to delight in his return to year-end world number one status a year after losing the honour to Rafael Nadal in Shanghai. There was the more pressing matter to hand of Thursday's grudge duel with Argenti...
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Management: CAS confirms Pechstein ban - Update
Lausanne, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration has rejected an appeal from German speed skater Claudia Pechstein against a two-year ban for a doping rule violation, making her miss the Vancouver Olympics. Pechstein's management made the announcemen...
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Management: CAS confirms Pechstein ban
Lausanne, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration has rejected an appeal from German speedskater Claudia Pechstein against a two-year ban for a doping rule violation, her management said on Wednesday. The five-time Olympic champion Pechstein, 37, did ...
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Toni not in Munich squad for Haifa game
Munich - Bayern Munich said that Italy striker Luca Toni was not in the squad for a European Champions League match later Wednesday against Maccabi Haifa. But Munich spokesman Markus Hoerwick did not confirm a report from the Bild daily that Toni had...
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Report: Nigeria make another attempt to get Germany's Aogo
Hamburg - German under-21 international Dennis Aogo is to play for Nigeria at the 2010 World Cup, the Sport Bild weekly reported on Wednesday. The report said that the SV Hamburg defender Aogo, 22, will be visited by a high-ranking Nigerian delegatio...
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