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The two sides of Nicolas Anelka - Feature
London - Sometimes a team's greatest strength can be its greatest weakness. Nicolas Anelka has scored 12 Premier League goals for Chelsea this season, making him the top-scorer in the division by four. ...
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Burnley beat Arsenal to claim semi-final berth - Summary
London - Championship side Burnley added another Premier League scalp to a list that already includes Fulham and Chelsea as they beat Arsenal in the Carling Cup quarter-final on Tuesday. Graham McDonald scored a goal in each half to secure a 2-0 vict...
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Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar signs with Real Madrid
Madrid - Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has signed with Real Madrid, the Spanish club confirmed Tuesday after reaching an agreement with Ajax Amsterdam. The agreement is of course contingent upon the player passing a physical and signing his cont...
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David Beckham's LA Galaxy arrives in New Zealand
Wellington - Football megastar David Beckham was given a traditional Maori welcome when he arrived at Auckland Airport with his LA Galaxy teammates on Wednesday, news reports said. Beckham signed autographs for some of the 150 fans who met the team, ...
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Mourinho: I'd have preferred an Inter winner for Ballon d'Or
Rome - Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho said Tuesday he would rather one of his own players had won the Ballon d'Or which went to Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo. I'd have preferred that one of our players had won it, the Portuguese coac...
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Bad weather grounds Greek side Olympiakos en route to Ukraine match
Kiev - Bad weather forced Greek football side Olympiakos to make an unscheduled landing and an unplanned 500-kilometre journey by bus ahead of a UEFA Cup match on Wednesday, Korrespondent magazine reported Tuesday. The Athens club had been en route t...
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Paralympic champion Jonas Jacobsson wins prestigious Swedish award
Stockholm - Jonas Jacobsson, who won three shooting medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games, was Tuesday elected winner of the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal, one of Sweden's most prestigious sports awards. Jacobsson was cited for a heroic come from behin...
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Magath in row with German federation over fine
Frankfurt - VfL Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath is on a collision course with German football authorities after saying he would not accept a 10,000-euro (12,700 dollars) fine for insulting a referee. The German football federation DFB reacted angrily Tu...
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Cristiano Ronaldo scoops Ballon d'Or award - Summary
Paris - Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) awarded by France Football magazine to the outstanding player in world football. Ronaldo, whose superb form helped United win the Champions League and Premier League ...
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