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Dublin, Ireland (MySportsbook) - Just three days before the start of the
2007 Irish Premier League season, Sligo Rovers boss Rob McDonald resigned his
post.
The former Newcastle United, PSV and Sporting Lisbon striker replaced Sean
Connor at the end of last season.
Leo Tierne... |
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Dublin, Ireland (MySportsbook) - Republic of Ireland defender Kenny
Cunningham decided to retire from international football on Thursday.
The country's captain made the decision after the Republic of Ireland failed
to qualify for the World Cup finals next summer in Germany.
T... |
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Milan, Italy (MySportsbook) - Diego Milito scored four times for Inter Milan
while Palermo got three goals from Fabrizio Miccoli in a 4-4 draw at the San
Siro on Wednesday.
Andrea Mantovani started the scoring barrage in the 16th minute when he put
Palermo in front. But Milito and... |
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Parma, Italy (MySportsbook) - Serie A leader Juventus had its match at Parma
postponed Tuesday because of snow.
Unbeaten Juventus leads AC Milan by one point, but could surrender first place
when Milan visits Lazio on Wednesday.
Juventus has 12 wins and eight draws from its 20 matches t... |
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Milan, Italy (MySportsbook) - Inter Milan moved to offset the departure of
midfielder Sulley Muntari with three new signings Tuesday.
Colombian striker Fredy Guarin, Italian midfielder Angelo Palombo, and
Brazilian defender Juan have all joined the San Siro club ahead of ... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (MySportsbook) - Benfica signed forward Yannick Djalo on a
4 1/2-year deal Tuesday.
Djalo, 25, had been out of contract since the summer, but joins the Portuguese
leaders for the second half of the season. He played for Sporting Lisbon, with
the exception of a loan deal ... |
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Porto, Portugal (MySportsbook) - FC Porto acquired Lucho Gonzalez and Marc
Janko on Tuesday, as the Portuguese giants added a pair of reinforcements just
days after its first loss of the season.
Lucho, 31, previously spent four seasons at Porto and returns to the club on a
free transfer... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (MySportsbook) - FC Porto fell five points back of league-
leaders Benfica on Sunday after sustaining a surprising 3-1 defeat at Gil
Vicente.
The home side brought a five-match winless streak into the contest against the
defending champions, but jumped out to a 2-... |
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Moscow, Russia (MySportsbook) - Both CSKA Moscow and the Russian National
Team took a hit on Sunday as keeper Igor Akinfeyev tore knee ligaments while
playing in a Russian Premier League match against Rostov.
The 21-year-old netminder fell awkwardly midway through the second half of h... |
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Moscow, Russia (MySportsbook) - Vagner Love posted a hat trick as
CSKA Moscow hoisted the Russian title on Saturday with a 4-0 victory over Luch
Energiya.
CSKA opened the scoring in the 15th minute courtesy of a goal by Daniel
Carvalho.
The Brazilian striker then ... |
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Kiev, Ukraine (MySportsbook) - The mid-season injury bug has latched onto
Dynamo Kiev, as the Ukrainian club will be forced to sit out six impact
players during Wednesday's Champions League match with Group E power Lyon, who
stand atop with nine points to Dynamo's zero.
Brazilia... |
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Glasgow, Scotland (MySportsbook) - A goal in each half from Steven Davis
propelled Rangers to a 4-0 win over Hibernian at the Ibrox Stadium on
Saturday, moving the club to within a point of leaders Celtic.
Davis scored the lone goal of the first half when he was played in beh... |
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Glasgow, Scotland (MySportsbook) - Rangers welcome Hibernian to Ibrox in
Scottish Premier League play on Saturday with an opportunity to place some
additional pressure on first-place Celtic.
The Hoops lead the league with 59 points through 24 games, four points better
than their ... |
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Inverness, Scotland (MySportsbook) - Inverness announced Friday that it has
acquired 28-year-old winger Claude Gnakpa on loan from League One side Walsall
until the end of the season.
Gnakpa, who can also play at left back, has also featured for Peterborough and
Luton Town in England's l... |
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Villarreal, Spain (MySportsbook) - Villarreal has signed forward Alejandro
Martinuccio on a six-month loan from Brazilian side Fluminense, it was
announced on Wednesday.
The two clubs just beat the transfer deadline to push the deal through, with
Villarreal confirming that t... |
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Gijon, Spain (MySportsbook) - Sporting Gijon fired coach Manuel Preciado on
Tuesday, just days after the club lost for the sixth time in its last eight La
Liga matches.
Preciado was with Gijon for 5 1/2 seasons and led the club to the top division
in Spain in his second year in charge. G... |
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Barcelona, Spain (MySportsbook) - Barcelona signed forward Isaac Cuenca to a
contract extension Tuesday that will keep the 20-year-old with the club until
the summer of 2015.
Cuenca has made 12 appearances for Barcelona this season and scored four goals
for the Spanish and European cham... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (MySportsbook) - Niclas Alexandersson will captain
Sweden in Wednesday's European Championship 2008 qualifier against Iceland in
the absence of normal captain Freddie Ljungberg.
Ljungberg, 29, injured his calf in Sweden's 2-0 win over Spain in the
quali... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (MySportsbook) - Sweden will have star striker Zlatan
Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson available for two upcoming World Cup
qualifiers.
Lars Lagerback's team, which is currently second in UEFA's Group 8, hosts
Bulgaria Saturday and then plays in Hunga... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (MySportsbook) - Swedish coach Lars Lagerback will have
Juventus striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in the lineup for Saturday's World
Cup qualifier against Bulgaria.
Ibrahimovic was placed back on the squad after missing a friendly versus
France back in Februar... |
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