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Dublin, Ireland (Best E Casino) - 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 (Best E Casino) - 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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Rome, Italy (Best E Casino) - Roma's attacking options diminished again on
Wednesday as striker Pablo Osvaldo sustained a thigh injury in training.
The incident comes less than 24 hours after Marco Borriello's loan move to
Juventus was finalized, leaving Luis Enrique's side short on ... |
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Genoa, Italy (Best E Casino) - Genoa acquired Italy striker Alberto Gilardino
from Fiorentina on Tuesday for approximately $10.5 million.
Gilardino, 29, won the 2006 World Cup with Italy and has played 47 matches and
scored 17 goals for his country. He inked a four-and-a-half year contract ... |
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Turin, Italy (Best E Casino) - Juventus signed Italy striker Marco Borriello
on loan from Serie A rival Roma on Tuesday for the remainder of the season,
with an option to make the move permanent.
Borriello, 29, was at AC Milan from 2000-07 but spent most of those seasons on
loan with ... |
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Porto, Portugal (Best E Casino) - FC Porto closed out 2011 with a 2-0 win
over 10-man Maritimo on Saturday to end the year tied atop the league table
with Benfica.
The win is the third straight for the club and keeps them level with Benfica
on 33 points through 13 games, with ... |
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Madeira, Portugal (Best E Casino) - Benfica kept pace with FC Porto at the
top of the league on Sunday after edging Maritimo with a 1-0 win at the
Estadio dos Barreiros.
Oscar Cardozo's late goal in the 85th minute gave Benfica the lead, as the
visitors capitalized on a man-a... |
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Lisbon, Portugal (Best E Casino) - Benfica kept pace with FC Porto at the top
of the league on Saturday after holding off Sporting Lisbon for a 1-0 win.
Javi Garcia's goal a few minutes before halftime put Benfica in the lead, and
the home side had to survive Oscar Cardozo's red card in... |
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Moscow, Russia (Best E Casino) - 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 (Best E Casino) - 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 (Best E Casino) - 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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Dunfermline, Scotland (Best E Casino) - Celtic continued its exceptional form
in the Scottish Premier League with a comfortable 3-0 win over last-place
Dunfermline at East End Park on Monday.
The Bhoys have now won 10 successive games in Scotland's top flight, and they
maintain thei... |
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Dunfermline, Scotland (Best E Casino) - Fresh off of its Old Firm win over
Rangers, Celtic heads to East End Park to face Dunfermline on Monday in a
battle of "first against worst."
Celtic edged Rangers, 1-0, at Parkhead on Wednesday to take over first place
in the Scottish Pre... |
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Glasgow, Scotland (Best E Casino) - Sweden defender Mikael Lustig completed
his move to Celtic on Friday, joining the Scottish Premier League leaders on a
deal that will keep him at Parkhead until the summer of 2015.
Lustig, 25, joins Celtic from Norwegian side Rosenburg but has also e... |
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Barcelona, Spain (Best E Casino) - Barcelona reserve goalkeeper Jose Pinto
signed a one-year contract extension on Wednesday, keeping him at the club
until June 2013.
Since joining the defending European champions in January 2008 from Celta de
Vigo, Pinto has served as the num... |
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Bilbao, Spain (Best E Casino) - Athletic Bilbao forward Oscar de Marcos has
signed a contract extension which ties him to the club until June 2016.
The 22-year-old's previous deal was set to expire next summer, but the highly-
regarded Spaniard has now extended his stay after agree... |
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Aragon, Spain (Best E Casino) - Real Zaragoza announced on Sunday that the
club has hired Manolo Jimenez as its new coach until the end of the season.
Jimenez replaces Javier Aguirre, who was sacked earlier this week with
Zaragoza sitting on the bottom of the La Liga table havi... |
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Stockholm, Sweden (Best E Casino) - 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 (Best E Casino) - 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 (Best E Casino) - 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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