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Derby boosted by Barnes fitness 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Struggling Championship Derby County have been handed a boost with the news winger Giles Barnes
is expected to return to action next month.
The 20-year-old has been out since suffering knee ligament damage in February, having underwent surgery in the United States.
He is now on course to make a comeback, with ... Read more:fitness
FA charge for Sheffield United star 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Sheffield United
defender Sun Jihai has been charge
d with improper conduct by the Football Association.
The China international has been cited for his reaction to being shown a red card for his tackle on Coventry's Michael Mifsud in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane.
Sun has until 6pm on Friday to respond ... Read more:Sheffield
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Gago out for a month 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Real Madrid will be without the services of Fernando Gago for up to a month, the club confirmed today.
The Argentine midfielder was substituted just over half an hour into Real's 3-0 Champions League win over BATE Borisov on Wednesday. Tests have shown damage to a muscle in his left leg.
A ...
Plymouth Notch Important First Win 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Just when it looked like Argyle were the worst team in the league, they pull out a shock win away to Watford. After the home defeat against Norwich, manager Paul Sturrock called on “honesty” from his players and promised a shake-up. Various stars were dropped, making way for a new ... Read more:First
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Ferguson keen to return 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Rangers Captain Barry Ferguson is set to return within a month and has warned the new signings at Ibrox he is ready to fight for his place in the team and he is not done yet.
"I've heard whispers about me being finished but I don't know where people get that ...
Man Utd will get their goals 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Man Utd failed to score again last night as they failed to break down Villarreal as they played out a o-o draw at Old Trafford. Man Utd have only scored 4 goals in their last 5 games.
Ferguson said: "We will improve from now. We are a bit short but the ... Read more:Man Utd
Fagan to take legal action 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Craig Fagan had his leg broken in a horrific tackle by Newcastles Danny Guthrie at the weekend and is now considering legal
action.
The Hull chairman said: "I wouldn't want to prejudice any potential further action from Craig, yet what I will say is that he has the club's full support ...
‘AAL’ IS NOT LOST 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Celtic only managed to take a point from their opening Champions League encounter on Tuesday evening as a plucky Aalborg side proved difficult to break down. The main highlight of the first half saw Barry Robson’s penalty saved by Karim Zaza after Maloney had been fouled just inside the box. ...
Roque Junior returns home 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Former Leeds defender RoqueJunior
has put an end to his globetrotting and has found his way back to his homeland, to the club where he made a name for himself. Wanderlei Luxemburgo’s Palmeiras will have the veteran stoppers services for their last 13 games of the season as they ...
Bremen struggle in Champions League opener 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Werder Bremen
lost 0:0 with Anorthosis! At least that is how it felt as the individual players began to describe their feelings after the game. The dissappointment was massive. On their own home turf. Werder could not overcome a side that they dominated over the full 90 minutes.
Werder Bremen had ... Read more:Champions
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Cech - “We played out a great game” 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Czech International “Petr Cech” was untested as The Blues crushed a weak Aston Villa 2-0 last night at the bridge. Many thought Villa could break Chelsea’s unbelievable run of four-and-half-years of not losing at home because of there long list of usual starting 11 injuries, 5 to be exact!
Cech ...
Prem pair scout the next ‘next big thing’ 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Reuben Noble-Lazarus, aged 15 years and 45 days, came off the bench in Barnsley's 3-0 defeat at the hands of Ipswich at Portman Road to become the league's youngest ever player and break a record that has stood since the 1920s.
Bradford Park Avenue’s Albert Geldard played aged just 15 years ...
Bremen crushed in Stuttgart 0000-00-00 00:00:00 On the seventh match day of the season, Werder Bremen
crumbled to a 1-4 (0-2) defeat at the hands of VfB Stuttgart. 55,800 spectators at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart saw goals scored by Sami Khedira (18’), Christian Träsch (29’), Roberto Hilbert (63’) and Martin Lanig (88’) for the home ...
Kuyt Goal At The Death Completes Dramatic Reds Comeback 0000-00-00 00:00:00 A brace from Fernando Torres and an injury-time winner by Dirk Kuyt completed an amazing comeback for Rafael Benitez' men, coming back from a two-goal deficit against Mark Hughes' Man City side at Eastlands to secure that they remain at the top of the table alongside Chelsea as we head into an international ...
Credit Crunch delays Liverpool stadium 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has admitted that the global credit crunch is delaying the development of the clubs new stadium.
Liverpool had been planning to leave Anfield to move to a new site based at the nearby Stanley Park, but work has been forced to stop as the Reds struggle ... Read more:Credit Crunch
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Keane laughs off Vieira talks 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Sunderland manager Roy Keane
has laughed off tops he is poised to swoop for arch rival Patrick Vieira
in the January transfer window.
Weekend reports linked the former Manchester United midfielder with his ex-Arsenal nemesis Vieira, who currently play in Serie A with Inter Milan.
Keane has dismissed talks of a swoop ...
Plymouth 4 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Plymouth Argyle continued their unbeaten run in spectacular form by beating SheffieldWednesday
4-0 at Home Park on Saturday. Manager Paul Sturrock picked the same starting 11 who played in the midweek draw at Bristol City and in the home win against Nottingham Forrest the week before.
On the 15th minute, ... Read more:Plymouth
Norwich struggle to find form 0000-00-00 00:00:00 After an initial promising start to the season, Norwich appear to have descended into a bad run of form. The team went to Barnsley in fine form, following the 1-0 home win over Sheffield United, but from the outset it was clear that this wasn't going to be a classic. ...
Young set to commit to Villa 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Aston Villa
winger Ashley Young has revealed he is set to commit
his long-term future to the club.
The former Watford star has been locked in talks at Villa Park as the club attempt to secure the England internationalist on a lengthy contract.
Young, who has 3 years to go on his ...
PSV move top of the table 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Reigning champions PSV Eindhoven eased to a comfortable 3-0 victory over lowly De Graafschap on Saturday night.
Serbian striker Danko Lazovic fired Huub Stevens' side ahead on the stroke of half time, before adding a second shortly after the interval.
Attacking midfielfder Ibrahim Affelay netted PSV's third and last of the night ...
UNITED vs CELTIC: Another Brace for Berba 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Yet another European double for Dimitar Berbatov saw United ease past their ‘North of the border’ rivals on Tuesday night. Celtic looked poor all night - not at all the test that we were expecting. United however put in another impressive European display to leave them at the top of ... Read more:Brace
Villa Park ready for big night 0000-00-00 00:00:00 UEFA Cup
It's been a while since Villa
Park has hosted a glamorous European tie, so not surprisingly a big crowd is anticipated and the claret and blue faithful expectant.
I've been to the Odense and Litex games this season, but apart from that the last European game I saw was more than ... Read more:ready
LYON FOR UEFA? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Predicting football results can often be tricky, stating who could win a certain
tournament may be easier but still could make you look an idiot in front of your
mates. Many football fans across the globe would have put bets on teams like
Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid or Inter Milan winning the ...
Beye claim upheld 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The FA has released this statement regarding Habib Beye's appeal:
"At a Regulatory Commission hearing today, a claim
for wrongful dismissal from Newcastle United defender Habib Beye was upheld.
"As a result, Beye's one-match suspension has been withdrawn.
"Beye was shown a red card for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity during Newcastle's match ...
ESM team of the Month - September 0000-00-00 00:00:00 ESM team of the Month
Every month journalists from each member of the European Sports Magazines group (ESM) vote for the 11 players who have impressed them the most from across the continent's top leagues.
The players with the most votes make the overall team.
The magazines in the ESM are;
A Bola ... Read more:September
Panathanikos 2 - 2 Werder Bremen 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Werder Bremen
still have every chance of progressing from Group B to the knock-out stages of the UEFA Champions League following their 2-2 draw away to Panathinaikos Athens. After Per Mertesacker had put Thomas Schaaf’s side in front, the Greeks hit back with two goals to turn the game on ... Read more:Werder
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Derby end Argyle’s run 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Plymouth Argyle’s impressive unbeaten run of four games came to a tough ending in a 2-1 away loss to Derby County on Saturday. Despite taking the lead, a strong fight back from last year’s Premiership whipping boys was enough to beat the Pilgrims.
Scottish forward Paul Gallagher showed why Argyle manager ...
Arsenal have the fear factor 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Young England and Arsenal
winger Theo Walcott believes after last night’s impressive win in Istanbul, which is known as being a tough place for any team to visit, the big clubs in the Champions League will fear getting Arsenal now. Theo got the second goal of the night to send ... Read more:factor
Ginola fancies a shot at Spurs 0000-00-00 00:00:00 David Ginola who played for Spurs
between 1997 and 2000 and quickly made himself a fans favourite with some outstanding performances believes he could be the man to give Spurs their spirit back however he was quick to follow that up with saying he doesn’t believe they should sack Ramos ...