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- Burnley 1-1 Stoke
David Nugent's headed finish earns relegation-threatened Burnley their first point in five games in a scrappy encounter at Turf Moor. - Wednesday football as it happened
Man Utd ruin David Beckham's return to Old Trafford by thumping AC Milan to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, while Burnley draw with Stoke in the Premier League. - Pompey axe 85 jobs to cut costs
Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs. - Benitez hits back at Wigan chief
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says Dave Whelan should concentrate on his own club after the Wigan chairman's claim that the Reds are in a "mess". - Bent hails Malbranque qualities
Sunderland striker Darren Bent praises team-mate Steed Malbranque for his role in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Bolton. - Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham
Two goals from Cameron Jerome inspire Birmingham to a battling win against bottom-club Portsmouth at Fratton Park. - Sunderland 4-0 Bolton
Darren Bent scores a hat-trick as Sunderland claim their first league win of 2010 against ten-man Bolton. - Tuesday football as it happened
Arsenal thrash Porto to reach the Champions League quarter-finals and, in the Premier League, Birmingham see off Portsmouth and Sunderland thump Bolton. - Man Utd's Brown out for six weeks
Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown faces a lay-off of four to six weeks with a broken bone in his foot. - Benitez hits out at Reds attitude
Rafael Benitez pulls no punches in assessing Liverpool's poor display in the 1-0 defeat by Wigan, accusing his team of lacking attitude and character. - Pienaar receives drink-drive ban
Premier League footballer Steven Pienaar is banned from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to drinking and driving. - Bruce maintains Short relations
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce welcomes a visit from majority shareholder Ellis Short this week. - Bendtner response delights Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praises the resolve of Nicklas Bendtner, who put recent media criticism behind him by scoring a hat-trick in the 5-0 Champions League win over Porto. - Results
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- Man Utd 4-0 AC Milan (agg 7-2)
Wayne Rooney scores twice in another irresistible display as Manchester United ease into the Champions League quarter-finals at AC Milan's expense. - Real Madrid 1-1 Lyon (agg 1-2)
Real Madrid crash out of the Champions League to Lyon 2-1 on aggregate after being held 1-1 at the Bernabeu. - Wednesday football as it happened
Man Utd ruin David Beckham's return to Old Trafford by thumping AC Milan to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, while Burnley draw with Stoke in the Premier League. - Fiorentina 3-2 B Munich (4-4)
Bayern Munich reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League on away goals after losing 3-2 to Fiorentina. - Bendtner response delights Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praises the resolve of Nicklas Bendtner, who put recent media criticism behind him by scoring a hat-trick in the 5-0 Champions League win over Porto. - Beckham plots Old Trafford upset
David Beckham believes his AC Milan side can overturn a 3-2 deficit and send his former club Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League. - Lille v Liverpool
Preview followed by live coverage of Thursday's day's game between Lille and Liverpool in the Europa League. - Arsenal 5-0 Porto (6-2)
Nicklas Bendtner silences his recent critics with a hat-trick as Arsenal see off Porto in emphatic fashion to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. - Tuesday football as it happened
Arsenal thrash Porto to reach the Champions League quarter-finals and, in the Premier League, Birmingham see off Portsmouth and Sunderland thump Bolton. - Juventus v Fulham
Preview followed by live coverage of Thursday's game between Juventus and Fulham in the Europa League. - Champs Lge tables
- Europa Lge tables
- Wednesday's football photos
Pictures from the Champions League and Premier League - The next failure
Phil Minshull on the European teams which could be in danger - Revenge mission
Phil McNulty watches Arsenal's manager silence his critics
- Recap: Midweek English action
Jay DeMerit was the only Yank in action in English midweek action, as the American had two chances to bring Watford back into the game but Swansea played out a classic defensive victory to win away from home. - Recap: Helmond Sport 0-0 Fortuna Sittard
Helmond Sport hosted Fortuna Sittard on Monday evening but couldn't find the back of the net as both teams ended in a scoreless result. - Younger Bedoya to trial with Orebro
This summer Northeastern University's Santiago Bedoya will travel to Sweden to go on trial with Orebro in the Swedish Allsvenskan, the same club where older brother Alejandro currently plays. - Recap: Kilmarnock 0 - 2 Rangers
The stars were aligned on Tuesday evening with both Maurice Edu and DaMarcus Beasley playing at the same time in Rangers' shutout victory over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. - Preview: Comunicaciones - Pachuca
American midfielder Jose Francisco Torres and Pachuca travel south to Guatemala for their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal match, hoping to improve on a string of negative results. - Preview: Helmond Sport - Fortuna Sittard
After losing to FC Den Bosch on Friday evening, Helmond turns right around to face Fortuna Sittard this evening at the friendly confines of Stadion De Braak. - Recap: Weekend German action
David Yelldell's return to the field was spoiled by Oberhausen to send Koblenz into last place while Steve Cherundolo saw late sub minutes for his first appearance since mid-January. - Johnson out with hamstring injury
Jemal Johnson has been ruled out of the Stockport County squad for the next two to three weeks after straining his hamstring during Stockport's 1-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers last Tuesday. - Preview: Kilmarnock - Rangers
There is no rest for the weary as the American pairing of DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu return to action after two days of rest when Rangers travel to Kilmarnock on Tuesday. - Preview: Midweek English action
Frank Simek and Jay DeMerit look to be the only Yanks to suit up in English action, with Simek pushing for a start against high flying West Brom. - Recap: Kavala FC 1 - 1 Aris Thessaloniki
Ivorian striker Serge Die celebrated his return to Kavala's line-up with a splendid equalizer late in the game to keep Eddie Johnson and Aris from walking away with three points. - Recap: Weekend Mexican action
It was a difficult weekend for Americans as Pachuca, Puebla, and Indios all lost but not all was lost as Herculez Gomez was able once again find the back of the net and Edgar Castillo and Tigres came away with a win. - Recap: Weekend English action
Landon Donovan scored in his final home game for Everton in a demolition of Jozy Altidore's Hull City while Brad Friedel and Aston Villa made their FA Cup quarter-final with Reading one to remember. - Recap: FC Den Bosch 2 - 1 Helmond Sport
Hemond Sport's impressive four game winning streak was ended on the road to FC Den Bosch on Friday evening. - Recap: Weekend Irish action
A goal from Ryan Guy helped St. Patrick's Athletic get their Airtricity League season off to a winning start, while Chris Konopka kept a clean sheet for Waterford United as they also picked up three points.
- MF Victorine retires after 10-year career (AP)
Chivas USA midfielder Sasha Victorine has retired from Major League Soccer after 10 seasons because of recurring injuries. Chivas USA made the announcement Wednesday. He joined the team at the trade deadline in 2008, and had two goals and two assists in 2008 and last season. Victorine also played for the Los Angeles Galaxy and Kansas City during his MLS career, with 32 goals and 41 assists in 242... - MLS management and union end 2 days of talks (AP)
Negotiators for Major League Soccer management and players have ended two days of talks and agreed to keep up discussions with the federal mediation service. George H. Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, convened talks Tuesday and Wednesday. The next session has not been set. - Crew rallies for 2-2 draw against Toluca (AP)
Steven Lenhart scored two second-half goals as Columbus Crew rallied for a 2-2 draw against Toluca of Mexico on Tuesday in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal series. Toluca had a 2-0 lead at half time via goals from Antonio Naelson Sinha in the 19th minute and Antonio Rios right on the break. - $200 million Red Bull Arena set to open March 20 (AP)
Shining like a silver spaceship across the Passaic River from Newark, Red Bull Arena is ready for soccer. Discussed for a decade and approved in June 2004, the soccer-specific stadium is well past due to open but when it does -- with an exhibition between the Red Bulls and Brazil's Santos on March 20 -- the 25,000-seat stadium will immediately become the premier soccer venue in the nation. - FC Dallas acquires goalkeeper Hartman (AP)
FC Dallas has signed goalkeeper Kevin Hartman, a four-time MLS All-Star. The team said Monday that it acquired Hartman in a trade with the Kansas City Wizards, giving them a second-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Hartman. The UCLA graduate was drafted in the third round of the 1997 college draft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. - Monday MLS Breakdown: Broadcast Mandate Brings MLS Into High Definition (Goal.com)
MLS will produce every match in high definition this season, though not every match will air in HD in 2010. Kyle McCarthy explains the impact of the switch in the Monday MLS Breakdown.
- End of an Obsession for Real Madrid
Miralem Pjanic is destined for big things. He is not a household name, but that may change after his goal for Lyon knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League.
Europe's premier club competition was the be all and end all for Real this season as the final on May 22 is at their Bernabeu Stadium.
As I watched Cristiano Ronaldo trudge off down the tunnel, his early goal not enough to send Real through as they bowed out 2-1 on aggregate in the second round, my immediate thoughts turned to the future of coach Manuel Pellegrini, but also the prospect of Real's worst nightmare coming to fruition.
End of an Obsession for Real Madrid originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 17:44:39.
- African Challenge Faltering?
2010 was meant to be their year. Finally an African nation was going to make a sustained challenge at a World Cup.
It was on home turf for the first time and there were more African players operating in European superpowers than ever before. The Elephants were ready to rampage and the Black Stars were aiming for the sky. There was even optimism that Nigeria's Super Eagles may soar, having reached the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup.
But with the tournament just three months away, a cloak of uncertainty is wrapping itself around the African challenge.
African Challenge Faltering? originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 19:42:24.
- Henry Deserves Better
Thierry Henry didn't touch the ball much during France's comprehensive 2-0 friendly defeat by Spain last Wednesday, but when he did, boos and jeers reverberated around the Stade de France.
France supporters are notoriously hard to please and seeing a Spain team ease to victory against their boys probably hammered home the magnitude of the task at this year's World Cup.
Henry Deserves Better originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 10:27:36.
- “El Apache” a Journalist's Dream
Carlos Tevez's assertion that John Terry would have "lost his legs" in his old neighborhood in Argentina for having an affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-partner is the stuff of journalistic fantasy.
The Manchester City striker twisted the knife further into Terry with quotes in the English press on Thursday suggesting the former England captain lacked a moral code.
“El Apache” a Journalist's Dream originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 17:08:20.
- City Players Battle for Bridge
John Terry having an affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-partner might just turn out to be the best thing that could have happened to Manchester City's season.
City have looked overly defensive and predictable since Roberto Mancini was appointed coach in December but on Saturday they produced a second-half performance full of fight and no little skill to hammer Chelsea 4-2.
City Players Battle for Bridge originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 14:00:26.
- Lucio on Another Level
I witnessed one of the best individual defensive performances of the season at the San Siro as Inter Milan defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Champions League.
Lucio was an absolute colossus in central defense for the nerazzurri, who triumphed thanks to goals from Diego Milito and Esteban Cambiasso.
Lucio on Another Level originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 17:27:38.
- Spoilt Ronaldo Showing Himself Up
Cristiano Ronaldo's petulance knows no bounds. On-field strops seem to be par for the course with him these days, but even by his standards Sunday's display takes some beating.
Let's make no mistake, Ronaldo was sublime in Real Madrid's 6-2 thrashing of Villarreal, scoring the first, making two more and winning the penalty which Xabi Alonso converted. But Read more...
Spoilt Ronaldo Showing Himself Up originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 17:58:09.
- Pellegrini Forever on the Precipice
Manuel Pellegrini is a man constantly under pressure at Real Madrid. This pressure intensified after the 1-0 Champions League defeat to Lyon on Tuesday.
The trouble is that Real's squad is so expensively assembled that the convenient solution to the club's ills is to replace the coach. Get rid of Cristiano Ronaldo because the team often play better without him? Never. Sell Karim Benzema because he hasn't made the expected impact since joining from Lyon? No way. Instead of attempting to build a team with more equilibrium, it is easier just to replace the coach.
Pellegrini Forever on the Precipice originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 16:48:51.
- Adriano Must Mull Next Move
Brazil striker Adriano has been quoted as saying that he would consider a move to AS Roma in the summer.
"The Emperor," as he doesn't like to be called, quickly regained his form after leaving Inter Milan for Flamengo in 2009. 19 goals in 30 matches was a handsome return, and such exploits have triggered rumors of a return to Italy.
Adriano Must Mull Next Move originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 18:13:04.
- Nesta Return Would Prompt Questions
The news that Alessandro Nesta is considering coming out of international retirement is interesting from a moral perspective.
It is certainly positive for Italy. The team lack quality cover for first-choice central defenders Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini. Coach Marcello Lippi is keen for him to join the Azzurri's World Cup squad, and paid Nesta and his fellow Italians a visit at AC Milan's training complex recently.
Nesta Return Would Prompt Questions originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at 10:42:12.
- Only Three Days Late! My World Cup Picks
HERE WE go again. A fluctuating extreme of emotions, ecstasy, agony and sublime goals. A brave new World Cup. It arrives tomorrow when the ball is kicked off in the opening tilt between the always lovable co-hosts, Germany, and Group-A cannon-fodder Costa Rica. That's right, a snoozer. A nice table-setter of sorts - we need [...] - The Beautiful Community
WSJournal Article From Yours Truly — Tour of Soccer Net: In which I pick my five favorite blogs about the World Cup, and chatter on about the endless cyber-chances to immerse yourself in the world of futebol. The quick rundown: Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life http://futebolthebrazilianwayoflife.com/ Guardian Unlimited: World Cup blog http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/ Davies' World Cup Diary http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=davies/060601 Road to the [...] - The Match of the Season
HERE it is - the football world's dream final for the Champions League, the classic you've been waiting for, on air at a saloon near you Wednesday night. That is my cue to wake up and smell the competition Carlsberg. I reckon I'd better get busy snapping this stale site back into action. The coming [...] - Just Under the Wire!
My lousy Champions League picks: Remember I thought AC Milan would win the Cup last season. Without further ado: - Home Again
Well, I'm back in Gotham again after a spell in sun-splashed Brazil. We spent much of our time in the missus's hometown of Parnaiba in the northeastern state of Piaui, an amiable, low-key place. We visited scores of breathtaking beaches and so many family relatives to count (though the digital recorded them all), which was [...] - Phew! No More Boring Bolton
It's back to the best of club football at last following the dark and dreary months without the old Big Cup. Gone are those numbingly dull EPL bottom-feeder matches on FSW and BACK are the real euro stars. We've got all the makings of a football feast; you can hear it bubbling in the pot. [...]