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7 Feb 2012 at 3:07am
Kenny Dalglish has risked infuriating Manchester United ahead of Luis Suarez's appearance at Old Trafford next weekend by again claiming the Liverpool striker should never have been banned for the comments he made to Patrice Evra in October.
7 Feb 2012 at 12:57am
Rio Ferdinand of Manchester United was booed by sections of the Chelsea crowd on Sunday.
6 Feb 2012 at 8:37pm
Hampton & Richmond Borough's FA Trophy trip to Macclesfield Town to face Northwich Victoria tomorrow night has been postponed for a second time.
6 Feb 2012 at 4:32pm
Players chief Gordon Taylor today accused Fabio Capello of undermining the Football Association after the England coach criticised their decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:28pm
Wolves' on-loan midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong will return to parent club Arsenal after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Saturday's Barclays Premier League match at QPR.
6 Feb 2012 at 10:18am
Stoke have confirmed they have lodged an appeal to the Football Association against Robert Huth's red card in Saturday's Barclays Premier League match against Sunderland.
6 Feb 2012 at 6:08am
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is an admirer of Tottenham's attacking style, but is out for revenge when the north London club visit Anfield on Monday.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:59am
Andre Villas-Boas and Sir Alex Ferguson both lambasted the performance of the match officials in Sunday's thrilling 3-3 draw between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
5 Feb 2012 at 10:44pm
Arsene Wenger challenged his Arsenal side to find consistency again after romping to a first Barclays Premier League win of 2012 as they thrashed 10-man Blackburn 7-1 at Emirates Stadium.
5 Feb 2012 at 6:29pm
Juventus and AC Milan were held to draws to keep things tight at the Serie A summit as only one of the top seven teams managed to win on Sunday.
5 Feb 2012 at 2:10pm
Javier Hernandez scored on a header in the 84th minute, rallying Manchester United to a 3-3 draw at Chelsea on Sunday that left the defending champions two points behind Premier League leader Manchester City.
5 Feb 2012 at 1:05pm
Papiss Cisse scored Newcastle's winner with a stunning second-half strike on his debut as the Magpies moved back into fifth place.
5 Feb 2012 at 11:05am
Rangers plunged deeper into crisis after crashing out of the William Hill Scottish Cup as goals from Gavin Gunning and Johnny Russell secured a 2-0 win for Dundee United at Ibrox.
5 Feb 2012 at 7:50am
Berlin, Feb 5 : Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw by Hamburg and slipped to second position in the German Bundesliga.
5 Feb 2012 at 3:36am
Fulham manager Martin Jol has forgiven Adam Johnson for the gamesmanship that helped Manchester City on their way to an important 3-0 win at the Etihad Stadium.
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7 Feb 2012 at 3:22am
Next month's Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament has been moved from Fiji to New Zealand because of an ongoing legal dispute between the Oceania Football Confederation and Fiji government. The tournament will be played at Taupo on New Zealand's North Island from March 16-25. The OFC said Tuesday the first phase of Oceania qualifying, due to be played in Fiji in June, will also be moved if...
7 Feb 2012 at 3:10am
The Argentine midfielder has stated his belief that the Copa del Rey final-four encounter is far from decided, and stressed that the Catalans will fight until the end
7 Feb 2012 at 3:10am
The 18-year-old is thought to be in Fabio Capello's plans after impressing for the Gunners and getting his first league goals for the north London club against Blackburn Rovers
7 Feb 2012 at 3:04am
Shanghai Shenhua are trying to sign
Stoke City defender Matthew Upson, while talks continue about
Didier Drogba joining his former Chelsea strike partner Nicolas
Anelka at the Chinese club.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:15am
The former Liverpool forward has scored just twice in the Premier League so far this season but his compatriot is in no doubt that he can turn his form around
7 Feb 2012 at 1:44am
Sevilla will finalise the
appointment of Jose Miguel Gonzalez, known as Michel, as their
new coach on Tuesday, the La Liga club said.
7 Feb 2012 at 12:00am
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7 Feb 2012 at 2:40am
Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla has sacked coach Marcelino Garcia after the team's poor run which has seen them slip from contenders for a place in Europe to a struggling outfit in the league.
7 Feb 2012 at 1:00am
Lingerie Football League's final in Las Vegas was a sight to behold as scantily-clad women wearing only helmets, sports bras, knickers, garters, and shoulder, knee and elbow pads heated up millions of
6 Feb 2012 at 8:10am
Italian Fabio Capello's future as the England manager is doubtful after he criticised Football Association (FA) decision to strip Chelsea defender John Terry of national team captaincy.
7 Feb 2012 at 12:03am
LAKELAND | Diane Werrick, the athletic director at George Jenkins High School, has resigned less than a week after a school clerical error eliminated the school's boys soccer team from ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:42pm
Despite enjoying a 12-point lead over his nearest rival, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona coach Ran Ben Shimon isn't quite ready to break out the championship champagne just yet. It would seem that he ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:42pm
In football, players and coaches have the right to challenge a decision. Sunday night's Super Bowl reminded me just how far global soccer is from meeting the challenges it faces in the 21st ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:42pm
Omer Golan has done a lot for Maccabi Petah Tikva. The striker has passed up a lucrative contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv and had his pick of the litter when returning to Israel from his two-year ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:40pm
I avoided joining the orgy of coverage for National Signing Day, which is most notable not for the superstar high schoolers committing to play at the biggest football schools, but for ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:39pm
Footballing brothers have long been a feature in international football, and in 1930, when 13 countries assembled in Uruguay to contest the first-ever FIFA World Cup™, three of the teams had ...
6 Feb 2012 at 11:39pm
Inigo Lopez grabbed a late winner for Granada to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation with a 2-1 home victory over local Primera Liga rivals Malaga on ...
6 Feb 2012 at 10:58pm
’s Super Bowl halftime show was more popular viewing than the football game itself, and a Doritos commercial about a dog who may have rubbed out a cat was the most popular ad during the ...
6 Feb 2012 at 9:05pm
As tension rises over the 30th anniversary of the deadly engagement between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, the Argentine government has decided to name the upcoming football season ...
6 Feb 2012 at 7:51pm
FORMER Cardiff City winger Gareth Ainsworth expects new Bluebird Kadeem Harris to make a swift first-team impact after describing him as a ';far better player than I ever was';. Bluebirds ...
6 Feb 2012 at 7:51pm
SWANSEA CITY are set to escape the big British freeze with a four-day training camp in Tenerife. Brendan Rodgers’ side are going to be rewarded for their efforts in the Premier League with a ...
6 Feb 2012 at 7:49pm
Spain's experience of Romania's flying goalkeeper tactics was the key to their 8-3 win according to Jos Venancio Lpez, while opposite number Sito Rivera was pleased with their ...
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by soccernet.com
6 Feb 2012 at 5:38pm
Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
by ESPNsoccernet staff
7 Feb 2012 at 1:59am
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has told David de Gea he must learn to "deal with'' the pressure of being the club's No.1.
by Harry Harris, Football Correspondent
6 Feb 2012 at 7:33am
Fabio Capello will not be sacked for having the courage to publicly reprimand the Football Association for stripping John Terry of the captaincy, according to ESPNsoccernet sources.
by soccernet.com
6 Feb 2012 at 2:58pm
The prosecution case at Harry Redknapp's tax evasion trial is "repugnant to
all our basic instincts of fairness'', a court heard on Monday.
by ESPN staff
6 Feb 2012 at 5:34am
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart insists he is not thinking about replacing John Terry as England captain, and believes there are more obvious choices for the role.
by soccernet.com
6 Feb 2012 at 10:37am
Joey Barton will not face any legal action over his pointed observations about the John Terry racism case.
by ESPNsoccernet staff
6 Feb 2012 at 4:49pm
Newcastle United striker Demba Ba insists he is happy on Tyneside and is not looking to leave the club.
by ESPNsoccernet staff
6 Feb 2012 at 3:17pm
AC Milan have been dealt a blow with confirmation that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will serve a three-match ban for violent conduct.
by ESPNsoccernet staff
6 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
Emmanuel Frimpong has been ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Wolverhampton Wanderers' match at QPR.
by soccernet.com
6 Feb 2012 at 9:28am
Sevilla have parted company with coach Marcelino Garcia Toral following a disappointing run of results, the La Liga club have announced.
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22 Jan 2012 at 6:52pm
22 January 2012
BOLOGNA 0
PARMA 0
Attendance : 19,000
Assists : n/a
CAGLIARI 0
FIORENTINA 0
Attendance : 6,000
Assists : n/a
LECCE 2 (Esposito 30, Di Michele 93)
CHIEVO 2 (Paloschi 3, Paloschi 24)
Two Lecce defenders ran into each other in a Keystone Cops style moment (I realise many people out there won't even know what that means anymore) and Paloschi fired the rebound into the roof of the net. As Esposito tackled a Lecce player on the edge of the box the ball spun in the air and Paloschi volleyed over Benassi as he came off his line. Esposito made amends when he headed in Olivera's fabulous inswinging corner. Chievo threw away the points in injury time when they failed to pick up Di Michele who arrived at the back post to turn in a cross.
Attendance : 6,500
Assists : n/a, n/a, Olivera (ck), Pasquato
NOVARA 0
MILAN 3 (Ibrahimovic 57, Robinho 68, Ibrahimovic 90)
Ibrahimovic juggled an Ambrosini cross off his right thigh before volleying past Ujkani. In trying to control a cross Nocerino handled the ball, El Shaarawy miscued his center and Robinho arrived at the back post to end his goal drought. Ibrahimovic scored an outrageous third. Ujkani punched out an El Shaarawy cross and the giant Swede, side on to goal, nonchalantly flicked the ball into the empty net.
Attendance : 17,000
Assists : Ambrosini, n/a, n/a
PALERMO 5 (Budan 27, Silvestre 37, Mantovani 42, Miccoli 70, Migliaccio 79)
GENOA 3 (Palacio 14, Palacio 59 Pen, Jankovic 89)
Palacio tapped in a Gilardino cross to give Genoa the lead. Palermo coach Bortolo Mutti's job was on the line in this match but his players produced a rousing comeback. Budan headed in the equaliser from a Miccoli cross and Silvestre headed in the second from another left wing cross. Mantovani made it 3-1 at half-time when he slid home a Miccoli center. Palacio converted a penalty for handball. Miccoli, having laid on two goals, scored Palermo's fourth when he beat Genoa's offside trap. He completed a hat-trick of assists with the cross for Palermo's fifth - another header. Jankovic tapped in a late consolation goal after Palermo failed to clear a corner.
Attendance : 15,658
Assists : Gilardino, Miccoli, Ilicic, Miccoli, n/a, Budan, Miccoli (fk), n/a
SIENA 1 (Calaio 67)
NAPOLI 1 (Pandev 86)
Calaio failed to connect with a center, the ball came to Vergassola, he swung a cross the back post and Calaio got to his feet to power home a header. Siena should have been more than a goal to the good at this point. Lavezzi made the most of a stupid challenge to win a penalty but Pegolo denied Cavani with a brilliant save. Pandev headed in the equaliser from a Lavezzi cross. Too little, too late. Napoli won't be back in the Champions League for 2 seasons at least.
Attendance : 14,643
Assists : Vergassola, Lavezzi
UDINESE 2 (Izco 20 og, Di Natale 53)
CATANIA 1 (Lodi 95 Pen)
Udinese scored 4 seconds after defending a corner. They sprung a counter attack, Isla threaded a ball between two defenders and Armero beat them for pace before poking the ball past Campagnolo. Di Natale scored a fantastic second, a thundering left foot volley from Armero's cross. Lodi converted a late penalty.
Attendance : 13,000
Assists : Isla, Armero, Catellani (won pen)
INTER 2 (Milito 44, Pazzini 63)
LAZIO 1 (Rocchi 30)
Lucio tried to clear a longball but didn't get enough purchase, Rocchi pounced but hit the woodwork. Minutes later however he ran into a huge gap between Lucio and Samuel and finished with a shot into the bottom corner. Three of Inter's Argentinean's combined for the equaliser. Milito played Zanetti's pass into Alvarez, he returned it and Milito fired in off Marchetti - who should have saved. Lazio's offside trap failed to catch Pazzini and as Marchetti came off his line Pazzini dropped the ball over his head. Klose missed a sitter and Lazio were jobbed out of a penalty for handball in a poor second half which means Inter keep their delusions of a title challenge alive for a few more weeks.
Attendance : 57,893
Assists : Ledesma, Alvarez, Lucio
21 January 2012
ROMA 5 (Totti 1, Totti 8, Borini 8, Juan 62, Pjanic 70)
CESENA 1 (Eder 58)
Totti scored inside the first minute, around the 45 second mark, when he fired a first time shot through former team-mate Antonioli's legs. Lamela, who made the first with a back heal, lofted a ball over the Cesena defence and as they appealed for offside Totti slammed a volley into the bottom left corner. It was his 211th Serie A goal for Roma, breaking the legendary Gunnar Nordahl's record for most goals scored for one club (210 for Milan). Chelsea reject Borini arrived at the back post to tap in Roma's third seconds later.
Stekelenburg raced off his line to clear a cross but Eder kept his composure and lifted the ball over him before tapping into an empty net. Juan tapped in the fourth, punishing another mistake by Antonioli and he completed a truly miserably performance by punching a Pjanic effort straight back to him and this time he found the back of the net. One season too many for Antonioli.
Attendance : 32,341
Assists : Lamela, Lamela, Greco, Candreva, n/a, n/a
ATALANTA 0
JUVENTUS 2 (Lichtsteiner 54, Giaccherini 82)
Lichtsteiner headed in a superb Pirlo cross at the back post. Giaccherini scored a beautiful second. Italy youth international Morrone flicked a Pirlo centre through the Atalanta defence and the former Cesena player caught the ball on the drop, volleying inside the left post.
Attendance : 21,000
Assists : Pirlo, Marrone
LEADERS
41 points - Juventus
40 points - Milan
38 points - Udinese
35 points - Inter
17 Jan 2012 at 7:37pm
16 January 2012
WIGAN 0
MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Dzeko 22)
Man City restore their three point lead at the top after a frantic, end to end game at bottom club Wigan. The only goal came midway through the first half as Edin Dzeko to head home superbly from David Silva's free kick on the left.
Attendance : 16,026
Assist : Silva
15 January 2012
NEWCASTLE 1 (Best 37)
QPR 0
Newcastle move into sixth place after seeing off QPR in a largely uneventful game at St James Park. The only goal came late in the first half as Danny Guthrie found Leon Best in the area and after a sharp turn, he slotted the ball neatly inside the far post.
Attendance : 49,865
Assist : R Taylor
SWANSEA 3 (Sinclair 16 Pen, Dyer 58, Graham 70)
ARSENAL 2 (RVP 5, Walcott 69)
Swansea move into the top half after coming from behind to beat Arsenal at the Liberty. The Gunners led early when Andrey Arshavin found Robin Van Persie in the area and although he seemed to take his time, he clipped the ball over keeper Michel Vorm and inside the near post. Swansea weren't rocked back by such a poor start and levelled when Aaron Ramsey clipped the heel of Nathan Dyer in the area and Scott Sinclair made no mistake from the penalty spot. Replays showed that Dyer seemed to step on Ramsey's leg rather a foul the other way around. Swansea went ahead for the first time after the break as Joe Allen won the ball from Ramsey in midfield, found Dyer who arrowed in a powerful shot from the edge of the area. The visitors levelled matters when Johan Djourou's excellent through ball sent Theo Walcott clear to scoop the ball over Vorm as he came out but straight from the kick off, they switched off and a pass from Sigurdsson put Danny Graham clear to fire across goal and inside the far post to put Swansea back ahead.
Attendance : 20,409
Assists : Arshavin, Allen, Allen, Djourou, Sigurdsson
14 January 2012
ASTON VILLA 1 (Bent 56)
EVERTON 1 (Anichebe 69)
Aston Villa and Everton remain in mid-table safety after a point each at Villa Park. After a goalless first half, Villa went ahead when Stephen Ireland's ball across was bobbled into the roof of the net by Darren Bent at the near post. Everton levelled with a lovely through ball from Landon Donavon which sent Victor Anichebe clear to slot in.
Attendance : 31,853
Assists : Ireland, Donovan
BLACKBURN 3 (Pedersen 45 fk, Dunn 46, Formica 79)
FULHAM 1 (Duff 56)
Blackburn's roller-coaster of a season took over twist as they beat Fulham despite being down to ten men for three quarters of the game. The red card went to Yakubu whose waist high challenge for the ball with Danny Murphy caught the Fulham man on the knee. Despite that, Rovers netted either side of the break as Morten Gamst Pedersen curled in a beauty of a free kick from the edge of the area and then 56 seconds into the second half, David Dunn drilled in a low shot after David Goodwillie's effort was blocked. The visitors pulled one back when Damien Duff fired low across goal and inside the far post after being found by Murphy but Rovers wrapped up the points when Stephen Nzonzi's looped pass found Mauro Formica to volley in.
Attendance : 18,003
Red Card : Yakubu 23 (Blackburn)
Assists : Dunn (fk), Goodwillie, Murphy, Nzonzi
CHELSEA 1 (Lampard 13)
SUNDERLAND 0
Chelsea maintain their unlikely title challenge with a narrow win at home to Sunderland. Frank Lampard grabbed the only goal although he knew little about it as Fernando Torres thumped a superb volley against the bar and the ball bounced in off Lampard's leg.
Attendance : 41,696
Assist : Torres
LIVERPOOL 0
STOKE 0
Stoke held Liverpool to their 7th home draw of the season as neither club found the net at Anfield. The hosts had the better of things and should have won it when Dirk Kuyt's diving header was just wide.
Attendance : 44,691
Assists : n/a
MANCHESTER UNITED 3 (Scholes 45, Wellbeck 74, Carrick 83)
BOLTON 0
Man United move level on points with Man City after comfortably seeing off Bolton. They even had the luxury of a penalty miss as Wayne Rooney's effort was brilliantly kept out by Adam Bogdan after Zat Knight had fouled Danny Wellbeck. They led on half time when Rooney's low cross was turned in by out-of-retirement Paul Scholes. Wellbeck doubled the lead with a slotted finish after being set up by Rooney and then Michael Carrick added a third with a low long range shot after being set up by Ryan Giggs.
Attendance : 75,444
Assists : Rooney, Rooney, Giggs
TOTTENHAM 1 (Modric 51)
WOLVES 1 (Fletcher 22)
Spurs missed the chance to go level on points with the two Manchester clubs after they were held at home by Wolves. The visitors took a surprise lead when Roger Johnson's header was saved and Steven Fletcher thumped in the loose ball. Spurs were level in the second half when Gareth Bale's pass was drilled in by Luka Modric from the edge of the area.
Attendance : 36,194
Assists : Johnson, Bale
WEST BROM 1 (Long 68 Pen)
NORWICH 2 (Surman 43, Morison 79)
Norwich collected an excellent win at West Brom to move up to ninth. They led just before the break as Andrew Surman volleyed home a cross from Wes Hoolahan. The Baggies levelled with a Shane Long penalty after an awful challenge by Daniel Ayala on Jerome Thomas, however Norwich regained the lead thanks to a breakaway goal which saw Grant Holt cross for Steve Morison to nod in.
Attendance : 22,474
Assists : Hoolahan, Thomas (won pen), Holt
LEADERS
51 points - Manchester City
48 points - Manchester United
46 points - Tottenham
40 points - Chelsea
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