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All the results from England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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Benfica's Oscar Cardozo scored twice as 10-man Liverpool lost a lively first leg of the Europa League quarter-final. The Reds took the lead when Daniel Agger back-flicked a clever Steven Gerrard free-kick after just nine minutes. Liverpool's Ryan Babel then saw red for pushing Luisao in the face, and Cardozo levelled from the spot after Emiliano Insua [ Read More ]

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Arsenal survived a Barcelona masterclass to stage a stirring recovery from two goals down and keep their Champions League hopes alive at the Emirates. Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia produced a string of stunning saves to keep the reigning European champions at bay as they passed the Gunners into submission in a magical first half-hour that had [ Read More ]

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Ivica Olic hit an injury-time winner to give Bayern Munich the advantage after the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final with Manchester United. United took the lead after only 66 seconds when Wayne Rooney volleyed in six yards out from Nani's free-kick. But Franck Ribery's deflected free-kick set up a dramatic finale, rounded off by Olic's cool [ Read More ]

Football Rounup: Monday Night

Posted by Karan Israni On March 30, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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Carlos Tevez scored a 12-minute hat-trick as Manchester City beat Wigan at Eastlands to keep their chances of a Champions League spot alive. City had been poor before the break and the second-half sending off of Wigan's Gary Caldwell was the turning point. First Tevez took advantage of a calamitous goalkeeping error from Vladimir Stojkovic to tap [ Read More ]

Ivory Coast snap up Sven Goran Eriksson

Posted by Karan Israni On March 29, 2010 2 COMMENTS
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Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was last night appointed to lead the Ivory Coast at this summer's World Cup in South Africa. The veteran Swede was last seen as director of football at Notts County, the position which he left in February,but he still has recent international experience having been boss of Mexico until being sacked [ Read More ]

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Fernando Torres scored twice as Liverpool swept aside Sunderland to maintain hopes of a top-four finish. Torres opened the scoring with a spectacular strike in only the third minute, cutting inside Michael Turner and curling a shot into the top corner. Glen Johnson added a second with a shot that deflected off Turner then turned provider for [ Read More ]

David Beckham can play within three days!

Posted by Karan Israni On March 28, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has offered the services of his spiritual healer and personal physician to help injured football star David Beckham to get back on the field within three days! Eliyantha Lindsay White, 37, personal physician of the President, told AFP that the former England captain had been invited for treatment involving "faith [ Read More ]

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Frank Lampard passed the 150 goal mark for Chelsea as they threw the gauntlet down to Premier League pace-setters Manchester United by destroying Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. Lampard's four goals made him the third-highest scorer in the club's history eclipsing legends Roy Bentley and Peter Osgood with 151 goals. His efforts, two from the penalty spot, [ Read More ]

Soccer Remote Control

Posted by Karan Israni On March 26, 2010 7 COMMENTS
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Gooooaaaalll! Thumbs Up UK is selling a remote control which is exactly like a football. Pre-programmed to control all brands of TV, VCRs as well as Satellite and DVD systems, armchair footie fans everywhere will love this Football remote. What's more, it is padded and durable enough to be thrown at your TVs when Manchester [ Read More ]

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A trip to Italy and Spain sees Juventus beaten at Napoli while the clubs from Madrid - Real and Atletico - win.

Sunil Chhetri signs for MLS club Kansas City

Posted by Karan Israni On March 25, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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Sunil Chhetri has agreed a deal in principle to sign with American Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards, subject to a medical and visa formalities on Wednesday, thereby  becoming only the third Indian footballer to play overseas. India coach Bob Houghton expects the ace striker to do well in his first season, and pave [ Read More ]