Sunday, September 9, 2012

Drogba helps Ivory Coast to comeback win

Drogba helps Ivory Coast to comeback win

Drogba helps Ivory Coast to comeback win

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:40 AM PDT

Ivory Coast's Drogba Didier fights for the ball with with Senegal's Idrissa Gana Gueye during their 2013 African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match in AbidjanCAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Didier Drogba and former Chelsea team mate Salomon Kalou were among the goal scorers as the Ivory Coast twice came from behind to beat Senegal 4-2 in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Abidjan on Saturday. Gervinho and Max Gradel scored the other goals to give the Ivorians a two-goal advantage ahead of next month's return leg in the final round of preliminaries for the 2013 finals in South Africa. ...

Soccer-Brazilian championship results and standings

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:54 PM PDT

Sept 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Brazilian championship matches on Sunday Saturday, September 8Corinthians 3 Gremio 1 Coritiba 3 Flamengo 0 Ponte Preta 2 Figueirense 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Fluminense 22 13 8 1 37 15 47 2 Atletico Mineiro 21 13 6 2 35 16 45 3 Gremio 23 14 2 7 34 20 44 4 Vasco da Gama 22 11 6 5 28 20 39 -------------------------5 Sao Paulo 22 11 2 9 34 26 35 6 Internacional 22 9 8 5 27 18 35 7 Botafogo 22 10 4 8 35 29 34 8 Cruzeiro 22 10 4 8 30 30 34 9 Corinthians 23 8 7 8 25 23 31 10 Ponte Preta 23 8 7 8 29 31 31 11 Nautico 22 8 4 10 28 35 28 ...

Soccer-Argentine championship inicial results and standings

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT

Sept 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship Inicial matches on Saturday Saturday, September 8 San Lorenzo 2 Colon (Santa Fe) 1 Atletico Rafaela 2 All Boys 1 Estudiantes 0 Velez Sarsfield 0 San Martin (San Juan) 4 Arsenal 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Boca Juniors 5 4 0 1 9 6 12 2 Racing Club 5 3 2 0 9 3 11 3 Velez Sarsfield 6 3 2 1 8 3 11 4 Newell's Old Boys 5 3 2 0 4 0 11 5 Colon (Santa Fe) 6 3 2 1 8 6 11 6 Arsenal 6 3 2 1 6 6 11 7 Godoy Cruz 5 3 1 1 7 4 10 8 San Lorenzo 6 2 3 1 5 4 9 9 Quilmes 5 2 2 1 7 4 8 10 River Plate 5 2 2 1 7 5 8 11 Estudiantes 6 ...

UPDATE 2-Soccer-Argentine championship inicial results and standings

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:07 PM PDT

Sept 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Argentine championship Inicial matches on Saturday Saturday, September 8 Atletico Rafaela 2 All Boys 1 Estudiantes 0 Velez Sarsfield 0 San Martin (San Juan) 4 Arsenal 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Boca Juniors 5 4 0 1 9 6 12 2 Racing Club 5 3 2 0 9 3 11 3 Velez Sarsfield 6 3 2 1 8 3 11 4 Newell's Old Boys 5 3 2 0 4 0 11 5 Colon (Santa Fe) 5 3 2 0 7 4 11 6 Arsenal 6 3 2 1 6 6 11 7 Godoy Cruz 5 3 1 1 7 4 10 8 Quilmes 5 2 2 1 7 4 8 9 River Plate 5 2 2 1 7 5 8 10 Estudiantes 6 2 1 3 4 6 7 11 Argentinos Juniors 5 2 1 2 5 8 7 12 Atletico ...

WRAPUP 1-Soccer-Drogba helps Ivory Coast to comeback win

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT

CAPE TOWN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Didier Drogba and formerChelsea team mate Salomon Kalou were among the goal scorers asthe Ivory Coast twice came from behind to beat Senegal 4-2 in anAfrican Nations Cup qualifier in Abidjan on Saturday. Gervinho and Max Gradel scored the other goals to give theIvorians a two-goal advantage ahead of next month's return legin the final round of preliminaries for the 2013 finals in SouthAfrica. ...

Soccer-Czechs hold Denmark to goalless draw in Copenhagen

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 01:37 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic hung on toclaim a point away to Denmark with a 0-0 draw in their openingWorld Cup qualifier on Saturday. The Danes created several chances but lacked bite withoutstriker Nicklas Bendtner who was serving a one-match ban forrevealing a betting company logo on his underpants at Euro 2012. The home side's best chance of the opening period fell toMichael Krohn-Dehli, who fired wide after chesting down a crossfrom the right in the Group B encounter. ...

Soccer-2014 World Cup qualifying Group B results/standings

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 01:28 PM PDT

Sept 8 (Reuters) - 2014 World Cup qualifying Group B resultsand standings on Saturday. Denmark 0 Czech Republic 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts Armenia 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Italy 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Czech Republic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Denmark 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Malta 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Previous results: Sept. 7 Malta 0 Armenia 1 Bulgaria 2 Italy 2 Fixtures: 2012 Sept. 11 Italy v Malta Bulgaria v Armenia Oct. 12 Czech Republic v Malta Armenia v Italy Bulgaria v Denmark Oct. ...

UPDATE 1-Soccer-Denmark 0 Czech Republic 0 - World Cup qualifier result

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT

(Adds teams) Sept 8 (Reuters) - Denmark 0 Czech Republic 0 - World Cupqualifying Group B result. In Copenhagen Teams: Denmark: 1-Stephan Andersen, 2-Thomas Kristensen (17-LeonAndreasen 58), 3-Simon Kjaer, 4-Daniel Agger, 5-Daniel Wass,6-Lars Jacobsen, 7-William Kvist, 8-Christian Eriksen, 9-MichaelKrohn-Dehli, 10-Dennis Rommedahl (23-Tobias Mikkelsen 80),11-Nicolai Jorgensen (21-Andreas Cornelius 71) Czech Republic: 1-Petr Cech, 2-Theodor Gebre Selassie,3-Michal Kadlec, 4-Marek Suchy, 6-Tomas Sivok, 9-Jan Rezek(7-Josef Husbauer 89), 13-Jaroslav Plasil (22-Vladimir Darida75), 17-Tomas ...

Soccer-Maher replaces injured Fer in Dutch squad

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:45 AM PDT

ROTTERDAM, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Netherlands coach Louis vanGaal added under-23 midfielder Adam Maher to his squad onSaturday following an injury to Leroy Fer. Maher comes into the squad ahead of Tuesday's World Cupqualifier against Hungary in place of Fer who sustained a kneeinjury during the Netherlands's 2-0 win over Turkey on Friday. (Reporting by Theo Ruizenaar; editing by Toby Davis)

Defending champions Zambia off to winning start

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT

NDOLA, Zambia (Reuters) - Zambia made a winning start to their defence of the African Nations Cup after captain Chris Katongo scored the only goal of their home qualifier against Uganda in Ndola on Saturday. However, the 1-0 win puts them in something of a precarious position, with a return leg to come in Kampala next month to decide a place at the 2013 finals in South Africa. Katongo, who has now scored in the qualifiers or finals of five successive Nations Cup tournaments, put Zambia ahead after 20 minutes. He found the net again before halftime, but his effort was disallowed for offside. ...

Soccer-Defender Cole ruled out of England match against Ukraine

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Defender Ashley Cole will missEngland's second World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on Tuesdayafter failing to recover from the ankle injury that sidelinedhim for Friday's 5-0 win over Moldova. Cole, who has won 98 caps, took the knock when his Chelseaside were thumped 4-1 by Atletico Madrid in the European SuperCup match in Monaco last week. The FA said in a brief statement on their website(www.thefa.com): "Ashley Cole was assessed by the medical staffon Saturday and will not be available for the qualifier withUkraine on Tuesday. ...

Soccer-Scotland and Serbia serve up tame goalless stalemate

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:09 AM PDT

GLASGOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Scotland and a young Serbia sideplayed out a tame 0-0 draw in their opening Group A World Cupqualifier at Hampden Park on Saturday, suggesting that neitherteam has much chance of reaching the finals in Brazil in 2014. Although the Scots had more of the ball and the betterchances, they rarely looked like scoring against awell-marshalled Serbian defence who easily coped with whateverthe Scots created. Serbia almost stole all three points in the 90th minute whenDusan Tadic broke through on goal but was denied by a good savefrom Scottish goalkeeper Allan McGregor. ...

UPDATE 1-Soccer-Scotland 0 Serbia 0 - World Cup qualifier result

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:03 AM PDT

(Adds teams) Sept 8 (Reuters) - Scotland 0 Serbia 0 - World Cupqualifying Group A result. In Glasgow Teams: Scotland: 1-Allan McGregor, 2-Alan Hutton, 3-Paul Dixon,4-Christophe Berra, 5-Gary Caldwell, 6-Charlie Adam, 7-JamesMorrison (15-Jamie Mackie 81), 8-Andy Webster, 9-Kenny Miller(14-Jordan Rhodes 81), 10-Robert Snodgrass (17-James Forrest69), 11-Steven Naismith Serbia: 1-Vladimir Stojkovic, 4-Milan Bisevac, 5-MatijaNastasic, 6-Branislav Ivanovic, 7-Zoran Tosic, 11-AleksandarKolarov, 16-Srdan Mijailovic (15-Ljubomir Fejsa 46),17-Aleksandar Ignjovski, 18-Milos Ninkovic, 19-Filip ...

RPT-Soccer-Defending champions Zambia off to winning start

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:55 AM PDT

(Adds dropped word in headline) NDOLA, Zambia, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Zambia made a winningstart to their defence of the African Nations Cup after captainChris Katongo scored the only goal of their home qualifieragainst Uganda in Ndola on Saturday. However, the 1-0 win puts them in something of a precariousposition, with a return leg to come in Kampala next month todecide a place at the 2013 finals in South Africa. Katongo, who has now scored in the qualifiers or finals offive successive Nations Cup tournaments, put Zambia ahead after20 minutes. ...

Soccer-Defending champions get off to winning start

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT

NDOLA, Zambia, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Zambia made a winningstart to their defence of the African Nations Cup after captainChris Katongo scored the only goal of their home qualifieragainst Uganda in Ndola on Saturday. However, the 1-0 win puts them in something of a precariousposition, with a return leg to come in Kampala next month todecide a place at the 2013 finals in South Africa. Katongo, who has now scored in the qualifiers or finals offive successive Nations Cup tournaments, put Zambia ahead after20 minutes. He found the net again before halftime, but his effort wasdisallowed for offside. ...

Soccer-Knee surgery sidelines United's Jones for two months

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:45 AM PDT

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Manchester United defender PhilJones could be out for up to two months after having a kneeoperation, the club has said. Jones, 20, has yet to play this season after hurting hisback in pre-season and suffered this latest injury in trainingthis week. A club spokesperson told The club's website(www.manutd.com): "Phil Jones has had surgery on a knee meniscustear sustained in training that will require six to eight weeksof rehabilitation. ...

US women beat Germany 1-0 to win U20 World Cup

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:46 AM PDT

Kealia Ohai, ,center, of the United States celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Germany during their final match of the U20 women's World Cup in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)The United States won the women's under-20 World Cup for the third time, defeating defending champion Germany 1-0 Saturday on a goal by Kealia Ohai in the 44th minute.

Soccer-Bulgaria heading in the right direction, says Penev

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:52 AM PDT

SOFIA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's combative 2-2 drawagainst Italy in their opening World Cup qualifier can inspirethem to end their long wait for an appearance at a majortournament, coach Luboslav Penev said. Penev, who took charge after the qualifying campaign forEuro 2012 ended in failure, knows his main task is to revitalisea flagging squad and try to qualify for Euro 2016. But the former Valencia and Atletico Madrid striker feelsthat Bulgaria, who have failed to qualify for a major tournamentsince Euro 2004, have a chance to play in Brazil in two years. ...
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