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MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has sought to play down Cristiano Ronaldo's revelation two weeks ago that he was feeling "sad" at the club. "If he is sad and he plays like he plays then that's perfect for me, he can carry on doing the same," Mourinho told a news conference on Friday when asked about his Portuguese compatriot's comments. "I am a soccer coach and my responsibilities are the results and for that reason when the results are not good you kill me," Mourinho added as Real prepare for Saturday's La Liga match at Sevilla. "That's what I need to focus on. ..
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Posted: 15 Sep 2012 03:21 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Enjoying the benefits of playing in a new stadium, Italian soccer champions Juventus halved its loss after a 2011/12 season in which they clinched the league title without losing a match. Winning the league has guaranteed the Turin club a place in the lucrative group stages of the 2012/13 European Champions League. The club made a loss of 48.7 million euros in the year to June 30, down from 95.4 million in 2010/11. ...
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Posted: 15 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT
 YAOUNDE (Reuters) - New Cameroon coach Jean-Paul Akono's first order of business will be to seek a return to the team of disaffected captain Samuel Eto'o and defender Benoit Assou Ekotto, he said on Friday. Akono said both were needed if Cameroon were to fight back from a two-goal deficit and avoid embarrassing elimination from the next African Nations Cup finals at the hands of the tiny Cape Verde Islands. Akono was appointed on Thursday to replace Frenchman Denis Lavagne after the Indomitable Lions suffered a shock 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their final round qualifier last weekend. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sports agency is demanding at least $385,000 from Major League Soccer and the Los Angeles Galaxy club for helping with last year's signing of Ireland captain Robbie Keane, a lawsuit filed on Friday said. The complaint in Manhattan federal court by Real Time International Ltd (RTI) said that without its knowledge "LA Galaxy and the MLS exploited information" provided by the agency "without compensation" to complete the deal. Keane was signed by Galaxy from English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in August 2011 for a $5. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT
* Galaxy signed Ireland captain Keane from Tottenham in 2011 * Helped Galaxy become Major League Soccer champions * Lawsuit demands at least $385,000 from MLS and Galaxy NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A sports agency is demanding at least $385,000 from Major League Soccer and the Los Angeles Galaxy club for helping with last year's signing of Ireland captain Robbie Keane, a lawsuit filed on Friday said. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:34 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the Bundesliga matches on Friday FC Augsburg 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 28,512 - - - Next Fixtures (GMT): Saturday, September 15 Bayern Munich v Mainz (1330) Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen (1330) Borussia Moenchengladbach v Nuremberg (1330) Hanover 96 v Werder Bremen (1330) VfB Stuttgart v Fortuna Dusseldorf (1330) Greuther Fuerth v Schalke 04 (1630) Sunday, September 16 Freiburg v Hoffenheim (1330) Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburg SV (1530)
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the African Champions League Group A matches on Friday Friday, September 14 ASO Chlef (Algeria) 1 Esperance ST (Tunisia) 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Esperance ST 6 5 0 1 9 3 15 2 Sunshine Stars 5 2 1 2 4 4 7 3 Etoile Sportive du Sahel 4 1 1 2 1 3 4 4 ASO Chlef 5 1 0 4 4 8 3 Next Fixtures (GMT): Friday, September 14 Sunshine Stars (Nigeria) v Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) Postponed
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Summaries from the Ligue 1 matches on Friday Stade de Reims 3 Diego 38, Christopher Glombard 71, Gaaetan Courtet 86 Montpellier HSC 1 Remy Cabella 55 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 15,835 - - - Paris St Germain 2 Javier Pastore 38, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 69 Toulouse 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 43,224 - - - Next Fixtures (GMT): Saturday, September 15 ES Troyes AC v Lille (1500) Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v Bastia (1800) Nice v Stade Brest (1800) St Etienne v Sochaux (1800) Valenciennes v Girondins Bordeaux (1800) Sunday, September 16 Stade Rennes v FC Lorient (1200) ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT
PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Big-spending Paris St Germain climbed to third in Ligue 1 with a 2-0 win over Toulouse on Friday while champions Montpellier continued their poor start to the season with a 3-1 defeat at promoted Stade de Reims. Goals from Javier Pastore and Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Paris St Germain nine points from five games, three behind leaders Olympique Marseille who travel to Nancy on Sunday. "We are starting to show how strong we are but we know we can do even better," PSG captain Christophe Jallet told the beIN SPORT television channel. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Polish championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala 1 Slask Wroclaw 1 Pogon Szczecin 2 Wisla Krakow 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Legia Warsaw 3 3 0 0 9 1 9 -------------------------2 Widzew Lodz 3 3 0 0 5 1 9 3 Lech Poznan 3 2 1 0 6 1 7 -------------------------4 Slask Wroclaw 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 -------------------------5 Polonia Warsaw 3 2 0 1 7 4 6 6 Pogon Szczecin 4 2 0 2 6 3 6 7 Lechia Gdansk 3 2 0 1 4 3 6 8 Gornik Zabrze 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 8 Jagiellonia Bialystok 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 10 Wisla Krakow 4 1 1 2 4 7 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:38 PM PDT
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Scottish Premier League matches on Friday Friday, September 14Dundee United 0 Ross County 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Motherwell 5 2 3 0 8 4 9 2 Dundee United 5 2 2 1 7 3 8 3 Celtic 4 2 2 0 8 5 8 4 Ross County 6 1 5 0 2 1 8 5 Hibernian 5 2 2 1 7 7 8 6 St. Mirren 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 -------------------------7 Hearts 5 1 3 1 5 4 6 7 Kilmarnock 5 1 3 1 5 4 6 9 Aberdeen 5 1 3 1 2 2 6 10 Dundee 5 1 1 3 1 6 4 11 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5 0 3 2 8 13 3 12 St. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Top scorers of the Ligue 1 on Friday 5 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain) 3 Michel Bastos (Olympique Lyon) Bafetimbi Gomis (Olympique Lyon) Andre-Pierre Gignac (Olympique Marseille) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St Etienne) Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse) 2 Mounir Obbadi (ES Troyes AC) Jeremie Aliadiere (FC Lorient) Alain Traore (FC Lorient) Sloan Privat (Sochaux) Ludovic Obraniak (Girondins Bordeaux) Henri Saivet (Girondins Bordeaux) Aurelien Chedjou (Lille) Remy Cabella (Montpellier HSC) Emanuel Herrera (Montpellier HSC) Josuha Guilavogui (St Etienne) Romain ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Ligue 1 matches on Friday Friday, September 14Paris St Germain 2 Toulouse 0 Stade de Reims 3 Montpellier HSC 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Olympique Marseille 4 4 0 0 7 1 12 2 Olympique Lyon 4 3 1 0 9 4 10 -------------------------3 Paris St Germain 5 2 3 0 6 3 9 -------------------------4 FC Lorient 4 2 2 0 9 5 8 -------------------------5 Girondins Bordeaux 4 2 2 0 5 3 8 6 Toulouse 5 2 2 1 5 5 8 -------------------------7 Valenciennes 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 8 Stade de Reims 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 9 St Etienne 4 2 0 2 9 4 6 10 Bastia 4 2 0 2 7 9 6 11 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Belgian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Kortrijk 1 Club Bruges 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Club Bruges 7 5 2 0 18 9 17 2 Anderlecht 6 3 3 0 10 5 12 3 Ghent 6 3 2 1 9 6 11 4 Kortrijk 7 3 2 2 7 7 11 5 Standard Liege 6 3 1 2 14 10 10 6 Zulte Waregem 6 3 1 2 9 8 10 -------------------------7 Racing Genk 6 2 4 0 11 8 10 8 Mons-Bergen 6 2 2 2 14 12 8 9 Lokeren 6 2 1 3 9 9 7 10 Beerschot 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 11 Lierse 6 1 4 1 6 5 7 12 OH Leuven 6 1 4 1 10 12 7 13 Mechelen 6 1 2 3 10 12 5 14 Waasland-Beveren 6 1 1 4 5 10 4 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Romanian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 2 Brasov 1 Dinamo Bucharest 0 CFR Cluj 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Pandurii Targu-Jiu 7 6 1 0 17 5 19 -------------------------2 Steaua Bucharest 7 5 1 1 17 9 16 3 FC Astra 7 4 2 1 15 10 14 -------------------------4 CFR Cluj 8 3 4 1 15 11 13 -------------------------5 Vaslui 7 3 3 1 13 8 12 6 Dinamo Bucharest 7 3 2 2 11 8 11 7 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 7 3 2 2 10 14 11 8 Petrolul Ploiesti 7 2 3 2 12 10 9 9 Brasov 8 2 3 3 13 13 9 10 Rapid Bucharest 6 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Top scorers of the Bundesliga on Friday 3 Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich) 2 Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich) Martin Lanig (Eintracht Frankfurt) Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) Dani Schahin (Fortuna Duesseldorf) Artur Sobiech (Hanover 96) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04) 1 Hanno Balitsch (Nuremberg) Tomas Pekhart (Nuremberg) Gonzalo Castro (Bayer Leverkusen) Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen) Philipp Wollscheid (Bayer Leverkusen) Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich) Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Bundesliga matches on Friday Friday, September 14FC Augsburg 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Bayern Munich 2 2 0 0 9 1 6 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 3 Hanover 96 2 1 1 0 6 2 4 -------------------------4 Schalke 04 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 -------------------------5 Fortuna Duesseldorf 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 6 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 7 Nuremberg 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 7 Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 -------------------------9 VfL Wolfsburg 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 10 Bayer Leverkusen 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 10 Werder Bremen 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 12 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Czech championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Jablonec 2 Marila Pribram 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Sparta Prague 6 5 1 0 13 5 16 -------------------------2 Jablonec 7 4 2 1 16 7 14 3 Viktoria Plzen 6 4 1 1 15 6 13 -------------------------4 Slovan Liberec 6 3 2 1 10 4 11 -------------------------5 Brno 6 3 1 2 9 13 10 6 Sigma Olomouc 6 2 3 1 7 5 9 7 Vysocina Jihlava 6 1 5 0 10 8 8 8 Slavia Prague 6 1 4 1 11 7 7 9 Mlada Boleslav 6 2 1 3 6 9 7 10 Slovacko 6 2 1 3 6 10 7 11 FK Dukla Praha 6 1 3 2 11 11 6 12 Banik Ostrava 6 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Hungarian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Ferencvaros 2 Szombathelyi Haladas 1 Kaposvar 0 Ujpest 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 MTK Hungaria 6 4 2 0 10 4 14 -------------------------2 Gyor ETO 6 4 1 1 15 9 13 3 Debrecen 6 4 1 1 10 5 13 -------------------------4 Honved 6 4 1 1 10 6 13 -------------------------5 Fehervar 6 4 1 1 9 5 13 6 Diosgyor 6 3 1 2 6 7 10 7 Ferencvaros 7 2 3 2 10 9 9 8 Szombathelyi Haladas 7 2 2 3 11 9 8 9 Kaposvar 7 2 2 3 6 10 8 10 Paks 6 1 3 2 9 10 6 11 Pecs 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 12 Ujpest 7 1 3 3 6 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Swedish championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Syrianska FC 1 IFK Norrkoping 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Elfsborg Boras 21 14 2 5 36 20 44 -------------------------2 Haecken 21 12 3 6 48 27 39 3 Malmo 21 11 6 4 36 25 39 -------------------------4 AIK Stockholm 21 11 6 4 27 19 39 -------------------------5 IFK Norrkoping 22 9 6 7 30 35 33 6 Djurgarden 21 7 11 3 29 24 32 7 Helsingborg 21 8 7 6 32 26 31 8 Kalmar 21 8 5 8 28 32 29 9 Atvidabergs FF 21 7 7 7 40 35 28 10 GIF Sundsvall 21 6 7 8 27 27 25 11 IFK Gothenburg 21 5 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 11:53 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Croatian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Dinamo Zagreb 0 Osijek 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Dinamo Zagreb 8 6 2 0 20 6 20 -------------------------2 Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 7 6 0 1 15 7 18 3 NK Split 7 4 0 3 10 7 12 -------------------------4 Hajduk Split 7 3 2 2 11 7 11 -------------------------5 Osijek 8 2 5 1 7 4 11 6 Lokomotiva Zagreb 7 3 2 2 10 8 11 7 Istra 1961 7 3 2 2 7 6 11 8 Rijeka 7 2 3 2 5 7 9 9 Inter Zapresic 7 1 2 4 5 10 5 10 Cibalia 7 1 2 4 4 10 5 11 Zadar 7 0 4 3 4 10 4 -------------------------12 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 11:51 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Norwegian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Stromsgodset IF 4 Aalesund 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Stromsgodset IF 22 13 5 4 47 29 44 -------------------------2 Molde 21 13 2 6 36 24 41 3 Rosenborg Trondheim 21 10 10 1 36 16 40 -------------------------4 Tromso 20 9 6 5 32 22 33 -------------------------5 Brann Bergen 21 10 2 9 42 30 32 6 FK Haugesund 21 8 7 6 35 25 31 7 Valerenga Oslo 21 9 4 8 32 29 31 8 Viking Stavanger 21 9 4 8 28 27 31 9 Aalesund 22 7 8 7 29 29 29 10 Honefoss BK 21 7 8 6 22 24 29 11 Odd ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 11:23 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Danish championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Esbjerg 3 OB Odense 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 FC Copenhagen 8 5 3 0 19 9 18 2 AaB Aalborg 8 5 2 1 19 7 17 -------------------------3 Nordsjaelland 8 4 3 1 18 7 15 4 OB Odense 9 4 2 3 9 13 14 -------------------------5 Randers 8 4 0 4 9 13 12 -------------------------6 AGF Aarhus 8 3 2 3 13 9 11 7 Midtjylland 8 3 2 3 12 14 11 8 Horsens 8 3 2 3 9 14 11 9 SonderjyskE 8 3 1 4 12 15 10 10 Esbjerg 9 1 3 5 8 10 6 -------------------------11 Brondby 8 1 3 4 6 10 6 12 Silkeborg IF ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:58 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Ukrainian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Dynamo Kiev 3 Karpaty Lviv 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 8 8 0 0 29 4 24 -------------------------2 Dynamo Kiev 9 7 0 2 16 7 21 -------------------------3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 5 3 0 18 6 18 4 Metalist Kharkiv 8 4 2 2 13 7 14 5 Arsenal Kiev 8 4 2 2 11 11 14 -------------------------6 Illichevets Mariupol 8 4 0 4 13 8 12 -------------------------7 Zarja Lugansk 8 3 2 3 10 10 11 8 Metalurg Donetsk 8 3 2 3 8 9 11 9 Volyn Lutsk 8 3 2 3 10 14 11 10 Kryvbas ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:52 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Russian championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Zenit St Petersburg 0 Terek Groznyi 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Terek Groznyi 8 6 1 1 12 9 19 -------------------------2 Zenit St Petersburg 8 5 1 2 17 6 16 -------------------------3 CSKA Moscow 7 5 0 2 11 6 15 4 Anzhi Makhachkala 7 4 2 1 12 8 14 5 Lokomotiv Moscow 7 4 1 2 14 11 13 -------------------------6 Spartak Moscow 7 4 0 3 12 12 12 -------------------------7 Kuban Krasnodar 7 4 0 3 14 10 12 8 Rubin Kazan 7 4 0 3 12 9 12 9 Amkar Perm 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 10 Alania ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:26 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Finnish championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Haka Valkeakoski 1 IFK Mariehamn 1 HJK Helsinki 0 Jaro Pietarsaari 0 MyPa Myllykoski 0 Inter Turku 0 VPS 1 Lahti 3 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Inter Turku 25 15 3 7 49 30 48 -------------------------2 HJK Helsinki 25 13 5 7 40 24 44 3 TPS Turku 25 13 4 8 48 26 43 -------------------------4 IFK Mariehamn 25 11 8 6 36 30 41 -------------------------5 MyPa Myllykoski 25 11 7 7 30 19 40 6 Lahti 26 12 1 13 34 40 37 7 VPS 25 10 6 9 28 25 36 8 JJK 24 10 3 11 41 45 33 9 FC Honka 24 9 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT
MADRID, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Brief news from La Liga ahead ofthis weekend's matches (all times GMT): * Barcelona fullback Jordi Alba has failed to recover fromflu and is out of the leaders' match at Getafe on Saturday(1800), joining Andres Iniesta and Alexis Sanchez, injured oninternational duty, on the list of absentees. There was better news for coach Tito Vilanova about captainCarles Puyol, who was given the all-clear on Friday afterfracturing a cheekbone at Osasuna last month and was included inthe squad for the trip to Madrid. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:22 AM PDT
LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Enjoying the benefits of playingin a new stadium, Italian soccer champions Juventus halved its loss after a 2011/12 season in which they clinchedthe league title without losing a match. Winning the league has guaranteed the Turin club a place inthe lucrative group stages of the 2012/13 European ChampionsLeague. The club made a loss of 48.7 million euros ($64 million) inthe year to June 30, down from 95.4 million in 2010/11. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 10:18 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Slovak championship matches on Friday Friday, September 14Nitra 1 Spartak Trnava 3 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Slovan Bratislava 8 5 2 1 11 7 17 -------------------------2 Zilina 8 3 4 1 11 5 13 3 MFK Kosice 8 4 1 3 10 10 13 -------------------------4 Ruzomberok 8 3 3 2 11 9 12 -------------------------5 Dukla Banska Bystrica 8 3 3 2 7 5 12 6 Nitra 9 3 3 3 12 13 12 7 ViOn Zlate Moravce 8 3 2 3 12 9 11 8 Laugaricio Trencin 8 3 2 3 13 11 11 9 Tatran Presov 8 3 1 4 7 8 10 10 Spartak Myjava 8 2 2 4 8 12 8 11 FK Senica 8 2 1 5 8 11 7 ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 09:38 AM PDT
YAOUNDE, Sept 14 (Reuters) - New Cameroon coach Jean-PaulAkono's first order of business will be to seek a return to theteam of disaffected captain Samuel Eto'o and defender BenoitAssou Ekotto, he said on Friday. Akono said both were needed if Cameroon were to fight backfrom a two-goal deficit and avoid embarrassing elimination fromthe next African Nations Cup finals at the hands of the tinyCape Verde Islands. Akono was appointed on Thursday to replace Frenchman DenisLavagne after the Indomitable Lions suffered a shock 2-0 defeatin the first leg of their final round qualifier last weekend. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 09:25 AM PDT
MADRID, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinhohas sought to play down Cristiano Ronaldo's revelation two weeksago that he was feeling "sad" at the club. "If he is sad and he plays like he plays then that's perfectfor me, he can carry on doing the same," Mourinho told a newsconference on Friday when asked about his Portuguesecompatriot's comments. "I am a soccer coach and my responsibilities are the resultsand for that reason when the results are not good you kill me,"Mourinho added as Real prepare for Saturday's La Liga match atSevilla. "That's what I need to focus on. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:39 AM PDT
 (Reuters) - Juventus coach Antonio Conte's 10-month Italian ban for not reporting match-fixing has been extended globally, FIFA said on Friday, meaning he will not be on the bench for Wednesday's Champions League opener at holders Chelsea. Conte, who has strenuously denied the allegations from his time in charge of Siena, is set to miss the entire Serie A season after being banned by the Italian football federation on August 10 and FIFA has now invoked part of its disciplinary code to enforce the ban worldwide. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:38 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - The behaviour of English fans is under the microscope this weekend in the wake of calls for an end to sickening chants at matches following the publication of the Hillsborough report. Wednesday's report, which found that Liverpool fans had been entirely blameless for the crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final that left 96 of them dead, was widely welcomed, although it remains to be seen whether their deaths will stop the club being mocked with hateful songs by rival fans. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Midfielder Darren Fletcher, who has been out for nearly a year with a chronic bowel condition, has been included in Manchester United's squad for their Premier League match against Wigan Athletic on Saturday. United manager Alex Ferguson told reporters at his regular pre-match briefing on Friday that the 28-year-old Scottish international was being included as his health was improving. "Darren's in the squad tomorrow, simply because I think it will give him a boost. It's a chance to progress. At this moment in time everything's going fine for him. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:09 AM PDT
LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The behaviour of English fans isunder the microscope this weekend in the wake of calls for anend to sickening chants at matches following the publication ofthe Hillsborough report. Wednesday's report, which found that Liverpool fans had beenentirely blameless for the crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-finalthat left 96 of them dead, was widely welcomed, although itremains to be seen whether their deaths will stop the club beingmocked with hateful songs by rival fans. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's sports federations, already suffering due to a series of reductions in state subsidies, are facing a new round of hefty cuts forced on the government by the economic crisis, Secretary of State Miguel Cardenal said on Friday. Many of the Iberian nation's smaller federations who found it hard to attract commercial sponsors relied heavily on public money and, with less cash available, performance and results were bound to be affected over the longer term, Cardenal said in an interview at his office in Madrid. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT
MADRID, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Spain's sports federations,already suffering due to a series of reductions in statesubsidies, are facing a new round of hefty cuts forced on thegovernment by the economic crisis, Secretary of State MiguelCardenal said on Friday. Many of the Iberian nation's smaller federations who foundit hard to attract commercial sponsors relied heavily on publicmoney and, with less cash available, performance and resultswere bound to be affected over the longer term, Cardenal said inan interview at his office in Madrid. ...
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012 07:22 AM PDT
Sept 14 (Reuters) - Juventus coach Antonio Conte's 10-monthItalian ban for not reporting match-fixing has been extendedglobally, FIFA said on Friday, meaning he will not be on thebench for Wednesday's Champions League opener at holdersChelsea. Conte, who has strenuously denied the allegations from histime in charge of Siena, is set to miss the entire Serie Aseason after being banned by the Italian football federation onAug. 10 and FIFA has now invoked part of its disciplinary codeto enforce the ban worldwide. ...
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