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Hace un año que estas futbolistas alemanas con el motivo de sacar fondos para su equipo,
decidieron hacer un calendario 2011.
La verdad que para estas fiestas se agradece el esfuerzo de quitarse un poco de ropa en pleno
invierno aleman.
Les presento al equipo femenil de Hardegser SV
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Arsene Wenger is more than happy with his last minute signing of the transfer window Mikel Arteta,
and says that he is already a key part of the new Arsenal squad. "Mikel has taken a big importance
in our team very quickly," Wenger said. "Of course I knew about his talent, but he is a [...]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona has told an Argentine newspaper he will take legal
action against Argentine football federation president Julio Grondona over perceived criticism of
the World Cup-winner's drug problems. Maradona reacted angrily to comments the 80-year-old Grondona
made to local media this week that have been interpreted as a veiled reference to [.
OSLO, Norway — Nearly 100 of Norway's topflight football players went on strike Friday demanding
the right to choose their own boots and other equipment. The strike, affecting nine of the league's
teams including leader Tromsoe, forced the Norwegian football association to postpone matches
scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
BARCELONA, Spain Barcelona defender Eric Abidal admits his recent battle against a liver tumour,
when he feared he might never play football again, has left him with a different view about his
priorities in life. Abidal underwent surgery in March following the discovery of the tumour, and it
was not known when the France [.
PARIS, France Raymond Domenech continues to slide apparently effortlessly from one controversy to
another. His latest is an interview with L'Express in which the former national team coach labelled
the players who mutinied at last year's World Cup as "horrible, unthinking brats." This angered
both his former employers at the French federation whom he [.
LONDON, England Tom Hicks has won the right to launch a damages claim over the sale of Liverpool
yet the Reds are delighted with the High Court's verdict. High Court judge Mr Justice Floyd ruled
Hicks must bring any claims he has in the UK and is not able to pursue a lawsuit [...]
Frank Lampard reckons the Champions League should be Chelsea's number one aspiration for this
season. The England midfielder knows Chelsea are seemingly out of the Premier League title race
after some poor form that has seen them drop to fifth and sit 12 points behind leaders Manchester
United. Anyone looking to bet on Champions League [.
WIGAN, England — Ivan Klasnic fired Bolton Wanderers to a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic in their FA
Cup fourth-round replay at the DW Stadium on Wednesday. Owen Coyle's side can look forward to a
fifth-round trip to Fulham this weekend thanks to Croatian striker Klasnic's second-half winner.
While Wanderers' Wembley bid remains alive, Wigan [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam squandered a two-goal lead and missed a late penalty to draw
2-2 at Roda JC Kerkrade and lose ground on the Dutch league leaders on Sunday. PSV Eindhoven,
convincing 4-0 winners at AZ Alkmaar on Saturday, are top with 50 points after 23 matches and are
ahead of Twente Enschede, [.
PARIS, France — Striker Andre-Pierre Gignac fired defending champions Marseille back into the
title race on Saturday with the only goal at home to rock bottom Arles. Coach Didier Deschamps had
demanded a massive improvement after a woeful goalless draw last week against struggling neighbours
Monaco and Gignac's third goal of the season brought some [.
MILAN, Italy Inter defender Cristian Chivu has been handed a four-match ban after punching an
opponent during Thursday's 3-0 victory over Bari. Chivu struck Bari's Marco Rossi in the second
half but referee Andrea Romeo and his assistants missed the incident and no action was taken. After
the matter was reviewed by the authorities, [.
CASA GRANDE, Ar Looking to build on Tuesday's victory over Real Salt Lake, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
return to preseason action when they take on Pacific Northwest rivals Seattle Sounders FC at Grande
Sports World in Casa Grande, Arizona, on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. PT. Despite being together for
less than two weeks, Teitur [.
LONDON, England — Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski will miss the rest of the season
following shoulder surgery, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger said Thursday. The Pole was injured
during the warm-up ahead of Arsenal's Premier League match against Manchester City last month and
has not played since.
ANTALYA, Turkey Nana Attakora scored the team's lone goal Wednesday as Toronto FC played Partizan
Belgrade to a 1-1 draw to open the Major League Soccer pre-season. The Canadian defender connected
on a corner kick in the sixth minute, but Toronto couldn't hold onto its lead as Nemanja Tomic tied
the game for the [.
GENEVA, Switzerland Spanish national and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, along with Special
Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr. Wilfried Lemke,
launched the new comic book "Score the Goals" at the United Nations in Geneva. Following his
appointment as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador by Ms.
LONDON, England One of British soccer's leading television commentators was fired Tuesday, a day
after being taken off the air and temporarily suspended for making sexist remarks about a female
match official. Andy Gray, the face of Sky Sports' soccer coverage for the past two decades, was
dismissed by the broadcaster after "new evidence [.
MADRID, Spain Real Madrid confirmed on their website on Tuesday they had signed Manchester City's
Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan till the end of the season. The 26-year-old has been brought
in to add urgently needed firepower after Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain underwent surgery to
fix a slipped disc earlier this month and [.
MADRID, Spain — Misfit striker Karim Benzema reminded Jose Mourinho of his talents on Sunday,
scoring the 60th-minute goal in Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Real Mallorca which cut Barcelona's lead
back to four points. Mourinho said Benzema, a 35-million euro signing from Lyon, needed to step up
his game and the 23-year-old responded as [.
MANCHESTER Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat trick as Manchester United dominated Birmingham, 5-0, in
English Premier League action on Saturday. With the win, United stays at the top of the table, all
alone after Manchester City's loss later in the day. Arsenal actually jumped into second, two
points back of the leaders.
HAMBURG, Germany — Top German football club St Pauli has shown the red card to strippers
performing inside a corporate box owned by one of Hamburg's many lap dance clubs but they can dance
once matches are over. The Susis Show Bar on Hamburg's main red-light drag, the Reeperbahn, has
installed a large mirror [.
MADRID, Spain Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid's surprise draw at Almeria to move four
points clear at the top of the Primera Division. The Catalans swept aside Malaga 4-1 at the Nou
Camp after Madrid were made to settle for a 1-1 draw against the league's bottom side. Pep
Guardiola's men put Malaga [.
DOHA, Qatar — Qatar stormed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for only the second time in their
history on Sunday with a commanding 3-0 victory over Gulf champions Kuwait, who were eliminated
from the tournament. They went through after Uzbekistan drew 2-2 with China to top Group A,
allowing Qatar to finish second and make [.
DOHA, Qatar — Reigning champions Iraq stunned the United Arab Emirates 1-0 on Saturday at the
Asian Cup with an injury-time own-goal to put the holders in a strong position to make the knockout
rounds. Three-times champions Iran became the first team at the championships to qualify for the
quarter-finals after they defeated World Cup [.
LONDON — Liverpool midfielder Ryan Babel was charged with improper conduct by the Football
Association (FA) on Monday after posting a mocked-up photo of referee Howard Webb wearing a
Manchester United shirt on social networking site Twitter. The picture appeared on the Dutch
forward's official page on Twitter just hours after United beat Liverpool 1-0 [.
WEST BROMWICH, England — Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney could be out of action for two
weeks after injuring his left ankle in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League win at West Bromwich Albion.
Rooney scored in the third minute for his first goal from open play since March but hobbled off
late in the match after [.
