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VANCOUVER, BC — It was a dream-come-true for two Vancouver Whitecaps players but a nightmare for
three others. The Major League Soccer-bound Caps rewarded central midfielder Terry Dunfield and
centre back Greg Janicki with MLS contracts Friday but released goalkeeper Simon Thomas and
defenders Willis Forko and Luca Bellisomo.
LISBON, Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal secured their place in the UEFA Europa League round of
32 as Group C winners thanks to a narrow victory against LOSC Lille Métropole. The Lisbon club
made their first-half superiority tell on 28 minutes when Anderson Polga volleyed in his first
European goal of the season.
BORISOV, Belarus FC Dynamo Kiev confirmed their place in the UEFA Europa League knockout stage with
an impressive display against FC BATE Borisov which enabled them to leapfrog their opponents at the
top of Group E. Previously unbeaten in the section, already-qualified BATE had no answer to a
Dynamo team who looked like scoring [.
PARIS, France Nenê orchestrated Paris Saint-Germain FC's 4-2 defeat of Sevilla FC in Group J on
Thursday to ease the French club into the last 32. The Brazilian scored the winner in Spain on
Matchday 1, and again proved the difference between the two sides, providing the corners that
allowed Mathieu Bodmer and Guillaume [.
VIENA, Austria Falcao continued his prolific run of form in the UEFA Europa League by scoring a
hat-trick as FC Porto wrapped up Group L and confirmed SK Rapid Wien's elimination at a
snow-covered Ernst-Happel-Stadion. Needing to better Be?ikta? JK's result away to PFC CSKA Sofia to
retain hope, Rapid edged in front six [.
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands PSV Eindhoven came from behind to thrash visitors Heracles Almelo 5-2 and
Twente Enschede enjoyed a 2-0 home win over Graafschap Doetinchem as the pair remained joint top of
the Dutch League. PSV lead on goal difference from Twente with 37 points after 17 matches at the
halfway point of the season, [.
ROME, Italy — Fabio Quagliarella suffered a Frank Lampard moment on Sunday when he had a
perfectly good goal ruled out in Juventus's 3-1 win at Catania when officials failed to spot his
shot had crossed the line. Quagliarella unleashed a 43rd-minute drive from a Milos Krasic pass
which crashed against the crossbar before bouncing [.
GENOA, Italy — Marek Hamsik scored the only goal of the game as 10-man Napoli went second in
Serie A on Saturday with a 1-0 victory at Genoa. Michele Pazienza was sent off late on for the
southerners who were far from their best but produced dogged rearguard resistance to sneak the
victory. They will [.
DOETINCHEM, Netherlands PSV handed Twente an opportunity to claim the Eredivisie's top spot, while
Willem II's season of woe continued on Saturday. PSV lost Orlando Engelaar 10 minutes before
half-time just as they were enjoying their best spell of attacking pressure, with Ibrahim Afellay
hitting the bar and then setting up Jonathan Reis [.
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands Reigning Dutch champions Twente missed a golden opportunity to go top of
the Eredivisie. Instead they received a incredible 6-2 beating by Heerenveen. Oussama Assaidi
scored a hat-trick for Heerenveen, who moved to seventh with the win, while Belgian winger Nacer
Chadli scored both goals for Twente.
LIVERPOOL, England Top and bottom respectively of Group K at the start of the day, Liverpool FC and
FC Utrecht also finished it at opposite ends of the section following a goalless draw at Anfield.
Results a fortnight ago rubber-stamped Liverpool's place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 and
ended Utrecht's hopes [.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - AC Sparta Prague denied fellow qualifiers CSKA Moscow a perfect UEFA
Europa League group stage campaign after coming from behind to earn a 1-1 draw. After Alan Dzagoev
put CSKA in front, Sparta responded well and Václav Kadlec levelled on the stroke of half-time.
With CSKA certain to finish top of [.
TURIN, Italy A second-half equaliser from Jô cancelled out Niccolò Giannetti's effort on his
first start for Juventus as Manchester City FC finished top of Group A. The 19-year-old Giannetti,
whose previous first-team experience amounted to a seven-minute outing on Matchday 4, got across
Dedryck Boyata to turn in Alessandro Del Piero's pass two [.
STUTTGART, Germany Bruno Labbadia made a fine start at the Stuttgart helm as two goals from Timo
Gebhart helped the German side round off Group H in style with a 5-1 victory over Odense BK. Timo
Gebhart got the ball rolling with the first of his two goals on 20 minutes and by the [...]
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands PSV Eindhoven clinched top spot in the UEFA Europa League Group I after a
low-key 0-0 draw against FC Metalist Kharkiv. The Ukrainian side created the most chances in a
tepid first half, but lacked the sharpness to convert any of their openings. PSV were stronger
after the break though they too [.
BERLIN, Germany — Mainz closed the gap at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday to 10 points with
a tense 4-2 win at wintry St Pauli as leaders Borussia Dortmund were beaten 1-0 at Eintracht
Frankfurt. Both Mainz striker Andre Shuerrle and St Pauli midfielder Matthias Lehmann scored two
goals, but a deft first-half [.
ROME, Italy — Marco Borriello came back to haunt former club AC Milan on Saturday, scoring the
only goal of the game as Roma blew the Serie A title race wide open. Borriello struck 21 minutes
from time with a lucky goal he knew next to nothing about but that won't have worried the
28-year-old [...]
PARIS, France — Midfielder Fabien Lemoine proved the unlikely hero for Rennes on Saturday as he
marked his return four months after having a kidney removed by setting up the winning goal in a 1-0
success over Valenciennes. Lemoine came on as a late substitute to a standing ovation from his home
crowd with minutes [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands PSV Eindhoven beat Roda JC 3-1 on Sunday in captain Ibrahim Afellay's last
Dutch league game with the club to extend its lead atop the standings by four points, while three
other games were postponed due to bad weather. Afellay, who made his Eredivisie debut for PSV under
coach Guus Hiddink in [.
BERLIN, Germany — Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez claimed a hat-trick as an early Christmas
present in an eight-goal thriller on Sunday as the German champions routed struggling Stuttgart 5-3
at home. This was the Germany star's second Bundesliga hat-trick of the season as he capitalised on
a poor Stuttgart defence to leave him with [.
MADRID, Spain — Argentine international winger Angel di Maria scored a vital 77th minute winner
as 10-man Real Madrid defeated Sevilla 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday to close to within
two points of league leaders Barcelona ahead of the Christmas break. The 22-year-old di Maria, a
25-million-euro summer signing from Benfica, squeezed a [.
MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal said earlier he was counting on Arjen Robben
returning to action for the first Bundesliga game after the winter break against Wolfsburg on
January 15. The Dutchman has not played since returning from the World Cup in South Africa with a
torn hamstring.
MILAN, Italy Rafa Benitez's agent has revealed that he is currently negotiating a deal to "rescind
the contract" of the Inter Milan manager appearing to confirm reports that the Spaniard is facing
the sack. Speculation has been rife in recent days that the parting of ways of Benitez and Inter is
inevitable, though [.
MILAN, Italy Rafa Benitez's agent has revealed that he is currently negotiating a deal to "rescind
the contract" of the Inter Milan manager appearing to confirm reports that the Spaniard is facing
the sack. Speculation has been rife in recent days that the parting of ways of Benitez and Inter is
inevitable, though [.
MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal said earlier he was counting on Arjen Robben
returning to action for the first Bundesliga game after the winter break against Wolfsburg on
January 15. The Dutchman has not played since returning from the World Cup in South Africa with a
torn hamstring.
