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Arshavin in recent weeks has become a victim of both the media and all of us Arsenal fans for his
defensive mishap which gifted Manchester United with a undeserved win at the Emirates. I admit I
was thoroughly disappointed with his performance but I still expect him to do something crucial for
us in our [.
The Arsenal legend Nigel Winterburn thinks that Arsene Wenger has taken a gamble by signing Thierry
Henry, but thinks it will be excellent if he can impress the fans and reproduce his past
goalscoring heroics, but he is als leaving himself open to criticism if it all goes wrong!
Winterburn said: "I hope everything works [.
Another abject performance from Marouane Chamakh in the League Cup match against Manchester City,
overshadowed by Park Chu-Young despite the South Korean's average performance, will have cast even
more doubt on his "second-choice" position in the pecking order of strikers. Recently he had this
to say about having the bit-part role at the club: "It [.
Over the last few weeks the speculation has been increasing that Eden Hazard will be signing for
Real Madrid sooner rather than later, but there may be hope for us yet according to the players
agent John Bico. Bico said, "He has shown from the beginning of the season that he is able to play
[...]
The young Pole Wojciech Szczesny is raring to go in the new season, and wants to be the Number One
at Arsenal for many years to come. He played the first half in yesterday's win over Malaysia and
Vito Mannone replaced him but he doesn't intend to give anyone the chance to take his place [...]
COMMERCE CITY, Colorado Toronto FC gutted out a valuable scoreless draw on the road Sunday at
Dick's Sporting Goods Park as the Colorado Rapids failed to take advantage of their first home game
in three weeks. Goalkeeper Matt Pickens was a bright spot for the Rapids, who earned a draw for the
third straight [.
WASHINGTON, DC – Vurnon Anita's 87th minute goal earned Dutch champions Ajax a late 2-1 win over
D.C. United in a friendly match at RFK Stadium on Sunday evening. Anita's goal broke a 1-1 tie
after Miralem Sulejmani and D.C. forward Blake Brettschneider traded goals in the first friendly
pitting an MLS club against an [.
ROME, Italy — Udinese qualified for the Champions League for only the second time in their
history after a 0-0 draw at home to AC Milan ensured they took fourth place in Serie A. Lazio
missed out on Europe's premier club competition on goal difference despite their 4-2 win at Lecce.
And Roma qualified for [.
CARSON, Calif. – After four long and often frustrating years, David Beckham has learned to bend
it once again. That famous right foot, so effective and prolific that it spawned the title of a
movie, has been quiet for much of his Los Angeles Galaxy career, but its effectiveness has returned
with a vengeance this [.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbus native and former Crew defender Eric Brunner came back to haunt his old
team on Saturday night, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 Portland victory at JELD-WEN Field. The
second-half goal — a header off a free kick in the 46th minute — helped Portland maintain their
dominance at home [.
PARIS, France — Lille claimed their first French league title since 1954 despite being held to a
2-2 draw at French Cup final victims Paris Saint-Germain in a heated encounter here on Saturday.
Victors over PSG in last weekend's cup showdown, Lille required just a point to complete the second
league and cup double in [.
BERLIN, Germany Schalke 04 won the German Cup for the fifth time on Saturday, crushing second
division Duisburg 5-0 to book a Europa League spot for next season. Dutchman Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
struck twice as Schalke took up their last chance of a European place after a rollercoaster season
saw them reach the Champions League [.
LONDON, England Goals from Kim Little and Julie Fleeting saw Arsenal reclaim the FA Women's Cup
with a 2-0 victory over Bristol Academy at the Ricoh Arena. The Gunners had lost out to Everton in
extra-time in last year's final, but they put that heartache behind them to secure a comfortable
win. Saturday's success [.
LONDON, England AFC Wimbledon won promotion to the Football League for the first time in their
history with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Luton at Eastlands. After a goalless 120
minutes, top scorer Danny Kedwell netted the winning kick after Dons keeper Seb Brown saved from
Alex Lawless and Jason Walker.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Corona has been dropped from the national
squad to defend next month's CONCACAF Gold Cup after television cameras caught him headbutting the
trainer of a rival team during the league playoff semifinals. Corona, who plays for Mexico City's
Cruz Azul, was involved in a fight between [.
BLACKPOOL, England Blackpool dealt a blow to Tottenham's hopes of securing Champions League
qualification on Tuesday, scoring their first win in seven matches with a 3-1 victory at Bloomfield
Road. First half goals from Charlie Adam and DJ Campbell and a late Brett Ormerod strike secured
three precious points for Ian Holloway's side, who [.
LYON, France — Striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored a late equalizer Tuesday as Lyon drew 1-1 with Real
Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 meeting in the Champions League, denying the Spanish team
its first win against the former French champions. Brazilian defender Cris headed on a free kick
and Gomis clipped the ball [.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Carlos Vela saved Roy Hodgson from defeat in his first match as West
Bromwich Albion manager as the Mexican striker's last-gasp goal earned a 1-1 draw against local
rivals Wolves on Sunday. Hodgson was moments away from opening his reign at the Hawthorns in the
worst possible manner as Albion trailed to [.
MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan's title charge gained momentum on Saturday as the champions squeezed
past Cagliari 1-0 to close the gap on leaders AC Milan. Inter's bitter city rivals can push their
lead over their neighbours back out to five points with victory on Sunday at Chievo but the
nerazzurri's ninth win in 11 [.
LONDON, England — Phil Neville scored the winning spot-kick as Everton sent holders Chelsea
crashing out of the FA Cup on penalties after a pulsating fourth round replay finished 1-1
following extra time on Saturday. Chelsea who were bidding to become the first side in 125 years to
win the competition three times in [.
PARIS, France — Lyon gave themselves the perfect morale boost for next Tuesday's Champions League
home clash with Real Madrid on Friday as they eased to a 4-0 victory over Nancy. However, while
goals from Yoann Gourcuff, Jeremy Pied, Miralem Pjanic and the outstanding Jimmy Briand saw them
move into provisional second in the league [.
NUREMBERG, Germany — Nuremberg extended its winning run in the Bundesliga to four games on
Friday, when goals from Julian Schieber, Robert Mak and Almog Cohen earned a 3-0 home win over
Eintracht Frankfurt. Frankfurt has yet to win in the Bundesliga in 2011, and has been outscored by
11 goals to none since the [.
NEW YORK, NY Five more amateur teams will earn berths into the US Open Cup tournament this year.
The PDL's allotment was raised to nine from eight and the NPSL will receive four automatic berths,
the first time since 2003 that teams from that fourth-division league will gain automatic entry.
NPSL teams used to [.
NEW YORK, NY In an article on Sports Illustrated titled "It's time for someone to depose Sepp
Blatter as FIFA's leader" journalist Grant Wahl has announced his intentions to run for FIFA's
presidency. Current FIFA president Sepp Blatter is running for his fourth term, with elections
falling on June 1.
LONDON, England The Great Britain Olympic football team may be forced to withdraw from the 2012
London Olympics completely if the FA board cannot come to a solution to the problems of fielding a
side. It has been widely expected that Great Britain would field a combined side for the first time
in [.
EDMONTON, Alberta — Canada has a 50-50 chance of hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.
Canadian Soccer Association General Secretary Peter Montopoli confirmed only Canada and Zimbabwe
are left in the bid process. A decision is expected March 3. The FIFA Women's World Cup is FIFA's
second biggest property, behind only the men's [.
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 [.
VALENCIA, Spain — Veteran Spain striker Raul Gonzalez enjoyed a successful return to his
homeland scoring a vital equaliser as Schalke managed a 1-1 first leg draw against Valencia at the
Mestalla stadium on Tuesday to gain the edge in the Champions League last 16 tie. Roberto Soldado's
sixth Champions League goal had put Valencia [.
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, [.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has dedicated his sensational winner
against Manchester City to his club's fans. Rooney knows some United supporters have become
disillusioned with the England international since he handed in a transfer request following a row
over the club's perceived lack of ambition.
BERLIN, Germany — Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal insisted Saturday Holland's Arjen Robben and
France's Franck Ribery are just as important to the German champions as Lionel Messi and Xavi are
to Barcelona. Dutch star Robben netted twice as he combined with Ribery to inspire Bayern's 4-0 win
over Hoffenheim at Munich's Allianz Arena [.
GENEVE, Switzerland Lionel Messi scored a 90th-minute penalty to give Argentina a 2-1 win over
Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the first international meeting of the two players on Wednesday.
Two-time world player of the year Messi also was the dominating early influence and set up Angel di
Maria to give Argentina a 14th-minute lead.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Ashley Young scored his first goal for England as Fabio Capello's side came
from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 in a morale-boosting win ahead of their Euro 2012 qualifier against
Wales next month. Aston Villa player Young, recently converted from winger to striker, came off the
bench to give England victory after [.
?MANCHESTER, England - Want to eat like a City player? Want to replicate the pre and post-match
meals Carlos Tevez and Joe Hart enjoy? Well, here's your chance. Manchester City is posting the
recipes of their talented chefs over on their website, so fans have the chance to eat the same food
as the City squad [.
West Brom, usually a shining example of stability and sensible management at board level, have
plunged their season into chaos by sacking their manager Roberto Di Matteo. True, the club have
been on a shocking run of 13 defeats in 18 games but as Di Matteo pointed out via the LMA on
Sunday, they haven't [.
UTRECHT, Netherlands FC Twente passed up the chance to go two points clear at the Eredivisie summit
after being held in a 1-1 draw away to FC Utrecht. PSV's defeat to ADO Den Haag on Saturday gave
Twente an opportunity to head top of the league, but teenager Leon de Kogel put Utrecht ahead [...]
MILAN, Italy — AC Milan was held to a 1-1 draw at Genoa on Sunday, cutting its Serie A lead to
three points after Napoli beat Cesena 2-0 at home. Alexandre Pato opened the scoring for Milan, but
Antonio Floro Flores equalized with his first Genoa goal since joining during the transfer window.
For Napoli, [.
LONDON, England — Fernando Torres's Chelsea debut ended in misery when his team lost 1-0 at home
to Liverpool on Sunday, wasting the chance to take advantage of Manchester United's first league
defeat of the season. Torres, who moved from Anfield to Chelsea last week for a reported 50 million
pounds ($80.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Wesley Verhoek scored in injury time for ADO The Hague to shock Dutch
league leader PSV Eindhoven 1-0 on Saturday. Verhoek converted Charlton Vicento's cross from a
tight angle as ADO secured its first win at PSV's Philips Stadium since 1971. "PSV was perhaps the
better team but we took our chances," [.
ROME, Italy — Alessandro Matri returned to haunt his former club Cagliari on Saturday when he
scored twice in Juventus's 3-1 win. The victory ended a run of three straight defeats and eased the
pressure on Juve coach Luigi Delneri. Matri's goals sandwiched a strike from Cagliari's Robert
Acquafresca before Luca Toni scored a late [.
