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It was originally forecast that Jack Wilshere would be returning to the Arsenal team in late
January, but just as he looked close to full fitness again it was revealed in a scan that the 18
year-old had yet another small bone broken in his foot, But today Wenger has revealed that Wilshere
is going [.
Steven Gerrard's ankle is infected following a kick to it in training in mid-week, it seemed to be
healing but it swelled up Saturday morning requiring treatment and further surgery this week.
I had a similar injury myself years ago when I bought a new pair of Doc Martin's shoes and new
socks in a bid to impress the ladies.
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 [.
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 [.
BERLIN, Germany — Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger will play no part in a friendly against
Uruguay on May 29 or in two Euro 2012 qualifiers next month because of injury, the German football
federation (DFB) said Friday. The 26-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder, one of the stars of
Germany's strong 2010 World Cup performance, broke a [.
LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Bayer Leverkusen went second in the Bundesliga table on Sunday with a 4-2
win at home to strugglers VfB Stuttgart that dropped their guests further into the relegation
battle. With bottom side Moenchengladbach beating Schalke on Sunday evening, only five points now
separate the bottom five clubs and Stuttgart, the 2007 German [.
BERLIN, Germany — Bundesliga bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach sacked their coach Michael
Frontzeck on Sunday, 24 hours after their 3-1 German league defeat at St Pauli. 'Gladbach are seven
points from safety at the foot of the table and 46-year-old Frontzeck, who has been in charge for
18 months, was shown the door after his [.
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 [.
MILAN, Italy Internazionale continue to close the gap on neighbours AC at the top of the Serie A
table after a breathtaking 5-3 defeat of AS Roma at the San Siro. Wesley Sneijder's third minute
goal set the tone for a pulsating game with Samuel Eto'o and Fabio Simplicio also on the first half
[...]
MADRID, Spain — Real Madrid responded in style to Barcelona's record breaking 16th consecutive
victory with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the way in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday. Ronaldo
was charged up for the game after receiving criticism for not scoring in four games and having seen
Leo Messi hit a hat-trick in [.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Nikola Zigic gave Birmingham City a 1-0 away to West Ham on Sunday that
moved the Blues out of the relegation zone and dropped their fellow strugglers to the foot of the
Premier League table. The giant Zigic secured a precious three points for the Blues, now 16th in
the standings, when [.
LONDON, England West Brom took an early lead through Peter Odemwingie, before strikes from Charles
N'Zogbia and Ben Watson gave Wigan a 2-1 lead at half time. But the Baggies rallied and a battling
second half performances was rewarded with a 79th minute equaliser through Fortune. A win for Wigan
would have take them [.
ROME, Italy — Giampaolo Pazzini scored a brace on his debut as Inter Milan fought back from a
two-goal half-time deficit to beat Palermo 3-2 on Sunday. The win kept the champions in the title
race following leaders AC Milan's 2-0 win at Catania on Saturday, leaving them nine points behind
but with a game [.
STUTTGART, Germany — Johannes Flum's first-half goal earned Freiburg a 1-0 win at Stuttgart in
the Bundesliga on Sunday, ending the home side's unbeaten start to 2011. Flum scored in the 24th
minute, when he latched onto a through ball from Maximilian Nicu to shoot with his right foot under
Sven Ulreich.
BARCELONA, — Lionel Messi struck twice to take his league goals tally to 21 as champions
Barcelona beat Hercules 3-0 to move seven points clear of Real Madrid on Saturday. Spanish
international Pedro Rodriguez scored his 12th league goal of the season to open the scoring on 43
minutes before Ballon d'Or winner Messi struck [.
MILAN, Italy — Mark van Bommel was sent off on his AC Milan league debut but the Serie A leaders
still claimed the three points in a 2-0 win at Catania on Saturday. Despite playing most of the
second half with 10 men, goals from Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent Milan seven points clear at
[...]
PARIS, France — Paris Saint Germain, who were last crowned French champions back in 1994, moved
to within one point of leaders Lille with a 2-1 win over bottom club Arles-Avignon on Saturday.
Turkish striker Mevlut Erding, PSG's top scorer last season, ensured the points with goals in
either half, with Senegelese midfielder Deme Ndiaye [.
ROME, Italy — Italian football badboy Antonio Cassano celebrated his return to his former club
Sampdoria on Wednesday as his new team AC Milan ran out 2-1 winners in their Italian Cup
quarter-final. Brazilian striker Pato struck twice Sampdoria's new signing Massimo Maccarone
getting the hosts goal to give Cassano some revenge against [.
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 [.
ROME, iTALY — Roma kept themselves in the Serie A title hunt as a 3-0 win over Cagliari at the
Stadio Olimpico on Saturday took them up to second, for a day at least. Club captain Francesco
Totti scored the opener from the spot and Simone Perrotta was gifted the second after a horror
mistake [...]
PARIS, France — French international striker Andre-Pierre Gignac finally justified his
18-million-euro transfer fee on Sunday when he scored his first home league goal for champions
Marseille in a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux. It was only Gignac's second league strike of the season
his first was at St Etienne in October although he [.
DOHA, Qatar— A thunderbolt from captain Server Djeparov gave Uzbekistan a 2-1 win over Kuwait
that took them to the brink of the Asian Cup last eight here on Wednesday and left Kuwait on the
verge of elimination. Djeparov cracked home a first-time shot from 20 yards in the 65th minute to
continue Uzbekistan's 100 [.
At the final whistle of Blackpool's third round FA Cup tie against League One highfliers
Southampton, the home fans were ecstatic after all they had just managed to beat one of the Premier
League's form teams when it comes to playing away from home, and book their place in the next
round. But amid [.
DOHA, Qatar — Three-time Asian Cup winners Saudi Arabia desperately need a winning start in Group
B on Sunday against Syria to convince the doubters they have what it takes to banish the pain of
four years ago. Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro is under huge pressure back home to deliver after he
clung on to [.
LONDON — Lowly Stevenage pulled off the giant-killing shock of the FA Cup third round on
Saturday, upsetting Newcastle 3-1 on a day when several Premier League clubs were sent crashing
out. Stevenage in the fourth tier of English football and ranked 73 places below the Magpies
advanced to the next round courtesy [.
DOHA, Qatar Gulf Cup champions and strong contenders Kuwait never recovered from a 35th minute
marching orders of their inspirational defender Mesaed Nada and succumbed to a 0-2 defeat to China
in a Group A match of the Asian Cup here on Saturday. Kuwait became the second Gulf team to suffer
a loss after [.
