Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is looking at Hamburg's Dutch midfielder Eljero Elia to help solve his Anfield crisis.
Benitez has sent scouts to watch the 22-year-old midfielder this season and is desperate to strengthen his squad, despite him being under pressure to save his job.
Under-fire Benitez has suggested agreeing a deal for Elia - who joined Hamburg from FC Twente for £7m in August - and then allowing him to stay in Germany until next summer as he is so keen to get him. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League had a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009 including Hamburg SV v Celtic. Here's a recap along with video highlights of the match.

Celtic draws with Hamburg 0-0 Video Highlights

Celtic had only one point heading into the match while Hamburg with second in the group with six points.

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UPDATE: According to John Cross at MirrorFootball, Liverpool are interested in Hamburg youngster Eljero Elia and have sent scouts to watch him.

November 3rd, 2009 According to Stefan Coerts at Goal.com, Bild is reporting that Liverpool have sent scouts to watch Hamburg attacker Eljero Elia.

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Goal video highlights from the Hamburg ( Hamburger SV) vs Celtic Europa League Group C game on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Match kicks off at 21.05 CET from the HSH Nordbank Arena, Germany. Celtic desperately need a win to breathe new life into their campaign, while a win for Hamburg would effectively knock Celtic out. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League has a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Some of the key matches include Hamburg v Celtic, Roma v Fulham, Villareal v Lazio, and Everton v Benfica. Free Live Sports TV will be providing live streams and coverage of all these matches. The links for each match are listed below.

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According to Stefan Coerts at Goal.com, Bild is reporting that Liverpool have sent scouts to watch Hamburg attacker Eljero Elia. Elia was purchased last summer by Hamburg for €9million.

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According to a report in German newspaper Bild, English giants Liverpool are closely monitoring the situation of speedy Hamburg attacker Eljero Elia.
Reds manager Rafael Benitez is eager to add some more depth to his attacking unit and the Spanish gaffer has reportedly made Elia one of his primary targets. Click to continue reading...

Guido Erhard tried to write a book. The working title, he said, was: "Truth Be Told - A Life on the Brink". He said the book would "give other people hope and courage". He didn't say it was also a way of coming to grips with his own demons, but he didn't have to.
"Truth Be Told" was never published, because on a cold, dark and snowy Thursday in February 2002, Erhard hurled himself in front of an incoming high-speed train at Offenbach main station. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League continues its group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009. While not as prestigous as the UEFA Champions League, its a chance for smaller clubs and clubs from smaller countries to prove themselves. Here's a list of predictions, previews, and USA/UK TV Listings.

Previews

Full previews of the upcoming Europa League matches can be found UEFA's official website here.

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Michael Bradley helped the Foals to a spectacular victory over Hamburg while Ian Joy did his part as Ingolstadt's defense registered their second straight shut-out in Heidenheim. Click to continue reading...

There were many candidates his week, and I ended up splitting it between a pair of fightback 3-2 away wins: Michael Bradley's 'Gladbach keeping Hamburg from the top and Napoli doing the deed at Juventus.- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

All the top European leagues were in action on Saturday, October 31, 2009 including the English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Serie A. In Spain, Real Madrid won while FC Barcelona conceded a late own goal to get a draw. In England, Arsenal crushed Tottenham while Liverpool lost again.

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It's starting to get interesting in the Bundesliga. With the weekend being eclipsed by a thrilling 3-3 draw. Schalke needed a last gasp goal from Kevin Kuranyi to make the game even stevens after Hamburg had led, 2-0, 2-1 then 3-2. Markus Berg and Kevin Kuranyi scored two goals each with Lucas Schmitz and Piotr Trochowski both on target in a 3-3 draw which had everything, including a red card for Hamburg's David Rozehnal.

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A superbly entertaining high scoring draw as second played third in the Bundesliga.

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0-1 Berg

0-2 Trochowski

1-2 Kuranyi

2-2 Schmitz

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Tough challenges lie ahead for Leverkusen, Hamburg and Schalke in this weekend's Bundesliga action...
Friday
Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund
Saturday
Bayern Munich - Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia M'gladbach - Koeln
Hannover - Stuttgart
Mainz - Freiburg
Hoffenheim - Nuernberg
Sunday
Hertha Berlin - Wolfsburg
Schalke - Hamburg
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Celtic's appalling Europa League campaign continued as they fell to Hamburg at Parkhead.

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That's not how we celebrate in this country! Players and staff from Hamburg were involved in an angry confrontation after their win at Celtic last night when stewards attempted to cut short their celebrations. There is a bit of a chicken-and-egg debate about whether Hamburg were sitting down as part of a new German post-match [. Click to continue reading...

The above picture depicts what Reuters describes as a "sit-down protest" from Hamburg after stewards at Celtic Park would not let them celebrate their 1-0 win over the Scottish side with their traveling fans after the game. Tempers flared among the visiting team when stewards also wouldn't let them leave the pitch, causing some angry players to sit down near the corner flag as police moved in.

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The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading. Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the matches on Thursday.

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Mark van Bommel signed a one year extension on his Bayern Munich contract last season. He had asked for two years. Bayern answered by referring to a club policy of giving players over 30 only one year extensions. At that time Martin Jol came sniffing around and rumors emerged that Hamburg might be willing to give van Bommel that extra season.

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Nachdem der FC Bayern München sein Sturmproblem zumindest vorübergehend beseitigen konnte – mit dem 2:1-Sieg gegen den SC Freiburg, bei dem mit Thomas Müller wenigstens ein Stürmer ins gegnerische Tor traf, gibt es nun ein ähnliches Problem im Norden Deutschlands – in Hamburg. Eines ist gleich: Bei beiden Vereinen sind genügend Spieler in der Abteilung "Torjagd" eingestellt, welche mindestens das Prädikat "überdurchschnittlicher Bundesligaspieler" besitzen.

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The stalemate between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen at the weekend reflects a wider trend this season.
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The Sun reported that Harry's interested in signing Club Brugge defender Vadis Odjidja. The red-top's article wasn't too enlightening either. Apparently, we're lining up a £5 million bid for him.
The Sun got it wrong in saying that he's a defender. Odjidja is a defensive midfielder. Whenever I've seen him play, he's deployed just in front of the back four and he's fairly adequate at getting stuck into the oppositions face and break up play. Click to continue reading...

Ich gebe zu, dass die Überschrift nicht besonders glücklich gewählt wurde. Mir ist aber keine bessere eingefallen. Es ist schon gespenstisch was sich im hohen Norden abspielt. Kein Verein ist dieses Jahr mit einem solchen Verletzungspech gesegnet, wie der Sportverein an der Elbe. Besonders in letzter Zeit spitzte sich die Verletzungsmiserie doch arg zu.

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Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen meet in Autumn's penultimate match. Clark Whitney previews all the weekend action...
Saturday
Eintracht Frankfurt - Hannover
Koeln - Mainz
Nuernberg - Hertha
Freiburg – Bayern Munich
Stuttgart - Schalke
Bremen - Hoffenheim
Hamburg – Bayer Leverkusen
Sunday
Wolfsburg – Borussia M'gladbach
Borussia Dortmund – Bochum Click to continue reading...

Coming off the international break, the Bundesliga has two massive clashes at the top of the table. The warm-up match occurs Saturday at 9:30 am Eastern when Werder Bremen hosts Hoffenheim in a 4 v 5 battle from the Weser-Stadion. The main event...
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Back to the domestic leagues after a week of World Cup qualifying action. Top four pretender, Aston Villa take on Chelsea, while a big north-west derby takes the Premier League stage. Top of the table clashes in the Bundesliga, La Liga and Italy, and el clasico capitalino in Columbia all feature this week.

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The crowd was right to jeer a hapless first-half performance by an "experimental" German side in Hamburg in the final DFB 2010 World Cup qualification fixture. With a ninth win the 2010 qualification campaign would have been Germany's most successful ever. Thanks to a determined Finnish side and some horrible Click to continue reading...

I had been waiting and waiting for Rafael Van der Vaart to grace the English Premier League stage but the wait kept getting more and more frustrating. The reason? Well, I wanted to feature Sylvie Van der Vaart, Rafael's wife. She is THE WAG of all WAGs. See for yourself in this video by Vuicy.com.
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Bayern seem to have crashed and burned in the last two week, picking up only one point out of 6.

After loosing to Hamburg last week Bayern could only muster a 0-0 draw against league strugglers Colonge. As a result they dropped to 8th in the table and are now 8 points behind join league leaders Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg, who both added to their points tally this weekend (they now both have 20 points from 8 games)

Bayer Leverkusen thumped relegation candidates Nurberg 4-0, with goals from Toni Kroos, Simon Rolfes, Eren Derdiyo and the in form Stefan Kießling.

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Bayer Leverkusen maintained their unbeaten record and moved to the top of the Bundesliga after an easy 4-0 victory over Nurnberg.
Saturday
Friedhelm Funkel was shown precisely how big a task he has on his hands as he witnessed his Hertha Berlin side collapse to Hamburg 3-1. Click to continue reading...

Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum. Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly losing to Bremen.

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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum. Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly losing to Bremen.

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Spain
A Cristiano-less Real Madrid suffered its first loss of the season, 2-1 to Sevilla. That means Barcelona has the sole lead in La Liga.
Italy
We had a Ronaldinho's sighting as the Brazilian super sub netted an incredible late-game equalizer to give AC Milan a 1-1 draw against 10-man Atalanta. Click to continue reading...