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Newcastle United finished last season in a respectable twelfth position, but what their finishing
position masked was the loss of Andy Carroll. With the new season only two weeks away, and with top
scorer Kevin Nolan gone to West Ham, Newcastle desperately need to find a new striker who can fire
in the goals.
No, but seriously folks:
It's late, so I can't write much, but here are a few thoughts after watching us relinquish yet
another lead in a pre-season friendly, as we went up 1-0 on a nicely worked goal by RvP then
conceded two after the break and couldn't get one back.
1) It was a pre-season friendly.
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian captain Cristian Chivu announced his retirement from international
football on Saturday citing age and a succession of injuries as his reasons. The 30-year-old Inter
Milan star capped 75-times since making his debut in 1999 said that he was not able to play both
for the national team and his [.
ROME, Italy — Roma have named youth coach Vincenzo Montella as their new manager, 24 hours after
the resignation of Claudio Ranieri, the Serie A club announced on Monday. Ranieri resigned on
Sunday in the aftermath of the Italian capital side's 4-3 loss at Genoa, despite having led 3-0,
for Roma's fourth straight loss.
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt want a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa during
March postponed until mid-year because of recent political upheaval that led to President Hosni
Mubarak being toppled. The record seven-time winners of the premier Pan-African national team
competition are scheduled to play the Group G leaders at an unannounced [.
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam extended the contracts of Roly Bonevacia (19) and Rodney
Sneijder (19). Both midfield players renewed their contracts with the multi Dutch champions until
the summer of 2013. Bonevacia has been with Ajax since 2001 and made his debut in the top squad on
August 14, 2010 against Vitesse Arnhem.
TORONTO, Ont. TSN has acquired the broadcast rights for Major League Soccer previously held by CBC
and Rogers Sportsnet, sources say. The public broadcaster and Sportsnet have been carrying Toronto
FC games and league championship matches since the team was formed in 2007, but the national
package has now been purchased by CTV/ TSN.
Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes suffered a huge setback as they were humbled 1-0 by
lowly Osasuna on Sunday evening leaving Jose Mourinho's men seven points adrift of table-toppers
Barcelona...
The winner came courtesy of Javier Camunas whose driven shot in the 62nd minute eluded Madrid
shot-stopper Iker Casillas and crept in off the post in a tight encounter at the Estadio Reyno de
Navarra.
DOHA, Qatar — Saudi Arabia fired its second coach this month after closing out a disappointing
Asian Cup campaign with a 5-0 loss to Japan. The Saudi Press Agency says Nassir al-Johar was fired
and would be replaced by a "high profile" international coach. Al-Johar, who was brought in for his
fifth stint with the [.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The king of Saudi Arabia has fired the country's football federation
president following the national team's disappointing performance at the Asian Cup. A statement
from King Abdullah's office on Saturday says Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz has been removed from
his post and replaced by Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd [.
LONDON, England An English footballer was suspended and placed on the transfer list by his club
Wednesday after a Twitter outburst against abusive fans. Aldershot striker Marvin Morgan was also
fined two weeks' wages after he expressed anger at fans booing him when he was substituted during
the fourth tier club's 2-1 loss to [.
