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ROME — Brazil forward Alexandre Pato will miss the Copa America after injuring his right shoulder
in AC Milan's final match of the Serie A season. Pato was carried off on a stretcher in the 71st
minute of Sunday's 0-0 draw with Udinese. Milan physician Maurizio Gevi told Italy's Sky TV that
Pato will be [.
ISTANBUL, Turkey Fenerbahce clinched their 18th Turkish league title with a 4-3 win over Sivasspor
on Sunday, moving ahead of the 17 won by arch-rivals Galatasaray. Trabzonspor, the Istanbul club's
only challengers, won 4-0 away to Karabukspor to also finish on 82 points but Fenerbahce became
champions due to a superior record in matches [.
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 [.
HAMBURG, Germany Former Germany international Gerald Asamoah headed his sixth goal of the season to
give St Pauli a 1-0 win at Hamburg on Wednesday, their first Bundesliga victory over their city
rivals since 1977. In a match postponed this month due to heavy rain, Hamburg had half a dozen good
scoring chances in [.
PORTLAND, Ore. Portland Timbers striker Bright Dike is set to miss a significant amount of the
upcoming season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in an exhibition match. Dike underwent
successful surgery Monday. Dike sustained the injury in the 20th minute of a preseason exhibition
against the Ventura County Fusion on Friday.
LIVERPOOL, England Harry Redknapp has confirmed Tottenham came agonisingly close to signing Charlie
Adam from Blackpool. Adam has become one of the most talked about players in the Premier League,
with Blackpool fending off a string of bids from Liverpool for the midfielder. Having stood firm in
the face of bids from Liverpool, Blackpool [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Miralem Sulejmani scored a goal in each half as holders Ajax Amsterdam came
from behind to beat NAC Breda 4-1 on Thursday to reach the Dutch Cup semi-finals. Fouad Idabdelhay
put Breda ahead after eight minutes when he broke through the Amsterdam defence and beat goalkeeper
Maarten Stekelenburg.
HAMBURG, Germany Substitute Mladen Petric scored in the 65th minute and Hamburg edged Eintracht,
1-0, on Friday at HSH Nordbank Arena to win its third straight Bundesliga match. Hamburg moved up
one spot to sixth and level on points with fifth-place Bayern Munich ahead of the weekend matches.
Eintracht lost for the third time [.
MADRID, Spain — Atletico Madrid beat Real Mallorca 3-0 on Monday to maintain their hunt for a
European place and ease the pressure on coach Quique Sanchez Flores. Recent poor form including a
4-1 thumping by Hercules put Sanchez Flores in the firing line and there were rumours that if they
lost to Mallorca and [.
MADRID, Spain Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid's surprise draw at Almeria to move four
points clear at the top of the Primera Division. The Catalans swept aside Malaga 4-1 at the Nou
Camp after Madrid were made to settle for a 1-1 draw against the league's bottom side. Pep
Guardiola's men put Malaga [.
BERLIN, Germany — Hanover went second in the Bundesliga on Sunday with an impressive 3-0 win at
Eintracht Frankfurt, but leaders Borussia Dortmund remain 12 points clear at the top. First-half
goals by Norwegian striker Mohammed Abdellaoue and defender Christian Schulz put Mirko Slomka's
Hanover in control before Ivory Coast striker Didier Ya Konan added [.
MADRID, Spain Real Madrid, cushioned by an 8-0 first leg lead, secured their place in the Spanish
Cup quarterfinals on Thursday despite a 2-0 defeat in the return match at Levante. Levante's two
second-half goals by Xisco Nadal and Sergio Gonzalez were not enough to overturn Real's huge
advantage secured over the Valencia-based side [.
WEST BROMWICH, England — Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney could be out of action for two
weeks after injuring his left ankle in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League win at West Bromwich Albion.
Rooney scored in the third minute for his first goal from open play since March but hobbled off
late in the match after [.
