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So finally the Irish have something to cheer about Well, for another while anyway! The boys in
green have qualified for Euro 2012 after beating Estonia 5 1 on aggregate. They played a 1 1 draw
earlier this evening, Ireland's goal coming from Stephen Ward. This is the first major tournament
that Ireland [.
TURIN, Italy — Luigi Delneri confirmed on Saturday that as expected he would not be Juventus
coach next season after he failed to guide them to either a trophy or barring a miracle a place in
European competition next season. The 60-year-old who arrived this season after a successful spell
with Sampdoria where he [.
LEYTON, England Leyton Orient's players will be jetting off to Las Vegas after hitting the FA Cup
jackpot by securing a £1 million replay against Arsenal. Jonathan Tehoue grabbed a dramatic
89th-minute equaliser for the East London club to give Orient a 1-1 draw with Arsenal that earns
them a replay against Arsene Wenger's [.
HAMBURG, Germany — Frank Arnesen will take over as sporting director of Bundesliga club Hamburger
SV in the off-season, German media reported on Saturday. The 54-year-old Dane, last employed in the
same capacity by Chelsea, will receive a three-year contract, Bild said. Hamburg's first choice,
Matthias Sammer, the technical director of the German football association, [.
LONG BEACH, Cal. The Seventh Annual Cal South Soccer Nation Expo will be taking place on Saturday
and Sunday at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center — its first year in the city.
According to organizers, the expo is the country's largest free soccer expo. To back up that point,
it was announced [.
LONDON, England — The soccer broadcasters who left the British TV station Sky Sports after they
were caught making sexist remarks have been hired by a sports radio show. Richard Keys and Andy
Gray will work a three-hour show every weekday for the London-based show TalkSport. Keys says "this
is the start of something new [.
HOUSTON Houston Dynamo minority owner Oscar De La Hoya joined city and county officials Saturday at
the groundbreaking for the team's $95 million, soccer-specific stadium. The 22,000-seat venue is
situated near downtown within walking distance of Minute Maid Park, the Toyota Center and the
city's massive convention center.
LONDON, England Fernando Torres has explained he could wait no longer for Liverpool to reclaim
their place amongst the English elite, and he hopes that Reds fans will eventually come to
understand that he has joined Chelsea to win trophies and further his career. Torres, signed for a
British record £50 million on transfer [.
The Carling Cup is still a much derided competition, scoffed at and labelled a 'Mickey Mouse' Cup.
And while I agree it doesn't have the charm of the FA Cup or the glamour of the Champions League,
that claim is usually made by those who are knocked out or see their reserve players play in [...]
HAMBURG, Germany — Top German football club St Pauli has shown the red card to strippers
performing inside a corporate box owned by one of Hamburg's many lap dance clubs but they can dance
once matches are over. The Susis Show Bar on Hamburg's main red-light drag, the Reeperbahn, has
installed a large mirror [.
DOHA, Qatar — Reigning champions Iraq stunned the United Arab Emirates 1-0 on Saturday at the
Asian Cup with an injury-time own-goal to put the holders in a strong position to make the knockout
rounds. Three-times champions Iran became the first team at the championships to qualify for the
quarter-finals after they defeated World Cup [.
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 [.
As Kenny Dalglish dons the red and white tracksuit once more for his first Anfield training session
since 1991 the feeling of relief among the supporters is palpable. Whether justified or not the
supporters angst and anger towards Roy Hodgson had reached unsustainable levels, meaning his all to
inevitable departure was the only way to [.
LONDON, England Harry Redknapp will try to press home Tottenham's bid to sign David Beckham on
loan this week just as the Football Association was refuting claims that it was lining up the pair
to work together for England after Fabio Capello's tenure at the end of Euro 2012. Redknapp wants
to land the [.
