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Arsenal are in their best form since the start of the season. From the back, we have a goalkeeper
who has the ability to match his confidence, a solid defence bar a few careless moments, a flexible
and fluid midfield and of course van Persie. The press naturally would need to find the weak [...]
Arsène Wenger has been mulling over the idea of resting Van Persie for today's visit from Stoke,
the player having been the only ever-present member of the Arsenal squad this season along with
Szczęsny. Despite having an on-form, proven striker in Park, it is Chamakh that seems to be the
most likely to replace the [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester City have swooped to snatch Celta Vigo starlet Denis Suarez from
under the noses of Barcelona. Celta's chairman Carlos Mourino has confirmed that the Spanish
Under-17 midfielder will move to Eastlands for an initial fee of €1 million which could rise to
€3m depending on appearance- and performance-related clauses in the [.
LONDON, England Chelsea have announced that Carlo Ancelotti has left the club after a trophyless
season at Stamford Bridge. It has long been expected that the Italian would leave the London club,
despite winning the Double in his debut campaign in England in 2009/10. And Chelsea confirmed the
inevitable decision to part company with [.
ROME, Italy — Claudio Ranieri has resigned as Roma coach following Sunday's disastrous 4-3 defeat
at Genoa, despite having led 3-0. It was the club's fourth defeat in a row and Ranieri then told
Italian news agency Ansa he had decided to quit. "I've always thought about the good of Roma and
after a game [.
BRUSSELS, Belgium Soccer fans may be able to continue watching World Cup and European Championship
matches for free after a European Union court ruled governing bodies can't strike exclusive pay-TV
deals for the games in the U.K. and Belgium. FIFA and UEFA, the game's global and European
governing bodies, lost court appeals today against [.
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Portland Timbers announced that the team has surpassed 11,000 season tickets
sold for its inaugural Major League Soccer season in 2011. With today's announcement, fewer than
1,000 season tickets remain as the club plans to cap season ticket sales at 12,000 for its
inaugural season.
LIVERPOOL, England Luis Suarez has today completed his transfer from Ajax to Liverpool FC and
signed a 5 and a half-year-deal that will keep him at Anfield until 2016. The club agreed a fee of
up to 26.5million Euros with Ajax for the transfer of the Uruguayan international on Friday. The
deal was subject [.
LONDON, England - A second key presenter for Sky Sports News left the network Wednesday over a
sexism row engulfing the British broadcaster. Anchorman Richard Keys resigned after 20 years with
the network, a day after his fellow presenter Andy Gray was fired. The scandal was sparked by
off-air footage from Saturday of Keys and [.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand The Wellington Phoenix will play their postponed match against the Brisbane
Roar on the Gold Coast it was announced today. The match which was set to take place last Sunday
night at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium was postponed and moved to January 26 due to flooding in the
Brisbane area.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United defender Rafael has been charged with improper conduct by the
Football Association. The Brazilian was sent off by referee Mike Dean during United's 0-0 draw with
Tottenham on Sunday. The youngster was furious at being shown a second yell card following a coming
together with Benoit Assou-Ekotto and voiced his [.
ROME, Italy — Lazio, Roma and Juventus all snatched late winners to keep their Serie A title
hopes alive on a day of late drama on Sunday. Libor Kozak struck six minutes from time to earn
third-placed Lazio a 1-0 win at home to Sampdoria and draw them level on points with second-placed
Napoli, who [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam have confirmed Frank de Boer in the post of manager until
June 2014 to replace Martin Jol who left last month, the club said on Monday. The 40-year-old
former Dutch international, an assistant to Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk, took charge of Ajax
on a temporary basis last month.
