(video gol highlights di Sampdoria-Bari)
SAMPDORIA: Castellazzi, Cacciatore (Zauri 20′ s.t.), Gastaldello, Rossi, Ziegler, Mannini, Palombo, Poli (Tissone 32′ s.t.), Franceschini (Accardi 9′ s.t.), Pazzini, Cassano. A disposizione: Fiorillo, Lucchini, Pozzi, Bellucci. All.: Del Neri. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram pelas eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo, em Larnaca, no estádio Antonis Papadopoulos, para um público de 3.700 pessoas, as seleções do Chipre (65ª no ranking da FIFA) e Bulgária (23º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo:
2010Sofia 01/04/2009 BUL2:0 (1:0)CYP First stage1998Sofia 02/04/1997 BUL4:1 (3:0)CYP First stage1998Limassol 14/12/1996 CYP1:3 (1:2)BUL First stage1974Sofia 18/11/1973 BUL2:0 (1:0)CYP First stage1974Lyssi 19/11/1972 CYP0:4 (0:3)BUL First stage
Amistosos:
2007Nicosia 07/02/2007 CYP0:3 (0:1)BUL Final stage1979Larnaca 16/01/1979 CYP0:1BUL
1977Limassol 30/01/1977 CYP1:2BUL
1974Morphou 06/02/1974 CYP1:4BUL
1973Nicosia 28/01/1973 CYP0:3BUL
O quarteto de arbitragem foi o seguinte:

• Referee: Paul ALLAERTS (BEL)
• Assistant Referee 1: Dirk GILON (BEL)
• Assistant Referee 2: Michael KEYEN (BEL)
• Fourth official: Johan VERBIST (BEL)

Aos 11 minutos do primeiro tempo, 10 Konstantinos CHARALAMPIDIS abriu o placar para o Chipre. Click to continue reading...

Se empató con la Liga de Quito 1 a 1 de local en un partido que será recordado por nadie porque el primero lo jugamos con la 4ta en la altura y nos hicieron 4. ¿A no? ¿Fuimos con los titulares allá? Mirá vos...
Lanús regala otra participación en la copa sudamericana (con lo que cuesta llegar! Click to continue reading...

Although it is only a friendly and the result itself will mean little, I am genuinely excited by the upcoming match against the Irish on Thursday morning (even if I am not looking forward to getting up at 4:30am to catch it live). Pim Verbeek has picked, whether by design or need, an extremely youthful side and hopefully some of these fringe players can get a starting run. Click to continue reading...

So, after months of speculation, it seems that Emmanuel Adebayor's departure from Arsenal is inevitable. With Manchester City's spending spree the talk of the town at the moment, the asking price of £25 million, which was once astronomical for clubs like AC Milan, seems to be pocket change for the Eastlanders.

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Veikkausliiga heads north today, with long journeys deep into the countryside for HJK and Tampere United. RoPS, KuPS and VPS all have nice grounds but terrible pitches, and the difficulty of getting results there has been evident in recent seasons, with VPS acting as a bit of a bogey side for TamU and KuPS getting a memorable 3-2 win against HJK late last season to help them to a play-off spot.

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Sorry for the recent silence as far as NFN's Finland section is concerned. If you're wondering why we're so quiet over the U21 European Championships, we have a simple explanation: Egan is following the tournament in Sweden as it unfolds, and is covering the proceedings for ESPN Soccernet. Meanwhile, I will treat you to a Veikkausliiga preview.

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Veikkausliiga is kind of in the middle of a break because of the U21 European Championships. "Kind of" here means that in the public view, the league is on a break, but at the same time some fixtures are being played. A good way to get rid of spectators, I have to say.

Last night, MYPA took a 2-0 away win at KuPS.

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RoPS have fallen to the bottom of the Veikkausliiga table, and the scapegoat has been found. It is not CEO Jouko Kiistala, who once again has the privilege of boasting with the fact that he has managed to build another team that might just be able to stay up, if everything goes right. Instead, he was the person, alongside chairman Risto Niva, responsible for finding the scapegoat.

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FC Haka 1 HJK 2

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MyPa 4 Tampere United 1

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Inter Turku 1 FF Jaro 0

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IFK Mariehman 3 KuPS 0

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FC Lahti 4 RoPS 1

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The all new Tehttaan kenttä is quite an experience.

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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho Mäkelä

Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli

Coach: Antti Muurinen

Claimed playing budget: €670,000

Egan says: Another spring, another deluge of signings for HJK.

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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho Mäkelä

Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli

Coach: Antti Muurinen

Claimed playing budget: €670,000

Egan says: Another spring, another deluge of signings for HJK.

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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho Mäkelä

Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli

Coach: Antti Muurinen

Claimed playing budget: €670,000

Egan says: Another spring, another deluge of signings for HJK.

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In: Markus Joenmäki, Niko Ikävalko, Janne Korhonen, Mika Mäkitalo, Antti Hynynen, Sami Ristilä, Nicolas Kivistö, Juha Jokinen, Jussi Jokela, Erkka Heinä, Saku Pesonen, Diego Corpache, Jani Bäckman

Out: Juuso Kangaskorpi, Cheyne Fowler, Juha Pirinen, Alexander Dovbnya, Jarkko Okkonen, Janne Mahlakaarto, Toni Lehtinen, Mikko Manninen, Valeri Popovitch, Cherno Samba

Coach: Olli Huttunen

Claimed playing budget: €700,000

Egan says: After losing so many quality players Haka will struggle to better last season's 6th place finish.

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In: Markus Joenmäki, Niko Ikävalko, Janne Korhonen, Mika Mäkitalo, Antti Hynynen, Sami Ristilä, Nicolas Kivistö, Juha Jokinen, Jussi Jokela, Erkka Heinä, Saku Pesonen, Diego Corpache, Jani Bäckman

Out: Juuso Kangaskorpi, Cheyne Fowler, Juha Pirinen, Alexander Dovbnya, Jarkko Okkonen, Janne Mahlakaarto, Toni Lehtinen, Mikko Manninen, Valeri Popovitch, Cherno Samba

Coach: Olli Huttunen

Claimed playing budget: €700,000

Egan says: After losing so many quality players Haka will struggle to better last season's 6th place finish.

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In: Markus Joenmäki, Niko Ikävalko, Janne Korhonen, Mika Mäkitalo, Antti Hynynen, Sami Ristilä, Nicolas Kivistö, Juha Jokinen, Jussi Jokela, Erkka Heinä, Saku Pesonen, Diego Corpache, Jani Bäckman

Out: Juuso Kangaskorpi, Cheyne Fowler, Juha Pirinen, Alexander Dovbnya, Jarkko Okkonen, Janne Mahlakaarto, Toni Lehtinen, Mikko Manninen, Valeri Popovitch, Cherno Samba

Coach: Olli Huttunen

Claimed playing budget: €700,000

Egan says: After losing so many quality players Haka will struggle to better last season's 6th place finish.

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In: Joonas Ikäläinen, Jarno Tenkula, Ville Syväjärvi, Marko Koivuranta, Jeferson Pires, Echiabhi Okodugha, Jung-Hyuk kwon

Out: Antti Uimaniemi, Philip Edeipo, Mika Nurmela, Juha Majava, Daniel Bauer, Patrice Ollo N'doumba

Coach: Valeri Bondarenko

Claimed playing budget: €250,000

Egan says: Rovaniemi has had problems providing facilities for a top flight football team, and the installation of an artificial pitch at Keskuskenttä looks set to disrupt RoPS's season once again.

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The Shield I thought the team really missed Grella and Culina, Culina in particular. The operation of the two defensive midfielders somewhat reminded me of the game against China. Valeri was doing his best to be the first option out of defence but there was a lot of pressure on him because Burns wasn't really [. Click to continue reading...

Read Nearpost radio host Russ Gibbs update on ACT Rockets preparations for the Mariners.
>YANES & DENHAM HOPE TO SHINE WHILE YOUTH GETS ITS CHANCE

by Russ Gibbs.

The ACT Rockets second training session took place at the Australian Institute of Sport Track and Field stadium on Wednesday 11th June in the shadow of Bruce Stadium on a damp, yet mild, evening. Click to continue reading...

Bruno Marioni scored a first-half winner for Atlas as the Mexicans visited El Sur and beat Lanús in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores second round. The Mexicans came to Buenos Aires with every intention of attacking, and got their reward - an away goal and a victory - after a strong performance against [. Click to continue reading...

Estudiantes de La Plata and Lanús played their final matches in Group 2 of the Copa Libertadores last night at home to Deportivo Cuenca and away to Danubio respectively, needing results to ensure participation in the next round. For Roberto Sensini's men, a draw was enough, but with a win they'd win the group. Click to continue reading...

There's very little to say about this one. On Thursday night, the champions of Argentina, who won the Apertura in such thrilling style as recently as December, and whose team is essentially unchanged since then, had a chance to bounce back from the 5-0 annhiliation given them by local rivals Banfield on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

League champions Lanús booked their place in the Copa Libertadores group stage on Tuesday night, winning in style against Ecuadorian champs Olmedo to overturn a 1-0 first leg defeat. In the first half, they looked edgy, creating chances but - as in Riobamba last week - not managing to finish them off. Click to continue reading...

Argentine champions Lanús played their first competitive match of 2008 on Thursday night, away in Ecuadorian city of Riobamba, home of that country's domestic champions, Olmedo. Nearly 2,800 metres above sea level, the Granate struggled, and lost 1-0. Click to continue reading...

Lanús showed their first card of the year on Tuesday in a triangular tournament against Vélez Sársfield in the José Amalfitani. The Apertura champions continued where they left off the league season, playing well and running out 2-0 winners against the hosts, who were playing their first match of former Under-20 selección head coach Hugo Tocalli's reign. Click to continue reading...

Well, it pays to have an attention-grabbing headline. No, the Internazionale striker hasn't decided to pack in his Italian career in order to help the Aurinegro out with their relegation battle. But his little brother, the generous soul, has done exactly that. David Solari becomes Olimpo's first summer reinforcement. Click to continue reading...

When a small club do well in Argentina, there's a pattern which is generally followed in terms of what happens next to their players: they move to River or Boca, and from there, if they continue to shine, on to Europe. This year though, Lanús have impressed so much that an exception may be about to [. Click to continue reading...

The selección will play a friendly against Egypt, in Cairo, on the 26th March, and the AFA are also in talks with the FMF about a friendly against Mexico in February, to be played in Dubai. Domestically, the end of the championship - and the imminent re-opening of the European transfer windows - mean it's [. Click to continue reading...

The goals from last night's 19th round matches are online now, and thanks to our friends over at GolesTV, you can see all of them right here. Just read on... Click to continue reading...