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Arsenal 1-1 Wolves
Twenty-seven attempts on goal, eleven attempts on target, thirteen corners, one goal. Frustrating,
to say the least. The goals have dried up again at home (three in three league games – conceding
two in the process), giving Wenger a fresh headache to mull over as we head into the New Year.
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 [.
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 [.
MOSCOW, Russia Seydou Doumbia struck in each half to secure CSKA Moscow a 2-1 win over second
division side Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Cup final on Sunday. The Ivory Coast striker opened
the scoring with a low shot following good work by Brazilian forward Vagner Love in the 13th minute
but Love's compatriot [.
Timeline of the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday (all times local): 4.00pm
(1500GMT) At kickoff time Blackpool and Wigan Athletic filled the remaining two relegation places
alongside doomed West Ham United. Blackpool, Wigan and Birmingham City were all on 39 points and
with only two goals difference between them.
CARSON, Calif. – After four long and often frustrating years, David Beckham has learned to bend
it once again. That famous right foot, so effective and prolific that it spawned the title of a
movie, has been quiet for much of his Los Angeles Galaxy career, but its effectiveness has returned
with a vengeance this [.
SEATTLE, Wa.—Jeff Parke scored on a header off Tyson Wahl's corner kick in the third minute of
second-half stoppage time to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on
Saturday night. Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller made three saves for his third shutout of the
season. Wahl's corner kick from the right [.
MILAN, Italy — Veteran forward Filippo Inzaghi on Wednesday signed a new one-year contract with
AC Milan tying him to the club until the end of next season when he will be 38. But midfield
playmaker Andrea Pirlo revealed that he would be leaving the champions Milan after 10 years. "I'm
here to say goodbye," [.
Before the AC Milan away game I wrote a piece entitled How To Beat AC Milan. Today I'll do the
same for tonight's opponents Real Madrid. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending whether you enjoy
my 1000 word updates this won't take very long because the simple answer is we can't.
LYON, France — Striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored a late equalizer Tuesday as Lyon drew 1-1 with Real
Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 meeting in the Champions League, denying the Spanish team
its first win against the former French champions. Brazilian defender Cris headed on a free kick
and Gomis clipped the ball [.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Nicolas Anelka eased the pressure on Carlo Ancelotti as his double-strike
inspired Chelsea's 2-0 win over FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their Champions League last 16
tie at the Parken Stadium on Tuesday. Anelka's 15th and 16th goals of the season put Chelsea on
course for the quarter-finals and they [.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Raul Tamudo's second-half goal lifted Real Sociedad to a 1-0 win over
Mallorca on Monday in the Spanish league. Under gusting winds and rain, both teams had difficulties
creating clear-cut scoring chances in the first half at Anoeta stadium. Sociedad was the better
team after the restart, and Tamudo rose up [.
LONDON, England — A double by England striker Carlton Cole inspired Premier League strugglers
West Ham to a 5-1 thrashing of Championship side Burnley and earn them a place in the FA Cup
quarter-finals here on Monday. The 27-year-old struck in the 48th and 50th minutes to add to German
Thomas Hitzlsperger's opener on his [.
MADRID: Since February 23, 2002, José Mourinho has coached Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale and Real
Madrid in 180 home domestic league and cup matches with 152 wins, 28 draws . . . and no defeats.
That remarkable record was extended when Madrid moved within two points of Spanish league leaders
Barcelona, for 24 hours at least, [.
BARCELONA, Spain — Argentine Lionel Messi scored a vital 77th-minute winner as Barcelona laboured
to a 2-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday to restore their five-point lead over Real Madrid
at the Spanish first division summit. Barcelona looked set to drop two more points after Andoni
Iraola's penalty had cancelled out David Villa's [.
ROME, Italy— AC Milan maintained their grip on top spot in Serie A after Alexandre Pato scored a
late winner to earn them a 2-1 success at 10-man Chievo on Sunday. Robinho had given them a
controversial first-half lead before Gelson Fernandes equalised in the second period, but Pato came
off the bench to score [.
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 [.
PARIS, France — French league leaders Lille saw their 13-game unbeaten run in all competitions
come to an abrupt end on Sunday as they sank to a potentially damaging 1-0 defeat at Montpellier.
Moroccan attacking midfielder Younes Belhanda claimed the game's only goal in the 84th minute,
condemning Lille to a first league defeat since [.
LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Bayer Leverkusen went second in the Bundesliga table on Sunday with a 4-2
win at home to strugglers VfB Stuttgart that dropped their guests further into the relegation
battle. With bottom side Moenchengladbach beating Schalke on Sunday evening, only five points now
separate the bottom five clubs and Stuttgart, the 2007 German [.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Carlos Vela saved Roy Hodgson from defeat in his first match as West
Bromwich Albion manager as the Mexican striker's last-gasp goal earned a 1-1 draw against local
rivals Wolves on Sunday. Hodgson was moments away from opening his reign at the Hawthorns in the
worst possible manner as Albion trailed to [.
BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid provisionally moved to within two points of league leader
Barcelona by beating Levante 2-0 on Saturday. Karim Benzema scored Madrid's sixth-minute opener
after a great individual effort from Angel Di Maria, and Ricardo Carvalho sealed the win four
minutes before halftime.
MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan's title charge gained momentum on Saturday as the champions squeezed
past Cagliari 1-0 to close the gap on leaders AC Milan. Inter's bitter city rivals can push their
lead over their neighbours back out to five points with victory on Sunday at Chievo but the
nerazzurri's ninth win in 11 [.
PARIS, France — Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 Saturday in the French league to keep up its
title challenge. The defending champion cut Lille's lead to three points and provisionally moved
into second place in the standings, one point clear of Lyon which thrashed Nancy 4-0 on Friday.
Lille visits Montpellier on Sunday.
PARIS, France — Lyon gave themselves the perfect morale boost for next Tuesday's Champions League
home clash with Real Madrid on Friday as they eased to a 4-0 victory over Nancy. However, while
goals from Yoann Gourcuff, Jeremy Pied, Miralem Pjanic and the outstanding Jimmy Briand saw them
move into provisional second in the league [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United's long-serving midfielder Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year
contract extension with the Premier League giants, it was confirmed Friday. Giggs, who turned 37 in
November, had already signalled his intention to prolong his Old Trafford career into a 21st
season, and the club confirmed Friday the deal had now been [.
WASHINGTON — D.C. United assistant coach Pat Onstad is coming out of retirement because the club
is in need of healthy goalkeepers. The team said Thursday that Onstad will begin working with the
team at training camp to prepare to play in the regular season. The 43-year-old Canadian was the
oldest player in MLS when [.
RENTON, WASH. The Seattle Sounders FC announced today that it has extended the contract of
midfielder Osvaldo Alonso through the 2014 Major League Soccer season. Alonso, voted the team's
most valuable player in 2010, is entering his third year with Sounders FC. Per club and Major
League Soccer policy, no further terms of the deal [.
MANCHESTER, England Patrice Evra has committed his future to Manchester United and agreed a new
four-year contract, with an announcement expected from Old Trafford on Friday morning. Evra had
considered leaving Old Trafford, tempted by the possibility of playing in Spain, and had been
linked with a move to Real Madrid.
WASHINGTON, D.C. D.C. United waived defender Julius James, the Major League Soccer club announced
on Thursday. In one and a half seasons in Washington, James played in 31 MLS contests, recording
two goals in 2,388. "We would like to thank Julius for his contributions to D.C. United and we wish
him well in the [.
BRUSSELS, Belgium —Three-time winner Liverpool was fortunate to leave Sparta Prague with a 0-0
draw in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 match, but fellow former champions Ajax, FC
Porto and CSKA Moscow emerged with away wins on Thursday. Kenny Dalglish's first European match in
charge of the Reds was a dull affair [.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Roberto Carlos, Brazil's former World Cup-winning left back, joined Russian
soccer club Anzhi Makhachkala after leaving Corinthians by mutual consent. The 37-year-old signed a
2 1/2-year contract, Anzhi Makhachkala said on its website last night, without giving financial
details of the deal.
WIGAN, England — Ivan Klasnic fired Bolton Wanderers to a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic in their FA
Cup fourth-round replay at the DW Stadium on Wednesday. Owen Coyle's side can look forward to a
fifth-round trip to Fulham this weekend thanks to Croatian striker Klasnic's second-half winner.
While Wanderers' Wembley bid remains alive, Wigan [.
FIORENTINA, Italy — Inter Milan kept up their title challenge with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at
Fiorentina on Wednesday. An own goal from Michele Camporese gave the champions the lead before
Manuel Pasquale's cross trickled over the line to restore parity. But Giampaolo Pazzini struck the
winner from close range to keep Leonardo's team in [.
LONDON, England Arsenal struck two late goals to snatch an unlikely 2-1 win over Barcelona in the
first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash at The Emirates on Wednesday. Barcelona dominated
possession with wonderful passing, working tirelessly to harass the home side in their short spells
on the ball, and deservedly led through [.
PARIS, France Former France coach Raymond Domenech has broken his silence over the World Cup
debacle, labeling the players "stupid brats" for going on strike at a training session to make "a
laughing stock" of their country. Domenech's bitter six-year tenure as France coach ended after
last year's World Cup in South Africa and [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung has been ruled out for four weeks
because of a hamstring injury. The South Korea international, who recently returned from the Asian
Cup in Qatar, injured his hamstring in training on Friday. United manager Alex Ferguson says "it
was very unfortunate because it was his last kick [.
MILAN, Italy - Peter Crouch's goal 10 minutes from time handed Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win over
below-par AC Milan in a bad-tempered Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. Milan
midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, who will miss the second leg after a booking, is likely to face UEFA
repercussions after appearing to headbutt Spurs assistant [.
VALENCIA, Spain — Veteran Spain striker Raul Gonzalez enjoyed a successful return to his
homeland scoring a vital equaliser as Schalke managed a 1-1 first leg draw against Valencia at the
Mestalla stadium on Tuesday to gain the edge in the Champions League last 16 tie. Roberto Soldado's
sixth Champions League goal had put Valencia [.
BERLIN, Germany — Bundesliga bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach sacked their coach Michael
Frontzeck on Sunday, 24 hours after their 3-1 German league defeat at St Pauli. 'Gladbach are seven
points from safety at the foot of the table and 46-year-old Frontzeck, who has been in charge for
18 months, was shown the door after his [.
BOLTON, United Kingdom — Daniel Sturridge kept up his impressive scoring record for Bolton to
inspire a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Everton in the Premier League on Sunday. The England
under-21 forward scored for the third straight match since joining on loan from Chelsea on transfer
deadline day, smashing home a swerving finish in the [.
