Girding their lederhosen and
firing up cheese fondues, Austria and Switzerland are gearing up
to stage Euro 2008, the year's biggest soccer event -- quietly.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:00:06 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Cristiano Ronaldo looks healthy. The Manchester United star and front-runner for FIFA player of the year honors practiced normally with his teammates and appeared injury-free Monday despite having ice wrapped around his ankle after an earlier training session. Ronaldo kicked the ball with both feet and participated in all drills in Portugal's second practice, just hours after trainers taped the... -- read full article
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:28:24 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Uzbekistan smashed seven goals past Singapore and Bahrain won in Thailand as they remained the only teams with 100 percent records after three rounds of Asian World Cup qualifying. -- read full article
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:31:49 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Alain Perrin's days as Lyon coach look numbered after club president Jean-Michel Aulas admitted on Monday that the trend was not to keep him as coach for next season. -- read full article
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:34:50 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Cruzeiro lost their 100
percent record in the Brazilian championship on Sunday and Abel
Braga became the seventh first division coach to resign in less
than three weeks.
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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:11:45 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Instead of preparing for the European Championship, England completed its season with a 3-0 exhibition victory at Trinidad and Tobago. With David Beckham wearing the captain's armband for the first time since the 2006 World Cup, England built an early lead and coasted. Gareth Barry scored his first goal for England -- eight years after his debut -- to put the Three Lions ahead in the 12th minute. -- read full article
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:12:57 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Santos Laguna won the
Mexican championship on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with Cruz Azul to
clinch the title a year after barely escaping relegation.
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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:00:22 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Hamit Altintop has travelled
with the Turkey squad to their training base near Geneva,
boosting the midfielder's chances of playing in Euro 2008 after
he picked up an injury last week, his club Bayern Munich said
on Monday.
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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:02:40 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
