Barcelona reported earnings of
308.8 million euros ($484.8 million) for the 2007-08 season on
Friday despite failing to win any major trophies for the second
season in a row.
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Peru have slashed 18-month
international bans on forwards Claudio Pizarro and Jefferson
Farfan and defender Santiago Acasiete, freeing the trio to play
for their country almost immediately.
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Raymond Domenech will remain France's soccer coach despite a first-round exit at last month's European Championship and will now have a chance to lead the team at the 2010 World Cup. Jean-Pierre Escalettes, president of the French soccer federation, said he did not want to make a rash decision based on the outcry that followed Euro 2008. -- read full article
Queens Park Rangers chairman Flavio Briatore warned against talk of imminent promotion to the Premier League next season despite announcing Thursday a fresh cash boost for the increasingly wealthy London club. -- read full article
Spanish first division side Atletico Madrid said Thursday it had signed French striker Florent Sinama Pongolle from Recreativo Huelva for four seasons. -- read full article
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill told Liverpool on Thursday to meet his club's asking price for want-away England midfielder Gareth Barry. -- read full article
Atletico Madrid have signed
French striker Florent Sinama Pongolle on a four-year deal from
Recreativo Huelva, the Primera Liga club said on Wednesday.
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New Bayern Munich boss Jurgen Klinsmann has banned his players from using mobile phones on the club's premises as the ex-Mannschaft coach rings the changes at the German giants. -- read full article
Scottish soccer giant Celtic on Thursday appointed a former senior figure in CONCACAF as its new director of international development. -- read full article
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, Germany captain Michael Ballack and Liverpool's England midfielder Steven Gerrard are amongst the stars set to play a charity match in Munich next week to help raise money for Africa. -- read full article
Steaua Bucharest were cleared
of bribery charges on Thursday after an appeal to Romania's
soccer Arbitrage Court, who also overturned a seven-point
deduction.
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Memories of Brazil's 2-1
loss to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup were revived when
Ecuador's LDU won the Libertadores Cup at the same Maracana
stadium against local side Fluminense, Brazilian media said.
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Ukraine's ability to co-host Euro 2012 depends on what the country can achieve over the coming three months, UEFA president Michel Platini said here on Thursday. -- read full article
Ukraine has three months to prove
its preparations for hosting the 2012 European championship with
Poland are on track, UEFA president Michel Platini said on
Thursday, adding he felt confident of their success.
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