Athletic Bilbao have broken with
tradition and signed a deal with the Petronor refining company
that will see their shirts bear commercial advertising in league
games for the first time.
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Troubled Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton is to stay with the English Premier League team after being released from prison, the north-east club announced Tuesday. -- read full article
Chelsea rounded off their
pre-season tour of Asia with a 2-0 win over a Malaysia select X1
thanks to goals by Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole on Tuesday.
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Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole scored as Chelsea rounded off their Asian tour with 2-0 win over a Malaysian XI on Tuesday, continuing their bright start under new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. -- read full article
Manchester United's Chris Eagles has left the English and European champions to join second-tier Championship club Burnley on a three-year deal. -- read full article
Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o on Tuesday suffered a blow to the head in training although tests showed he had not suffered serious injury, the club reported. -- read full article
Euro 2008 chief organiser Martin Kallen said Tuesday he was confident that Poland and Ukraine would be ready to stage the event without a hitch in 2012. -- read full article
Liverpool signed Robbie Keane from Premier League rivals Tottenham on a four-year deal, a statement on the Anfield club's website said Monday. -- read full article
William Gallas has apologised for the mistakes he made last season as Arsenal captain and promised to learn from his errors should Arsene Wenger entrust him with the on-field leadership of the side in the upcoming campaign. -- read full article
Barcelona could reverse their
decision to sell striker Samuel Eto'o due to the positive
attitude shown by the Cameroon international in pre-season
training, club president Joan Laporta said on Monday.
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No wonder Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson insists Cristiano Ronaldo would be wrong to play for Real Madrid. The Portuguese star probably would be overshadowed by Lionel Messi. Ferguson actually believes Ronaldo is at the best club anyway. But the fact that the winger would be compared week by week in the same league as Messi most likely would hurt his chances of proving himself the world's... -- read full article
Manchester United and other English clubs might have Asians in their squads but you won't find one at Chelsea with chief executive Peter Kenyon ruling out "gimmick" players. -- read full article
