Javi Garcia said Thursday that he is returning to Spanish champions Real Madrid after one season at Osasuna as a much improved player. -- read full article
Poland's Legia Warsaw recovered
from a poor first-leg display to reach the UEFA Cup second
qualifying round on a night with bags of goals and no real
shocks on Thursday.
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World soccer's governing body
FIFA has offered an interim deal to the Turkish Cypriot Football
Association that could allow the disputed northern territory to
stage friendly international matches.
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Manchester City reached the second qualifying round of this season's UEFA Cup with a 2-0 win over part-timers EB/Streymur from the Faroe Islands that gave the Premier League side a 4-0 aggregate victory. -- read full article
Champions Trophy final fixture
Playing on Saturday (GMT)
Girondins Bordeaux v Olympique Lyon (1555)
(Compiled by Infostrada Sports; Editing by Patrick Johnston)
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Top flight Portuguese outfit Sporting Braga on Thursday said they had signed Cameroon international striker Albert Meyong Ze from Spain's Levante on a two-year contract. -- read full article
UEFA President Michel Platini
urged the international community on Thursday to back Ukraine
and Poland in organising Euro 2012 despite doubts the
ex-communist states, especially Ukraine, are able to do so.
-- read full article
Ethiopian soccer
authorities said on Thursday a suspension by FIFA was illegal
and that they would take their case to the Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS).
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Robbie Keane made his Liverpool debut in a 0-0 friendly draw at Villarreal on Wednesday night following a 20 million-pound (40 million-dollar) transfer from Tottenham Hotspur. -- read full article
Rangers face a nervy return leg in Lithuania after a goalless draw against FBK Kaunas at Ibrox here Wednesday in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. -- read full article
Chris Rolfe and Tomasz Frankowski each scored goals to lead the Fire to a 2-0 win over Everton in an international friendly Wednesday night. The win against the English Premier League team came on the same day the Fire announced it acquired former Fulham striker Brian McBride from Toronto FC for Chad Barrett, a first-round pick in the 2009 draft, and future considerations. -- read full article
