Valencia vice-president Fernando Gomez said Thursday that the financially troubled Spanish club would do everything it can to keep their star players David Villa and David Silva. -- read full article
The U.S. Soccer Federation has suspended Chicago Fire midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco from U.S. Open Cup play for at least two years. The organization's disciplinary panel banned Blanco after he punched United midfielder Clyde Simms in the stomach and poked him in the eye July 8 during an Open Cup quarterfinal game against D.C. -- read full article
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.
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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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