Girondins Bordeaux and Olympique
Marseille will lead the charge in the Ligue 1 season starting
next weekend with the usual goal of upsetting Olympique Lyon and
serious hopes they might succeed at last.
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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:00:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Real Madrid's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy believes that the constant speculation over the future of Cristiano Ronaldo has had an unsettling effect on the team. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:21:07 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Rio Ferdinand believes that his Manchester United and England team-mate Wayne Rooney will step out of Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow and be the star of Old Trafford this season. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:29:24 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
An impressive four-goal rout by Nicolas Anelka helped English Premier side Chelsea thrash Italian giants AC Milan 5-0 in Sunday's pre-season Railway Cup tournament here. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:04:45 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The Italian Footballers' Association
(AIC) on Sunday proposed a strike for the first day of the lower
league season and said the opening matches in Serie A and B
would start 30 minutes late.
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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:32:25 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Real Madrid lost 1-0 to Arsenal in
the pre-season Emirates Cup tournament on Sunday although their
bigger worry was an injury to midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:22:11 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Emmanuel Adebayor was back in favour at Arsenal on Sunday as his penalty gave the Gunners a 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Emirates Cup. -- read full article
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:22:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
FIFA will have more time to present its case to sport's highest court in a dispute over whether soccer clubs must release players for the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has allowed the world soccer body until Monday to submit its paperwork, Theo Paeffgen, a lawyer for the German teams Schalke and Werder Bremen, told The Associated Press on Saturday. -- read full article
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:55:10 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Fans clashed in the stands during a preseason Greek soccer game Saturday, leaving seven people injured and forcing the game to be abandoned in the 15th minute. None of the injuries was serious, with two people requiring hospital treatment, police said. The clashes began when fans of Panserraikos and PAOK found themselves seated in the same terraces. -- read full article
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:42:23 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Liverpool's roll-call of magnificent number sevens includes legends like Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish and Peter Beardsley - and Robbie Keane is determined to add his name to that list. -- read full article
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:29:05 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted youngster Fraizer Campbell is set for a Premier League opportunity following his goal in Ole Gunnar Solsjaer's testimonial on Saturday. -- read full article
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:39:47 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
