South Africa's 2010 World Cup preparations have been hit by overruns in stadium construction costs, but all venues are on track to be completed on time, a government official said Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:50:26 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Liverpool's new strike force of
Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane can be the match of any in
Europe, manager Rafael Benitez said on Tuesday.
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:20:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Champions League third qualification
round, first leg result on Tuesday
Fiorentina (Italy) 2 Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) 0
(halftime: 1-0)
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:42:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Striker Alberto
Gilardino scored on his competitive debut to help Fiorentina to
a comfortable 2-0 first leg win over Slavia Prague in their
Champions League third qualifying round tie on Tuesday.
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:45:33 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Strikers Adrian Mutu and Alberto Gilardino scored as Fiorentina took a big step towards the group stage of the Champions League here on Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Slavia Prague. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:48:55 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Last November, former
European Footballer of the Year Ruud Gullit said he was ready
for "a huge challenge" after being appointed head coach of Major
League Soccer (MLS) glamour club Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:12:33 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Fiorentina opened European Champions League qualifying with a win, beating Slavia Prague 2-0 Tuesday night on goals by Adrian Mutu and Alberto Gilardino. Mutu scored on a free kick in the third minute. Gilardino, playing his first competitive match for Fiorentina following his transfer from AC Milan, doubled the lead in the 57th minute. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:48:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Aston Villa's Martin Laursen warns they can lose in Iceland and Manchester City, embroiled in controversy surrounding club owner Thaksin Shinawatra, have Denmark's top team as opponents in Thursday UEFA Cup action. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:54:44 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
France coach Raymond Domenech on Tuesday opted for youth over experience with veteran goalkeeper Gregory Coupet overlooked in the 20-man squad for a friendly against Sweden in Gothenburg on August 20. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:28:22 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The more offensive style which Barcelona's new coach Pep Guardiola has introduced since taking charge in July will be put to the test Wednesday when the Spanish side hosts Poland's Wisla Krakow in a Champions League qualifier. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:33:34 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The UEFA Cup tie between WIT
Georgia and Austria Vienna will be a one-off match on Aug. 28
because the Georgian club cannot field a team for the first leg
on Thursday due to the conflict in its country, UEFA said.
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:58:33 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Spanish defender Carlos Cuellar on Tuesday completed his 7.8-million-pound (10-million-euro) move to Aston Villa from Rangers on a four-year deal. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:47:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Premier League
captains vowed on Tuesday to help improve footballers' behaviour
as they prepare for another high-pressure season this weekend.
Skippers will be given more responsibility for their teams'
discipline under a Premier League initiative launched on
Tuesday, dubbed "Get on with the game" and mirroring a similar
move last week by the Football Association.
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:07:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
A UEFA Cup qualifying match in the Georgia capital of Tbilisi was canceled Tuesday because of safety concerns following recent air and land attacks by Russia. European soccer's governing body said it would be too dangerous to hold the match between the Georgian club WIT and Austria Vienna at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium because of hostilities between Georgia and Russia. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:29:42 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
