Injured star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be risked in Sweden's friendly against France in Gothenburg, to allow the striker to recover fully from a knee injury. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:45:36 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Vicente del Bosque faces his first test in charge of the Euro 2008 winners when Spain take on Denmark in Copenhagen Wednesday, with "continuity" uppermost in his mind. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:41 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
France's William
Gallas said on Monday he was ready for the responsibility of
helping young players breathe new life into the national squad
after a disappointing Euro 2008 campaign.
-- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:13:14 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Bruce Arena, the all-time winningest coach for the United States national team, was named the new head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:27:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
An emboldened Raymond Domenech said he was relishing the massive task of rebuilding the French national set-up, ahead of his youthful side's friendly against Sweden. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:17:55 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Fenerbahce aim to ride a wave
of success enjoyed at Euro 2008 by their Spanish recruits, coach
Luis Aragones and striker Daniel Guiza, when the Turkish league
season starts this weekend.
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Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:00:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italy are aiming to put their disappointing Euro 2008 campaign behind them and regain the aura of world champions here on Wednesday, when Marcello Lippi starts his second stint as national team coach with a friendly against Austria. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:34:05 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Crack striker Didier Drogba could return to action for Ivory Coast Wednesday when they play Guinea near Paris in a friendly international. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:15:54 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Panathinaikos midfielder Sotiris
Ninis has been included in Greece's squad for the friendly
against Slovakia in Bratislava on Saturday.
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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:57:20 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Romania striker Adrian Mutu
described as inhumane and unfair FIFA's decision to order him to
pay record damages for taking cocaine while playing for Premier
League Chelsea in 2004.
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Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:02:21 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
United States midfielder Benny Feilhaber has left England's Derby to join Danish team Aarhus. Derby, relegated from the English Premier League to the League Championship last season, announced the move on its Web site. Feilhaber, part of the U.S. team at the Beijing Olympics, played 10 times for Derby last season after joining from Hamburg in August 2007. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:08:19 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Chelsea's midfield star Joe Cole on Monday vowed to step up a gear to maintain his berth in Luiz Felipe Scolari's multi-million Stamford Bridge outfit. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:12:47 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Newcastle centre-half Steven Taylor on Monday withdrew from the England Under-21 squad to face Slovenia on Tuesdayafter suffering an ankle injury in the draw with Manchester United the previous day at Old Trafford. -- read full article
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:24:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
