French defender David Sommeil
suffered a serious heart problem during a training session with
his Ligue 1 club Valenciennes on Wednesday, French sports daily
L'Equipe said.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:23:50 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Miroslav Djukic was sacked as
Serbia coach on Wednesday, with former Barcelona and Real Madrid
manager Radomir Antic named as his replacement.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:31:49 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Crack striker Didier Drogba will don the Ivory Coast shirt Wednesday when his compatriots play Guinea near Paris in a friendly international after coach Vahid Halilhodzic named the Chelsea hitman in a 22-man squad. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:55:31 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
A 2010 World Cup qualifier between Georgia and the Republic of Ireland will take place at a neutral venue due to the unrest in the former Soviet state, world football governing body FIFA said Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
French top flight outfit Le Mans on Tuesday said they had snapped up Anderlecht winger Roland Lamah and midfielder Marcelo Estigarribia from Paraguayan side Cerro Porteno on four-year deals. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:53:14 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
South Africa's Teko Modise scored a fantastic second-half equaliser to ensure Australia did not come out on top of this London friendly encounter in rescuing a 2-2 draw. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:28:22 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Midfielder Teko Modise rifled
home a second half equaliser to earn 2010 World Cup hosts South
Africa a 2-2 draw with Australia in a friendly on Tuesday.
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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:56:15 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Maurice Edu has pretty much gone around the world in six days. He left Beijing when the United States was eliminated from the Olympic soccer tournament last Wednesday, and flew to Toronto. Then he went to Scotland to sign a contract with Glasgow Rangers before heading to Guatemala for the U.S. national team's World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:29 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Fiorentina's Romania striker
Adrian Mutu has dislocated his elbow training with the national
squad and will miss Wednesday's friendly with Latvia.
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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:09 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Greek champions Olympiakos Piraeus announced Tuesday that they have signed Brazilian striker Diogo Luis Santo on a five-year contract from Portuguesa. -- read full article
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:05:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Bulgaria's Football Union (BFU)
has suspended referee Nikolay Yordanov for four matches after he
made a series of blunders in a game that ended a 33-match
unbeaten league run for champions CSKA Sofia.
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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:14:08 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
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
