Defenders Lori Chalupny and Kate Markgraf scored goals to help the Olympic champion U.S. women's soccer team beat Ireland 2-0 on Saturday night, the Americans' third straight shutout victory in the three-game series. "We really came together as a team at the Olympics," midfielder Lindsay Tarpley said. -- read full article
Lori Chalupny scored in the 19th minute as the United States women's national team set a record for most wins in a calendar year by besting Ireland for third time in eight days with a 2-0 triumph on Saturday. -- read full article
Luiz Felipe Scolari has lit the fuse on Chelsea's explosive Premier League showdown with Manchester United by admitting he could make a move to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. -- read full article
Matt Derbyshire's late winner gave Paul Ince his first home win as Blackburn manager and bragging rights over his Fulham counterpart Roy Hodgson, once his boss at Inter Milan. -- read full article
Bayern Munich coach Jurgen Klinsmann could only rue his side's 'black' Saturday as Werder Bremen routed the defending Bundesliga champions 5-2 in Munich. -- read full article
Atalanta suffered their first
defeat of the Serie A season on Saturday when they went down 1-0
at Catania despite dominating for long spells.
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