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Dortmund weaker without Goetze – Schweini
The absence of injured midfielder Mario Goetze has weakened Borussia Dortmund ahead of the Champions League final at Wembley stadium against Bayern Munich tomorrow, Bayern playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger said. The 20-year-old Goetze, who will join...
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Milan ultras back Allegri to stay as coach
Milan’s influential ultras want Massimiliano Allegri to remain as coach amid widespread speculation that club president Silvio Berlusconi plans to fire him. The Curva Sud (South Curve) fan group issued a statement praising Allegri for his handling...
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Europa League winners to get Champions League place
The Europa League winners will get a place in the following season’s Champions League from the 2015-16 season, a UEFA source told Reuters yesterday. The change will boost the prestige of UEFA’s secondary competition which has become largely...
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UEFA agrees tougher sanctions to combat racism
Players or officials found guilty of racist offences in European club matches or internationals will face a minimum ban of 10 matches under tougher disciplinary regulations approved by UEFA’s executive committee yesterday. The executive will also...
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Malta take Samsonite on board
Samsonite are the latest addition to the Malta FA’s chain of preferred commercial partners. Thanks to this one-year agreement, the members of the Malta squad, technical staff and MFA officials will use Samsonite cabin flight luggage bags during...
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Football news
Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand signed a one-year contract yesterday to stay with the Premier League champions for a 12th season. The 34-year-old would have been out of contract this summer after helping his club to a 20th league title...
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Sporting briefs
ZAPATA: Milan have completed the permanent signing of defender Cristian Zapata from Villarreal for an undisclosed fee. The Colombia international, 26, moved to San Siro on a season-long loan last summer and his performances for the Rossoneri have...
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Edison inspires Hibs to KO glory
Qormi 1Avila Perez 90;Hibernians 3Edison 53, 67; Lima 90+; The FA Trophy being the second most coveted honour in Maltese football, Hibernians and Qormi were intent on winning this competition when they faced off in yesterday’s final. It was a...
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Malaga have second year of Euro ban lifted
Malaga have had a second “suspended” one-year ban from European competition overturned, UEFA said yesterday, although the Spanish club still face exclusion from next season’s Europa League should they qualify. The Costa del Sol club, who reached the...
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Valletta keeper Bartolo handed three-month ban
Valletta goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo has been slapped with a three-month ban following his sending-off in the U*Bet FA Trophy semi-final defeat to Hibernians last weekend. Bartolo drew widespread condemnation for his antics on the field of play...
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Bundesliga chief Seifert wants UEFA to spread its wealth
Clubs such as Liverpool will struggle to ever win their national league again unless UEFA changes how it distributes the huge financial benefits of the competition, the head of the Bundesliga has claimed. Two German clubs – Bayern Munich and...
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Ibrahimovic raises questions over his future at Paris SG
Paris St Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has stopped short of guaranteeing he will be at the club next season and said he does not want to see coach Carlo Ancelotti leave the Ligue 1 champions. The Sweden striker appeared to commit his immediate...
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Bonera extends Milan stay
Milan defender Daniele Bonera has penned a new contract which will keep him at the San Siro until June 2015. The 31-year-old arrived at Milan from Parma in 2006 and, despite several spells on the sidelines with injury, the former Italy international...
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Dortmund’s Goetze out of final due to thigh injury
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze will miss Saturday’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich due to a thigh muscle injury, the Bundesliga club said yesterday. The versatile 20-year-old German international, who will join Bayern next...
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Champagne for Sliema, tears for Rabat
The 1988-89 Premier League was contested by nine teams. It was on the whole an eventful campaign, full of attractive football. The teams were well-balanced, resulting in keen encounters at both ends of the standings. Sliema Wanderers deserved to win...
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Football news
Striker Andy Carroll has pulled out of England’s friendly inter-nationals against Ireland and Brazil through injury. The 24-year-old has been struggling with a heel injury after he was named in Roy Hodgson’s squad to face Ireland at Wembley on May...
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Sporting briefs
Hosogai: Hertha Berlin have continued their preparations for life in the Bundesliga with the signing of Japan international Hajime Hosogai from Bayer Leverkusen. Hertha have already snapped up Sebastian Langkamp from Aug-sburg and yesterday...
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Past heartaches spur Qormi on for showdown with Hibs
The 2012-13 season comes to a fitting finale this evening when holders Hibernians take on Qormi in a repeat of last year’s FA Trophy final at the National Stadium (kick-off: 7.30pm). Both sets of players will not be short of motivation as Hibs are...
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Brazil’s stadiums ready for test
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took a swipe at the naysayers on Monday as she inaugurated the last of six stadiums that Brazil will use next month to host a warm-up for the 2014 World Cup tournament. “The pessimists said the stadiums would not...
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Ferguson – manager of the year in England
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson capped his final season in charge of the English Premier League champions by clinching the League Managers’ Association (LMA) Manager of the Year award for the fourth time on Monday. The 71-year-old Scot’s...
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