Football
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United make it 20 in Fergie’s last season
The Premier League trophy again found its way to the Old Trafford boardroom as many pundits had anticipated for almost the entire 2012-13 campaign. Manchester United were hurt last season when arch-rivals Manchester City wrestled the crown from...
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Football festival for girl students
The final day of the 2012/13 girls’ schools football festival, held under the auspices of the MFA Technical Centre, took place recently at the Ta’ Qali training grounds. Eleven schools took part, represented by 14 teams and over 130 girls. The main...
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Football news
Poland international Artur Sobiech has committed his long-term future to Hannover by signing a new four-year deal. The striker’s contract was due to expire in the summer of 2014, but he has now penned a fresh deal until 2017 with the Bun-desliga...
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Sporting briefs
Charged: A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder after a Fenerbahce fan was stabbed to death on Sunday at an Istanbul bus station hours after a tense derby against arch-rivals Galatasaray. The suspect was caught after he fled Istanbul by bus.
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Eriksson says Benfica are more gifted than Chelsea
Benfica are more technically gifted than Chelsea but will still go into today’s Europa League final in Amsterdam (kick-off: 20.45) as the underdogs, according to former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. The Swede knows a great deal about Benfica...
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Thoughts shift towards Champions League final
With less than a fortnight to go until the all-German Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, thoughts are slowly turning towards the crowning event of the football season. Bayern lifted their 23rd domestic league title...
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Manchester City sack manager Mancini
Manchester City sacked manager Roberto Mancini late Monday following his team’s feeble defence of the Premier League title they won exactly one year ago. Manchester United regained the title last month with four games to spare and City were then...
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Cup winners Wigan go down after Arsenal loss
Wigan Athletic became the first team to be relegated from England’s top flight in the same season as winning the FA Cup after they lost 4-1 at Arsenal in the Premier League last night. The victory keeps Arsenal in pole position to claim fourth spot...
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Kaka, Ronaldinho out of Brazil squad
World Cup winners Ronaldinho and Kaka were both left out of the Brazil’s Confederations Cup squad on Tuesday as coach Luiz Felipe Scolari opted for youth ahead of experience. Manchester United full-back Rafael and Chelsea midfielder Ramires, who has...
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Roma’s racism fine not enough – Blatter
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised the 50,000 euro fine handed to Roma for racist behaviour by their fans, describing the sanction as too weak and unacceptable. Blatter said he would call the Italian football federation, who he said had not...
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No turning back for Napoli after Serie A surge
There were mixed feelings at the San Paolo stadium at the end of Napoli’s 2-1 win over relegated Siena on Sunday. The good news was that Napoli had come from 0-1 down to record their 23rd success of the season and consolidate the runners-up spot in...
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Bayern’s Heynckes to end Bundesliga coaching career
Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes will sit on the coaching bench for a Bundesliga game for the last time when the champions meet his former club Borussia Moenchengladbach in the season finale on Saturday, and hinted yesterday that he might...
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Right time to go says Ferguson
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson insists the huge numbers that attended Monday’s Premier League trophy parade have not prompted him to ponder another retirement U-turn. Ferguson claimed the scale of the parade even eclipsed that which...
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Drogba points out some home truths to Fener fan
Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba hit back at a Fenerbahce fan who waved a banana towards him and team-mate Emmanuel Eboue during the weekend’s league encounter by highlighting some home truths about racism. Ivory Coast players Eboue and Drogba, who...
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Football news
England midfielder Jack Wilshere will have a minor operation on his ankle at the end of the season, ruling him out of the friendlies against Ireland and Brazil. The 21-year-old, seen as an integral part of Roy Hodgson’s plans for the World Cup,...
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Sporting briefs
FA Youth Cup: Norwich won the club’s first FA Youth Cup since 1983 with a hard-earned 3-2 second-leg victory over holders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The Canaries were defending a slender 1-0 advantage from the first leg following a stoppage-time...
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Italian football culture “backward”
Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri condemned Italian soccer culture as backward yesterday after his team’s match at home against Roma on Sunday was interrupted by racist chanting from fans. Allegri also criticised the interruption, during which...
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Coach decision at season end says Moratti
Inter president Massimo Moratti will not make any decision on the long-term future of head coach Andrea Stramaccioni until the Serie A season draws to a close next weekend. The Nerazzurri have endured a difficult campaign that now sees them...
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Preziosi considering Del Neri U-turn
Genoa president Enrico Preziosi is considering recalling Luigi Del Neri to the Rossoblu hotseat for the 2013-14 campaign, despite watching current coach Davide Ballardini secure survival in Serie A on Sunday. A dismal start to the season left Genoa...
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Zaha fires Palace into playoff final
Wilfried Zaha scored both goals as Crystal Palace beat Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 last night to reach the Championship playoff final where they will face Watford. The two sides were level 0-0 after Friday’s first leg and it took until the 69th...
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