Football
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Msida St Joseph’s 27-year wait
In 1966-67, for the first time in the history of the game, two teams were promoted from the Second to the First Division. At the same time, no team was relegated so this brought the number of clubs in the top flight to eight. That season, the...
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Doncaster and Gillingham break new ice
Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham have won silverware that they have not claimed before. Last season, Doncaster were the League One champions and Gillingham were the top team in League Two. Doncaster, managed by Brian Flynn, have jumped back to the...
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Football news
Former Liverpool forward Harry Kewell will return home to Australia to play with Melbourne Heart in his second stint in the country’s top-flight A-League. The 34-year-old was released by Qatar’s Al Gharafa last month at the end of the season after...
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Sporting briefs
Azzurri: It was confirmed yesterday that Italy will be playing Haiti in an international friendly in Rio on June 11 with proceeds from the match going for those hit by a devastating earthquake in the Caribbean country in 2010. The match will be...
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Heynckes opts to take time out
Treble-winning Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes will take time out next season but fell short of announcing his retirement yesterday following his club’s most successful season to date. The 68-year-old, who will be replaced by former Barcelona...
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Sevilla winger Navas to join Man. City
Spain winger Jesus Navas will leave Sevilla after 10 seasons and join up with international team-mate David Silva at English Premier League side Manchester City, the La Liga club said yesterday. “Sevilla FC has accepted the English club’s offer,...
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Honda drives Japan to 2014 qualification
Japan became the first side to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil when playmaker Keisuke Honda scored an injury-time penalty to claim a 1-1 draw with Australia in a dramatic finale in Saitama yesterday. The Blue Samurai dominated for...
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England keeper Butland aiming for Brazil WCup
Jack Butland does not see dropping down to the England U-21s as a negative, rather a chance to further his chances of a call-up to the senior squad for next year’s World Cup. The 20-year-old has enjoyed quite an incredible rise over the past 18...
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Whelan says Wigan agree compensation for Martinez
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez’s move to Everton has moved closer after Latics chairman Dave Whelan confirmed the two clubs have agreed a compensation payment. The Spaniard held talks with Toffees chairman Bill Kenwright last week and a deal has now...
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Zamparini to blame for the demise of Palermo
Maurizio Zamparini has only himself to blame for seeing Palermo lose their Serie A status for the first time in nine years. The 71-year-old supremo failed to provide any sense of continuity to his team after effecting four coaching changes...
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Hibs’ nursery show the way to success
The last couple of weeks have been strewn with success for Hibernians FC. The senior team have won the U*Bet FA Trophy for the second successive season and finished runners-up in the BOV Premier League. The club’s junior sides have also finished...
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Spain eye filling only gap in trophy cabinet
This month’s Confederations Cup is far from the world’s most prestigious tournament but Spain are eager to complete the set following World Cup and European Championship glory after being starved of success for years. The Iberian nation became the...
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Football news
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named head coach of Chinese club Guangzhou R & F after leaving Al Nasr on Monday. The 65-year-old had requested to leave his role as technical director of the United Arab Emirates club after being...
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Sporting briefs
Capello: Fabio Capello has not ruled out a move to Paris SG but insists he is focused on his job as coach of Russia. Capello has been linked with the potential role in the French capital and told Sovietski Sport: “In life, you must never say never.
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Mourinho back as a coach and a fan
Jose Mourinho feels he returns to Chelsea as much a fan as he does the club’s eighth manager since he left in 2007. The Portuguese coach, 50, travelled to London yesterday to complete the formalities of a second stint in charge at Stamford Bridge...
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Neymar pens five-year deal with Barca
Brilliant Brazil striker Neymar flew into Barcelona and signed a five-year contract amid great fanfare yesterday before announcing his priority was to help his idol Lionel Messi remain the world’s best player. The 21-year-old, who is just under five...
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Nantes get transfer ban
Newly-promoted Ligue 1 club Nantes have been banned from signing new players for the next two transfer windows and Guinea forward Ismael Bangoura has been suspended for four months over a transfer dispute. The two parties were also ordered to pay...
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Zaha in line to face Italy in U-21 opener
Wilfried Zaha could start England Under-21’s European Championship opener against Italy despite sitting out most of training yesterday, according to manager Stuart Pearce. The 20-year-old, a star of Crystal Palace’s promotion to the Premier League,...
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Allegri to stay on at Milan – Berlusconi
Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has ended weeks of speculation by agreeing that Massimiliano Allegri will stay on as coach. Milan’s hardcore supporters, known as Ultras, were among those who had wanted the phlegmatic coach to keep his job after...
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Four Birkirkara players in race for top honour
After securing their fourth BOV Premier League championship in dramatic fashion, Birkirkara are poised to feature prominently in the MFA Awards on June 14 as four of their players are in the running for the coveted MFA Footballer of the Year honour.
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