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Barcelona's director of football, Raul Sanllehi, said he was shocked by Chelsea's big spending on signing Spanish striker Fernando Torres from Liverpool earlier this month. He said the Spanish champions "would not even consider" paying such a high fee. The official was attending ...
Atletico Madrid's Director General, Miguel Angel Gil said this Wednesday that the club would not sell its star player, Kun Aguero, to local rivals Real Madrid. Speaking on radio show, El Larguero, Gil referred to rumors in the Spanish press saying that Argentinean international ...
Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic has signed a contract extension with the London side which takes him through to 2016. The 26-year-old Serbia international joined the London club in January 2008 for a reported 4-million pounds. After agreeing to the five-and-half-year deal, ...
Spanish football clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona are the two biggest earners in World football according to the annual findings published by Deloitte this Thursday. The bank discovers that Real Madrid is the biggest earner in football for the sixth consecutive year, with income ...
The Uruguayan press celebrated their football team's ticket to the Olympic Games of London 2012 on Thursday, after they defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final phase of the South American Tournament hosted in Peru. "London, the sky blue team goes there," sports daily El Observador ...
Kenyan soccer club Sofapaka seemed confident about defeating Angola's AC Aviacao in their upcoming Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Cup encounter as team officials have already talked about meeting next round opponents Ismaily of Egypt. The Kenyan team forced a 0-0 draw ...
Myanmar will take part in the ASEAN Football Federation(AFF) Futsal Championship to be held in March in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) confirmed on Friday. Ye Htut, chairman of MFF Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee, said that Myanmar would use the ...
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo discussed many questions associated with himself and his club in a radio interview broadcast in the early hours of Friday morning on radio station Cadena Ser in Spain. Ronaldo discussed his childhood and the effects of becoming a parent ...
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has to resolve a striking dilemma when his side travel to play Espanyol in the Cornella-El Prat Stadium in Barcelona this Sunday. The arrival of Emanuel Adebayor on a loan deal from Manchester City has had the effect Mourinho was looking for. The ...
Dutch striker Arjen Robben scored twice to help Bayern Munich beat Hoffenheim 4-0 and move up to third on 39 points in the German first-division soccer league on Saturday. Mario Gomez, the top scorer of the league, made it 17 goals in 20 games in the second minute, Thomas Mueller ...
Jose Antonio Camacho was sacked as coach of Spanish BBVA Primera Liga side Osasuna on Monday. The decision was taken just one day after his side were beaten 1-0 away to local rivals Real Sociedad, a result which left them in the relegation zone in the Primera Liga with just 22 ...
Indonesia's national soccer team aged 23 for pre-Olympiad will once again test its strength by facing Singapore following its success of beating a team from Hong Kong, China, Vivanews.com quoted an assistant coach as saying on Monday. The team's assistant coach Wolfgang Pikal ...
Valencia aims to take a big step towards the quarter finals of the Champions League when the Spanish side entertains German outfit Schalke 04 in the Mestalla Stadium on Tuesday. The game comes at a good time for Valencia, who moved into third place in the BBVA Primera Liga table ...
FC Barcelona striker Pedro Rodriguez on Tuesday showed his eagerness to play Arsenal in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday night. The clash between the two sides is a repeat of last season's quarterfinal when Barcelona emerged triumphant and also of the 2006 ...
Former Portugal, South Africa and Real Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz has turned down an invitation from the Iranian Football Federation (FFI) Monday to coach the country's national team. "All of Queiroz's requests had been accepted by us, but he informed tonight and that he could ...
Brazil's troublemaking striker Adriano ran into problems once again as he was caught drink-driving on Wednesday. After a night out in Rio de Janeiro, Adriano was stopped at a check point early Wednesday morning and he refused to undergo a breathalyzer test. His driving license ...
Manchester United winger Park Ji Sung was ruled out for four weeks with a hamstring injury, revealed the Premier League leaders on Tuesday. "We got a blow on Saturday morning with the news that Ji Sung Park did his hamstring on Friday afternoon in training," United boss Alex ...
Argentine coach Claudio Borghi on Thursday was presented as the new coach of the Chilean national soccer team replacing Marcelo Bielsa. During a press conference in the National Association of Professional Soccer (ANFP), Borghi said that "after almost 20 years of being in this ...
Real Madrid have lost the services of German midfielder Sami Khedira for the next two weeks as the result of a torn muscle in his left thigh. Khedira suffered the injury in his side's 1-1 draw away to Olympic Lyon in the first leg of their last 16 clash in the Champions League on ...
FIFA will decide next month on the prickly question of how many places each continent will be allocated at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. With South America hoping for an extra spot, CONCACAF, representing North and Central America and the Caribbean, says that their region ...
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