Germany maintained their perfect record and England got back to winning ways, while Slovakia and the Republic of Ireland capitalised on a slip by Russia in Saturday’s Euro 2012 qualifying action. Runners-up in 2008, Germany have been perfect so far in their campaign and continued their good form with a 4-0 home victory against Kazakhstan. […]
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Holders Spain and Holland both maintained their perfect starts to Euro 2012 qualifying while Italy, France, Belgium and Serbia also won as qualification resumed for the new year. Spain won all three of their Group I games in the fall but with 21 minutes left trailed the Czech Republic in Granada. David Villa levelled the […]
The biggest story of the summer will be who United sign to replace Edwin van der Sar and it appears that United have narrowed their search down to two goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer of Schalke and Atletico Madrid’s David de Gea. Neuer was reported to be the top of United’s list and United’s goalkeeping coach Eric […]
The La Liga season may not end until mid June after next week’s matches were postponed because of a dispute over television revenue. Clubs want a law, which says at least one game a week must be on free-to-air television, to be revoked. But on Wednesday the Liga de Futbol Professional (LFP) cited a “lack […]
The tension levels were ratcheted up in Italy this weekend as a defeat for leaders AC Milan added fresh uncertainty to the title race, in contrast to the situations in England and France, where leaders Manchester United and Lille both managed big wins. Italy It was the perfect end to the perfect week for Inter […]
In a very surprising move Bayern Munich have confirmed that coach Louis van Gaal will step down at the end of the season. On a stateemt on the Bayern web site the German giants said that Van Gaal will leave on 30 June by mutual consent. “The reason for the contract’s cancellation is a difference […]
While Manchester United’s Premier League lead looks increasingly precarious after they lost at Liverpool, AC Milan and Lille both had big weeks at the top in Italy and France respectively. England Dirk Kuyt was the hero at Anfield on Sunday as Liverpool sent Manchester United to their third loss in five league games, the Dutch […]
Juventus became the latest footballing giant to announce a loss, as the club’s board announced on Monday that Juve lost 39.5 million euros during the first half of the 2010-11 season. Over the same period of the previous season, the club recorded profits of 14.2 million euros. Revenue for the period was 88.8 million euros, […]
t was a good weekend for league leaders in Europe as Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United all extended their leads at the top of their respective domestic leagues. Spain Seven points separate Barcelona and Real Madrid after Josep Guardiola’s titleholders won 3-0 at Mallorca and the Real Madrid were forced to settle for a […]