11/29/2006 Sportinglife.com Click to enlarge photo Osasuna enjoyed their first win in UEFA Cup Group D against OB Odense on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the last 32. Francisco Punal scored twice for the home side, before turning from hero to villain with an unlikely own goal which raised the hopes of
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Nick Morrison November 29, 2006 LONDON (AFP) – Fulham beat ten-man Arsenal 2-1 at Craven Cottage to end all hopes Arsene Wenger’s side might have had of staying in the race for the Premiership title. An early glanced header from Brian McBride followed by a strike from Tomasz Radzinski put Fulham 2-0 up after 18
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Alec Kennedy November 29, 2006 click photo to enlarge LONDON (AFP) – Manchester United maintained a three-point lead over Chelsea at the top of the Premiership as they brushed past Everton 3-0 at Old Trafford. Having been forced to settle for a share of the spoils when hosting the champions three days earlier, goals from
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Jeremy Cross November 29, 2006 BOLTON, England (AFP) – Michael Ballack headed home a first half winner as Chelsea maintained their relentless pursuit of Premiership leaders Manchester United with a 1-0 win at Bolton. The German international notched his fourth goal of the season seconds before the break as Jose Mourinho’s side showed Arsenal how
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11/29/2006 Doha 2006 IR Iran offered the top action this evening with some impressive runs and fine goals, but their Maldivian opponents proved no walkover and in several runs they caused alarm for the Iranians, finally securing a goal. Their efforts were to no avail, however, and the Maldives lost 3–1.
Afshin Afshar, latkick.com Tuesday, November 28, 2006 This is my official ranting and raving column, so do not hold anything I say here too seriously! – Has anyone seen England keeper David James’ latest hair cut? Man, oh man! And would you believe he paid £250 for it?!
Wednesday November 29, 2006 Jon Brodkin, The Guardian When Andriy Shevchenko joined Chelsea, Jose Mourinho described it as “a day when the dream became reality”. Six months later the words dream and Shevchenko appear in the same sentence about as regularly as Steve Harmison and wicket. Some must imagine the Ukrainian hopes the episode will
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11/28/2006 James Cone Click to enlarge photo (Bloomberg) — European champion Barcelona is the most attractive soccer team for corporate sponsorship, according to a survey by sports marketing company Global Sponsors. Barcelona, which beat Arsenal 2-1 in May’s final of Europe’s elite Champions League, tops England’s Manchester United and Spanish rival Real Madrid in the
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