6/14/2007 Simon Baskett MADRID (Reuters) – The nerve-shredding Spanish title race reaches a gripping finale on Sunday with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla all still in with a chance of taking the honours. After a heart-stopping climax to last weekend’s round of matches, Real remain in pole position, level on points with Barcelona but with
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Phil Minshull June 9, 2007 MADRID (AFP) – The Spanish title race will go right down to the wire after league leaders Real Madrid drew 2-2 at Real Zaragoza while their bitter rivals Barcelona were also held 2-2 draw by Espanyol on Saturday. Both teams have 73 points but Real remain on top due to
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June 9, 2007 BERLIN (AFP) – Iranian international midfielder Mehdi Mahdavikia has agreed a three-year deal with Eintracht Frankfurt after spending eight years with Bundesliga rivals Hamburg. Eintracht confirmed Saturday that the 29-year-old Iranian skipper has agreed to join them on a free transfer from Hamburg. Mahdavikia arrived in Germany in 1999 to play for
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June 8, 2007 MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – French midfielder Franck Ribery and Italian striker Luca Toni insisted on Friday they have joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich to win titles and get them back to the pinnacle of German football. Ribery, 24, signed for Bayern on Thursday from French side Marseille, less than 24 hours after
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6/7/2007 Simon Baskett MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid could end a four-year trophy drought on Saturday by winning their crunch match at Real Zaragoza and if other results go their way in the penultimate round of the knife-edge Spanish title race. Real must beat a talented but unpredictable Zaragoza side and hope that Barcelona and
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June 6, 2007 SINGAPORE (AFP) – Bolton Wanderers midfielder Andranik Teymourian is hoping a new-look Iran can forget the disappointment of the World Cup with a successful Asian Cup campaign, but is wary of Australia. After a poor World Cup which garnered just one point, Iran fired Croat coach Branko Ivankovic and replaced him with
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6/3/2007 SAN LUIS, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico crushed Iran 4-0 in a warm-up for the Gold Cup and Copa America competitions starting later in June. Striker Jared Borgetti, Jaime Lozano, Francisco Fonseca and defender Gerardo Torrado scored the goals, two in each half of Saturday’s night’s match, as Mexico took their tally against Iran to
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6/2/2007 lastkick.com Hi fans, only a few minutes from now the friendly between Iran and Mexico will kick off. This will be the most interesting friendly Team Melli has played since the World Cup. Share your comments with the rest of us here during and after the game. Doo doo roo doo doo! IRAN!
