Chris Wright August 25, 2007 MADRID (AFP) – Real Madrid began the post-David Beckham era on Saturday with the man who has taken his number 23 shirt securing a 2-1 derby win over Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu as la Liga resumed. Wesley Sneijder, who signed this summer from Ajax for 35 million dollars, roughly
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August 25, 2007 Jamie Jackson at The Stadium of Light, The Observer This was a display to suggest that Liverpool will still be in the title shake-up come May. It had Rafael Benitez purring, and rightly. His team should have beaten Chelsea last Sunday at Anfield, before Rob Styles decided to award that penalty. Here
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August 25, 2007 Paul Wilson at The Emirates, The Observer Summer finally arrived on a sweltering day at the Emirates stadium, but like Manchester City’s reign at the top of the Premier League, it cannot possibly last. City’s essential defensiveness was exposed here, though they almost got away with it to take home a point.
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Dean Jones August 25, 2007 LONDON (AFP) – Chelsea moved to the top of the Premier League table as Frank Lampard’s strike clinched a hard-fought 1-0 win over Portsmouth on Saturday. Lampard’s goal, which David James could have dealt better with, was all that separated the sides, but Harry Redknapp’s visitors will feel they should
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8/23/2007 Kaveh Mahjoob, lastkick.com Week 2 of Iran’s Premier League, named Persian Gulf League (PGL), brought exciting matches and surprising results. Last year’s champ Saipa lost once more. This team lost five key players in the off season and was not active in signing quality players. As a result, Saipa is now at the bottom
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8/23/2007 Mark Lamport-Stokes CARSON, California (Reuters) – The globe-trotting David Beckham was unable to prevent Los Angeles Galaxy from losing their Major League Soccer (MLS) match 3-0 to Chivas USA on Thursday. A day after playing the full 90 minutes for England in a 2-1 friendly defeat by Germany in London, Beckham was on the
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August 22, 2007 Kevin McCarra at Wembley, The Guardian Germany got their way, inflicting England’s first defeat at the rebuilt Wembley just as they had the last at the old ground. There was a disturbing link across those seven years. David Seaman had been at fault for the winner then and another goalkeeper, Paul Robinson,
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8/21/2007 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Ronaldinho and Kaka are set to start Brazil’s friendly against Algeria on the subsitutes’ bench after being placed in the reserve team in a practice on Tuesday. The pair have been recalled to the squad for Wednesday’s match against the North Africans in Montpellier, France, after missing the Copa
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