By Simon Baskett MADRID, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Barcelona reached the semi-finals of the King’s Cup on Thursday after a Thierry Henry header earned them a 1-0 aggregate victory over 10-man Villarreal at the Nou Camp. The French striker scored the only goal of the tie when he planted a well-placed header beyond the reach
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VIDEO: Watch the conterversial Roma goal against Palermo MILAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Serie A side Palermo are looking to have Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to AS Roma overturned or the match replayed due to the actions of a ball boy. Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini told reporters the ball boy had returned the ball to Roma
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1/27/2008 By Mike Perez, PA Sport, Madrid Real Madrid stretched their lead at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday after edging past battling Villarreal at the Bernabeu. With second-placed Barca drawing with Athletic Bilbao earlier in the evening, Real’s victory over Villarreal means the reigning champions are now nine points clear at the
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1/27/2008 sportinglife.com Barcelona’s Primera Liga title hopes were severely dented on Sunday as the Catalans were held to a disappointing draw at Athletic Bilbao. Bojan Krkic put Barca ahead 10 minutes before half-time, but Fernando Llorente shocked the visitors with a late leveller which sees Frank Rijkaard’s side lose even more ground on leaders Real
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Tevez 38, Ronaldo 69, 88 | Keane 24 Sunday January 27, 2008 Richard Aikman, Guardian Unlimited Manchester United are through to the fifth round of the FA Cup after coming from behind to beat 10-man Tottenham Hotspur thanks to Carlos Tevez’s equaliser and two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo. The match was an open affair and
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1/24/2008 By Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Spain’s Javier Clemente said he has been offered the post of Iran coach although his decision over whether to accept the job will depend on a visit to the country next week. “Iran want me to be their coach, we’ve talked and they’ve offered me the
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1/23/2008 By Kaveh Mahjoob Perspolis and Sepahan Keep Winning Despite Turmoil The midseason break for the Iranian football meant: • Major snow storms cancelling team practices • A national team still without a head coach and two cancelled friendly matches • Major clubs with turmoil even unprecedented for Iran’s football. Perspolis and Sepahan, one-two in
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1/23/2008 Mathew Burt, goal.com The Iranian FA wants Lothar Matthäus as their national team trainer according to reports. An official of the Iranian FA (FII) told the German news agency ‘Mehr’ on Wednesday that Matthäus was the man they wanted to lead the national team. The former Hungary national coach has responded by saying he
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