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When Fenerbahce last featured on these pages last June after celebrating their centenary by winning a record 17th Turkish title, it was suggested that the next goal facing the Istanbul club would be to establish itself as a serious challenger for European..
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Striker Benni McCarthy has agreed a new three-year contract with Blackburn Rovers. The South African international has committed himself to the English Premier League club until 2011.
Negotiations between the club and player have continued for some tim..
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Three-time champions Sao Paulo were upset by Chilean side Audax Italiano to miss the chance to secure a place in the second stage of the Libertadores Cup, South America's premier club competition. Unbeaten Sao Paulo needed to win in Chile, but were beaten..
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Bundesliga club Nuremberg have sacked manager Hans Meyer, barely nine months after he coached them to a German Cup triumph. Meyer, who has spent just over two years with the club, departs with the side in the bottom three in the table.
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Sweden defender Olof Mellberg will move from Aston Villa to Juventus at the end of this season, the Italian club announced on Monday. Mellberg, 30, will leave Villa Park after seven years when his contract expires in the summer.
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Heerenveen coach Gertjan Verbeek has insisted that star Brazilian striker Afonso Alves has played his last game for the Dutch club. Alves has been seeking a transfer for the past few weeks and Verbeek is fed up with the disruption he feels it has caused h..
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England striker Jermain Defoe has said that Tottenham have told him he can leave the club. He has been unable to command a regular starting place in the side since Juande Ramos came in as manager but says that he wants to stay at White Hart Lane.
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Derby County, the English Premier League's bottom club, have parted company with manager Billy Davies. County chairman Adam Pearson said that it had been mutually decided, "in the interests of both parties that to go our separate ways is the correct decis..
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English Premier League club Wigan Athletic sacked manager Chris Hutchings on Monday. Saturday's 2-0 home loss to Chelsea was Wigan's sixth successive defeat and they have taken only eight points from 12 matches.
Assistant manager Frank Barlow will be i..
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Football dignitaries were gathering in Sheffield, northern England, on Wednesday to kick off the 150th birthday celebrations of Sheffield FC -- the sport's oldest club.
Guests of honor at a service at Sheffield Cathedral included Sepp Blatter, presiden..
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Bolton Wanderers manager Sammy Lee has left the English Premier League club by mutual consent. Bolton have picked up only five points from their first nine league outings this season as Lee has struggled in his role after succeeding Sam Allardyce, who lef..
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The chairman of Chelsea has accused elements among the club's supporters of subjecting new coach Avram Grant to anti-Semitic abuse. The appointment of the Israeli, who replaced his popular Portuguese predecessor Jose Mourinho last month, prompted widespre..
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Sevilla coach Juande Ramos has said he received a "dizzying" offer to take charge at Tottenham Hotspur but never considered accepting the approach from the English club. "They made an excellent, dizzying offer, but I'm under contract to Sevilla and my dec..
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Newcastle have signed Spanish left-back Jose Enrique from Villarreal for a fee of £6.3 million ($12.6m) on Monday. The 21-year-old, who has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League club, became Sam Allardyce's seventh pre-season signing.
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Last season's Champions League finalists Liverpool will take on French club Toulouse in the third qualifying round of this season's competition. Liverpool, beaten by AC Milan last May in Athens after winning in 2005, will be in southwest France for the fi..
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Five months after their takeover of Liverpool, American sports tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks have finally flexed their financial muscles by smashing the club's all-time transfer record to sign striker Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid. For such..
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Atletico Madrid have agreed to sell Spain striker Fernando Torres to English Premier League club Liverpool. The 23-year-old, who will become the most expensive Spanish player in history when the 36 million euro ($48.9 million) move is completed, passed a..
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France full-back Eric Abidal completed his move from Lyon to Barcelona on Friday and said the arrival of three French-speaking players at the club would help ease his adaptation to the Primera Liga.
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Barcelona's new signing Yaya Toure, following Thierry Henry to the Spanish club, is a strong player similar to Henry's former Arsenal team-mate Patrick Vieira, a senior Barcelona official said on Tuesday.
Ivory Coast midfielder Toure moved from French..
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Arsenal's French international striker Thierry Henry was poised to join Barcelona on Friday, a source from the Spanish club told CNN.
"In the next several hours Barcelona Football Club will be ready to announce the signing of Thierry Henry from Arsenal..
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