European Football
Serbian Police Make Arrest In Fatal Attack
Published on 7 Nov 2009, 17:35 by Ian P.Serbian police announced on Nov. 5 that they have arrested a suspect in the fatal attack on a French football supporter in a Belgrade cafe two months ago.
Police said that 31-year-old Stepa Petrovic of Belgrade is suspected of “taking part in first-degree murder of French citizen” Brice Taton. The French supporter Taton was among a [...]
Paulo Bento Quits Sporting Lisbon
Published on 7 Nov 2009, 17:17 by Ian P.It was reported on Nov. 6 that Sporting Lisbon manager Paulo Bento has resigned from the club after the team sank to sixth place in the 18-club Portuguese league.
Sporting said in a statement that assistant coach Leonel Pontes would take over the squad for the upcoming weekend’s game at Rio Ave. Sporting hasn’t won a [...]
Manchester United Draw with CSKA Moscow
Published on 4 Nov 2009, 15:32 by bibanManchester United were able drawing with CSKA Moscow. The unbeaten record for Manchester United was secured as Antonio Valencia’s shot got deflected to goal in the injury-time. The win assisted the English soccer giants keeping their undefeated status at home still valid.
Till the very last part of the match, United were in dire problem [...]
Sporting Lisbon Fans Riot
Published on 4 Nov 2009, 00:43 by Ian P.Riot police in Lisbon, Portugal fired warning shots into the air to keep angry Sporting Lisbon fans at bay after the club drew its fourth match in nine games, which left it in seventh place in the Portugal’s top football league.
About 200 Sporting supporters gathered outside of the Jose Alvalade stadium late Nov. 1 after [...]
Bulgarian Team Suspends Nine Players
Published on 3 Nov 2009, 15:36 by Ian P.Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia announced on Nov. 2 that it had suspended nine players for an unspecified amount of time for staying out too late and breaking curfew.
“They’re suspended from the first team for ruining the atmosphere in the club and for violating our rules … by coming home later than allowed,” CSKA manager Luboslav [...]
Bomb Explodes Outside Olympiakos Fan Club
Published on 30 Oct 2009, 06:43 by Ian P.Police in Greece said that a small bomb was detontated and exploded outside an Olympiakos fan club office in central Athens. They said the bomb causes some minor damage, but luckily there were no reports of any injuries.
A police statement said the bomb was made of camping-gas canisters that were then tied together. The explosion [...]
Smuda Takes Over Poland
Published on 30 Oct 2009, 06:27 by Ian P.The Polish soccer association announced on Oct. 29 that they have hired Franciszek Smuda as the national team’s new manager. Association president Grzegorz Lato stated that Smuda will be offered a contract through the 2012, season when the European Championship will be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
The 61-year-old Smuda is taking over the team from [...]
Lodeweges Resigns From NEC Nijmegen
Published on 27 Oct 2009, 17:52 by Ian P.Dwight Lodeweges has resigned as the manager of Dutch club NEC Nijmegen it was announced on Oct. 27 after the team has hit a bad run of games. NEC hasn’t won in the last five Eredivisie games and were thumped 4-0 at home by PSV Eindhoven in their last game.
Lodeweges told the club he would [...]
Steve McClaren Signs Contract Extension
Published on 27 Oct 2009, 17:35 by Ian P.It was announced on Oct. 27 that former England international Steve McClaren has signed a 12-month extension to his contract at Dutch club FC Twente which will keep him at the Eredivisie leaders until 2011.
McClaren moved to Holland to rebuild his managerial career after a terrible time in charge of England which ended in the [...]
Henrik Larsson May be Retiring at The End of This Season
Published on 20 Oct 2009, 19:36 by bibanHenrik Larsson, one of the extremely talented strikers of modern-day soccer, may retire when the present season comes to an end. The announcement has come from Helsingborg, the present club of the player. The development occurs at a time when the player, for the 2nd time, as per the reports, quit the national soccer squad [...]
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