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Mike McGrath, Wardles news agency/The Sun, England. "Scoring in 19 consecutive matches and against every team in the league is a Lionel Messi record ...

Dortmund looking for a 2nd win in Spain at Malaga
Borussia Dortmund's only win in Spain came in the same season that it won the Champions League, a relatively meaningless sidenote that could spur the ...

Bayern gets close to full marks in AP footy poll
It takes something extra special to dethrone Lionel Messi. So that's exactly what Bayern Munich striker Claudio Pizarro did, scoring four goals in a ...

Struggling Hoffenheim fires coach Marco Kurz
Struggling Bundesliga club Hoffenheim fired coach Marco Kurz on Tuesday after just three months in charge and also parted company with general manager ...

Mourinho faces former players in Champions League
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will be up against some familiar opponents when his team faces Galatasaray on Wednesday in the first leg of the ...
Cagliari abandons troubled Is Arenas Stadium
Cagliari is abandoning its troubled Is Arenas Stadium with eight rounds remaining in the Serie A. The club sent a letter to authorities in the town ...
Swiss club Lucerne fires coach Komornicki
Swiss club Lucerne says it has fired coach Ryszard Komornicki, fueling speculation that former Basel coach Heiko Vogel could be appointed. Lucerne is ...

Chelsea beats Man United to reach FA Cup semis
Demba Ba sent Chelsea into the FA Cup semifinals with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Monday, keeping his team on course for a cup double to ...
Athletic beats Granada 1-0 in Spanish league
Aritz Aduriz's second-half header gave 10-man Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 win against Granada in the Spanish league on Monday. A corner delivered by Ibai ...

QPR's survival hopes hit by 3-2 loss to Fulham
Queens Park Rangers' hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League are bleaker after defensive mistakes led to a 3-2 loss against Fulham on ...
Di Canio defends himself against racism claim
Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio and his employers strongly rebutted suggestions he is racist after a club executive quit in protest at the Italian's ...
Leeds searching for new manager as Warnock exits
Fallen English power Leeds is searching for a new manager after Neil Warnock left with six matches of the season remaining. Hopes of a return to the ...

PSG faces huge task to topple Barcelona in CLeague
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic described Barcelona as "the best team ever on this planet," saying limiting the amount of mistakes his ...

Chelsea beats ManU 1-0 to reach FA Cup semis
Demba Ba sent Chelsea into the FA Cup semifinals with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Monday. The quarterfinal replay was decided four minutes ...

PSG president wants Beckham to stay on next season
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants veteran midfielder David Beckham to stay next season, describing him as "fantastic on and off ...

Bayern and Juventus clash with points to prove
European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Juventus clash in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday as Germany and Italy's ...
Wayne Rooney sidelined with groin injury
Wayne Rooney has a groin injury and was ruled out of Manchester United's FA Cup match at Chelsea on Monday. United says the injury was sustained while ...

Sunderland hires Di Canio as boss on 2 ½-year deal
Sunderland took a gamble by hiring Paolo Di Canio as its new manager on Sunday, empowering the inexperienced and outspoken Italian with the tough task ...

Atletico held to 1-1 home draw by Valencia
Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to reclaim second place in the Spanish league when it was held to a 1-1 home draw by Valencia on Sunday.

Lyon loses 2-1 to Sochaux as title hopes slip away
Lyon's slim title hopes have all but extinguished after losing 2-1 at home to relegation-threatened Sochaux in the French League on Sunday.

Barcelona visits PSG, Bayern hosts Juventus in CL
The Champions League quarterfinals get under way Tuesday with Barcelona visiting Paris Saint-Germain in a meeting between Europe's most dominant team ...

Frankfurt beats Fuerth 3-2 in Bundesliga
Eintracht Frankfurt held on to win 3-2 at bottom side Greuther Fuerth to end its six game winless run in the Bundesliga on Sunday. "It was immensely ...

Liverpool comes from behind to beat Villa 2-1
Steven Gerrard's penalty sealed a second-half turnaround by Liverpool in a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Sunday, boosting his ...

O'Neill pays price as EPL owners get twitchy
The Premier League's biggest ever television contract doesn't kick in until next season, but the far-reaching effects of the deal are already being ...
Ajax pulls ahead in Dutch league with win over NEC
Viktor Fischer scored twice as Ajax beat NEC Nijmegen 4-1 Sunday to pull ahead in the Dutch league as most of its rivals lost ground. The Dane opened ...