Thursday March 20, 2008
Victory lose 3-1 to Thai champions
Melbourne Victory suffered their first Asian Champions League defeat after a late show by substitute Jules Boga gave Thai champions Chonburi FC an upset 3-1 win at the Supachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok.
Chelsea lose ground in Premier League title race
Chelsea lost ground in the Premier League title race as Avram Grant's side blew the lead three times in a dramatic 4-4 draw at Tottenham today.
Wednesday March 19, 2008
United still top after stalemate
Adelaide United maintained a narrow leadership of their Asian Champions League group with a tepid 0-0 draw against Changchun Yatai at Hindmarsh Stadium.
Football finds a powerful friend, and rivals are quaking in their boots
FOOTBALL got dudded at the 2000 Olympics. The priority for Frank
Lowy and his management team is to make sure it doesn't happen
again, writes Michael Cockerill.
Tuesday March 18, 2008
Owen goal saves point for Newcastle
Newcastle United drew a scrappy Premier League relegation clash 1-1 at Birmingham City today leaving coach Kevin Keegan still without a win in eight league matches since returning to the club.
Socceroos reap benefit as Kewell and co join camp to revive club careers
HARRY KEWELL is not the only overseas-based player hoping to use the national team as a springboard for relaunching his club career - defenders Michael Beauchamp and Adrian Leijer and winger James Troisi have also joined the Singapore training camp early to push their claims for next week's World Cup qualifier against China in Kunming.
Monday March 17, 2008
Everton lose ground on Liverpool after Fulham loss
Everton lost ground in the race for a Champions League place when they went down 1-0 to struggling Fulham at Craven Cottage, a ground where the Merseysiders have not mustered a point in 42 years.
Boro's Mark of excellence
LONDON: A string of stunning saves by Mark Schwarzer helped
Middlesbrough to a 1-1 draw with Arsenal which saw the north London
giants slip to second on the table.
Sunday March 16, 2008
United back on top as Gunners held again
Manchester United's grip on the English Premier League trophy tightened on Saturday as rivals Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough.
LEAGUE OF CHAMPIONS - these players are also contenders
The addition of Spanish striker Fernando Torres has given Liverpool a much-needed goal-scoring threat, and the Reds couldn't be happier, writes Matthew Hall.
And the lolly for growing up quickly goes to Domenic, 6
Bon voyage to six-year-old Domenic Citarella from Sydney, who is off to Europe to improve his chances of becoming a football star. "I want to be a professional soccer player when I grow up," Domenic said, reasonably, when asked about his ambition last week. He added, articulately: "I know I'm going overseas to train and I'm very excited about that." Then he said: "I hope to make a lot of money one day." The kid is six years old. Six! Do kids that age even know what money is?
Benitez signals end to Kewell's Liverpool career
HARRY KEWELL has been told by Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez that
he faces an uphill battle to land a new contract at Anfield.
English rivalry to deliver triple treat
THE draw for the Champions League quarter-finals has pitted English giants Arsenal and Liverpool against each another in April.
Saturday March 15, 2008
Verbeek open to coaching coaches
SOCCEROOS coach Pim Verbeek has opened the door for leading
A-League coaches to learn from him during this year's World Cup
campaign, but coach of the year Gary van Egmond doesn't necessarily
have the inside running.
Friday March 14, 2008
Games appear to be up for missing Musialik
THE international future of new Sydney FC signing Stuart Musialik could be under a cloud after national coach Pim Verbeek last night confirmed he had been dropped from the squad to play Singapore next week for disciplinary reasons.
Kewell in the gang for China qualifier
HARRY KEWELL looks set to make his first appearance of the 2010
World Cup qualifying campaign after being named in a 21-man squad
for the Socceroos' game against China on March 26.
Thursday March 13, 2008
Kewell named in squad for China
Harry Kewell looks set to make his first appearance for Australia in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers after being named in a 21-man squad for the game against China on March 26.
PSV end Ramos's reign as Spurs bow out
PSV Eindhoven relinquished Juande Ramos's hold on the UEFA Cup after the Dutch league leaders knocked out his Tottenham Hotspur side in a penalty shootout to reach the quarter-finals today.
Chelsea routs last-place Derby
Frank Lampard scored four goals today to lead Chelsea to a 6-1 English Premier League win over Derby that closed the gap on second-place Manchester United to three points.
10-man United upset Pohang Steelers
A gutsy 10-man Adelaide United have started their AFC Champions League campaign in style with a surprise 2-0 victory over the Pohang Steelers.
Wednesday March 12, 2008
Victory downs Dragons in opener
Melbourne Victory made a winning start to their first Asian Champions League campaign tonight, with central defenders Kevin Muscat and Rody Vargas scoring the goals in a 2-0 victory over Chunnam Dragons.
Bridge added to Socceroos squad
New Sydney FC striker Mark Bridge passed a fitness today and was
added to the youthful Socceroos squad to play Singapore in a
friendly on March 22.
Brazil leave out Ronaldinho, include wunderkind
AC Milan's 18-year-old striker Alexandre Pato is to make his Brazil
debut after being named in the squad for the friendly against
Sweden in London later this month.
Torres strikes as Liverpool beat Inter to make last eight
Liverpool eased into the Champions League quarter-finals after a
superb strike by Fernando Torres gave last season's runners-up a
1-0 win at Inter Milan today and a 3-0 aggregate victory.
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Verbeek picks youthful side to face Singapore
Coach Pim Verbeek today included only four capped players in a
youthful and all A-League Socceroos squad to face Singapore in a
World Cup qualification warm up match on March 22.
