Fast start fuels Heracles (PA SportsTicker)
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European round-up-Barca, Real lose, Ronaldinho bow ruined (Reuters)
Spanish champions Real Madrid andBarcelona got their Primera Liga campaigns off to the worstpossible starts with opening weekend defeats.
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Inter Milan to sign Porto winger Quaresma (Reuters)
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Real, Barca suffer opening weekend defeats (Reuters)
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No Robinho and no points for Real (AFP)
Title favourites Real Madrid and Barcelona both slipped to opening day defeats on Sunday as underdogs Deportivo La Coruna and Numancia took the headlines.
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Lyon win derby clash but Bordeaux slip up (AFP)
Lyon joined Marseille at the top of the French first division on Sunday after a Karim Benzema special earned the champions a 1-0 win in the derby tie at Saint Etienne.
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Bayern Munich cruises past Hertha Berlin (PA SportsTicker)
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Romania squad for World Cup qualifiers (Reuters)
Romania named the following22-man squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Lithuaniain Cluj on Sept 6 and away against Faroe Islands four dayslater.
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First league win for Klinsmann as Bayern hammer Hertha (AFP)
Defending champions Bayern Munich got their first league win of the season at the third attempt to give Jurgen Klinsmann his opening Bundesliga victory as Hertha Berlin were humbled 4-1 on Sunday.
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Nightmare start for Guardiola as Numancia down Barca (AFP)
Pep Guardiola's first league match in charge of Barcelona did not go as planned with the title hopefuls falling to an embarrassing 1-0 opening day defeat to promoted Numancia on Sunday.
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