Maradona compares Argentina team to dirty Rolls Royce (Reuters)
Diego Maradona, expected tobe confirmed as Argentina’s new coach on Tuesday, has likenedhis future team to a grimy Rolls Royce.
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Leverkusen go top with 2-0 win over Wolfsburg (Reuters)
Bayer Leverkusen went back to thetop of the Bundesliga for at least one night after a 2-0 homewin over VfL Wolfsburg on Friday.
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UEFA orders Atletico to play in empty stadium (AP)
Atletico Madrid must play its next Champions League home match in an empty stadium because of its fans’ racist abuse of opposing players. UEFA imposed the punishment Friday after investigating allegations Atletico fans were racist and violent at an Oct. 1 match against French club Marseille. A UEFA appeal panel said Atletico must play Dutch club PSV Eindhoven at Vicente Calderon Stadium on Nov.
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Atletico plan appeal to CAS over stadium ban (Reuters)
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Guatemala gets new soccer coach (AP)
Benjamin Monterroso was hired as Guatemala’s national soccer coach for the third time Friday, taking over a team on the brink of elimination during qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. He replaces Ramon Madariaga, a Honduran who was fired after a 2-1 loss to Cuba. Guatemala’s only chance of advancing to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying is to beat the United States at Commerce City, Colo., on…
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Batista, Brown agree to assist coach Maradona (AP)
Sergio Batista and Jose Luis Brown changed their minds and agreed to become assistants to Argentina coach-to-be Diego Maradona on Friday. “I’m happy because (Maradona) said that we were a team, that we should share opinions, although it’s clear the final decisions will be made by him,” Batista told Buenos Aires-based television station C5N after meeting with the soccer great.
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Second-half scores lift Bayer Leverkusen atop Bundesliga (PA SportsTicker)
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Spain roundup-Villarreal out to polish up image in Bilbao (Reuters)
Brief news from the Primera Ligaahead of this weekend’s matches:
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African Champions League final fixture (Reuters)
African Champions League final first legfixture (GMT)
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ANALYSIS-Soccer-More show than biz from Beckham’s Milan move (Reuters)
David Beckham’s loan move to ACMilan is set to spice up ticket and shirt sales although itsimpact on sponsorship and television deals may be negligiblebecause of his short stay in Italy’s fashion capital.
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