Nationwise composition of the teams for the draw
England : 4
Scotland :2
Spain : 3 ( Add Sevilla if they beat AEK. Sevilla lead 2-0 from the first leg)
Germany :3
August 2007
Monthly Archive
Fri 31 Aug 2007
Champions League 2007-08 Group Stage Draw
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Fri 31 Aug 2007
Rangers have signed Senegal midfielder Amdy Moustapha Faye on a season long loan from Championship side Charlton Athletic. Faye scored one goal in 28 appearances for the Addicks. Newly promoted Birmingham City were also reportedly interested in securing his signature, but were beaten to it by the Scottish club.
Wed 29 Aug 2007
Yakubu joins Everton for 11.25 million pounds.
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Middlesbrough striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu has moved to Everton for a fee of 11.25 million pounds. The 24 year old Nigerian international is Everton’s new club record signing. He joins Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines in the list of high profile footballers moving to Goodison Park this summer.
Mon 27 Aug 2007
Chelsea moving for Ronaldinho ?
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Mon 27 Aug 2007
Manchester United win their first game of the season, beat Spurs.
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0-0 against Reading
1-1 against Portsmouth
0-1 to Manchester City
Starting the new season with two draws and a loss was certainly not the way Sir Alex would have envisaged United’s defence of the Premiership. They were second from bottom going into their fourth game of the season, against Tottenham Hotspur.
Thu 23 Aug 2007
Euro 2008 qualifying results- August 22
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Results from the Euro 2008 qualifying games held on August 22. There were six games in all, three in Group A, and one each from Groups D, E and F.
Group A :
Finland 2-1 Kazakhstan ( Eremenko Jr, Teemu Tainio/ Byakov)Â
Belgium 3-2 Serbia ( Moussa Dembele *2, Kevin Mirallas/ Zdravko Kuzmanovic*2) (more…)
Thu 23 Aug 2007
Major International friendly results - Aug 22
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England 1-2 Germany ( Frank Lampard/ Kevin Kuranyi, Christian Pander)
First loss for England at the new Wembley stadium. Not the best of evenings for Paul Robinson, whose fumbling of Bernd Schneider’s cross paved the way for Germany’s first goal.
Tue 21 Aug 2007
James Morrison to miss game against South Africa
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West Bromwich Albion midfielder James Morrison will miss Scotland’s international friendly against South Africa on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury. The 21 year old Darlington born player was due to make his debut for Scotland against the Bafana Bafana. Morrison has played for England at every youth level, but chose to play for Scotland’s senior side.
Thu 16 Aug 2007
Wayne Rooney will miss England’s September Euro qualifiers because of a hairline fracture of his left foot. Mark Delaney has called it a day because of a recurring knee injury. Soccer, like all other sports, places great emphasis on fitness. With the ever increasing number of games and increasing levels of competitiveness, it is necessary that you keep yourself supple and fit.
Thu 16 Aug 2007
Wales and Aston Villa defender Mark Delaney has decided to pull the curtains down on his playing career. The 31 year old footballer has had quite a bit of trouble with his knee in recent years and missed the whole of last season due to injury. His loss will be felt a lot more by Wales, whose defence will lose one of its stalwarts. Delaney made 193 appearances in his 8 and a half year stay at Villa Park. (more…)
Tue 14 Aug 2007
Mido going to Middlesbrough ?
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After days of speculation, it appeara that Egypt and Tottenham Hotspur striker Ahmed Mido will move to the Riverside. Middlesbrough have reportedly reached upon an agreement with Tottenham regarding the sum of money involved, and a medical is currently being conducted. If the deal goes through, Mido will join Yakubu and Jeremie Aliadiere as part of the strike force at Boro. The fee is reported to be around the 6 million pound mark.
Tue 14 Aug 2007
The most popular football league in the world kicked off last weekend, and I, like millions of other fans, was waiting with bated breath. Sunderland vs Tottenham might not have been the preferred opening game for everyone, but for die hard fans like yours truly, it really didn’t matter. And we did have a bit of drama going into the game. Spurs had several people injured- Ledley King, Michael Dawson, Gareth Bale, Benoit Assou Ekotto and Aaron Lennon. Sunderland had a thirty six year old manager in charge of his first game in the top flight- the legendary United and Nottingham Forest medio Roy Keane. Unfortunately, for his opposite number Martin Jol, it was Keane who walked out smiling after the game at the Stadium of Light.
Thu 9 Aug 2007
Charlton complete double signing
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Championship side Charlton Athletic have completed a double swoop by signing Zheng Zhi and Izale Mcleod. As some of you might have recollected, Zhi made a few appearances last season for Charlton while on loan, but his transfer has now been made permanent. A fee of two million pounds was paid to Shandong Luneng for the services of the Chinese midfielder. (more…)
Tue 7 Aug 2007
Premiership champions Manchester United have won the FA Community Shield by beating Chelsea 3-0 on penalties. The score was tied at a goal apiece after regular play. Ryan Giggs scored for United, while new French winger Florent Malouda was on the scoresheet for Jose Mourinho’s side. This is United’s sixteenth Community Shield victory. Dutch goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar was the hero for the Red Devils as he blocked three Chelsea spot kicks.
It is also second time unlucky for Chelsea, having lost to Liverpool last year. Four different teams have won the Community Shield in the last four years, and this is United’s first title since 2003, when they beat Arsenal. This was also the first final to be held at the Wembley stadium since 2000
Wed 1 Aug 2007
US wonderkid Freddy Adu has made a move to Europe, and it is not to England, Italy or Spain. He has decided to join Portuguese club Benfica for a fee of two million US dollars. The Ghana born 18 year old forward had been traded to Real Salt Lake in 2006 from DC United, and made eleven appearances for the club before opting for a change in continents.