| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 Manchester City: Man-for-man marking | Busier than he might have hoped, but made required saves without fuss, including a great low one in added time. 7/10 | Micah Richards | Not as cavalier as City fans are used to: he was largely pinned back. Hurt in the second half but stayed on. 5 | Vincent Kompany | H... | Pearce plans to give youth its head against the Dutch | Pearce has spent the last few days contacting a number of the more experienced England players to tell them they will not be in the squad for next week's friendly at Wembley Stadium. His openness about his intentions has been welcomed by many of the players who were n... | Goals pour in as City end reign of holders | There are four rounds of Europa League competition to play and many miles around lesser appreciated areas of the Continent to travel before the notion becomes reality, but few can resist at least discussing the prospect of this season of extraordinary Manchester rival... | Chelsea stars Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Michael Essien revolt against manager Andre Villas-Boas before ECL loss | CHELSEA'S stars were in revolt against manager Andre Villas-Boas before their 3-1 defeat against Napoli in the Champions League. | Veterans Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Michael Essien were dumped to the bench for daring to criticise Villas-Boas - even though he... | Socceroos midfielder Matt McKay leaves Rangers to join K-League club Busan I'Park | SOCCEROOS star Matt McKay is set to leave crisis-hit Scottish giants Rangers to join South Korean team Busan I'Park. | McKay, 29, joined Rangers last year from Brisbane Roar but has struggled to nail down a place in manager Ally McCoist's plans, making just two c... | Savio to rest Chetri A STAFF REPORTER Calcutta: India would be taking on a strong ... Savio to rest Chetri | A STAFF REPORTER | Calcutta: India would be taking on a strong Oman side in a friendly match at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Stadium, in Muscat on Thursday. | The match would be a part of India's preparation for the AFC Challenge Cup, to be he... | Handshake to improve the image Zurich: A Fifa expert panel wants players to exchange more ... Handshake to improve the image | Zurich: A Fifa expert panel wants players to exchange more handshakes on the field to improve the game's image and sportsmanship. | Franz Beckenbauer, chairman of the Task Force Football 2014, said after a meeting, on Wednesday, that it ... | Manchester City into Europa League's last 16 | Manchester City have booked their place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a crushing 4-0 second leg victory over defending champions Porto that gave them a 6-1 aggregate win. | Sergio Aguero gave Premier League table-toppers City the lead on the night inside 20... | Late goals sink Inter, Bayern in Champions League | A goal deep in injury time by Ghanaian star Andre Ayew gave Marseille a 1-0 win over 2010 champions Inter Milan in their Champions League last 16 first leg and cast further doubt over Claudio Ranieri's future on Wednesday. | There was also a late goal in the night's o... | | |
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