Hart: No offer yet



May 19th, 2009

Paul Hart has told Setanta Sports that he has yet to receive an offer from Portsmouth regarding the permanent manager’s position at Fratton Park.

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Sbragia: Referee not at fault



May 19th, 2009

Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia does not have an axe to grind with referee Alan Wiley following Portsmouth’s controversial equaliser at Fratton Park.

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Ref ‘right in spirit but not in law’



May 19th, 2009

Former Premier League referee Graham Poll sympathised with Alan Wiley although he admits the official was wrong to allow John Utaka’s equaliser rather than award a penalty in Portsmouth’s 3-1 win against Sunderland.

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Davies critical of Horton rage



May 19th, 2009

Bolton striker Kevin Davies is ‘disappointed’ with the way Hull assistant boss Brian Horton ‘over-reacted’ following his tackle on Andy Dawson at the weekend.

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Robbo ‘England’s Number One’



May 19th, 2009

Sam Allardyce has told Fabio Capello that he should have been at Stamford Bridge on Sunday to witness a ‘world-class performance’ from former England number one Paul Robinson.

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Serbian League finals, Game 3



May 19th, 2009

Crvena Zvezda kept its hopes alive for a first Serbian League championship after beating rival Partizan Belgrade 58-63 on Monday to narrow the gap in the best-of-five finals to 2-1.

Partizan will have a second chance to win the title on Wednesday. Crvena Zvezda came out swinging, led 14-23 after 10 …

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Arsène Wenger gives Arsenal jitters over Real Madrid move



May 19th, 2009

Arsène Wenger’s long-term commitment to Arsenal appeared to waver publicly for the first time last night when the club’s manager of 13 years chose not to rebuff the possibility of a future role at Real Madrid and instead conceded that the prospect of working under Florentino Pérez in Spain would …

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Dzeko hat-trick steers Wolfsburg to 5-0 win



May 19th, 2009

Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko scored a hat-trick as leaders VfL Wolfsburg crushed Hanover 96 5-0 away on Saturday to close in on their first Bundesliga title with one match left.

The league’s leading striker Grafite added two more for Wolfsburg, who are top with 66 points, two ahead of Bayern Munich …

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Serbian striker Pantelic to leave Hertha Berlin



May 19th, 2009

Hertha Berlin striker Marko Pantelic will leave at the end of the season after almost four years with the club.

Pantelic, 31, said farewell to the fans after the last home game of the season, a 0-0 draw against Schalke 04 on Saturday which effectively ended their title hopes.

“I am very …

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Ana’s ranking unchanged



May 19th, 2009

Ana remains at No.8 in the latest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings, which are published today.

Today’s list is the one that will be used to determine seedings for Roland Garros, so the 21-year-old is set to be the eighth seed, unless any players ranked higher than her are forced …

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Cornell Glen Returns To MLS With San Jose



May 19th, 2009

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The San Jose Earthquakes have signed Cornell Glen. The T&T striker returns to MLS having last seen action Stateside in 2006.
by Zac Rigg

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Lionel Messi: I’d Love To Retire In Argentina



May 19th, 2009

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The Barcelona superstar affirmed that retiring in his homeland would be great so that he could experience the local competition at first hand.
by Zac Rigg

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Goal.com’s MLS Player Of Week 9: D.C. United’s Santino Quarana



May 19th, 2009

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Santino Quaranta is Goal.com’s MLS player of the week.
by Zac Rigg

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Tony Cascarino Doubts Carlo Ancelotti’s Credentials For Chelsea Job



May 19th, 2009

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Tony Cascarino remains unconvinced that Carlo Ancelotti is the right man for the Chelsea job.
by Zac Rigg

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Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright: David Moyes Is Staying



May 19th, 2009

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Bill Kenwright has dismissed any claims that David Moyes will be leaving Everton any time soon.
by Zac Rigg

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Wolfsburg hit top gear in Bundesliga race



May 19th, 2009

Unheralded Wolfsburg, founded in the grim aftermath of World War II and cursed by a history of mediocrity, are 90 minutes away from a maiden Bundesliga title and a place in the Champions League.

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Cantona scores at Cannes Film festival



May 19th, 2009

CANNES - The Cannes Film Festival’s latest contenders are a cinematic odd couple - British director Ken Loach and French soccer legend Eric Cantona, who stars in Loach’s festival entry Looking for Eric .

It turns out that Loach…

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Ireland hints at moving on from City



May 19th, 2009

Manchester City’s manager, Mark Hughes, and chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, are expected to issue a joint declaration today that the club are aiming for a top six finish next season, though Stephen Ireland has suggested he might not be around to help fulfil it.

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Black Cats’ fate goes down to final day



May 19th, 2009

For a team that is on such an abysmal run of form, the season’s end cannot come soon enough. However, for Sunderland the finish could also mean their exit from the Premier League. Defeat here at Fratton Park, principally thanks to an own goal by Phil Bardsley that owed much more to a horrendous mistake by Anton Ferdinand, still leaves Sunderland’s fate in their hands, but has given hope to Newcastle United and Hull City, the other teams who still can realistically escape the drop.

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Downing injury hits hopes of Boro exit



May 19th, 2009

Stewart Downing was told yesterday that he may have to miss six months of football with a fracture to his foot which will ruin any hope of a move out of Middlesbrough his summer. The England international, 24, came off injured in the 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at the weekend and scans yesterday revealed that his injuries were more serious than first though.

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Striker wants to be Liverpool’s super sub



May 8th, 2009

David Ngog says he wants to be Liverpool’s super sub in the last three games of the season.

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Drogba apologises for ‘overreaction’



May 8th, 2009

Didier Drogba says he overreacted and accepts he used inappropriate language after the Champions League exit to Barcelona.

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Agbonlahor: Burn-out is a ‘major worry’



May 8th, 2009

Gabriel Agbonlahor has admitted he is worried about exhaustion as he prepares for a year of non-stop football.

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Allardyce braced for Rovers exodus



May 8th, 2009

Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce is bracing himself for a substantial exodus of players from Ewood Park this summer which may affect his first team plans.

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We deserved it, says Chelsea’s nightmare Iniesta



May 8th, 2009

Barcelona hero Andres Iniesta has affirmed that his side deserved to dump Chelsea out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

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