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Soccer News for August 9, 2008


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World Soccer Headlines

A stroll through Italy and the Serie A
Worrying times for Milan star Kaka who is struggling to shake off the knee injury that plagued his last season.

Santa Cruz joins brother at Blackburn

Clubs win Olympic appeal
Three European clubs have won their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to keep their players out of the Olympic football tournament. Barcelona, Werder Bremen and Schalke all appealed to the CAS to prevent Lionel Messi, Diego and Rafinha from going to the Games in Beijing.

Financial doubts over Barry bid
Fears have been expressed over the future of Liverpool's bid to sign Gareth Barry as the club's ownership battle threatens to flare up again.

Wenger hails 'ideal preparation'
Arsene Wenger expects to know more about Arsenal's chances for the coming season after the "ideal preparation" of the Amsterdam Tournament.

Newcastle agree deal for Coloccini

Fulham sign Zuberbuhler


MLS Soccer Headlines

Seattle Lands an MLS Franchise for 2009 Season
Seattle may be losing its NBA team, but Major League Soccer hopes to fill that void with an expansion franchise to begin playing there in 2009.

United Drafts Midfielder Jacobson
With no first-round picks in the MLS draft, D.C. United drafts Andrew Jacobson, a 6-foot-2 midfielder from the University of California, in the second round.

Rapids Demolish Red Bulls
Tom McManus and Mehdi Ballouchy score goals in the first half and the Rapids cruise to a 4-0 win over the Red Bulls on Friday night.

Second-Half Surge Leads Fire Past Red Bulls
The Fire break open their match with the Red Bulls with four second-half goals on their way to a 5-1 win.

MLS First-Round Playoff Pairings
D.C. United faces off with Chicago while New England and New York battle in the other Eastern Conference first round playoff series.

Toronto FC-Rapids Preview (AP)
Not much has gone right for Toronto FC lately, and the absence of some of its top players isn't expected to make things any easier. The struggling club will be short-handed as it looks to secure its first victory in eight weeks in a road matchup against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Toronto (6-8-4) hasn't recorded a win in its last nine contests, which includes three games in the...


Miscellaneous Soccer Commentary

What's more fun than Oliver Kahn and a big stein of beer?

MLS Looking To Expand Further
The feel good factor just keeps growing for Major League Soccer at the moment with plans announced this week to expand the league to 18 teams by 2011. Coupled with...

As if last season wasn't bad enough...

Barca Vs FIFA Could Get Messi
Argentina's decision to include Barcelona striker Lionel Messi in their Olympic soccer squad for Beijing 2008 looks set to mean Barcelona and FIFA will face each other in the Court...

Roman Wouldn't Let Lampard Join Jose
Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has offered his views on Frank Lampard's doomed move to Inter Milan by saying that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich personally stopped the move as he...

AC Milan Insist Kaka Is Not For Sale
It's only been a fortnight since I last wrote about Chelsea making an astronomical bid for Kaka and now we see the Italians having to speak out again to deny...


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