Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa continued on Wednesday with matches in CONCACAF, Asian and Oceania zones. The rest of the world had some very interesting friendly matches.

The Oceania zone underdog Fiji ended New Zealand’s unbeaten record at home with a surprise 2-0 win. Despite the loss, New Zealand will advance to next round of qualifiers.

In the Asian zone, Japan comfortably beat Qatar 3-0, while United Arab Emirates tied with  Iran 1-1. Australia  with stars like Harry Kewell and Tim Cahill faced Bahrain, but had to wait till 94th minute to break the tie on goal from Marco Bresciano. South Korea’s 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia move them to the top of their group.

The only European zone World Cup qualifier was between the Czech Republic and San Marino. The Czechs were the clear favorites and the only question was by how many goals they would win. But in front of only a thousand fans, it took the Czech team almost 50 minutes to score their first goal. The final score was 3-0 but the Czechs didn’t look to convincing.  Striker Baros and Fenin once again failed to score and one of the few positive things was a goal by rookie Tomas Necid. The Czechs occupy the second spot in Group 3, with two points less than first place Slovakia.

England beat host Germany 2-1 and recorded their fifth win in a row under coach Fabio Capello. Both teams were without their major stars. England was missing Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and last minute injured Theo Walcott. Germany were without Michael Ballack, Philip Lahm and Torsten Frings. England opened the score by Matthew Upson in the 23rd minute. Germany equalized in the 63rd minute when Helmes put it through the goalie’s legs. John Terry delivered the winning goal after Downing’s free kick. A victory in Germany provided the perfect end to England’s 2008 season. Fabio Capello should get most of the credit for that. Tough coach but knows how to deliver results, something England didn’t have for awhile.

Serbia trashed Bulgaria 6-1 in what was a farewell match for former Aston Villa striker Savo Milosevic. He scored two goals but managed to miss two penalties, yes you heard right two. He blamed the misses on his emotions. What a way to end one’s career.

The Netherlands 3-1 win over Sweden proved to be too easy. Robin van Persie scored twice and Dirk Kuyt added one. Kallstrom came on as a substitute and scored the lonely goal for Sweden.

Argentina won their first match under Diego Maradona’s coaching. They beat Scotland at Hampden Park by a score of 1-0. Maxi Rodriguez scored in the eighth minute on a pass from Carlos Tevez.

Theofanis Gekas’ goal in the 50th minute put Greece 1-0 ahead in friendly match with Italy. But not for long. Luca Toni equalized on 1-1 after a free kick from Daniele De Rossi. It was 31 consecutive international matches without defeat for coach Lippi.

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Diego Maradona-Argentina Football Association

Maradona may be out of his new job as a coach of Argentina before he even coaches his first match. He is in a headlock with Argentina’s Football Association president Julio Grondona over choosing his assistant. Maradona wants Oscar Ruggeri as his new assistant, a choice Grondona is not happy with. According to Argentine media he gave Grodona an ultimatum and he could possibly resign if he doesn’t have his way. Maradona was named the new coach last week to replace Alfio Basile.

FIFA-Teams Ranking

FIFA released their monthly soccer world ranking and Spain retained the number one spot. Germany is back to number two bumping Italy, while England returned to the top ten for the first time since June. First non-European country is Brazil in fifth place falling one spot…more rankings.

Gamba Osaka-AFC Champions

Gamba Osaka beat Adelaide United 2-0 and qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 tournament. Gamba opened the score in the 5th minute from Brazilian striker Lucas Severino. Same player added a second goal ten minutes later. In the second half, the home team tried to open the game and score but Gamba’s defense was on their guard. Gamba won 5-0 on aggregate and will join the likes of Manchester United, Mexican Pachuca or Waitakere United from New Zealand in next month’s tournament.

Real Madrid - Ruud van Nistelrooy

Bad news for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. He will have to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. He visited his doctor in Colorado who recommended surgery. Dr. Richard Steadman operated on Nistelrooy’s knee with success back in 2000. The 32-year-old Dutchman will be out for two months giving coach Schuster, who has been under lot of pressure lately, even more worries. A man who scores 60 goals in two years with Real is hard to replace, but again there is always the possibility that Ronaldo will come. Maybe?!

Curling Cup-Graveyard for favorites

Harry Redknapp came, saw and won. Second match against Liverpool and second win. This was his biggest victory so far after taking over Tottenham 18 days ago. Four goals in Liverpool’s net speaks for itself. Chelsea lost on a penalty shoot-out against the Coca-Cola Championship club Burley. The hero of the match was Burley’s goalie Brian Jensen who saved two penalty kicks. The match ended 1-1 in regular time. Tottenham and Burley will join Man Utd, Arsenal, Stoke, Derby, Watford and Blackburn in the quarterfinals.

Landon Donovan-Player of Year

LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan was named the Honda Award player of year for the fifth time in his career. Finishing second and third in player of year award were Everton goalie Tim Howard and Fulham striker Clint Dempsey. The 26 year old leading scorer for Galaxy is in Germany on 10 days training mission with Bayern Munich. He doesn’t hide his desire to try his luck in Europe once again. He played in Bundesliga twice before but failed both times.

2010 World Cup qualifiers continue on Wednesday, October 15. Fox Soccer Channel will be covering four matches from the European and Asian zones. We will be having up to the minute results of all the matches played on Wednesday. Come back to check results. Enjoy the “Greatest show on Earth.” All times are EST.

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Chelsea fans attacked the bus with Manchester United’s players as they were leaving Stamford Bridge stadium. A bottle was thrown at the bus and cracked the windshield. No one was injured and the bus continued on. The responds for Man Utd was,”There was an incident but the matter is now in the hands of the police,” said the spokesman for the club.

Juventus striker David Trezeguet will go for surgery Tuesday to fix the injury he suffered last week. Trezeguet got injured during a Champions League match against Zenit St. Petersburg. He damaged the patellar tendon in his right knee.  According to Juve spokesman it could be up to five months for Trezeguet to fully recover.

The EURO 2008 managed to raise close to one million dollars after UEFA donated six thousand dollars for each goal in the EURO. Out of that, a hundred thousand dollars were collected through a website from fans. The Red Cross will use the money to help victims of landmines in Afghanistan. According to the Red Cross over 15,000 people seek help in their limb-fitting center each year.

Zico will be another high profile name in Uzbekistan’s club Bunyodkor. After Rivaldo joined Bunyodkor from AEK Athens, Zico who left Fenerbahce will take over as club’s new coach. He will replace Mirdjalal Kasimov who is moving on to become Uzbekistan’s national team coach . It goes without saying that Rivaldo was behind Zico’s move.

Diego Maradona may be hired as a consultant for Inter Milan according to club president Massimo Moratti. “I think we’ll link up with him. He still has great appeal and it seems to me that he is out of the tunnel,” Moratti said. He will most likely be a talent scout for South America. Maradona who is 47, was in and out of rehab several times and has spent time living in Cuba with his friend Fidel.

LA Galaxy ’s Landon Donovan recorded his third MLS hat-trick in a match against D.C. United over the weekend. Galaxy continued with their winning streak by beating D.C. by a score of 5-2. Donovan opened the shooting galery in the 23rd minute and also scored the last goal of the match in the 90th minute. He leads MLS scoring with 19 goals.

World Cup 2010 qualifying continues on Wednesday September 10. Here is the TV schedule for U.S. viewers as shown on Fox Soccer Channel. All times are in EST. Enjoy the “Greatest show on Earth.”

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Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson will have the services of striker Wayne Rooney for Sunday’s match with Newcastle. Rooney contracted a virus on the team’s trip to Africa last month, but is healthy and ready to play now. It was believed to be malaria according to some early reports, which was denied by the club. Ferguson now has at his disposal two strikers, but he will be without injured Cristiano Ronaldo.

There is a talk about Bruce Arena taking over LA Galaxy. He watched the match between Galaxy and Chivas and Thursday night with the club’s president and CEO Tim Leiweke. Galaxy parted early this week with coach Ruud Gullit and Cobi Jones filled in on an interim basis. Leiweke said, “I personally think he’s the best coach in the history of the league and we’d be lucky if we can get him here.” Arena’s last coaching job was with the NY Red Bulls were he resigned last November. The match ended in a 2-2 tie after Alan Gordon scored from a header in injury time.

The Olympic Soccer tournament continues Saturday with the quarter-finals and we should see a couple of interesting matches. 2004 Olympic champion Argentina will face a strong Dutch squad with names like Babel, Makaay or their leading scorer Gerald Sibon. Brazil against Cameroon will try to avenged their loss to this African team in the 2000 Sydney games. Cameroon knocked them out in the quarter-finals and went on to win the gold medal. In the other two matches Italy meets Belgium and Ivory Coast is facing Nigeria. Italy is a favorite in this match especially after Belgium’s biggest star Vincent Kompany left the Olympics for his Bundesliga team Hamburk SV.

Struggling Chelsea striker Claudio Pizarro was on loan to Werder Bremen, where he played in from 1999 to 2001. He than moved to Bayern Munich and in 2007 signed with Chelsea. But the 29-year-old Peruvian didn’t live-up to his reputation and became mostly a substitute during the last season. He appeared in 21 matches, scoring only two goals.

Major League Soccer expansion team the Seattle Sounders made their first big signing by getting Kasey Keller from Fulham. Keller was born in Washington state and started his soccer career with the Portland Timbers back in 1989. He played in England, Spain and Germany. Keller said: ‘When I started my career in Europe, I always said that I wanted to finish playing back at home in the US.” He represented the US in four World Cups, appearing 102 times for the national team.

After a US men’s team disappointing knock-out by Nigeria, the US Women’s team lived-up their potential and reached the semi-finals by beating Canada 2-1. The winning goal came in the 11th minute from Natasha Kai into the extra time.  The match was suspended for almost two hours because of lightning. The US team will now meet the underdog Japan who beat host country China. In the other semi-final match, tournament favorite Brazil will face Germany.

Men’s soccer Olympic tournament finished on Wednesday with it’s group qualifying matches.

Cameroon, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Nigeria, Netherlands, Belgium and Ivory Coast all qualified to the quarter-finals.

US team came close to qualifying, needing only a tie, but with only ten men they were no match for the Nigerian team.

Brazil and Argentina won their groups without losing a point and remain the tournament favorites.

August 13 results

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The US Men’s soccer team will need to draw or beat the very good Nigerian team to advance from their Group B. The US will have to do it without suspended Michael Bradley and  Freddy Adu. In the other Group B match the Netherlands will fight Japan for their chance to advance to the quarter-finals. The Dutch have to win to qualify, a rather surprising situation for them considering their strong squad.

The Community Shield match ended 0-0 in regular time, followed by a penalties shoot-out which went the Manchester United way. Portsmouth was  struggling and despite the striking duo of Defoe and Crouch they showed a disappointing performance. Coach Ferguson sent out a strong squad led by Gary Neville who finally saw some action after a lengthy recovery from an injury. Man Utd clearly missed their striker Ronaldo and Ferguson may have to come up with a solution to the team’s weakened strike force.

Brazil led by Ronaldhino showed no mercy and destroyed New Zealand by a score of 5-0. It took Brazil only four minutes to open the score from a header by Anderson.  Pato put in another one after the half-hour mark. Ronaldhino himself contributed two goals and Rafael Sobis added the fifth goal deep into extra time. Brazil leads Group C with six points from two matches without conceding a goal.

LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit and  president/general manager Alexi Lalas are out of a job as of Monday. According to Galaxy’s boss Tim Leiweke, the recent string of a seven-match win-less streak demanded action. Former Galaxy player Cobi Jones was named interim coach while the team looks for a new man to fill the post. LA Galaxy remains fourth in the Western Conference with 23 points.

Due to war conflict in Georgia UEFA decided to move the UEFA Cup match  between WIT Tbilisi and Austria Vienna to Rize in Turkey. War conflict between Russia and Georgia could also interfere with World Cup 2010 qualifier between Georgia and Republic of Ireland in September. Irish Soccer Federation asked FIFA to move the match away from the capital Tbilisi.

French Ligue 1 opened a new season over the weekend and Olympique Lyon looks like a title contender once again. Sunday’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Toulouse set them on track for a possible eight league title. Jean Makoun opened the scoring in the 12th minute from a free kick by Brazilian Juninho. Striker Karim Benzema added two goals in the second half.

Complete standings in Men’s Olympic soccer tournament after matches played on Sunday August 10.

The Men’s Olympic soccer tournament starts on August 7, a day before Olympic games official opening. Sixteen teams from all continents will be competing for Olympic gold. Defending 2004 champion Argentina is once again  the favorite to win the gold .

For the tournament, each country will nominate 18 players, four other players have been included as possible replacements. 15 players must be born on or after 1 January 1985, plus 3 can be over-age players. The official lists of teams squads were revealed on Thursday and with names like Messi, Pato, Babel, Adu, Riquelme and Ronaldhino there will be plenty of quality matches

Five cities will host the tournament with the final on August 23 in Beijing. The NBC Olympic Soccer Channel, CNBC, Telemundo and MSNBC will show complete coverage of all 58 Men’s and Women’s matches from China.

Make sure to keep visiting Socceroverload.com for updated results from Men’s and Women’s Olympic soccer tournament.

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Bayern Munich started their Asian tour with a 4-2 win over Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds. Miroslav Klose opened the scoring on a cross from midfielder Zé Roberto. But it was Lukas Podolski who stole the show by scoring a hat-trick. Several big stars are out injured and this was Podolski’s chance to shine and he did.

The Superliga which is a competition between the US and Mexican clubs reached an all time low on Wednesday night. The match between New England Revolution and Atlante saw 40 fouls, 11 yellow cards, 6 red cards, 4 of them after regulation time. Things got really nasty after the final whistle when  players from both teams attacked each other. The stadium security had to be called in to brake up the fights and separate both teams.

According to Spanish sports daily newspaper AS, Cristiano Ronaldo has not given up on his desire to move to Real Madrid. The player’s agent Victor Mendes had a message from Ronaldo to Real, “Keep calm, I’ll sort things out next week. I will go to Manchester and tell them I only want to play at Real Madrid and that the decision is non-negotiable.” At the same time Manchester United insists that there is no chance they will sell Ronaldo, not even for the reported $134 million dollars. The 23 year old Ronaldo signed a new contract in 2007 which keeps him in Man Utd till 2012. The saga goes on.

Russian Premier League club Samara beat Saturn 4-0 in a match where former Czech international Jan Koller set-up two goals. Koller came to Samara from Bundesliga club Nuremberg this June in a deal worth $1.57 million dollars. There he joined former Celtic Glasgow player Jiri Jarosik, also a Czech international. The 35 year old Koller who started his soccer career as a goalkeeper had his best years with Borussia Dortmund where he played in 137 matches scoring 59 goals.

Teams participating in Men’s Olympic Soccer tournament revealed today the official list of their squads. Thanks to FIFA’s order telling the clubs to let theirs players go to Olympics, we will see some of the best in the game. Pato, Ronaldhino, Riquelme, Babel, McBride, Kalou and Rossi are a few of the big stars.  Argentina is the 2002 defending champion beating Paraguay 1-0 and Carlos Tevez winning the Golden shoe by scoring 8 goals. The tournament will open in Shanghai on August 7 with Australia vs Serbia.

Tottenham paid close to $38 million dollars for Blackburn’s midfielder David Bentley. The 23 year old who started his career with Arsenal signed with Tottenham for six years. Bentley, who was called  the “new David Beckham” by England’s former manager Steve McClaren, said It means the world for him to join Tottenham. He is known for his impressive technique and crossing ability.

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Getafe annouced the signing of Real Madrid striker Soldano. He was on loan at Osasuna and he was hoping to stay there on a permanent basis, but Getafe offered close to 10 million dollars and Real said yes. The 22-year-old Spanish international forward will be officially introduced as a Getafe player today.

Real Salt Lake extended its unbeaten streak at home by beating Toronto FC 2-1 on a late goal from Robbie Finley. Real opened the scoring at the 63^rd minute with a header by Jamison Olave. Toronto answered back in the 84^th minute when Amado Guevara’s free kick made it 1-1. This win gave Real a four point lead over second Dynamo Houston in the MLS Western Conference.

UEFA released some interesting statistics on EURO 2008. UEFA said turnover during three-week tournament in Austria and Switzerland was 2.04 billion dollars with net profit of 394 million dollars. The cost of organizing the tournament was 934 million dollars.  The 31 matches were watched by at least 155 million people all over the world. EURO 2008 also employed 10,000 security personnel.

Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs blames the player’s greedy agents for some of the recent transfer sagas. He is obviously referring to his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo whose transfer to Real Madrid will net millions for his agent Jorge Mendes. Giggs said: “Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand.”

Chelsea won their third straight match on their Asian tour by beating Malaysian XI 2-0 on Tuesday. They have an impressive 13-0 score from those three matches as they are heading for for the Railways Cup in Moscow. “It was a good tour though for me to see how players are on the field and to decide which players I need. 7-0, 4-0, 2-0—it was all training for us,” said coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Deportivo La Coruna’s Fabricio Coloccini is prepared to quit the club if they block his move to Newcastle United. According to the player’s agent Marcelo Lombilla after Newcastle met the club’s original asking price of $19 million dollars, Deportivo upped the price to $22 million. Coloccini has threatened to use FIFA’s article 17 which would allow him to buy out his contract.

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Brazil beat Singapore 3-0 in preparation for the Olympic Games.  Ronaldhino played the entire 90 minutes putting to rest questions about his physical readiness for the game. He set up the first goal and scored one of his own seven minutes later. Looks like AC Milan’s decision to sign him will pay off after all.

Manchester United has scaled down their pursuit of Berbatov mostly because of friction between Alex Ferguson and Tottenham. The team shifted their interest to Therry Henry but no word on that has come from  the player himself or Barcelona’s club. Coach Ferguson believes the Barcelona striker could do a similar job to Berbatov and for less money.

Liverpool confirmed the signing of Robbie Keane today for a four-year contract from Tottenham Hotspur FC for a fee of $38 million dollars. Keane said that this is a dream move for him after turning down the club 14 years ago. He joined Tottenham in 2002, scoring 107 goals in 197 matches.

Brazil defeated Italy by a score of 5-3 and won their third straight Beach Soccer World Cup title Sunday. Italy was already down 5-0 when a five-minute burst from their players Paolo Palmacci, Roberto Pasquali and Diego Maradona Jr. netted three goals.  In a third place thriller, Portugal overcame Spain 5-4.

Troubled Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was released from jail on Monday. He served 74 days of a six-month sentence for assault. Newcastle coach Kevin Keegan said “I told him as long as from now on he did things right and started to rebuild the confidence of people around him, I would stick by him.”

Peruvian winger Nolberto Solano is considered a short-term deal in England while his agent tries to cut a deal with LA Galaxy of MLS. He was released by West Ham at the end of the 2007–08 season scoring 4 goals in 23matches. The 33-year-old Solano, who plays trumpet as a hobby, said he looks forward to going to the MLS and play with top players like David Beckham or Landon Donovan.

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Czech club Sparta Prague is showing interest in signing their former player Jan Koller. The 35 year old Czech International is presently playing for German Nuremberg which was relegated to the second division this season. Koller joined Nuremberg in January from AC Monaco, but scored only two goals and spent the end of the season as a substitute.

The fight for the top spot in Copa Libertadores will continue today with the semifinal match between Mexican America and Liga de Quito from Ecuador. On Wednesday in the other semifinal Boca Juniors will take on Fluminense. America upset Brazilian team Santos and Liga de Quito overcame one of the favorites, San Lorenzo of Argentina to reach the semifinals.

England’s coach Faboi Capello named John Terry the captain for the friendly match with the USA on Wednesday at Wembley. There were some questions about how well Terry has recovered mentally after missing a penalty kick in the Champions League final last week. Capello said this about his decision to make Terry the captain “It is very important to be a leader and John Terry is a leader.”

The three nation Kirin Cup tournament was won by Japan after they played to a scoreless draw with Paraguay on Tuesday. Paraguay also tied with the Ivory Coast 1-1, but Japan beat them by a score of 1-0 and that gave them the overall victory. The teams used the Kirin Cup as preparation for their World Cup qualifiers next month.

“FC Barcelona and Manchester United have reached agreement for the transfer of Gerard Pique to the Catalan club. Gerard 21, will sign a four year contract with Barcelona,” said the message you could read on Barcelona’s Web site Tuesday. Pique joined Manchester United four years ago from Barcelona. He played only 23 matches and with players like Nemanja Vidic or Rio Ferdinand he found increasingly difficult to break into the first team.

EURO 2008 starts on June 7 and as a part of a campaign against racism in soccer, the tickets for the Euro 2008 will carry Unite Against Racism message. FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) and FIFA will promote race diversity in soccer during the tournament through different activities. An opening day reception by FARE will kick start all of these activities with the involvement of former soccer players, the European Commission and UEFA.

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Czech International and Fiorentina’s captain Tomas Ujfalusi is on his way to the Spanish Primera Liga. This would be his third European League after Czech Gambrinus Liga and German Bundesliga. He said that his dream is to play in many different countries and end his career in the American MLS.

Argentine club Fluminense reached the Copa Libertadores semi-finals on Wednesday after beating Sao Paulo 3-1. Fluminense striker Washington scored a pair of goals and Dodo added one. Fluminense is schedule to meet Boca Juniors, who have already won the Cup six times.

FC Dallas coach Steve Morrow was shown the door after a string of poor results recently. The “last drop” was Dallas’ loss to LA Galaxy at home by a score of 5-1. Morrow who is from Northern Ireland and played in Dallas for two years, took the team to the playoffs last year.

Manchester United won their third UEFA Champions League title by beating Chelsea on penalty kicks. The match ended 1-1 in regular time and overtime. Cristiano Ronaldo surprisingly missed his penalty kick, but so did Chelsea’s John Terry and Nicholas Anelka and that gave Manchester the victory.

Manchester City match with makeshift South China team was most likely the last for coach Sven Goran-Eriksson. Manchester lost this one 3-1 and was the team’s fourth loss in a row. Eriksson’s future with the club has been a subject of speculation for a several weeks now.

The 34 year old Ryan Giggs played his 759th match for Manchester United on Wednesday and broke Bobby Charlton’s all time appearance record. During his career with the club Giggs won an impressive 10 Premiership titles, 2 Champions League Cups and 4 FA Cups. He signed with Manchester back in 1987 at tender age of 14.

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AC Milan’s vice president Adriano Galliani has confirmed that Mathieu Flamini signed a four year deal with Milan. His club Arsenal did not want to or couldn’t match his salary demands (reportedly around 144,ooo pounds a week) and Flamini will leave the club at the end of the season.

Tomas Repka was fined 12,500 dollars by his club AC Sparta Prague after receiving a red card for a foul on 1FC Brno’s Ales Besta. The former West Ham player threw a ball at Besta hitting him in the face during Sunday’s Gambrinus Liga match. It is Repka’s second red card this season and he payed a couple of large fines.

Ronaldo spoke for the first time since his episode with three transvestites he brought to his hotel room last week. He said ” We all made mistakes and I made one myself. I had no idea they were transvestites.” Ronaldo tried to keep them silent by giving them some money, but one of them tried to blackmail him and then broke the story to the media.

For the second year in the row Mexican team Pachuca has won the CONCACAF Champions Cup by beating Costa Rica’s Saprissa 2-1. Christian Gimenez and Rey scored for Pachuca while Jairo Arreola scored the lonely goal for Saprissa. Pachuca’s victory secured them a spot in the Club World Cup in Japan.

Paris St. Germain team was banned from next year’s French Cup after their fans displayed a banner calling the people from the north of France pedophiles, unemployed and inbreds. This happened during the Cup’s match with Lens on March 29th. The club promised to find those who are responsible for that and ban them from the stadium.

Another Japanese club is showing interest in signing Juventus’ midfielder Pavel Nedved. Jubilo Iwata’s president Josia Mabuci said that they are talking with Juventus’ management about the transfer. Nedved’s contract in Juventus ends this summer , but the 35-year-old former Czech international has not said what he is going to do.

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This is the second time in a row that Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Professional Footballers Association Player of the Year. The Young Player award went to Arsenal’s Fabregas. Ronaldo is having an exceptional season so far, leading the top scorers competition with 28 goals.

The fight which broke out between Manchester United players and Chelsea’s staff after their match is being investigated by FA. The FA is asking for CCTV footage of the incident. The fight started after Man Utd substit