Zenit St. Petersburg confirmed their role as a favorite on Wednesday by winning the UEFA Cup. They beat the Rangers 2-0 in a match which they were dominating most of the ninety minutes. Zenit’s Denisov scored in the 72nd minute and fellow midfielder Zyrianov put one in at injury time. Zenit is the second Russian team to win the UEFA Cup in the last three years.
Czech international Milan Baros wants to finish his time with Portsmouth on a high note and win the FA Cup. He is on loan from Lyon till the end of this season. Portsmouth is facing the Championship team Cardiff and Baros and hopes to be a factor in Saturday’s finals and finally score a goal.
UEFA and the European Union launched an information campaign to help fans with variety of problems they may encounter during the UERO 2008. Fans can either go online: http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/ or use a free phone helpline in the EU (00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11) starting June 1st, which is available in all EU languages.
Celtic Glasgow’s former player and coach Tommy Burns died Thursday after a fight with skin cancer. He played for Celtic between 1975-89 and was the coach there for three years. He took leave from his coaching position early this year to fight the disease. He was 51 years old.
Bayern Munich goalie Oliver Kahn is retiring from soccer and will play his last game on Saturday against Hertha Berlin. It will be his 557th Bundesliga game, a record for goalkeeper. Kahn also played 86 caps and was voted the world best goalkeeper of the year three times.
Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand extended his contract with the club till 2013. Ferdinand joined Manchester in 2002 from Leeds for a record breaking fee of 33 million British pounds. He said “It is a great honor to be part of this trophy winning team and to share in the success, which I am sure will continue for many season to come.”
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