Luca Toni

Soccer: Rossi to start in Athens

Florence, November 18 - Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi is to get his first start for Italy in Wednesday night's friendly against Greece in Athens. Coach Marcello Lippi pointed out that the US-born striker, 21, had played in...

Bundesliga shows English Premier League how to take football fans into the 21st century

Saturday, 1pm and the walkway at Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof, the city's main train station, resembles a small carnival. Reaping the benefits: fans in the German Bundesliga experience some of best football-watching conditions in...

Maradona fever in Scotland while England and Germany clash

Hamburg - The tie between England and Germany at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin may be the most high-profile international friendly on this week but much attention will also be on Diego Maradona's Argentina, who take on Scotland...

Status quo rules on European pitches over the weekend

Reuters Published:Â Monday, November 17, 2008 LONDON -- The status quo remained the same in Europe's top leagues as Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Olympique Lyon and Bayer Leverkusen all won to remain at the top of their...

Sam Wallace: Capello 'vulnerable to being 'merked' by Rio'

Eleven months of perfunctory press conferences then suddenly Fabio Capello shocks us all by opening his heart to the man from Fifa Magazine on everything from managing England to living in London. Ahead of Wednesday's friendly...

Bayern loses ground with Gladbach tie

BEIJING, Nov. 17-- Bayern Munich's revival faltered after a costly 2-2 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday while the top two, Bayer Leverkusen and Hoffenheim, won. Bayern was on course for a sixth successive...

Lippi leaves Del Piero out for Greece friendly

Italy coach Marcello Lippi stayed true to his word and left Alessandro Del Piero off his squad Sunday for next week's friendly at Greece despite the impressive form the Juventus captain has recently shown.

Real Madrid's winning streak ends in loss to Valladolid on Saturday

Fabio Canobbio's second-half goal gave Valladolid a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid to end the Spanish champion's nine-game unbeaten run and put further pressure on its coach, Bernd Schuster. Madrid, which finished with 10 men...

Chelsea, Man U rampant; Arsenal title bid falters

Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League match against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium, in Bolton England Saturday Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Martin Rickett/PA) By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer...

Toni to help his hometown club Modena financially

Bayern Munich forward Luca Toni is reaching into his wallet to help his hometown club. Second-division side Modena, which is just one point ahead of last-place Treviso, announced Saturday that Toni had agreed to help the club...

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