Werder Bremen chairman Jurgen L Born insists Brazilian midfielder Diego will only leave the Bundesliga club over his “dead body” after reports both Real Madrid and Chelsea are interested in signing the play-maker.
Brazilian midfielder Tinga helped book Borussia Dortmund’s place in next month’s German Cup final as both goal-scorer and provider in the 3-0 semi-final win over ten-man Carl Zeiss Jena on Tuesday.
Aberdeen crushed Celtic’s dreams of a league and cup double with a surprise 1-0 victory in their Scottish Cup quarter-final in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Despite the Parkhead side dominating the replay, Darren Mackie scored the only goal of the game in the 69th minute to set up a semi-final clash with first division Queen of the South.
Real Madrid’s iconic former striker Alfredo di Stefano leads an online poll to pick the 100 best players in Real Madrid’s history, the Spanish club said Monday.
Di Stefano, who played for the club from 1953-63 after beginning his career with Argentinian outfit River Plate, has gathered 11,553 votes, just 66 more than France’s Zinedine Zidane who retired from football in 2006 after five seasons with Real.
Lyon, set fair for a seventh straight French league title, will try to bolster their hopes of the double while Paris Saint Germain, battling the drop, will seek solace in the Cup in midweek round of 16 matches.
Rangers destroyed Dundee United’s trophy dreams by twice coming from behind before winning the Scottish League Cup 3-2 on penalties at Hampden on Sunday.
Spotkicks were required after the sides were locked together at 2-2 after extra time.
The writing is on the wall for Werder Bremen’s title aspirations as they lost 1-0 to a single goal from VfL Wolfsburg’s Brazilian striker Grafite to drop down the table.
An own goal by defender Pepe consigned Real Madrid to a 1-0 defeat at Deportivo La Coruna to extend the Spanish champion’s wretched record at the Riazor Stadium.
Real turned up on the north west coast seeking to end a winless run there stretching back to the 1991/92 season.
Sir Alex Ferguson has issued a fresh call for greater protection for Cristiano Ronaldo after his star player defied another physical buffeting to push Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League.
Samara beat Terek Grozny 3-0 in the season-opening match of the Russian league on the synthetic pitch of Grozny’s stadium on Friday.
The vistors’ goals came from their striker Yevgeny Savin, full back Timofei Kalachev and skipper Andrei Tikhonov.
