Udinese will be without their influential captain Antonio Di Natale for their UEFA Cup quarter-final against Werder Bremen this week. The 31-year-old left the pitch an hour into Italy’s 2-0 victory in Montenegro that lifted them two points clear of Ireland in Group 8, and scans have revealed ligament damage in his left knee. According to Italy […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has once again reaffirmed he is ‘at the right club’ amid an increasing belief within Real Madrid that they will sign the Portugal winger in the summer. Neither the Manchester United player nor his manager Sir Alex Ferguson were happy that the issue was raised again ahead of Tuesday night’s Champions League tie […]
Manchester United centre-half Rio Ferdinand and midfielder Anderson are set to miss Tuesday’s quarter-final first-leg tie against Porto. Both picked up injuries while on international duty last week and both sat out training on Monday. But suspended trio Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes all return having missed Sunday’s Premier League victory against Aston […]
Villarreal’s preparations for Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final with Arsenal have suffered a blow with the news that Santi Cazorla will miss the remainder of the season after fracturing the fibula in his right leg during the 3-0 loss to Almería on Saturday. The Spanish international was carried off on a stretcher after 65 minutes […]
Roma have had a largely disappointing season and risk missing out on the Champions League for the next campaign. Injuries have played their part in the Giallorossi’s troubles and the club are aiming to bring in several reinforcements during the summer, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport. Udinese winger Simone Pepe and Inter striker Julio […]
Inter Milan took another important step towards lifting their fourth consecutive Serie A title, and first under boss Jose Mourinho, as they beat Udinese 1-0 while closest rivals Juventus could only draw 3-3 at home to Chievo. Inter were second best for the majority of their trip to Udine, but were handed a undeserved winner […]
Seattle 2 Toronto 0 Freddie Ljungberg scored his first MLS goal, Kasey Keller recorded his third consecutive shutout and the expansion Seattle Sounders remained perfect with a 2-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday. Steve Zakuani also scored for Seattle (3-0-0), which has yet to allow a goal through the first three games of its […]
Former Italy striker Christian Vieri has left Atalanta after storming out of training during the week, the Serie A club said. The 35-year-old, who has hardly featured this term because of injury and lack of form, reacted furiously after being jeered by fans at the training session. His contract was up at the end of the […]
Valencia have secured a 50million euro loan to help ease their financial problems. Valencia, one of Spain’s biggest clubs, have been crippled by huge debts which has led to players not receiving full pay and construction work on their new stadium grinding to a halt. Valencia also admitted for the first time last month that […]