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Zebina apologizes over finger gesture

(GSM) – Jonathan Zebina has apologized for doing a finger gesture to Juventus supporters. However, the Frenchman claims he was driven to act in an inappropriate manner at Craven Cottage. Entering the game with a 3-1 advantage from the first leg,... Read more »

Liverpool get Benfica in Europa League

Three-time winners Liverpool face a tricky Europa League quarter-final against Benfica after Friday’s draw. Rafa Benitez’s team, who last won the UEFA Cup in 2001 after two previous successes in 1973 and 1976, will start as favourites in their... Read more »

Riera plays down Benitez row

(GSM) – Liverpool winger Albert Riera has attempted to play down comments made in the Spanish media in which he heavily criticised his manager Rafael Benitez. Riera has been banned from until Monday after claiming in a radio interview that Liverpool... Read more »

Quick Report: Wolfsburg 2-1 Rubin Kazan

(GSM) – Christian Gentner’s 119th-minute winner sent Wolfsburg into the Europa League quarter-finals as a 2-1 extra-time win sealed a 3-2 aggregate triumph over Russian side Rubin Kazan. Rubin cancelled out Wolfsburg’s away goal and... Read more »

Frustrated Riera blasts Benitez

(GSM) – Liverpool winger Albert Riera has taken a shot at Rafael Benitez by claiming that the Spanish manager has no dialogue with his players. Riera, who has fallen out of favour with Benitez since a promising start at Anfield, says morale at the... Read more »

Liverpool’s Aquilani desperate for Europa action

Alberto Aquilani intends to make up for lost time by playing a crucial role as Liverpool look to salvage their season, but may have to sit out Thursday’s crucial Europa League clash with Lille after picking up a virus. Having scored his long-awaited... Read more »

Benitez: Focus on Lille not on United

(GSM) – Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has urged his playes to take it one game at a time as they prepare for a crucial week with matches against Lille and Manchester United ahead. Liverpool enhanced their top four hopes with a 4-1 victory over Portsmouth... Read more »

Benitez stays positive despite defeat at Lille

Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez praised his side’s attitude despite seeing them fall to a 1-0 defeat at French side Lille in the away leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday. The five-time European champions have fallen off the pace in... Read more »

Bremen in driver’s seat against Valencia

(GSM) – A penalty by Torsten Frings gave Werder Bremen the edge in the Europa League on Thursday as the Germans earned a 1-1 draw in the Round of 16 first-leg match away to Valencia. Werder Bremen went ahead with a crucial away goal on 24 minutes... Read more »

Benitez backs Gerrard as skipper escapes FA action

Rafael Benitez defended his Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard on Wednesday after it was confirmed the midfielder would escape official censure for an alleged V-sign at a referee. Television pictures appeared to show England international Gerrard gesturing... Read more »

Mascherano targets European glory

(GSM) – Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano believes a good run in the Europa League will help their chances of finishing in the top four of the Premier League. The Reds take on Unirea Urziceni in Romania on Thursday defending a 1-0 lead from... Read more »

Benitez in no hurry to play Torres

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez intends taking a cautious approach with Fernando Torres as the star striker works his way back to full fitness. And that means Benitez is wary of fielding his fellow Spaniard in Thursday’s Europa League last 32 second... Read more »

Zaccheroni: Juve still needs to improve

(GSM) – Juventus boss Alberto Zaccheroni is not completely satisfied with his team yet. The interim manager believes his side still needs to improve after three consecutive wins in all competitions. The Bianconeri face Ajax in the Europa League... Read more »

Insua grateful for Reds run

Emiliano Insua feels this season has seen him solidify his place as a regular in the Liverpool side despite a campaign of disappointments at Anfield. The 21-year-old Argentinian left back has been a regular in Rafael Benitez’s teams this season,... Read more »

Benitez scorns Champions League playoff plan

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has ridiculed the prospect of a play-off to decide which English Premier League side gets the fourth Champions League place. The Premier League is considering alternatives to the current system of the top four automatically... Read more »

Zebina: ‘Winning the Europa League won’t be that bad’

(GSM) – On Sunday, Juventus beat Genoa (3-2). It was the first win in the Serie A for more than a month and it has provided the Bianconeri with a lot of self confidence. French defender Jonathan Zebina thinks Juventus can go on to win the Europa... Read more »

Roma fans probed for hooliganism in Bulgaria

Five Italian AS Roma fans are being probed for hooliganism, following a Europa League match between their team and local side CSKA Sofia earlier this week, Sofia prosecutors said Friday. The five “are being probed for hooliganism and risk sentences... Read more »

Golden Boy Bolat: “I was lucky”

(GSM) – Normally, goalkeepers win matches for their clubs with important saves, but the day after Hans Jorg Butt’s penalty goal for Bayern Munich Sinan Bolat hit the spotlights in a similar way. The Standard Liege stopper decided to go up... Read more »

Europa League about to get very interesting

The Europa League is UEFA’s second European competition that’s for sure. The Champions League has always been the money spinning European competition with the old UEFA Cup as the poor relation. Change The change from UEFA Cup to Europa League... Read more »

Gerrard aims Europa League win after elimination

(GSM) – For years successive, Liverpool managed to claim a spot in the knockout stages of the Champions League but this year they failed to reach the next round. Steven Gerrard was disappointed about the elimination but already has a new challenge:... Read more »

No H1N1 vaccines, or re-scheduled matches: Platini

European football chief Michel Platini said Thursday he would not take measures that would force players involved in European competition to be vaccinated against swine flu, or the H1N1 virus. And the former France and Juventus midfield legend added that... Read more »

Hamburg´s Boateng in fitness race for Celtic

Hamburg’s Germany defender Jerome Boateng faces a race against time to be fit for Thursday’s Europa League game against Glasgow Celtic, it was revealed Tuesday. The 21-year-old, who was sent off in Moscow last month on his full German debut... Read more »

Cross city rivals hoping to reverse fortunes

Cross city rivals AS Roma and SS Lazio are hoping to overturn their dismal starts in the Europa League on Thursday as the under-achieving Italian capital chases a rare European title. Winner of the defunct Fairs Cup back in 1961, Roma tumbled 2-0 at FC... Read more »

Attacked French fan dies in Belgrade

A 28-year-old French football fan who was brutally attacked in Belgrade by Serbian hooligans earlier this month died Tuesday in a hospital. Brice Taton died of brain and other injuries he suffered during 17th of September attack by hooligans ahead of... Read more »

UEFA probes 40 match-fixing cases

European football’s governing body UEFA are investigating some 40 cases of suspected match-fixing involving games in the Champions League and UEFA Cup. Peter Limacher, UEFA’s head of disciplinary services, told a conference here that most... Read more »

Do we still need the League Cup?

The Carling Cup sees the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool enter the competition this week. The big clubs don’t generally take a big interest in English football’s third trophy behind the Premier League and... Read more »

Shocks, novelty and a goal for Platini as Europa League takes off

The group stage of the inaugural Europa League got under way on Thursday, with pre-tournament favourites Roma and Hamburg both succumbing to surprise defeats in their opening matches. Roma, with Claudio Ranieri at the helm for his first European assignment... Read more »

Some big hitters taking part in the Europa League

UEFA’s second European competition renamed the Europa League has kicked off tonight with some big names involved in the inaugural season of the competition. UEFA have re-branded the competition in an attempt to bring it closer to its more lucrative... Read more »

UEFA trials 5 officials as Europa League takes off

The group stage of the Europa League kicks off on Thursday, with the trialling of five on-pitch match officials providing the biggest talking point prior to the start of the tournament. In the biggest change to the game since the introduction of the back-pass... Read more »

Whats happend to Dutch giants in Europe?

Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar kick of their first ever campaign in the Champions League tonight against Greek side Olympiakos. They will also face Belgian champions Standard Liege and Premier League Arsenal in what will prove a tough entrey in to the Europe’s... Read more »