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Fall of the Old Lady
Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina relegated
Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina were relegated to the Italian second division on Friday as punishment for being implicated in the country's match-fixing scandal, but AC Milan were handed a Serie A reprieve.
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Italy transcends to hell
Less than a week after winning the World Cup, Italy's soccer universe has been turned upside-down with top clubs ousted from the elite league for match-fixing.
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Transfer merry-go-round in prospect
The demotion of Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina to Serie B following a ruling by a sports tribunal looking into match-fixing allegations is certain to prompt a transfer merry-go-round across Europe.
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Scolari stays at Portugal
Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has signed a new two-year contract to remain in charge of the national team until July 2008, the country's football federation announced Friday.
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Rainhill - a blessing?
When Bangladesh play the five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe in July-August, there will be a personal challenge for Mohammad Ashraful to show whether his stint at Liverpool's Rainhill bring any
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Massive task for Prince
South Africa's first black Test captain Ashwell Prince know there's a huge task on his shoulders when he leads out the national squad against a victory-hungry Sri Lanka in Colombo later this month.
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BD tumble
Bangladesh U-17 team again became runners-up in the Golden Hope International Challenge Cricket when they lost to Sri Lanka by four wickets in the final in Malaysia on Saturday.
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Serie A giants stunned
Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina reacted with fury on Friday after they were all relegated from Italian football's top-division and banned from Europe for their part in the country's match-fixing scandal.
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RVN asks for Utd exit
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed on Friday that Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has asked to leave Old Trafford.
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Verdict blow-by-blow
Italian football finally got the bad news it had been expecting for weeks as four of the country's top clubs were punished for their parts in the match-fixing scandal that has rocked the country.
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Big Phil turns down Brazil
Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has turned down an offer to coach Brazil for a second time, according to a Brazilian newspaper report on Friday.
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Bell tolls in vain
England batsman Ian Bell admitted he expects to lose his place in the team despite scoring a chanceless hundred in the first Test against Pakistan here at Lord's.
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Fed Cup
Li, Zheng star for China
China took a big step towards joining the elite Fed Cup World Group for the first time on Saturday when Wimbledon heroines Li Na and Zheng Jie established a 2-0 play-off lead over Germany.
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Powell in top form
Asafa Powell's fine form continued at the Golden Gala in Rome as he stormed to victory in the 100m and matched Maurice Greene's meet record time.
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Aussie blow for Germany
Australia may have denied Germany a place in the finals by defeating them 2-1 in the women's Champions Trophy field hockey tournament here Saturday.
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Sohail recalled for Champs Trophy
Pakistan have recalled penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas and centre-half Waseem Ahmed in a 18-member squad for this month's Champions Trophy hockey tournament to be played in Teressa, Spain fromJuly
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Malik, Asif fly back home
Injured Pakistan stars Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Malik have flown home from the tour of England as they each try to regain fitness.
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ICC worry over costly WC
International Cricket Council's Chief Executive Malcolm Speed has expressed concerns about the spiralling costs involved in travelling to see the World Cup in the Caribbean next March.
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Voigt wins 13th stage
Jens Voigt of Germany outsprinted Spaniard Oscar Pereiro Sio after a 209-km breakaway to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.
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Greenidge replaces Carew
Former Test batsman Gordon Greenidge has been appointed as the new convenor of selectors by the West Indies.
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Bacher against quota system
The appointment of coloured cricketer Ashwell Prince as captain of South Africa shows that the time has come for the country to do away with the quota system, says Ali Bacher, a veteran sports administrator.
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Gaudio out of Swiss Open
Defending champion Gaston Gaudio and top seed Ivan Ljubicic both suffered quarterfinal defeats at the Swiss Open on Friday.
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USA sack Arena
United States coach Bruce Arena has been dismissed after a disappointing performance at the World Cup, US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said Friday.
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Cole hits out at Arsenal
England full-back Ashley Cole looks set to have sealed his departure from Arsenal with a scathing attack on the London club in his new book.
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Angry fans protest
Fans of the three top soccer clubs found guilty in Italy's match-fixing scandal took to the streets on Friday after hearing the news that their teams will be playing next season in the second-tier Serie
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Klinsi for USA?
United States coach Bruce Arena was dismissed Friday after a disappointing World Cup performance and former Germany boss Jurgen Klinsmann is among the candidates to take over.
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Elizondo praises 'guardian angel'
World Cup final referee Horacio Elizondo on Friday described his fourth official at the centre of the Zinedine Zidane head-butt affair as his 'guardian angel'.
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Armstrong renews French bashing
Lance Armstrong renewed his verbal attack on the French, bashing their World Cup team during an American awards show and using a derogatory word to describe the players.
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Quotes on Calciopoli verdict
"If the clubs and some men running the clubs made mistakes and if they were found guilty they have to pay, even if we are world champions."
Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Friday.
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Scandal threatens Italy bids
The Serie A match-fixing scandal is set to cost Italy the opportunity of hosting two of the world's biggest sports events.
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Dempsey ban reduced
Clint Dempsey, the New England Revolution midfielder who was the only US player to score a goal in this year's World Cup, had a Major League Soccer ban trimmed from two games to one here on Friday.
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Iraq's Olympic committee head kidnapped
Gunmen in army uniforms on Saturday raided a social club in Baghdad and kidnapped the head and other members of Iraq's Olympic committee, a security source and a witness said.
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Philipp Lahm of Germany scored the first goal in the first game of the 2006 World Cup against Costa Rica at the 6th minute, where they won 4-2.
Mauro Camoranesi
(Italian football star)
"I think that the only side who had more quality than us was Brazil."
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