May 25, 2013

Soccer Recap: Budesliga and La Liga

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Adam Bodzek, left, and Stefan Reisinger of Fortuna Duesseldorf celebrate after their Bundesliga match with Hamburger SV at Esprit-Arena on November 23, 2012 in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Christof Koepsel/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf claimed its first win at home in the Bundesliga this season with a scrappy 2-0 victory over Hamburger [...]

Euro 2012 Recap: Portugal holds back Netherlands / Germany disposes of Denmark to win Group B

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Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA EURO 2012 group B match between Portugal and Netherlands at Metalist Stadium on June 17, 2012 in Kharkov, Ukraine. (June 16, 2012 – Source: Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe) KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s smile and swagger were back, and so was [...]

Soccer Recap II: EPL, Ligue Un and Serie A

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Tottenham’s Emmanuel Adebayor, centre, is shown heading in a second goal against Swansea City at White Hart Lane Stadium in London on Sunday. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Tottenham moved level on points with third-place Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, beating Swansea 3-1 to end a five-match winless run and [...]

Soccer: Donovan leads Everton to FA Cup win

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Landon Donovan, right, vies for the ball against Fulham’s Clint Dempsey during Friday’s FA Cup match at Goodison Park in Liverpool. (Tim Hales/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — On-loan forward Landon Donovan led Everton to its first ever FA Cup win over Fulham and a place in the fifth round on Friday, setting up [...]

Soccer Sunday Recap: EPL, Serie A, and La Liga

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Tottenham Hotspur’s defender Gareth Bale celebrates scoring the third goal against Queen Park Rangers at White Hart Lane in London, England. (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images) Bale scores twice as Tottenham beats QPR: EPL (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Gareth Bale scored twice Sunday to lead Tottenham to a 3-1 win over Queens Park Rangers that kept [...]

Van Persie scores twice in Arsenal’s win: EPL

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Robin van Persie of Arsenal celebrates his second goal during the match against Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium in London, England. (Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Robin van Persie fired Arsenal into the top half of the Premier League table with a classy double in a 2-1 victory over Sunderland while Newcastle [...]

Soccer: EPL and Series A Recap

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Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, centre, scores his team’s second goal against Bolton on Sunday. (Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Arsenal crashed to its fourth loss of the Premier League season at Tottenham while Frank Lampard’s hat trick helped Chelsea rout Bolton on Sunday. Rafael van der Vaart and Kyle Walker secured Tottenham’s [...]

Soccer Roundup – Transfer Window Closes With A Fury Of Moves

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(PhatzRadio – Editor PDL) In the final week of August, the number of last minute transfers, trades and signings were fast and furious. Here is a sampling of the player movements as reported by UEFA. Emiliano Insua left Liverpool to sign a 5 year deal with Sporting (Portugal). Manchester City acquired Samir Nasri and then [...]