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The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy. And very ugly for France, which lost captain Zinedine Zidane with a red card after his nasty head butt in extra time, and then went down 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.
The country is beset by its biggest match-fixing scandal in two dozen years, and a former teammate is fighting for his life after falling from a window.
Toni to help his hometown club Modena financially"This is a sign of his respect for the city of Modena and Modena FC, and represents his desire to see the team overcome this difficult moment," the statement from the club said.
UEFA Cup round-up: Toni scores four goals; German teams hammer oppsitionLuca Toni scored four goals to lead Bayern Munich to a 6-0 win over Aris Thessaloniki on Wednesday in the UEFA Cup.
This weeken the German 1. Bundesliga had it's last round of games before taking a winter break. 17 rounds have been played and the league is exactly halfway. Here is a quick look at what happened so far.
We were off the pace, admits KahnBayern Munich captain Oliver Kahn admitted Sunday that the midweek internationals had left his side under par for their 1-1 draw with Schalke 04 in Saturday's Bundesliga clash.
This weekend all major European leagues are idle due to qualification games for the 2008 European Championship and international friedlies. I'll take a brief look at the standings and expectations for a couple of the most important leagues.
Player exodus will hurt Serie AOn the pitch it seems Italy have never had it so good. The Azzurri are world champions and at club level AC Milan are still celebrating their side's seventh European Champion Clubs' Cup triumph.
Ribery and Toni aim to put Bayern on topFrench midfielder Franck Ribery and Italian striker Luca Toni insisted on Friday they have joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich to win titles and get them back to the pinnacle of German football.
Bayern Munich sign Toni from FiorentinaBayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign Italy striker Luca Toni from Fiorentina for €11 million, the Bundesliga club announced on Wednesday.The 30-year-old Toni, an important part of Italy's victorious World Cup squad in Germany last year, will join on a contract running unti …
Watch out Champions League. Fiorentina is rocketing up the Serie A charts, and -15 be damned. WIth Luca Toni and Adrian Mutu, Fiorentina may be a real threat to the Man United, AC Milan, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bareclona hegemony.
From June 9 to July 9, billions -- yes, that's billions -- will be watching as 32 nations contend for soccer's grandest prize and the glory that goes with it.
Finish this sentence: Ronaldinho passes it back to ……… . It doesn't matter how big the beautiful game gets around the world, average North American sports fans just don't follow soccer as closely as their football-crazed counterparts in Europe and South America.
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