Man U made the best start, forcing a corner in the first 5 minutes from which Chris Smalling had a chance to bundle the ball over the line but his effort was blocked on the line. The first signs of derby animosity showed after twenty minutes when Edin Dzeko and Anderson clashed over a [...]
The Americans can’t do things the easy way. Needing only a tie to avoid Brazil in the quarterfinals, the USA fell, 2-1, to Sweden on Wednesday, the team’s 4th loss since November and first in group play at the World Cup. “After, what I said to the team is, my glass is half-full,” USA coach [...]
Jose Mourinho spoke of his pride at winning his first trophy with Real Madrid after Cristiano Ronaldo’s extra time header defeated Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final. With penalties looming in a tense and occasionally brutal clash at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium, the Portuguese forward hung in the air and nodded home a brilliant 103rd-minute [...]
Brazil Coach Dunga said the red card assessed to Kaka in Brazil’s 3-1 win over the Ivory Coast was “totally unjustified,” according to an Agence France-Presse report. Kaka received his second yellow card in the final minutes for pushing Abdelkader Keita, who sold the foul by falling to the ground and grabbing his face.
(CNN) — A first half goal from Milan Jovanovic gave Serbia a shock 1-0 win over 10-man Germany at the World Cup on Friday to throw group D wide open. Germany suffered an early blow in Port Elizabeth when leading striker Miroslav Klose was sent off for his second yellow card, shortly before Jovanovic fired [...]