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Stuart Pearce, Manager of England U21, looks on after their 4-0 defeat to Germany during the UEFA U21 European Championships Final match between England and Germany

Pearce’s England kids torn apart by Germans

England Under-21 winger James Milner admitted last night's performance was ‘not good enough’ as his team crashed 4-0 to Germany in the final of the European Championships in Malmo.
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Inside International

Sepp Blatter happy with South Africa's World Cup progress

Monday, 29 June 2009

FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes that South Africa is 75% ready to host next year's World Cup finals.
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Cahill bitter over Australia bust-up

Monday, 29 June 2009

Tim Cahill has blamed “bitter” player agents for a recent row within the Australia national team.
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England's U21 soccer coach Stuart Pearce

Past means nothing to Pearce

Monday, 29 June 2009

Stuart Pearce has told his England Under-21s that heroic failure counts for nothing — and they must create a new chapter of history when they face Germany in the European Championship final in Malmo tonight (7.45).
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Brazil turn on style to win Confederations Cup

Monday, 29 June 2009

A late header from Lucio added to Luis Fabiano's brace helped Brazil fight back from two goals down to win the Confederations Cup final against United States in Johannesburg.
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Raymond Kennedy

Kennedy in promise to protect Northern Ireland fans in Poland

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Raymond Kennedy has vowed the Irish Football Association will do all within its power to protect Northern Ireland fans from being attacked at the World Cup qualifier in Poland on September 5.
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Angry Theo Walcott ready to prove a point

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Theo Walcott admits he is angry about getting dropped after making himself available for Stuart Pearce - but he now wants to take it out on European Under-21 Championship hosts Sweden.
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United States upset Spain with 2-0 win

Thursday, 25 June 2009

The United States will contest the Confederations Cup final after causing a huge upset in Bloemfontein last night by inflicting a first defeat on Spain since 2006.
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Ferguson in £50m Manchester United bid to beat Chelsea to Sergio Aguero

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Manchester United are set to get one over arch-rivals Chelsea by making a £50 million swoop for Argentina striker Sergio Aguero.
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Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington will wait to discuss contract

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Nigel Worthington is not interested in discussing a new contract as Northern Ireland boss until his country's World Cup fate is settled.
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Fabio Capello would like Bobby Charlton in his England squad

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Fabio Capello has named Sir Bobby Charlton as the one past player he would love to have in his current England squad.
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Rodwell is on ‘top’ form

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Stuart Pearce's decision to make 10 changes paid off as Jack Rodwell's equaliser against Germany in Halmstad ensured England Under-21s finished top of Group B in their European Championships.
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Nigel Worthington

‘Honoured’ Nigel is focused on Poland

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Nigel Worthington plans to remain fully focused on Northern Ireland’s World Cup qualifying mission despite the Irish FA’s offer a fresh two-year deal.
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Classy Brazil sparkle in a storm

Friday, 19 June 2009

Brazil whipped up a storm against a hapless US team yesterday, turning on the style that had been absent in their opening Confederations Cup game against Egypt.
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Walcott axed, but England march on

Friday, 19 June 2009

Theo Walcott came off the bench in Gothenburg to help send England into the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championship by defeating Spain.
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Torres slams Spanish cash for foreigners

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Fernando Torres has hit out at Spanish clubs for splashing big money on foreign players, but not doing the same for home-grown stars.
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Torres a Spain in the neck for sorry New Zealand

Monday, 15 June 2009

Spain extended their unbeaten run to 33 matches with an embarrassingly one-sided 5-0 win over New Zealand in their Confederations Cup opener.
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Kaka and co up for World Cup dress rehearsal

Saturday, 13 June 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo may not be here but Kaka, his new Real Madrid team-mate, certainly is and so are a glittering array of other galacticos.
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McLean a Worthy contender

Friday, 12 June 2009

Nigel Worthington has challenged Brian McLean to play his way back into the Northern Ireland reckoning.
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England on track with easy victory over Andorra

Thursday, 11 June 2009

It was that easy for England in their seventh 2010 World Cup qualifying win that takes Fabio Capello into the summer requiring just a draw against Croatia in September to see him safely through to South Africa.
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Scolari off to Uzbekistan

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Former Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has been appointed as the new coach of Bunyodkor, according to the Uzbek outfit.
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