Soccer Sports Betting News
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Boca Juniors inked forward Santiago
Silva from Italian side Fiorentina on Tuesday, but the Uruguayan will not be
eligible to play in the upcoming Clausura season.
Silva, 31, will be eligible for Copa Libertadores matches. Boca opens the Copa
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Former Argentina coach Alfio Basile
has been named new coach of Racing as the Argentine club moved quickly to find
a replacement for departed Diego Simeone.
Simeone recently left and accepted the head coaching job at Atletico Madrid in
Spain and Ba... |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (MySportsbook) - Uruguayan Jorge da Silva has been
named new manager of Banfield, just days after he surprisingly stepped down as
coach of Godoy Cruz.
Da Silva, 50, signed a one-year contract to replace former manager Ricardo La
Volpe, who guided Banfield to las... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (MySportsbook) - Following a 1-0 UEFA EURO 2008
qualifying win over Luxembourg on Wednesday night, Bulgarian National Team
captain Stiliyan Petrov came out to say he will retire from international
football at the ripe age of 27.
The Aston Villa midf... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (MySportsbook) - Just days before the start of the
Bulgarian Division I season, Lokomotiv Sofia learned that it will be without
defender Ivan Paskov for four months due to a knee injury.
The 33-year-old suffered the setback in last week's UEFA Cup qualifying ma... |
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Sofia, Bulgaria (MySportsbook) - Levski Sofia clinched the Bulgarian
Premier League title with a 2-1 win over Botev Plovdiv on Saturday.
With two matches remaining on the schedule, Levski has an eight point lead
over second place CSKA, who lost Saturday, 1-0 to Rodopa Smolyan.
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Copenhagen, Denmark (MySportsbook) - FC Copenhagen claimed its second
consecutive Danish title on Wednesday after defeating Brondby 1-0 to take a
13-point lead at the top of the standings with just four games to play.
After missing an opportunity to clinch the title on home s... |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (MySportsbook) - Defending Danish Superligaen title-
holders FC Copenhagen are on the verge of two league records as the Denmark
season closes in on its conclusion.
First, if the champions win at home versus Aalborg BK on Saturday, the Lions
will defend their ... |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (MySportsbook) - Denmark is in desperate need of two
wins when it plays against Turkey on Saturday and Georgia on Tuesday in World
Cup qualifiers.
Morten Olsen was forced to make one alteration to his original squad when
captain Per Nielsen fractured his c... |
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Alkmaar, Netherlands (MySportsbook) - AZ Alkmaar gave coach Gertjan Verbeek
a two-year contract extension on Thursday, locking him up through the 2014-15
season.
Verbeek, 49, joined the Dutch side before the 2010-11 season and led the club
to a fourth-place finish. AZ is currently two ... |
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Enschede, Netherlands (MySportsbook) - Luuk de Jong's hat trick propelled
Twente to a 4-1 win over Groningen on Sunday, moving the club past third-
place AZ Alkmaar on goal difference.
AZ's surprising 2-0 defeat to Roda on Saturday opened the door for Twente, and
De Jong took fu... |
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Kerkrade, Netherlands (MySportsbook) - AZ Alkmaar failed to regain the top
spot in the Eredivisie on Saturday as the club slumped to a 2-0 defeat at
Roda.
PSV Eindhoven moved two points clear of AZ after a 3-1 victory against Vitesse
on Friday, but with a chance to take back firs... |
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Paris, France (MySportsbook) - Carlo Ancelotti is perfect in four matches in
charge of PSG and the rebuilt French club hosts Evian on Saturday in search of
their sixth in their last seven games overall.
With more than $100 million spent on transfers last summer, and reinforcements
added t... |
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Paris, France (MySportsbook) - PSG continued its spending spree before the
close of the January transfer window as it landed Thiago Motta from Inter
Milan on Tuesday.
Financial details of the move were not disclosed, but the transfer fee has
been reported to be approximately $1... |
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Nice, France (MySportsbook) - Blackpool midfielder Elliot Grandin has
completed a loan move to Nice in his native France.
The 24-year-old asked to return to his homeland earlier this month because of
a family issue, which Blackpool manager Ian Holloway was happy to make happen.
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Nurnberg, Germany (MySportsbook) - Sebastian Kehl and Lucas Barrio scored in
the second half as Borussia Dortmund downed Nurnberg, 2-0, on Friday to return
to top of the Bundesliga.
Defending champion Dortmund broke a three-way tie on points with Bayern Munich
and Schalke as it grabbed so... |
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Leverkusen, Germany (MySportsbook) - Bayer Leverkusen striker Eren Derdiyok
will miss the next three weeks after he cut his foot on a toothbrush holder.
A glass holding Derdiyok's toothbrush fell and shattered on his bathroom
floor, opening a cut on the 23-year-old's foot that requi... |
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Hannover, Germany (MySportsbook) - Hannover defender Emanuel Pogatetz has
been handed a three-match ban by the German Football Federation (DFB) for
punching Nurnberg's Philipp Wollscheid.
The incident occurred in last Friday's 1-0 win for Hannover, and although it
was missed b... |
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