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FC Twente extended their winning streak in the Dutch Eredivisie to nine games with Saturday's 1-0 victory over Vitesse. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/nine-in-a-row-for-fc-twente2009-11-22 03:18:53 Club Brugge suffered their second consecutive defeat in the Belgian Pro League, 1-2 against Germinal Beerschot, allowing RSC Anderlecht to extend their lead after a 3-1 win over Roeselare. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/anderlecht-extend-lead-as-club-brugge-lose2009-11-22 03:17:09 Defending Turkish champions Besiktas remain near the top of the Super Lig following Saturday's 3-0 victory over local rivals Fenerbahce. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/besiktas-beat-fenerbahce-in-turkish-classic2009-11-22 03:14:34 Olympiakos Piraeus risk losing terrain on Greek leaders Panathinaikos after a 2-2 draw at PAS Giannina on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/olympiakos-held-by-pas-giannina2009-11-22 03:12:10 Chelsea tightened their grip at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 thrashing of beleaguered Wolves on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/chelsea-have-look-of-champions-as-wolves-crushed2009-11-22 03:00:06 Liverpool´s stuttering season continued as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Manchester City that did little for either club´s hopes of finishing the season in the top four. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/liverpool-and-city-inflict-mutual-damage2009-11-22 03:00:03 Arsenal failed to score for the first time this season as Darren Bent maintained his impressive record against the top teams in the Premier League to earn Sunderland a 1-0 victory. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/22/gunners-crash-at-sunderland2009-11-22 02:55:04 Lyon, held to a 1-1 draw at Grenoble, failed to exploit an unexpected defeat inflicted on league leaders Bordeaux by Valenciennes in French first division action on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/bordeaux-stay-top-despite-valenciennes-loss2009-11-21 21:45:09 An outstanding goal from Darren Fletcher set Manchester United on their way to a 3-0 victory over Everton on Saturday that kept them within five points of league leaders Chelsea. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/united-back-to-winning-ways2009-11-21 21:00:00 Inter Milan got back to winning ways in Serie A on Saturday with a convincing 3-1 win over Bologna at the Dall´Ara stadium extending their lead at the top to eight points ahead of Sunday´s games. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/inter-stroll-to-win-go-eight-clear-in-serie-a2009-11-21 20:35:09 Real Madrid warmed up for next Sunday´s ´El Clasico´ with a 1-0 home win over Racing Santander on Saturday to move top of the table, two points clear of champions and arch rivals Barcelona. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/real-go-top-to-put-pressure-on-barca2009-11-21 20:25:09 Emile Heskey´s 86th-minute equaliser denied Burnley another home win and lifted Aston Villa back into the Premier League´s top four with a 1-1 draw here Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/villa-make-their-point-to-reach-top-four2009-11-21 19:15:00 Arsenal failed to score for the first time this season as Darren Bent maintained his impressive record against the top teams in the Premier League to earn Sunderland a 1-0 victory. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/gunners-crash-at-sunderland2009-11-21 18:55:08 After six goals, one red card and 90 minutes of non-stop action, Hull and West Ham were left exactly where they started following a 3-3 draw at the KC Stadium. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/honours-even-in-relegation-battle2009-11-21 18:45:08 Birmingham climbed away from the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday as Lee Bowyer´s goal clinched a 1-0 win over Fulham at St Andrews. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/bowyer-lifts-birmingham-away-from-relegation-zone2009-11-21 18:40:08 Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida netted twice as Werder Bremen went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday thanks to their 6-0 hammering of Freiburg. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/table-topping-bremen-hit-freiburg-for-six2009-11-21 18:40:00 A rampant first-half display by Rangers saw the Ibrox side return to the top of the Scottish Premier League with a 3-0 win over Kilmarnock. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/rangers-on-the-rampage-against-kilmarnock2009-11-21 18:35:08 Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is due to have an operation on his heart that will force him to miss the Premier League club´s next three matches. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/blackburn-boss-allardyce-to-have-heart-op2009-11-21 18:30:13 Former France striker David Trezeguet faces a month on the sidelines after pulling his calf in training, Juventus said on their website. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/trezeguet-out-for-a-month-with-calf-strain2009-11-21 18:30:08 Chelsea tightened their grip at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 thrashing of beleaguered Wolves on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/chelsea-have-look-of-champions-as-wolves-crushed2009-11-21 18:25:00 Liverpool´s stuttering season continued as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Manchester City that did little for either club´s hopes of finishing the season in the top four. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/liverpool-and-city-inflict-mutual-damage2009-11-21 16:10:00 Theo Zwanziger, president of the German Football Federation (DFB), on Saturday vowed to punish anyone in Germany involved with the betting scandal which has rocked European football. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/dfb-boss-vows-to-punish-betting-fraudsters2009-11-21 15:25:07 Rubin Kazan have won the Russian championship for the second time in a row. A goalless draw with Zenit St Petersburg was enough for the defending champions to retain their crown. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/rubin-kazan-win-russian-championship2009-11-21 14:57:59 Ireland has failed in its bid to have their World Cup play-off against France replayed, the Football Association of Ireland recognised in a statement issued on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/ireland-admits-defeat-in-world-cup-replay-bid2009-11-21 14:55:00 Manchester City boss Mark Hughes reportedly has not lost hopes of signing Liverpool superstar Fernando Torres and believes a strong show form the Citizens at Anfield today can tempt the Spaniard to join the City revolution. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/hughes-to-entice-torres-to-join-city-revolution2009-11-21 13:44:00 Schalke 04 have signed a five-year extension to their sponsorship deal with Russian firm Gazprom worth 100 million euros which looks to have eased the German club´s cash problems, it was reported Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/schalkes-relief-at-sponsorship-extension2009-11-21 12:25:00 Paul Scholes has urged Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to shelve any thoughts of retirement and continue in the job for as long as he can. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/scholes-urges-fergie-to-carry-on-and-on2009-11-21 10:40:00 Arsene Wenger has shrugged off claims that the loss of Robin van Persie will fundamentally undermine Arsenal chances of closing the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/wenger-puts-brave-face-on-van-persie-loss2009-11-21 10:30:00 Walter Smith will ignore speculation surrounding his future as he concentrates on leading his team to victory against Kilmarnock on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/smith-shrugs-off-scotland-speculation2009-11-21 05:55:05 Inter Milan and Juventus, the top two teams in Serie A, are desperately trying to avoid talking up their looming table-topping clash. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/inter-juve-try-to-forget-looming-title-showdown2009-11-21 05:55:00 Fresh from winning his 100th Spain cap, goalkeeper Iker Casillas returns to club duty with Real Madrid insisting they mustn´t start thinking about the ´Clasico´ against Barcelona in 10 days´ time. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/centurion-casillas-tells-real-to-forget-barca2009-11-21 05:50:10 Hanover 96 return to German league action on Saturday having bid farewell to Robert Enke who committed suicide last week, but with memories of their tragic goalkeeper still fresh in their minds. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/hanover-ready-for-schalke-after-enke-tragedy2009-11-21 05:50:09 Liverpool´s ability to resurrect a campaign that is in danger of collapsing around them goes under the microscope when Manchester City visit Anfield on Saturday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/desperate-liverpool-face-city-crunch2009-11-21 05:50:05 European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent´s worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/europe-stunned-by-football-match-rigging-bombshell2009-11-21 02:20:06 In what one UEFA official called European football´s worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted 10 million euros rigging 200 games in nine countries. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/europe-match-fixing-probe-targets-200-games2009-11-21 02:20:03 England midfielder David Beckham has a bone bruise in his right ankle, but he still expects to play for his US club Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer championship match Sunday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/21/injured-beckham-vows-to-play-mls-cup-final2009-11-21 00:20:03 A first-half goal from Gabriel Heinze vaulted Marseille back into the French title race on Friday, securing a 1-0 win at the Stade Velodrome over Paris St Germain. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/marseille-edge-psg2009-11-20 23:25:09 A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) reiterated on Friday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/french-football-federation-say-non-to-ireland-replay2009-11-20 21:20:08 Former French international Eric Cantona launched a stinging attack on national coach Raymond Domenech on Friday following France´s controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/cantona-slams-domenech-and-henry2009-11-20 20:30:12 Irish football chiefs renewed Friday an appeal for FIFA to order a handball-marred World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, after Thierry Henry said a re-match would be the "fairest solution." http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/ireland-renews-appeal-to-fifa-for-france-replay2009-11-20 20:30:08 World football´s governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) until further notice "because of government interference". http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/fifa-ban-iraq-from-international-football2009-11-20 20:10:08 Thierry Henry, in the eye of a storm surrounding his handball in Wednesday´s World Cup play-off against Ireland, received welcome support Friday from his club manager at Barcelona. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/guardiola-backs-henry-in-cheating-row2009-11-20 19:40:09 Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/uefa-overturn-dinamo-zagreb-points-penalty2009-11-20 19:10:08 Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists his friend Thierry Henry shouldn´t be blamed for the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the Republic of Ireland´s expense. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/federer-supports-henry-over-handball-storm2009-11-20 19:00:08 Roy Keane has denounced FAI’s request for a rematch and believes Ireland have only themselves to blame for their failure to qualify for the World Cup finals. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/roy-keane-slams-fai2009-11-20 18:32:42 Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal admitted on Friday that his job will be in danger if his side fail to improve, starting with their match at home to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/bayerns-van-gaal-accepts-need-for-improvement2009-11-20 17:50:07 Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic brimmed with confidence here Friday despite having to face fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the African Nations Cup ´Group of Death´. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/icoast-coach-confident-in-group-of-death2009-11-20 17:40:07 France captain Thierry Henry said on Friday that "the fairest solution" to the row surrounding his handball in the World Cup playoff against Ireland would be to replay the match. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/thierry-henry-says-replay-fairest-solution2009-11-20 14:55:07 Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games this season are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/new-match-fixing-scandal---200-matches-implicated2009-11-20 14:30:00 Walter Smith, the Rangers boss who had been regarded as one of the favourites to become Scotland´s next manager, on Friday ruled himself out of a return to the helm of the national squad. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/20/smith-rules-out-second-stint-with-scotland2009-11-20 13:45:07