THE UEFA CUP STILL LIVES IN THE SHADOW OF ITS BIG BROTHER THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BUT THIS SEASON'S COMPETITION HAS THROWN UP INTRIGUING TIES IN THE LAST 16. NO FEWER THAN FIVE TEAMS STILL INVOLVED HAVE BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, WITH...

OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE AND LIVERPOOL WERE TRAINING IN MARSEILLE AHEAD OF THEIR LAST MATCH IN THE GROUP STAGE OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THEY WERE TO MEET AT THE STADE VELODROME. IN A TIGHT GROUP A BOTH SIDES WERE ON SEVEN POINTS FROM...

AC MILAN WAS DETERMINED TO GIVE ALL THEY HAD AS THEY PREPARED FOR THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 SECOND LEG AGAINST ARSENAL AT THE SAN SIRO. THE FIRST LEG IN LONDON TWO WEEKS BEFORE FINISHED 0-0, ONE OF A NUMBER OF FITFUL DRAWS ARSENAL...

CHELSEA'S MANAGER AVRAM GRANT EXPECTED GREEK CHAMPIONS OLYMPIAKOS TO POSE A STERN TEST WHEN THE TWO SIDES MET IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 16 SECOND LEG AT STAMFORD BRIDGE.

WORKERS WERE BUSY AT THE GEORGIOS KARAISKAKIS STADIUM IN ATHENS, SHOVELLING SNOW FROM THE PITCH IN PREPARATION FOR THE GAME BETWEEN OLMPIAKOS PIRAEUS AND CHELSEA IN THE FIRST LEG OF THE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ...

EGYPT CAME UP AGAINST CAMEROON IN THE FINAL OF THE AFRICAN NATIONS CUP. THE EGYPTIANS HAD FAITH THAT THEIR TEAM SPIRIT WOULD GIVE THEM THE EDGE AND THEY TOOK LITTLE HEED OF THEIR PREVIOUS VICTORY OVER CAMEROON IN THE GROUP STAGE....

MIDDLESBROUGH RECENTLY UNVEILED ITS LATEST HIGH PROFILE PLAYER ALFONSO ALVES, BREAKING THE CLUB S TRANSFER RECORD. MIDDLESBROUGH BROKE THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO SIGN THE BRAZILIAN STRIKER FOR AROUND 12 MILLION POUNDS FROM DUTCH CLUB...

MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS ARRIVED IN RIYADH AND SPENT A FEW HOURS TRAINING IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL'S KING FAHD STADIUM, A DAY AHEAD OF A TESTIMONIAL GAME AGAINST AL HILAL. THE GAME WAS TO MARK THE IMMINENT RETIREMENT OF ONE OF SAUDI'S...

ARGENTINA PUT IN ANOTHER TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF THEIR NEXT WORLD CUP QUALIFYING MATCH AGAINST BOLIVIA. THE TEAMS WOULD FACE OFF IN BUENOS AIRES. COACH ALFIO BASILE INTRODUCED TWO UNCAPPED GOALKEEPERS MARIANO ANDUJAR AND AGUSTIN...

LISBON SIDE BENFICA WERE PREPARING FOR THEIR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST TITLE HOLDER AC MILAN. THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS NEEDED JUST A POINT AGAINST BENFICA TO WRAP UP QUALIFICATION FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16, WITH A GAME...

WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALLING LEGENDS THERE IS NONE GREATER THAN PELE. TODAY, DECADES AFTER HE PLAYED HIS LAST GAME HIS OPINIONS ARE STILL SOUGHT ON ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GAME.

THE CROATIAN SQUAD WAS TRAINING AT WEMBLEY AHEAD OF THE MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND, THEIR LAST GAME IN THE QUALIFYING SERIES. COACH SLAVEN BILIC SAID HIS SIDE WOULD NOT BE OVERAWED BY THE ATMOSPHERE AT WEMBLEY BUT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE...

AS THE ISRAEL SQUAD WENT INTO THEIR FINAL TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THE CRUCIAL EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST RUSSIA, RUMOURS WERE SPREADING THAT KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAD BEEN OFFERED BRIBES TO LOSE TO THEIR RUSSIAN OPPONENTS.

IT WAS GETTING TOWARD THE BUSINESS END OF THE EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS AND MOST TEAMS VYING FOR A PLACE IN THE EURO 2008 FINALS TOURNAMENT HAD BEEN HIT HARD BY INJURY PROBLEMS. COACH OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM LIUS ARAGONES WOULD BE WITHOUT...

THE FRENCH FOOTBALL TEAM WAS TRAINING FOR THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST THE UKRAINE AT THE STADE DE FRANCE. GROUP B, HAD THE UKRAINE, SCOTLAND AND FRANCE ALL SHARING THE LEAD SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS NEXT MATCH WOULD BE CRUCIAL TO...

SPAIN REVIVED THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN AFTER FIRST-HALF GOALS FROM STRIKE PARTNERS FERNANDO MORIENTES AND DAVID VILLA EARNED THEM A 2-1 VICTORY OVER A 10-MAN DENMARK AT THE BERNABEU IN MADRID. THE WIN LIFTED SPAIN ONE PLACE TO...

AMIDST THE FLURRY OF QUALIFIERS FOR THE EURO 2008 FINALS GROUP E TEAM ENGLAND TOOK TIME FOR A FRIENDLY AGAINST GROUP G TEAM THE NETHERLANDS AT THE AJAX STADIUM IN AMSTERDAM.

WORLD CHAMPIONS ITALY TRAINED IN TBILISI BEFORE THEIR EURO 2008 GROUP B QUALIFYING MATCH AGAINST GEORGIA AND, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE EXPECTED TO WIN, COACH ROBERTO DONADONI WAS TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED.

THE VASIL LEVSKI STADIUM IN SOFIA WHERE BULGARIA ENDED THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR EURO 2008 GROUP G QUALIFIER AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS. CONFIDENCE IN THE SQUAD WAS HIGH WITH STRIKER DIMITAR BERBATOV CONVINCED HIS TEAM WOULD HAVE A HOME...

WORLD CUP FINALISTS FRANCE ARRIVED IN TBILISI FOR THEIR FIRST GROUP B QUALIFIER FOR EURO 2008. RAYMOND DOMENECH'S SQUAD WAS WITHOUT STRIKER DAVID TREZEGUET, WHO WAS PULLED OUT OF QUALIFIERS AGAINST GEORGIA AND ITALY BECAUSE OF A MUSCLE...

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