De Guzman hopes to stay at Swansea The midfielder made his first competitive appearance for the Netherlands on Friday night and believes that stability at club level will be key to his future selection
Jonathan de Guzman has stated his desire to remain at Swansea City and maintain his place in the Netherlands setup.
The 25 year-old is on a season-long loan from Villarreal and made his debut for the Oranje against Italy in a friendly last month.
The attacking midfield player revealed that he had made the decision not to join his older brother Julian in playing for Canada and hopes to keep his place in Louis van Gaal's thoughts by securing regular football permanently at
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Fabregas:Spain must go all out to beat France Following la Roja's draw with Finland on Friday, the Barcelona midfielder has warned his teammates they they cannot afford to drop any more points
Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas has told his teammates that they must do their utmost to win their upcoming game against France on Tuesday.
The world and European champions currently sit two points behind les Bleus, and the Barcelona star feels that they have to triumph at the Stade de France to keep first place in their hands.
"We will have to go out to win on Tuesday, if we win that match things will become different [in the group]," he said at a press conference.
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Messi hails Argentina partnership with Higuain The Barcelona ace lauded the ability of his Real Madrid counterpart, before turning his attention to their next game against Bolivia
Argentina forward Lionel Messi has revealed his growing understanding with Gonzalo Higuain, after the pair combined to inspire a 3-0 victory against Venezuela on Friday.
Messi laid on his international colleague's brace before getting in on the scoring with a penalty, and the 25-year-old acknowledged the potency of their relationship on the pitch.
"Higuain is a great player because he scores a lot of goals," Messi told reporters after the match. "Every time we play, our understanding together increases. Playi
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Mourinho:I don't need to win another Champions League The 50-year-old insists there would be "no drama" if he failed to claim Europe's top prize for a third time in his career
Jose Mourinho has claimed that he does not need to win another Champions League medal - regardless of Real Madrid's pursuit of La Decima.
Los Blancos are in the quarterfinals of Europe's elite club tournament following their two-legged victory over Manchester United in the round of 16 and could lift the coveted trophy for a 10th time in their history.
The 50-year-old has already won the competition twice in his career, but the coach insists that he is not concerned about whether or not he adds to his continental haul
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Benzema is useless, says Domenech The ex-France coach believes his doubts about the Real Madrid striker have now been vindicated after his poor showing against Georgia
Former France coach Raymond Domenech believes that Karim Benzema's performance against Georgia on Friday has shown that the Real Madrid striker is "useless".
The former Olympique Lyonnais man has not scored for his country in 929 minutes of football and was roundly booed by Bleus fans after refusing to sing the Marseillaise before the match.
And Domenech feels Franck Ribery was also a disappointment, but was impressed with the performances of Blaise Matuidi and Mathieu Valbuena.
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World Cup: South Africa 2:0 Central African Republic South Africa defeated the Central African Republic 2-0 at home in World Cup qualifying to revive their hopes of reaching Brazil next year.
The hosts of the last FIFA World Cup in 2010, South Africa had made a poor start in CAF Group A, drawing with Ethiopia and Botswana to sit third in the standings.
But they registered their first victory on Saturday, climbing above the Central African Republic and Ethiopia to lead the pool on five points.
Thabo Matlaba opened the scoring for 'Bafana Bafana' in the 34th minute of the match in Cape Town.
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World Cup : Cyprus 0:0 Switzerland A dogged Cyprus has denied Switzerland a four-point lead in UEFA's World Cup qualifying Group E with a 0-0 draw in Nicosia.
Switzerland headed into Saturday's match with a one-point lead in Group E over Albania and Iceland and would have been confident of stretching that margin to four points as Cyprus had lost 11 of their past 13 internationals.
But despite dominating possession at the Neo GSP, the visiting Swiss were unable to beat Antonis Georgallides in Cyprus' goal as the home team moved up to four points in Group E, rising off the bottom of the standings above Slovenia.
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