Wolfsburg want Quagliarella Wolfsburg are ready to make another move for Juventus striker Fabio Quagliarella, according to a report.
The Bundesliga side are looking to add some more depth to their attack, and – according to Goal.com – they have earmarked the 30-year-old as the ideal candidate to strengthen their squad ahead of next season.
Quagliarella has been struggling to secure regular first-team action this term, and could therefore be open to a move away from the Serie A leaders in order to get more playing time elsewhere.
Wolfsburg were willing to pay up to 10 million euros for the attacker in January, but they wil
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Category: News Views: 838 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:22
Injured Nani out of Portugal squad Nani has been left out of Paulo Bento's Portugal squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Israel and Azerbaijan.
The Manchester United winger suffered a hamstring injury in his side's 2-2 FA Cup draw with Chelsea last Sunday, and is not fit enough to be included in the 23-man squad.
Wolfsburg attacker Vieirinha earns a debut call-up in place of the Red Devils star, with the 27-year-old having impressed in the Bundesliga over recent weeks.
Captain Cristiano Ronaldo is also included in the squad, with Bento unconcerned by reports the Real Madrid star was suffering from a sugar low during his side's 2-1 victory over Celta Vigo.
"I guess I can ask the national squad doctor to bring along some ex
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Category: News Views: 793 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:20
Inter 4-1 Tottenham (agg 4-4) Rodrigo Palacio and Antonio Cassano led Andrea Stramaccioni's team to a remarkable comeback in Milan but Emmanuel Adebayor struck to send Andre Villas-Boas's men through Emmanuel Adebayor scored in extra time to secure Tottenham's progression to the Europa League quarterfinals on away goals after Inter had overturned a three-goal aggregate deficit with a 4-1 win at San Siro on Thursday.
Antonio Cassano and Rodrigo Palacio put a serious dent in Spurs' 3-0 first-leg lead before the former's free kick deflected in off William Gallas with a quarter of an hour to play.
After a disastrous 90 minutes, however, Spurs responded well in extra ti
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Category: News Views: 804 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:15
Chelsea 3-1 Steaua Bucharest (agg 3-2) Second-half goals from the pair added to Juan Mata's early goal to put Benitez's men through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League, despite Vlad Chiriches' goal A late goal from Fernando Torres ensured that Chelsea went through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League as the Spaniard added to earlier strikes from Juan Mata and John Terry to give his side a 3-2 aggregate win against Steaua Bucharest.
A right-footed strike from Mata canceled out the away side's 1-0 lead from the first leg, before Vlad Chiriches leveled proceedings from a corner just prior to the halftime interval.
A storming second-half header from Terry was follo
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Category: News Views: 848 Added: SkyDate: 15.03.2013 - 02:11
Blatter not a fan of Euro 2020 format FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hit out at UEFA's initiative to organise Euro 2020 in 13 different cities rather than one country.
The 2020 championships will be held in multiple nations all over Europe to mark 60 years of the tournament's existence, a decision that has received its fair share of criticism over the past few months, and Blatter would prefer the tournament to be held in one country, too.
"I once told Michel Platini that Colonel Gaddafi presented a similar plan when he was bidding for the 2010 World Cup. He really believes in this idea, but I said it was out of the question. So Platini's idea is nothing new," Blatter told Kicker.
"A tournament should be played in just one country, that creates a certain identity and euphoria. Just look at
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Category: News Views: 972 Added: SkyDate: 14.03.2013 - 17:17
Malaga 2-0 Porto (Agg. 2-1) Malaga ensured progression to the last eight of the Champions League as it overcame Porto 2-0, which was forced to play much of the second half with 10 men, at La Roselada.
The Andalusians suffered their first ever defeat in European competition in the first leg, but a sublime goal from Isco levelled the tie at halftime. The hosts dominated the second half as Steven Defour was shown a red card in the 49th minute and Roque Santa Cruz finally secured the win with a header 13 minutes from time.
There was very little to separate the two teams at the Dragao three weeks ago and it w
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Category: News Views: 883 Added: SkyDate: 14.03.2013 - 02:03
Reina in line for return against Southampton Liverpool are hoping to have Pepe Reina fit again for the Premier League clash with Southampton on Saturday.
The Spain international was ruled out of the 3-2 victory over Tottenham late on with a calf injury and has been receiving treatment since.
But Mike Marsh, the first-team coach at Anfield, is confident Reina's fitness will improve enough for the goalkeeper to be involved again against Saints at St Mary's.
"He's coming along nicely," Marsh told the club's official website. "He's got one of those injuries where you're not sure how long it's going to take.
"He's still getting treatment - with a bit of luck that will improve in the next couple of days and he'll be available for Saturday."
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