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Tottenham won their First Premier League match this saison 3 - 1 against Reading.
In response to England’s relatively surprising 1-1 draw to Ukraine, Roy Hodgson has admitted that he needs his best player, Wayne Rooney, for his next two qualifiers against San Marino and Poland. The current England manager, like many of the past ones, has put unreserved faith into the Manchester United player and hopes that the media will not aggravate Rooney’s play which has marred his England career at various times. Under Sven Goran Erikssen, Rooney received a red card in a crunch quarter final match. For Steve McLaren, life was tough without the striker as he was injured for a lot of England’s qualifying campaign. Then under Capello, Rooney was in terrible form during the World Cup and showed his frustration in ugly fashion.
After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.After their 1-0 victory of Finland away from home, the French are once more in action and this time they host Belarus in a crucial qualifier. The Stade de France will hold witness to Didier Deschamp’s first match in charge at home and will expect Les Bleus to leave with nothing but a win. The French seemed hesistant in attack and will be hoping for a more assured performance against potentially weaker opposition.
Marseille 3-1 Rennes
After several weeks of incessant rumours, Luka Modric has finally arrived in the Spanish capital to undergo the traditional medical and formalize the transfer. The 26-year-old left Tottenham to sign a five-year contracy with Real Madrid for an amount, rumours say, of 35 million euros.
QPR and Real Madrid have made a deal that will see Ricardo Carvalho move to Loftus Road on a season loan. The Portuguese international has not agreed to all personal terms as of yet but he is likely to make a decision with the next 2 days. If he does join QPR, he will team up with Michael Dawson who moved from White Hart Lane to Loftus Road in a transfer deal worth £7.5m. 
It was David vs Goliath as Southampton arrived at the Etihad to face the league champions in their opening fixture of the Premier League. What ensued was a riveting game of football in which the newly promoted side almost caused the upset of weekend. However, whilst the Saints were close, they were denied a victory by City in the best game of the season so far.
Manchester United has reached an agreement with Arsenal for the transfer of Robin van Persie. The Dutch striker left Arsenal to join the Red Devils. An announcement that will shake the world of football!
This is a title that will not replace of the failure of the Championship (2nd place), nor the Cup (finalist) in the spirit of Munich. But after a season ended empty-handed, Bayern returned to the path of a title on Sunday by winning the Super Cup at the Allianz Arena against Dortmund (2-1). And never mind that the Bavarians had the right to play this trophy as the place for a dolphin who Borussia won everything last season. Jupp Heynckes's men managed to impose their face training a team they no longer had dominated since February 2010 (five games).
A match which had two strong teams play in glamorous surroundings turned out to be a dull affair as the full time score ended 0-0. Manchester Utd had a chance to take a lead in the first half as they forced a foul from the Catalans in the penalty box. But Rooney didn’t convert the penalty chance and that turned out to his last contribution of the match.
South Korea found themselves up against a Olympic favourites Brazil and were never in the match as the South American giants made easy work of the Koreans to win 3-0 to keep their bid to win a first Olympic tournament alive. 
USA v Canada
The French women’s team have become the first nation to book themselves a place in the semi-final of the Olympics with a 2-1 defeat over Sweden. They were the better side and will now look forward to a match up with either Brazil or Japan. However, Sweden will exit the tournament disappointed after they took the lead in the 18thminute from a corner from which Fischer duly converted. Replays showed that the goal came from her shoulder rather than her head but the Swedes were happy to take a deserved lead nonetheless. There was an immediate response from the French and they thought they found the net 3 minutes later only for Delie to be found offside when crossing the ball in to Gaetane Thiney. However, the match was open to good play and Sweden had an excellent opportunity to go 2-0 up when Marie Hammarstrom found Lisa Dahlkvist open eight yards from goal but the striker could only head the ball straight to the French goalkeeper, Bouhaddi. 
This is the first trophy of the season for Olympique Lyonnais! Rémi Garde's men have won on penalties against Montpellier and bring home the seventh Trophée des Champions in club history.
Thierry Henry back at Arsenal next winter? The New York Red Bulls stiker had a stint with his former club earlier this year, during the off season of the American championship. Asked by the newspaper, The Sun, he does not dismiss the idea of acting as cover next January. "I want to go to Arsenal and England, for sure,” he asserted.” I had not planned to play again last season. It happened only because Gervinho and Yoann Gourcuff were part of the African Cup of Nations (Editor's note: there is another ACN in early 2013). I was already on site to train and they (Arsenal) asked me if I wanted to play. Who knows what might happen in the future? I have not discussed that with Arsene (Wenger), so I do not know how I could come back. "
Relieved of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, AC Milan must now rebuild a team worthy of regaining the title in Serie A. To do this, the Rossoneri do not lack ideas and are even willing to seek other Italian tenors of the championship to achieve their ends. Press Transalpine indeed indicates that Juventus and Inter Milan were surveyed in this direction.
Commitment, intensity, but no goal. Winner of Le Havre (2-1) in his first game preparation, LOSC was held in check by Benfica (0-0) Monday night in a friendly. This meeting was marked by the first steps of Salomon Kalou in the colors of Great Danes. Entered at the break, the Ivory Coast international has played the entire second period. "I felt good, he said the mic bein Sport. Physically, at the end, it was not easy, but I'm not worried. The important thing is to be ready on August 11. "On the delivery of his team, the former Chelsea player has acknowledged that there was "settings to do." "But we played well and we did not concede a goal, he insisted. One can be happy. "Yankee owner in the cage, Steeve Elana was saved twice by its legs.
Helped by the fortunes of wealthy Emirati owners of Manchester City, Roberto Mancini is not the only coach with unlimited means for his transfer window. Recently, his compatriot, Carlo Ancelotti, has also petrodollars from the Middle East. An upheaval in the football world that does not scare the technician Citizens. On the contrary. In an interview with the Italian channel Sky, Mancini welcomes even the Red-and-Blue.
The comments, which the former England captain strenuously denies making, were purportedly made during the Premier League fixture between the two west London rivals at Loftus Road in October 2011, which the QPR’s won 1-0.
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