Mancini takes charge at Galatasaray

Roberto Mancini has been confirmed as the new Galatasaray AŞ coach ahead of their UEFA Champions League match against Juventus on Wednesday, the Italian agreeing a three-year contract with the Turkish champions.The former Manchester City FC manager steps into the role vacated by Fatih Terim, who left the club on 24 September after failing...

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MotoGP not returning to Laguna Seca in 2014

Click photo to enlarge The MotoGP World Championship, one of the top motorcycle race series in the world, won’t be making its annual July stop at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2014.After a week of speculation on motorcycle racing web sites, the Raceway confirmed the news Monday, marking the end of nine straight years the Mazda Laguna Seca...

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Elche beats Celta Vigo for its first La Liga Win in 25 years

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Elche beat Celta Vigo 1-0 thanks to midfielder Javi Marquez’s solo effort to claim its first win in Spain’s top flight in 25 years on Sunday. Also, Real Betis dealt Villarreal its first loss this season with a 1-0 home win, Levante’s late goal gave it a 1-0 victory at Osasuna, and Getafe striker Adrian Colunga scored...

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Volkswagen Polo R WRC Attacks A Rally Stage In Slow Motion: Video

By Stephen Edelstein The World Rally Championship is one of the most epic spectacles in motorsports, but sometimes the pace is just too fast.Rally fans are known for camping out in frozen Finnish forests just for a split-second glimpse of their favorite drivers hurtling past in a mud-splattered blur.This video, featuring driver Sébastien...

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Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa ruins Gareth Bale’s home debut for Real

Gareth Bale was introduced to the Santiago Bernabéu on a mission to rescue Real Madrid but he was unable to prevent them losing a league match to their city rivals Atlético for the first time this century. This was not how the Welshman would have dreamed it: six days ago he was forced to pull out of his home debut during the warm up; a week on, a Diego Costa goal condemned Madrid to their first league defeat at the Bernabéu in...

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Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa ruins Gareth Bale’s home debut for Real

Gareth Bale was introduced to the Santiago Bernabéu on a mission to rescue Real Madrid but he was unable to prevent them losing a league match to their city rivals Atlético for the first time this century. This was not how the Welshman would have dreamed it: six days ago he was forced to pull out of his home debut during the warm up; a week on, a Diego Costa goal condemned Madrid to their first league defeat at the Bernabéu in...

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Roma back on top after thrashing Bologna

FLORENCE, Italy // Roma’s superb start to the season continued with a 5-0 rout of Bologna at the Olympic Stadium which restored their two-point cushion at the top of Serie A on Sunday.Roma became the first team since Juventus in the 2005/2006 season to win their opening six games and claimed their first victory with a margin of five goals or more since a 7-0 rout of Catania in November 2006.Rudi Garcia’s side now lead Napoli...

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WRC | Acropolis Rally left off 2014 WRC menu

<!–InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5–> AFP file photoATHENS — Greece’s Acropolis Rally has been left off the 2014 World Rally Championship calendar, organizers revealed on Friday.This is the third time that 60-year-old Greek rally has been left out of the WRC competition.In 1974 the Acropolis Rally was not included due to...

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Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa ruins Gareth Bale’s home debut for Real

Gareth Bale was introduced to the Santiago Bernabéu on a mission to rescue Real Madrid but he was unable to prevent them losing a league match to their city rivals Atlético for the first time this century. This was not how the Welshman would have dreamed it: six days ago he was forced to pull out of his home debut during the warm up; a week on, a Diego Costa goal condemned Madrid to their first league defeat at the Bernabéu in...

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Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa ruins Gareth Bale’s home debut for Real

Gareth Bale was introduced to the Santiago Bernabéu on a mission to rescue Real Madrid but he was unable to prevent them losing a league match to their city rivals Atlético for the first time this century. This was not how the Welshman would have dreamed it: six days ago he was forced to pull out of his home debut during the warm up; a week on, a Diego Costa goal condemned Madrid to their first league defeat at the Bernabéu in...

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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa’s Aragon Grand Prix crash sums up his luck

By Steve ParrishBBC motorcycling commentator Dani Pedrosa must have walked under too many ladders because you could not script what happened at the Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday, or what has happened this season for him. He was one of the favourites for the title at the start of the year but the emergence of Marc Marquez, crashes and pure...

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Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa ruins Gareth Bale’s home debut for Real

Gareth Bale was introduced to the Santiago Bernabéu on a mission to rescue Real Madrid but he was unable to prevent them losing a league match to their city rivals Atlético for the first time this century. This was not how the Welshman would have dreamed it: six days ago he was forced to pull out of his home debut during the warm up; a week on, a Diego Costa goal condemned Madrid to their first league defeat at the Bernabéu in...

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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa’s Aragon Grand Prix crash sums up his luck

By Steve ParrishBBC motorcycling commentator Dani Pedrosa must have walked under too many ladders because you could not script what happened at the Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday, or what has happened this season for him. He was one of the favourites for the title at the start of the year but the emergence of Marc Marquez, crashes and pure...

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Luis Suarez makes two

UpdatedSeptember 30, 2013 09:11:25 Photo:Proud father … Luis Suarez scored two goals in his English Premier League return and let everyone know he had a new baby. (AFP: Andrew Yates) Luis Suarez crowned his Premier League return with a brace as Liverpool won 3-1 at bottom club Sunderland on Monday (AEST) to climb to second place in the...

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Atletico delivers clear

MADRID, SPAIN POWER RANKINGS Plenty of room to jump on these bandwagons this weekend.Atletico Madrid’s richly deserved 1-0 win at near neighbors Real Madrid on Saturday showed Diego Simeone’s hard working and superbly organized side are real challengers for this season’s Primera Division title.Either Madrid or Barcelona have won each La...

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Football: Rampant Roma back on top of Italian Serie A

FLORENCE (Italy) – AS Roma’s superb start to the season continued with a 5-0 rout of Bologna at the Olympic Stadium which restored their two-point cushion at the top of Serie A on Sunday.Roma became the first team since Juventus in the 2005-2006 season to win their opening six games and claimed their first victory with a margin of five goals or more since a 7-0 rout of Catania in November 2006.Rudi Garcia’s side now lead Napoli...

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Lucescu breaks new ground

FC Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu made history on Monday when he embarked on his 3,417th day in the job to become the club’s longest-serving coach.It represented another momentous occasion for Lucescu as he broke a 44-year-old record held by Oleg Oshenkov, who initiated Shakhtar’s rise to prominence by overseeing their first major...

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Suarez makes his mark on Premier League return

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Barcelona deprived of Messi for Celtic trip

FC Barcelona have been deprived of Lionel Messi for the trip to Celtic FC on Tuesday after confirming the forward will be out for “between two and three weeks”.The 26-year-old, who hit a hat-trick in the matchday one victory against AFC Ajax, departed 29 minutes into Saturday’s 2-0 Liga win at UD Almería with a thigh injury after opening...

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Marquez closes in on MotoGP title

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Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa ruins Gareth Bale’s home debut for Real

Gareth Bale was introduced to the Santiago Bernabéu on a mission to rescue Real Madrid but he was unable to prevent them losing a league match to their city rivals Atlético for the first time this century. This was not how the Welshman would have dreamed it: six days ago he was forced to pull out of his home debut during the warm up; a week on, a Diego Costa goal condemned Madrid to their first league defeat at the Bernabéu in...

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MotoGP: Marc Marquez beats Jorge Lorenzo for Aragon win

Marc Marquez moved closer to winning the championship in his rookie season by clinching the Aragon Grand Prix. The Spaniard, 20, started on pole but soon lost the lead to compatriot and title rival Jorge Lorenzo. But Marquez again showed his pace to reclaim the front – leaving Lorenzo to settle for second – and stretch his championship lead to 39 points. Six-time champion Valentino Rossi was third and Briton Cal Crutchlow sixth,...

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Italian Serie A round up: Goran Pandev’s brace sends Napoli top

A brace of goals from Goran Pandev saw Napoli ease to victory at Genoa to move top of Italy’s Serie A on Saturday. The Macedonia striker nabbed his first in the 14th, latching onto a poor pass from Juraj Kucka, racing forward and firing into the bottom right corner. Pandev doubled his tally after Lorenzo Insigne lifted a ball into the area for Pandev to smash across the keeper. It was Genoa’s fourth defeat in six games and their...

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La Liga Results: Analysis for Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid and All Matches

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Italian Serie A round up: Goran Pandev’s brace sends Napoli top

A brace of goals from Goran Pandev saw Napoli ease to victory at Genoa to move top of Italy’s Serie A on Saturday. The Macedonia striker nabbed his first in the 14th, latching onto a poor pass from Juraj Kucka, racing forward and firing into the bottom right corner. Pandev doubled his tally after Lorenzo Insigne lifted a ball into the area for Pandev to smash across the keeper. It was Genoa’s fourth defeat in six games and their...

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MotoGP leader Marquez on Aragon pole

World championship leader Marc Marquez claimed his seventh pole position of the season at the Aragon MotoGP on Saturday ahead of title rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.Honda rider Marquez, who has a 34-point lead over his fellow Spaniards, sealed pole with a stunning lap of 1min 47.804sec to edge out Yamaha’s defending world champion Lorenzo by just one tenth of a second.Yamaha’s seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi...

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