ON SOCCER 82,000 empty seats greet Madrid, Roma
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When Roma and Real Madrid took to the field Wednesday at the 82,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Rome, they walked into an empty stadium.
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A LAST-GASP equaliser by striker Vincenzo Montella threw AS Roma a Champions League lifeline when they drew 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen in a Group B match behind closed doors at the Olympic Stadium.
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The Santiago Bernabeu will be under the spotlights when Real host Roma in a clash the loser of which will be in dire straits. Both sides are enjoying poor league form and injury worries as their new coaches
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Four-time Champions League football winner Real Madrid of Spain was shocked by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, 3-0, in Group-B of the tournament Wednesday.
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The country isn't ready for another football league.
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Many of the top soccer teams in Italy will play their games in empty stadiums if a proposal by government ministers is approved at a special cabinet meeting Wednesday.
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The amazing thing about those famously empty seats at Olympics: They might be the big letdown in the Games&#39; first week. Who knew?
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High up among the many empty seats at the Xcel Energy Center last night sat a small knot of Russian fans holding a large banner that read Miracle is over.
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Capital city clubs Real Madrid, Roma and Paris Saint Germain all suffered shattering defeats at the weekend which put the jobs at least two high-profile coaches on the line.
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Real Madrid&#39;s loss at Espanyol brought a numbing end to a miserable week whose only positive outcome has been the realisation that some soul-searching and a collective look in the mirror are overdue.
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The game drew a crowd of 25,311 to give San Jose an average attendance of 13,001, its best Spartan Stadium attendance since 1999. In other games, Jovan Kirovski scored two goals to lead
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IN THE ordinary course of events, the final fixture in a Champions League group that a team have won might have little meaning for staff or players.
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Real Madrid held their final training session in Rome on Tuesday evening ahead of their must-win Champions League match against Roma on Wednesday night.
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The disgraceful scenes which marred last night &#39; s England friendly international in Madrid could not have come at a worse time for the Spanish capital&#39;s bid for the 2012 Games.
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ATHENS  Five days after the Olympics returned to the home that was so desperate to receive them, a peaceful and promising beginning has been marred by one ever-present image: empty seats.
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It was a fine occasion, but it could have been a grand one without a touch of avarice. There were plenty of empty seats here despite the presence of two of the most charismatic sides in the world.
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Spaniards used to say they lived in one of Europe's most racially tolerant countries. Soccer has shattered that myth. In Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium &#151; the Yankee Stadium of soccer &#151; Spanish fans bellowed out monkey noises last week each time a black English player touched the ball in a match between England and Spain.