Soccer: Frei winner plunges Marseille into more gloom
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PARIS : Swiss striker Alexander Frei returned to haunt Marseille on when he scored the winner in Rennes&#39; 1-0 win which sent the French giants tumbling into midtable and their fans calling for the resignation of president Christophe Bouchet.
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The most consistent rider in cycling, Erik Zabel (Germany), once again had to settle for a second place as he was beaten by Oscar Freire in the final sprint of the Elite Men&#39;s Road Race in Verona yesterday.
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Wasted chances, edgy crowd, gradual retreat into defence, late panic, strange negative substitution, two points wasted. A pessimistic Liverpool supporter turned around at half-time and said: &quot;It can&#39;t get any worse than this.
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A late goal from midfielder Emerse Fae earned struggling Nantes a 2-2 draw against Sochaux in a Ligue 1 match on Sunday. Nicolas Savinaud opened the scoring for Nantes but Sochaux
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The race to reach the UEFA Cup last 32 was overshadowed by the death of a French fan who died from gunshot wounds after a clash with police in Paris.
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France's surprise Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered a disappointing return to France on Wednesday as he was beaten 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) in straight sets by Croatian Mario Ancic in the first round of the Marseille Open.
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France gained some payback Wednesday for its loss in the World Cup final with a 3-1 victory over Italy in European Championship qualifying, while Germany routed San Marino by a championship record 13-0.
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JOSE MOURINHO began his latest campaign as he finished the last one - a winner - as his new club Chelsea thrashed French strugglers Paris Saint Germain 3-0 in Paris in their opening match of the tournament on Tuesday.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy put his domestic suspension to one side with four goals in the Champions League. An awful backpass from Jiri Homola put the striker through for his first and he made it two from the penalty spot after a foul on Paul Scholes.
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Alemannia Aachen striker Erik Meijer was floating on air after his winner gave the Bundesliga II side a stunning UEFA Cup victory over Ligue 1 co-leaders Lille on Thursday evening.
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Ten-man Paris St Germain clinched their seventh consecutive victory over arch-rivals Olympique Marseille with a 2-1 triumph in Ligue 1 on Sunday thanks to a second-half winner by substitute Edouard Cisse.
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IT was another hard luck story for Martin O&#39;Neill&#39;s demoralised Scottish champions in the Ukraine tonight as an emphatic Francelino Matuzalem (right) double and exquisite Brandao chip in the second half virtually ended Celtic&#39;s Champions League ambitions
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Hearts successfully contained the Dutch League&#39;s latest sensation Salomon Kalou in the De Kuip Stadium here last night but still fell to a disappointing defeat in their opening Group A tie in the UEFA Cup.
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A defeat by second-bottom RC Strasbourg on Saturday and a poor Champions League performance at CSKA Moscow next Wednesday could seal the fate of Paris St Germain coach Vahid Halilhodzic.
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Strasbourg coach Antoine Kombouare&#39;s job prospects are looking bleak indeed after a home defeat by Nantes that leaves the Alsatians still winless and bottom of Ligue 1. Mamadou Bagayoko scored the opener for
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Paris St Germain&#39;s miserable start to the new season continued on Sunday when they went down 1-0 to Monaco at the Parc des Princes.
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Wolfsburg fell out of the Bundesliga lead for the first time in a month Sunday, losing 3-1 to Hamburg SV despite a goal by Thomas Brdaric after only 19 seconds - the fastest goal this season.