Ajax cuts European soccer target for season after Munich defeat
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AFC Ajax NV, which won three straight European Cups in the 1970s, lowered its ambitions for this season&#39;s European campaign after Tuesday&#39;s 4-0 defeat at Bayern Munich left the team bottom of its Champions League group.
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David Beckham's chances of an England recall this month are over because of injury.
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Twenty-nine-time Dutch league champion Ajax Amsterdam acquired Greece&#39;s European Championship hero Angelos Charisteas on Thursday, transferring the striker from German club Werder Bremen for a reported euro5 million ($6.7
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Bayern Munich left for Israel on Tuesday without Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian and with guarantees that everything would be done to ensure the team&#39;s safety.
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Match of the week in the Champions&#39; League features two clubs that have won eight Champions&#39; Cups between them, the powerhouses of Germany and the Netherlands, Bayern Munich versus Ajax Amsterdam.
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Rangers dropped to second place in Uefa Cup Group F after losing narrowly to AZ Alkmaar in Holland. The impressive Dutch side took the lead after seven minutes a series of one-touch passes opened up the Rangers
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LEVERKUSEN, Germany : Bayer Leverkusen surprised everyone by qualifying for the Champions League last season and they now have the chance to reach the knockout phase of the competition with Dynamo Kiev their final obstacle.
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Sports Network) - Ajax reached a tentative agreement with 23-year-old Argentine winger Mauro Damian Rosales on Monday.
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Bayern Munich&#39;s Dutch striker Roy Makaay warned his team they needed to raise their game if they were to trouble Ajax Amsterdam in their Champions League encounter on Tuesday.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct 20 (SW) - Louis van Gaal has left his position as technical director at AFC Ajax, because he did not have enough freedom at the reigning Dutch champions.
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Portugal were bundled out of the men's  soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics Wednesday after a  humiliating 4-2 defeat by Costa Rica.
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Dutch champions Ajax have finally found a replacement for departed attack fulcrum Zlatan Ibrahimovic by landing Greece hero Angelos Charisteas from Werder Bremen.
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Benfica beat Beveren 3-0 and Alkmaar of the Netherlands defeated Rangers 1-0 to advance in European soccer&#39;s UEFA Cup. Italy&#39;s Lazio was eliminated.
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Ajax Amsterdam need to make an improved offer for Werder Bremen striker Angelos Haristeas before the German champions will sell Greece&#39;s Euro 2004 hero, Bremen sporting director Klaus Allofs said on Thursday.
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Sports Network) - Ajax technical director Louis van Gaal had his resignation accepted Tuesday by the Dutch giants.
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Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart was stripped of the Ajax Amsterdam captaincy on Thursday after he refused to play out of position in the Champions League game against Bayern Munich.
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Ajax threw themselves a qualification lifeline at the Amsterdam ArenA with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Champions League Group C. First-half goals from Wesley Sonck, Nigel De Jong and skipper