October 13, 2002
Benitez looking to extend Valencia stay
Valencia are poised to extend the contract of coach Rafa Benitez after their in-form start to the season in both Spanish championsip and Champions League.
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October 13, 2002
England get Campbell boost
England coach, Sven Goran Eriksson, has received a boost in advance of Wednesday's match against Macedonia with the news that Sol Campbell has been declared fit to play and is likely to replace Jonathan Woodgate.
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October 13, 2002
Croatia coach under pressure to resign
There have been fresh calls for Croatian coach Otto Baric to resign following the Euro 2004 qualifier Group 8 defeat to Bulgaria on Saturday.
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October 13, 2002
Authorities to investigate floodlight sabotage claim
The Georgian interior ministry is investigating claims that Saturrday's floodlight failure which caused the abandonment of Georgia's EURO 2004 qualifier with Russia, was due to sabotage.
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October 13, 2002
McCarthy to quit in 2004
Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has admmitted that that he will quit his job in 2004 because he misses the day-to-day involvement of managing a club side.
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October 13, 2002
Deportivo’s Molina undergoing treatment for cancer
Deportivo La Coruna goalkeeper Jose Molina been forced to go into temporary retirement as he undergoes treatment for testicular cancer.
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October 13, 2002
Bergeroo out, Halilhodzic in, at Rennes
Former Lille coach Vahid Halilhodzic has been appointed new coach of Rennes after the club sacked Philippe Bergeroo following their disappointing start to the season.
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October 13, 2002
Santini optimistic about the future
French Coach Jacques Santini is confident his team are heading towards a bright new future.
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October 13, 2002
UEFA to invesitgate Slovakia incidents
UEFA are to investigate the crowd trouble and the racist chanting which combined to create an ugly backdrop to Saturday's EURO 2004 qualifying match between Slovakia and England in Bratislava.
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October 13, 2002
Trapattoni vows to stay on
Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni has dismissed calls for his resignation in the wake of his side's disappointing 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia on Saturday.
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October 13, 2002
Van Nisterooy ruled out of Dutch qualifier
Ruud van Nistelrooy has pulled out of Holland's squad to face Austria on Wednesday with a recurrence of the hamstring injury that has plagued him in recent weeks.
