February 25, 2005
UEFA Cup round-up
It was a bad night for holders Valencia who crashed out on penalties after letting a first-leg 2-0 advantage slip against Steaua Bucharest, leaving coach Claudio Ranieri’s job hanging by a thread
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February 25, 2005
It was a bad night for holders Valencia who crashed out on penalties after letting a first-leg 2-0 advantage slip against Steaua Bucharest, leaving coach Claudio Ranieri’s job hanging by a thread
February 25, 2005
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has told captain Steven Gerrard not to play down their Champions League aspirations.
February 25, 2005
Claudio Ranieri insists he will not resign despite seeing his Valencia side crash out of the Uefa Cup.
February 25, 2005
Barcelona assistant coach Henk Ten Cate has dismissed Chelsea's complaint to Uefa as "pathetic". The Premiership leaders are expected to launch an official complaint about an alleged half-time incident during Wednesday's 2-1 loss at the…
February 25, 2005
February 24, 2005
Round-up of all the latest transfer speculation ...
February 24, 2005
The China Football Association have confirmed that the start of the 2005 Super League season has been delayed a month because most clubs had not found sponsors.
February 24, 2005
Newcastle play host to Dutch outfit Heerenveen in the Uefa Cup on Thursday and confidence is high on Tyneside after the first leg 2-1 win at the Abe Lenstra.
February 24, 2005
Arsenal's Jose Antonio Reyes has been handed a three-match ban by the Football Association for violent conduct in Saturday's FA Cup game with Sheffield United.
February 24, 2005
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for professional referees to be introduced throughout football to help eradicate the type of match-fixing scandal which is currently afflicting German football.
February 24, 2005
Chelsea had Didier Drogba sent off in controversial circumstances as they were beaten at Barcelona, while another blunder from Roy Carroll enabled Milan to claim victory over Manchester United. Elsewhere, Lyon had a comfortable 3-0…
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