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INTERNATIONAL: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFICATION

2007-08-30T05:40:00.000-07:00

29 August 2007

Rosenborg 2 - 0 Tampere
Arsenal 3 - 0 Sparta Prague
FC Kbh. 0 - 1 Benfica
Elfsborg 1 - 2 Valencia
Celtic 5 - 4 Spartak Moscow
Anderlecht 0 - 2 Fenerbahce
Slavia Prague 2 - 1 Ajax
Din. Zagreb 2 - 3 Werder Bremen
Steaua Bucures 2 - 0 BATE Borisov
Besiktas 2 - 0 FC Zurich
Dynamo Kiev 3 - 0 FK Sarajevo
Shakhtar Donet 3 - 1 Salzburg

28 August 2007

Liverpool 4 - 0 Toulouse
Dinamo Bucures 1 - 3 Lazio
R.S. Belgrad 0 - 0 Rangers

Fresh Injury Woe for Becks

2007-08-30T05:23:00.000-07:00

David Beckham is a major doubt for England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Russia after picking up a knee injury during LA Galaxy's latest match.

The former England captain appeared to jar his right knee in a challenge during the first half of the MLS club's Superliga final defeat by Mexican side Pachuca.
David Beckham, LA Galaxy vs Chelsea, feature size
DAVID BECKHAM

The 32-year-old limped off the pitch in pain and had his knee heavily bandaged after being immediately substituted.

Early indications suggest the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star - who needs just three caps to reach his international century - is likely to be sidelined for six to eight weeks.

That means Beckham would miss England's home qualifiers with Israel on September 8 and Russia four days later.

On the club front he has already missed eight of Galaxy's 12 games since he arrived in Los Angeles in July.

Meanwhile, before suffering his latest injury, Beckham claimed he would be fitter than at previous tournaments should Steve McClaren's side reach next summer's European Championship finals in Austria and Switzerland.

"If we do qualify, I'll be a lot more rested than people playing in the Premier League," he told the Daily Express.

"That is a big advantage of being in the USA where the fixture calendar is different.

"It's also the advantage of the shorter season from April to October here.

"If we make it to the finals, I will be a lot fresher going into games."

Premier League 2007

2007-08-30T05:09:00.000-07:00

Updated
17:55 30^thAugust 2007

Barclays Premier League			HOME					AWAY
Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Chelsea	4	2	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+3	10
2	Man City	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	+3	9
3	Wigan Athletic	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	3	+3	7
4	Liverpool	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	+3	7
5	Everton	4	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	3	2	+2	7
6	Arsenal	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	+2	7
7	Newcastle	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	+2	5
8	Portsmouth	4	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	1	2	3	+1	5
9	Blackburn	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	5
10	Man Utd	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	5
11	Aston Villa	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
12	Birmingham	4	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	4	4	-1	4
13	Middlesbrough	4	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	1	2	2	-1	4
14	West Ham	3	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	-1	4
15	Reading	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3	4
16	Sunderland	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	5	-4	4
17	Tottenham	4	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	3
18	Bolton	4	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	2	2	5	-2	3
19	Fulham	4	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	4	-2	3
20	Derby County	4	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	2	0	5	-6	1

ARSENAL - Gallas sidelined for three weeks

2007-08-21T10:06:00.000-07:00

Arsenal captain William Gallas is set to be sidelined for three weeks after suffering a groin injury at Blackburn.

The defender, 30, went down in agony off after hurdling a challenge from Roque Santa Cruz in the first half of Sunday's 1-1 draw.

He immediately called for assistance from the bench before hobbling off to be replaced by Philippe Senderos.

Manager Arsene Wenger said: "He has done his groin. He will be out for three weeks."

He is set to miss the second leg of their Champions League tie with Sparta Prague, which the Gunners lead 2-0, and Premier League games against Manchester City and Portsmouth.

But the club will be hopeful of him returning in time for the north London derby against Tottenham on 15 September.

Gallas missed three months of last season after his move from Chelsea to Arsenal.

The Frenchman only started 21 league games after joining the Gunners in part exchange for Ashley Cole during the summer transfer window.

Ins and Outs Premier League 2007

2007-08-21T09:17:00.000-07:00

ARSENAL

Croatian hotshot Eduardo Da Silva hopes to fill the void left by Thierry Henry's departure.

IN: Bacary Sagna (Auxerre, £6m), Eduardo da Silva (Dinamo Zagreb, £10m), Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw, £2m), Havard Nordtveit (Haugesund, £2m)

OUT: Carlos Vela (Osasuna, loan), Jose Reyes (Atletico Madrid, £8m), Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham, £3.5m), Thierry Henry (Barcelona, £16m), Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough, £2m), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham, £2m), Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina, free), Mart Poom (Watford, undisclosed)

ASTON VILLA

Martin O'Neill has made a double swoop on West Ham for Nigel Reo-Coker and Marlon Harewood.

IN: Marlon Harewood (West Ham, £4m), Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham, £8.5m)

OUT: Eric Djemba-Djemba (released), Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham £2m), Steven Davis (Fulham, £4m), Aaron Hughes (Fulham, £1m), Gavin McCann (Bolton, £1m), Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton, free), Lee Hendrie (Sheffield United, free), Robert Olejnik (Falkirk, free), Chris Sutton (retired)

BIRMINGHAM CITY

Steve Bruce has made plenty of signings to ensure Birmingham survive in the Barclays Premier League.

IN: Franck Queudrue (Fulham, £2.5m), Liam Ridgewell (Aston Villa £2m), Olivier Kapo (Juventus, £3m), Garry O'Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow, £2.7m), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal, £2m), Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough, free), Daniel De Ridder (Celta Vigo, free), Richard Kingson (Hammarby, free), Rafael Schmitz (Lille, loan)

OUT: DJ Campbell (Leicester, £1.6m), Stephen Clemence (Leicester, £750,000), Julian Gray (Coventry, free), Bruno N'Gotty (Leicester, free)

BLACKBURN ROVERS

Blackburn have swooped for Dutchman Maceo Rigters who finished top scorer in the European U21 Championships.

IN: Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich, £3.5m), Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda, undisclosed), Gunnar Nielsen (BK Frem Copenhagen, free)

OUT: Andy Todd (Derby, £750,000), Michael Gray (Wolves, free)

BOLTON WANDERERS

Bolton manager Sammy Lee has bolstered his squad with several new players.

IN: Andy O'Brien (Portsmouth, undisclosed), Daniel Braaten (Rosenborg, undisclosed), Heidar Helguson (Fulham, £1m), Gavin McCann (Aston Villa, £1m), Jlloyd Samuel (Aston Villa, free), Zoltan Harsanyi (FC Senec, free), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich, free), Gerald Cid (Bordeaux, free), Mikel Alonso (Real Sociedad, loan), Christian Wilhelmsson (Nantes, loan), Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, loan)

OUT: Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea, free), Henrik Pedersen (released), Quinton Fortune (released), David Thompson (released), Cesar Martin (released), Chris Howarth (Carlisle, free)

CHELSEA

French winger Florent Malouda is Chelsea's only cash buy this summer - the rest arrived on free transfers.

IN: Florent Malouda (Lyon, £13.5m), Tal Ben Haim (Bolton, free), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich, free), Steve Sidwell (Reading, free)

OUT: Geremi (Newcastle, free), Khalid Boulahrouz (Sevilla, loan), Juan Sebastian Veron (released), Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay (Hibernian, free), Nuno Morais (Apoel Nicosia, free), Jimmy Smith (Norwich, loan), Michael Mancienne (QPR, loan), Ben Sahar (QPR, loan)

DERBY COUNTY

Hopes rest on new signing Robert Earnshaw to score the goals and keep Derby in the top flight.

IN: Andy Griffin (Portsmouth £500,000), Lewis Price (Ipswich, £200,000), Andy Todd (Blackburn, £750,000), Claude Davis (Sheffield United, £3m), Robert Earnshaw (Norwich, £3.5m), Tyrone Mears (West Ham, £1m)

OUT: Lee Camp (QPR, £300,000), Paul Peschisolido (Luton, free), Lee Grant (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Seth Johnson (released), Morten Bisgaard (released), Paul Boertien (released)

EVERTON

Sheffield United's utility man Phil Jagielka is the Toffees' major summer signing.

IN: Leighton Baines (Wigan, £6m), Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United, £4m), Steven Pienaar (Borussia Dortmund, loan)

OUT: James Beattie (Sheffield United, £4m), Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United, £1m), Richard Wright (West Ham, free), Alessandro Pistone (released)

FULHAM

Lawrie Sanchez has shaken up the Fulham squad with a raft of new signings.

IN: Hameur Bouazza (Watford, £4m), Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory, undisclosed), Lee Cook (QPR, £2.5m), David Healy (Leeds, £1.5m), Paul Konchesky (West Ham, £2m), Chris Baird (Southampton, £3m), Diomansy Kamara (West Brom, £6m), Steven Davis (Aston Villa, £4m), Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa, £1m)

OUT: Franck Queudrue (Birmingham, £2.5m), Michael Brown (Wigan, undisclosed), Heidar Helguson (Bolton, £1m), Claus Jensen (released), Tomasz Radzinski (released), Mark Crossley (Oldham, free), Mark Pembridge (released), Matty Collins (Swansea, free)

LIVERPOOL

Striker Fernando Torres is expected to make a big splash after his £26.5million move from Spain.

IN: Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham, £5m), Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £21.5m), Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £8m), Sebastian Leto (Lanus, £1.8m), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao, £270,000), Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, undisclosed), Krisztian Nemeth (MTK Hungaria, free), Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria, free), Ryan Crowther (Stockport, undisclosed)

OUT: Craig Bellamy (West Ham, £7.5m), Djibril Cisse (Marseille, £6m), Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid, £3.5m), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva, £2.7m), Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free), Bolo Zenden (Marseille, free), Robbie Fowler (Cardiff, free), Danny Guthrie (Bolton, loan), Adam Hammill (Southampton, loan)

MANCHESTER CITY

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has spent big in an effort to bring glory to Manchester City.

IN: Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina, £6m), Elano (Shakhtar Donetsk, £8m), Vedran Corluka (Dinamo Zagreb, £4m), Javier Garrido (Real Sociedad, £1.5m), Geovanni (Cruzeiro, free), Rolando Bianchi (Reggina, £8.8m), Gelson Fernandes (FC Sion, undisclosed), Martin Petrov (Atletico Madrid, £4.7m)

OUT: Joey Barton (Newcastle, £5.8m), Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth, free), Trevor Sinclair (Cardiff, free), Nicky Weaver (Charlton, free), Stephen Jordan (Burnley, free), Hatem Trabelsi (released)

MANCHESTER UNITED

Alex Ferguson acted swiftly after winning the Barclays Premier League by bringing in England star Owen Hargreaves plus wonderkids Anderson and Nani for £46million.

IN: Anderson (Porto, £17m), Nani (Sporting Lisbon, £14m), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, £17m), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Brom, £3m)

OUT: Alan Smith (Newcastle, £6m), Giussepe Rosski (Villarreal, undisclosed), Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, £5.5m)

MIDDLESBROUGH

Jeremie Aliadiere and Tuncay Sanli beefed up Middlesbrough's attack after Mark Viduka left for Newcastle.

IN: Mido (Tottenham Hotspur, £6m), Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, £2m), Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce, free), Luke Young (Charlton £2.5m)

OUT: Mark Viduka (Newcastle, free), Abel Xavier (LA Galaxy, free), Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham, free), Malcolm Christie (released), Danny Graham (Carlisle, free)

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Jose Enrique is the most expensive of Sam Allardyce's summer captures.

IN: Jose Enrique (Villarreal, £6.5m), Alan Smith (Newcastle, £6m), Geremi (Chelsea, free), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain, £3m), Joey Barton (Manchester City, £5.8m), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough, free)

OUT: Kieran Dyer (West Ham, £6m), Scott Parker (West Ham, £7m), Titus Bramble (Wigan, free), Antoine Sibierski (Wigan, free), Craig Moore (released), Pavel Srnicek (released), Olivier Bernard (released), Alan O'Brien (Hibernian, undisclosed)

PORTSMOUTH

Harry Redknapp has spent more than £20million, including the club record signing of John Utaka and England ace David Nugent.

IN: David Nugent (Preston, £6m), John Utaka (Rennes, £7m), Sulley Muntari (Udinese, £7m), Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, free), Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton, free), Martin Cranie (Southampton, £150,000), Arnold Mvuemba (Rennes, undisclosed)

OUT: Andy O'Brien (Bolton, undisclosed), Lomana LuaLua (Olympiakos, undisclosed), Collins Mbesuma (Bursaspor, free), Andy Griffin (Derby, 500,000), Svetoslav Todorov (Charlton, free)

READING

Midfield duo Kalifa Cisse and Emerse Fae are Reading manager Steve Coppell's summer buys.

IN: Emerse Fae (Nantes £2.5m), Kalifa Cisse (Boavista, £675,000)

OUT: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea, free), Greg Halford (Sunderland, £3m)

SUNDERLAND

Kieran Richardson links up with his former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane in a £5.5million move.

IN: Craig Gordon (Hearts, £9m), Roy O'Donovan (Cork City, undisclosed), Paul McShane (West Brom, £1.5m), Kieran Richardson (Manchester United, £5.5m), Michael Chopra (Cardiff, £5m), Russell Anderson (Aberdeen, £1m), Greg Halford (Reading, £3m), Dickson Etuhu (Norwich, £1.5m)

OUT: Stephen Elliott (Wolves, undisclosed), Tommy Miller (Ipswich, free), Arnau Riera (Falkirk, loan), Kenny Cunningham (released)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Tottenham have broken their record transfer fee to prise Darren Bent from relegated Charlton.

IN: Kevin Prince-Boateng (Hertha Berlin, £6m), Younes Kaboul (Auxerre, £8m), Darren Bent (Charlton, £16.5m), Gareth Bale (Southampton, £5m), Adel Taarabt (Lens, undisclosed)

OUT: Mido (Middlesbrough, £6m), Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria, £1.4m), Mark Yeates (Colchester, undisclosed), Emil Hallfredsson (Lyn-Oslo, undisclosed)

WEST HAM UNITED

Hammers manager Alan Curbishley has brought in six new players this summer.

IN: Kieran Dyer (Newcastle, £6m), Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal, £3.5m), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool, £7.5m), Julien Faubert (Bordeaux, £6m), Scott Parker (Newcastle, £7m), Richard Wright (Everton, free)

OUT: Marlon Harewood (Aston Villa, £4m), Paul Konchesky (Fulham, £2m), Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool, £5m), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, £8.5m), Tyrone Mears (Derby, £1m), Roy Carroll (Rangers, free), Teddy Sheringham (Colchester, free), Shaun Newton (Leicester, free)

WIGAN ATHLETIC

Midfielder Jason Koumas is Wigan manager Chris Hutchings' biggest buy.

IN: Michael Brown (Fulham, undisclosed), Jason Koumas (West Brom, £5.3m), Carlo Nash (Preston, £300,000), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborgs, £750,000), Mario Melchiot (Rennes, free), Titus Bramble (Newcastle, free), Antoine Sibierski (Newcastle, free), Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, loan)

OUT: Matt Jackson (Watford, free), Arjan de Zeeuw (Coventry, free), David Unsworth (released), Andy Webster (Rangers, loan), Lee McCulloch (Ranger, £2.25million)

Rooney out for two months

2007-08-14T01:30:00.000-07:00

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is unlikely to play again until mid-October after suffering a fractured foot in Sunday's goalless draw against Reading at Old Trafford.

The club have confirmed that the 21-year-old will spend two months on the sidelines with the injury.

The news means that the former Everton star will miss England's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Russia in September and could also be struggling to feature in the October games against Estonia and Russia.

Rooney missed three months after suffering a foot injury in 2004 but made a quicker recovery from a similar injury just before the start of last summer's World Cup finals in Germany.

Rooney suffered his latest injury when Reading defender Michael Duberry accidentally stood on his foot and he had to be replaced for the second half.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson could now hand a debut to Argentina international Carlos Tevez for Wednesday night's trip to Portsmouth.

"Carlos Tevez is available now and Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are training," Ferguson told United's official website.

"I was considering using Carlos at Portsmouth anyway but, obviously, he will come into our thoughts even more now."