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This week’s predictions come to you from a broken man. Last week I confidently predicted that I would get almost all of the results right after a disappointing week the time before. Last week I got just two results right and I am beginning to realise why I have never made my fortune by winning [...]

Luiz Felipe Scolari wants to buy a flair player in January after admitting Chelsea have struggled to break down teams who set out to frustrate them. As Scolari watched Chelsea fail to unlock Liverpool’s obdurate defence last weekend, the Blues boss could have been [...]

Zenit St Petersburg and manager Dick Advocaat will soon be signing a new deal. This was unveiled by the Dutchman on Friday. The news comes as a bit of a surprise as it was only a month ago that Advocaat said that a return to his home country was likely before the end of the season. But [...]

Standard de Liege could well end the week in third place following a surprising 1-2 defeat by Charleroi Sport Club on Friday. Standard began the day in shared first place with Club Brugge, who did have a slightly better goal record. Yajour put Charleroi in the lead on 33 minutes but Nicaise equalised shortly before the interval. [...]

Bayer Leverkusen have taken the lead in the Bundesliga, at least temporarily, with a 2-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg on Friday. Leverkusen were the dominant side throughout the game as Wolfsburg focused on defense, and the home side got their reward through Swiss Tranquilo Barnetta in the 56th minute. And another nine minutes later, Bayer got a [...]

Andy Cole has had his Nottingham Forest contract cancelled by mutual consent.

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European football's governing body UEFA has reduced Atletico Madrid's two-match stadium ban to just one-match played behind closed doors, the Spanish first division club said on Friday. Atletico will therefore have to play their next Champions League home match — against PSV Eindhoven on [...]

Atletico Madrid must play its next Champions League home match in an empty stadium because of its fans' racist abuse of opposing players. UEFA imposed the punishment Friday after investigating allegations Atletico fans were racist and violent at an Oct. 1 match against French club Marseille. A UEFA appeal panel said Atletico must play Dutch club PSV Eindhoven at Vicente Calderon Stadium on Nov.

Benjamin Monterroso was hired as Guatemala's national soccer coach for the third time Friday, taking over a team on the brink of elimination during qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. He replaces Ramon Madariaga, a Honduran who was fired after a 2-1 loss to Cuba. Guatemala's only chance of advancing to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying is to beat the United States at Commerce City, Colo., on...