MCG definitely not an option for 2005 World Cup qualifying playoff

Melbourne's stranglehold on big-time Australian football appears to be at an end
with the news that the city's showpiece arena, the MCG, will be unavailable for
Australia's World Cup playoff next November...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14012
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WNSL: Queensland and Northern NSW still battling for Grand Final hosting rights

Queensland Sting have increased their goal difference to four goals over
Northern NSW Pride to hold the advantage with only one more round of matches to
be played next Saturday...

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World Football news:
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English Premier League match reports

Reports of English Premier League matches played on Saturday and Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14036
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Spain: Primera Liga reports

Reports of Primera Liga matches played on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14035
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Italian Serie A match reports

Reports of Serie A matches played on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14034
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England: Non-league clubs Exeter and Yeading get massive FA Cup ties

FA Cup holders Manchester United will play Nationwide Conference (Level 5) club
Exeter City at Old Trafford in the FA Cup 3rd round next month, following
Sunday's draw. And Ryman Premier League leaders Yeading (Level 7), a West London
semi-pro club who defeated local rivals Slough Town in the 2nd round on
Saturday, were rewarded with a home tie against Newcastle United, who last won
the Cup 50 years ago...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14033
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Germany: Bundesliga match reports

Reports from Bundesliga matches played on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14032
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Tension-filled nights ahead for UEFA Champions League giants

The remaining seven vacancies in the first knockout stage of the UEFA Champions
League will be decided this week with some of Europe's biggest clubs anxiously
considering their fates...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14031
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France: Auxerre held to goalless home draw by Bordeaux

Girondins Bordeaux recorded their 10th draw of the season at AJ Auxerre on
Sunday, in a goalless Ligue 1 encounter played in zero-degree temperatures...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14030
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Newell's Old Boys close in on Argentina title

Newell's Old Boys moved within one point of the Argentine Apertura championship
after scoring twice in three minutes to beat Gimnasia-La Plata 2-0 on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14029
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Paranaense, Santos hit five as drama builds in Brazil

Atletico Paranaense scored five goals in the last half-hour to beat Sao Caetano
5-2 on Sunday and stay top of the Brazilian championship with two matches to
play...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14028
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Scotland: Rangers miss chance to return to the top

Rangers blew a great chance to return to the top of the Scottish Premier League
when they could only draw 1-1 with Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Pittodrie...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14027
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Spain: Lacklustre Real Madrid lose further ground to Barcelona

A lacklustre Real Madrid lost further ground to Barcelona at the top of the
table when they were held to a 0-0 draw at Villarreal in the Primera Liga on
Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14026
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Italy: Ibrahimovic winner keeps Juventus four points clear

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed a 75th-minute winner as Serie A
leaders Juventus came from behind to beat Lazio 2-1 at the Delle Alpi stadium on
Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14025
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Greece: AEK slip leaves Rivaldo-inspired Olympiakos top

A piece of Rivaldo magic was enough to ensure Olympiakos Piraeus took over at
the top of the Greek first division this weekend as AEK Athens could only pick
up a point at PAOK Salonika on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14024
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Germany: Schalke 04 beat Dortmund to close in on Bayern

Schalke 04 won 1-0 at arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund in a tense local derby on
Sunday, to move level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga
after their ninth win in the last 10 league matches...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14023
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US (NCAA championship game): Notre Dame 1, UCLA 1 (Notre Dame 4-3 on pens)

Notre Dame goalkeeper Erika Bohn faced her first penalty kick of the season
Sunday, and the stakes could not have been higher. Just a few minutes were left
in the NCAA women's football championship game...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14022
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England (Div 1): Wigan crush Preston 5-0 to go back to the top

Wigan Athletic crushed Preston North End 5-0 on Sunday to return to the top of
the English first division and keep alive their dreams of promotion to the
Premier League for the first time in their history...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14021
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Japan: Advantage to Yokohama in J-League championship

Defender Ryuji Kawai headed a 67th-minute winner to give Yokohama F-Marinos a
1-0 win over Urawa Reds in the first leg of the J-League championship final on
Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14020
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Belgium: Club Bruges and Anderlecht warm up for clash with wins

Club Bruges and Anderlecht warmed up for next week's top-of-the-table clash with
victories in the Belgian first divsion at the weekend...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14019
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Coton Sport win second successive Cameroon title

Coton Sport won the Cameroon Super League for a second successive season as
striker Gaspard Aloma grabbed a hat-trick in their last game of the season at
Tonnerre Yaounde on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14018
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Holland: Late Kalou goal seals Feyenoord win

A late strike by Salomon Kalou sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord over NEC Nijmegen,
while second-placed AZ Alkmaar defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in the Dutch first
division on Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14016
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Korea: Suwon, Pohang win K-League playoffs

Suwon Bluewings and Pohang Steelers will meet in a two-leg final to decide the
Korean K-League season, after both won their respective playoffs 1-0 on
Sunday...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14015
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Morocco striker Zerouali dies in car accident

Moroccan striker Hicham Zerouali, who formerly played with Aberdeen in Scotland,
died in a car accident in Rabat on Sunday when he lost control of his car and
hit a tree, the official MAP news agency reported...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14014
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UEFA Champions League: Anderlecht goalkeeper breaks his arm in training

Anderlecht's woeful UEFA Champions League campaign took another turn for the
worse on Sunday when reserve goalkeeper Daniel Zitka broke his arm in training
ahead of their final group match against Inter Milan...

-> http://www.soccerhut.net/home/read.php?id=14013

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