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News Bits (7/9 Part 2)
6. Man C mannager Roberto Mancini has admitted that he is ready
  to swoop for Inter Milan forward Mario Balotelli and says the club
  possess "more than just an interest" in Wolfsburg striker
  Edin Dzeko.

7. Man C have rejected a GBP16.7Mil offer for Robinho from
  Turkish club Besiktas.

8. Arsenal defender Sol Campbell is in talks with Sunderland
  over a potential transfer.

9. Liverpool have confirmed the signing of highly-rated Serbia
  international Milan Jovanovic from Std Liege (Belgium)
  on a three-year contract.

10. Arsenal are ready to turn their attentions to Slovenia star
  Samir Handanovic as they look to bring in a new goalkeeper.

11. Sunderland have sold skipper Lorik Cana to Turkish club
  Galatasaray in a deal worth GBP5Mil, the Premier League club
  confirmed.

12. Roma have been officially put up for sale by the club owners
  as part of a deal to clear their debt with major creditor
  UniCredit.
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News Bits (7/10)
1. Man utd captain Gary Neville has been ruled out of the club's
  summer tour because of calf injury.
   He will remain at the club's Carrington training complex for
  treatment.

2. Espanyol have signed Argentian midfielder Jesus Datolo
  on loan from Napoli.

3. German second division side Bochum announced they have
  signed North Korean striker Jong Tae-Se from Japanese
  side Kawasaki Frontale.

4. Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal has become a shareholder
  in Real Mallorca in an attempt to helpat the cash-strapped club.
    Nadal, who is a passionate football fans, was born on
  the island of Mallorca. He wants to help out his hometown club.
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Results of UEFA Europa Lg QR1 Leg2 games played on 7/8.
(Partial listing only)
Flora 0-0 Dinamo Tbilisi  (agg 1-2)
Fylkir 1-3 Torpedo Zhordino  (agg 1-6)
MyPa 5-0 Trans Narva  (agg 7-0)
Ruch 1-0 Sh Karagandy   (3-1)
Yehuda 1-0 Ulisses  (agg 1-0)
ZTE 0-1 Tirana  (aet)  (agg 0-1)
Faetano 0-0 Zestafoni  (agg 0-5)
Gyor 3-1 Nitra (agg 5-3)
F91 Dudelange 2-1 Randers  (agg 3-7)
Port Talbot 0-4 TPS  (agg 1-7)
Skonto 0-1 Portadown  (agg 1-2)
Sliema Wanderers 0-3 Sibenik  (agg 0-3)
Siroki Brijeg 3-0 Olimpija  (agg 5-0)

Champions League QR2 and Europa Lg QR2 games
  will be played next week.
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UEFA Champions League QR2 (Qualification Round 2) fixtures
Leg 1 will be played on 7/13-7/14.  Leg2 will be played on 7/20.
7/13 (13 Jul)
AIK (Fin) vs Jeunesse (Lux)
Birkirkara vs Zilina
Bohemians (Irl) vs TNS (Wal)
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) vs Koper (Slo)
Hap Tel Aviv (Isr) vs Zeljezniar (Bih)
Inter Baku (Aze) vs Lech Poznan (Pol)
Levadia (Est) vs Debrecen (Hun)
Liepajas Metalurg (Lie) vs Sparta Prague (Cze)
Litex (Cze) vs Rudar (Mne)
Omonia (Cyp) vs Renova (Mkd)
Salzburg (Aut) vs HB (Isl)

7/14 (14 Jul)
Aktobe vs Olimpi (Geo)
BATE (Blr) vs FH (Fro)
Ekranes vs HJK (Swe)
Linfield (Nir) vs Roseborg (Nor)
Partizan Belgrade (Cro) vs Pyunik (Arm)
Sheriff (Mda) vs Dinamo Tirana (Alb)

Country key (Partial listing only)
Alb = Albania
Arm = Armenia
Aut = Austria
Aze = Azerbaijan
Blr = Belarus
Cro = Croatia
Fro = Faroe Islands
Isl = Iceland
Isr = Israel
Mda = Moldova
Mkd = Macedonia
Nir = N.Ireland
Nor = Norway
Swe = Sweden
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Results of the World Cup game played yesterday (7/10)
Uruguay 2-3 Germany  (HT 1-1)
Scorer -- (Uru) E.Cavani 28'; Diego Forlan 51'.
  (Ger) T.Muller 18'; M.Jansen 57'; Khedra 82'.

Yellow Card -- (Uru) D.Perez 61'.
  (Ger) D.Aogo 5'; Cacau 7'; A.Friedrich 90'.
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News Bits (7/11)
1. Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has been banned
  for three months after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC)
  confirmed "irregularities" over the transfer of Diego Milito
  and Thiago Motta in 2009.

2. Wolfsburg have confirmed Obafemi Martins is set to leave
  the club for Russian side Rubin Kazan.

3. Juve director general Beppe Marotta has said they are
  confident of beating Man C to the signing of Wolfsburg
  striker Edin Dzeko.

4. Harry Redknapped has confirmed Robbie Keane will not
  be allowed to leave Spurs on loan again, despite a successful
  loan spell with Celtic last season.

5. AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato says he will not be joining
  Chelsea ahead of the new season.
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News Bits (7/11 Part 2)
6. Benfica president Luis Felipe Vieira has confirmed
  Man C made an offer for David Luiz but insists the defender
  will stay at the club.

7. Greek giants Olympiakos are hoping to land Italy
  international Mauro Camoranesi from Juve.
    The midfielder is being linked with a move away from Turin,
  after 8 years with the club, and is also reported to be wanted
  by AC Milan and Sampdoria.

8. Roberto Baggio --> Remember him
    Roberto Baggio is set to return to international football
  as part of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) overhaul.
   Reports in Italy suggest that Baggio would take up the
  position of the FIGC's technical committee and would be
  responsible for player development.
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Results of other games played yesterday (7/10) or
   this morning (7/11).
1. Finland League
HJK 3-1 Tampere Utd

2. Sweden Cup QF
Orebro 0-3 Mjallby

3. Korea K1 League
Pohang 1-1 Chunnam
Jeonbuk 4-0 Daegu

4. Ukraine Premier League (New season starts)
Sh Donetsk 2-0 Kryvbas
Dnipro 1-0 Karpaty
Volyn 0-4 Poltava
Tavriya 0-1 Metalist Kharkiv

5. Norway Super League
Sandefjord 1-2 Start
Lillestrom 1-2 Rosenborg
Stabaek 2-3 Viking
Honefoss 2-2 Tromso
Haugesund 1-1 Brann
Aalesund 0-0 Mollde

6. Russia premier League
CSKA-M 1-1 Saturn
Loko-M 2-1 Anzhi
Amkar 2-1 Tomsk

7. USA MLS
Toronto 1-0 Colorado
Philadephia 1-2 San Jose
New York 0-0 DC Utd
New England 2-0 LA Galaxy
Houston 0-0 Columbus
Kansas 0-2 Chivas
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Uefa Europa Lg QR2 fixtures.
Leg 1 will be played on 7/15; Leg 2 will be played on 7/22.
Here is a partial listing
7/15
Aust Vienna (Aut) vs Siroki Brijeg (Bih)
Besiktas (Tur) vs Vikingur (Fro)
Brondby (Den) vs Vaduz
Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo) vs Gefle (Swe)
Elfsborg (Swe) vs Iskra
Gorica (Slo) vs Randers (Den)
Honka (Fin) vs Bangor C (Nir)
Kalmar (Swe) vs Dacia (Arm)
Levsi Sofia (Bul) vs Dundalk (Irl)
Maritimo (Prt) vs Sp Fingal (Irl)
Molde (Nor) vs Jelgava
Motherwell (Sco) vs Breidablik (Isl)
MyPa (Fin) vs Sant Julia
OFK Belgrade (Srb) vs Torpedo Zhodino (Blr)
Shamrock (Irl) vs Yehuda (Isr)
Sibenik (Cro) vs Anorthosis (Cyp)
Stabaek (Nor) vs Dnepr (Blr)
Utrecht (Ned) vs FK Tirana (Alb)
Fehvervar (Hun) vs Maribor (Slo)
WIT (Geo) vs Ostrava (Cze)
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Results of World Cup Final
Holland 0-1 Spain  (aet)   (HT 0-0)
Scorer -- (Esp) Iniesta 117'.

Yellow Card --
(Hol) Persie 15'; Bommel 22'; N.d.Jong 38'; Bronckhorst 54';
   Heitinga 57', 110'; Robben 84'; G.v.Wiel 112'; Mathijsen 117'.
(Esp) Puyol 17'; S.Rmos 23'; J.Capdevila 67'; Iniesta 118';
   X.Hernandez 119'.
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