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Zarate: Lazio hit
Lazio president Claudio Lotito has confirmed the club will look to sign Al-Sadd striker Mauro Zarate on a permanent deal.
Zarate is currently on loan at Stadio Olimpico and has impressed during the early stages of his career in Serie A, netting six goals so far this season.
Reports in Italy suggest Lazio [...]

According to Fifa, Hull City’s rise from the bottom division to England’s top tier is the third fastest ever recorded. Their five year charge rising through 84 positions in the football league - from fifth bottom in League Two to sixth from top in the Premier League is bettered only by [...]

Arsene Wenger witnessed the destruction that skillful Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma, 25, can wreak first hand when the full international - who has 23 caps to his name - nearly inflicted an early exit on the Gunners when FC Porto met Arsenal in the group stage in 2006.
Quaresma has an eye for goal, is a [...]

Last season's runners-up Werder Bremen, reduced to 10 men, held out to win a thriller against newly promoted Hoffenheim. After a poor start, Werder are beginning to catch up with the leaders.
In a nail-biting thriller that was fastt and furious from the word go, Bremen won out 5:4 in the end after leading 4:2 [...]

Five days after going out of the DFB Cup to 2. Bundesliga side Hansa Rostock, Eintracht Frankfurt scratched out a point at home to fellow strugglers Arminia Bielefeld.
The 1-1 (0-1) result was at any rate enough to lift Eintracht above Borussia Mönchengladbach and off the bottom of the table. Bielefeld are now without a win [...]

Wigan claimed the points at the JJB Stadium thanks to Amr Zaki’s first-half penalty, which set the scores at 2-1 after City’s Vincent Kompany had cancelled out Luis Antonio Valencia’s 16th-minute opener.
It was a controversial call from referee Steve Bennett, as Honduran midfielder Wilson Palacios certainly made the most of what little contact he received [...]

The hosts took the lead through a wonder goal by Antonio Valencia, though City hit back soon after through a fortuitous leveller from Vincent Kompany.
The Latics were back in front when Amr Zaki converted a penalty following a foul on Wilson Palacios, however, and [...]

Ronaldinho: Settled Milan derby
Ronaldinho was the star of the show in the Milan derby, while David Villa fired Valencia top in Spain.
Elsewhere, Lyon maintained their commanding lead at their top of Ligue 1 and Bayern Munich continue to falter in the Bundesliga.
Groningen are the surprise leaders in Holland, while Rangers and Celtic both [...]

Bayer Leverkusen travelled hopefully and successfully to secure their slot among the early season leaders.
For hosts Bochum, their first home defeat of the season put them close to the danger zone in the lower rungs of the table.
The 3:2 (2:0) result for Bruno Labbadia's Leverkusen was their fifth win in six games. [...]

Bayern München have made their worst start to a league campaign in 31 years. An unpalatable turn of events, naturally enough, for sporting director Uli Hoeneß.
Question: Herr Hoeneß, Bayern München are ninth in the table in the wake of the 1-0 defeat at Hannover. How do you gauge the current situation?
Uli Hoeneß: We're not exactly [...]