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The Chelsea faithful haven’t had much to moan about at Stamford Bridge in recent seasons, but they booed the Blues after the latest home set-back.
Favourite son Gianfranco Zola brought his tricky West Ham United side to his former hunting ground on Sunday and escaped with a 1-1 draw. Craig Bellamy gave the Irons the lead, [...]

Tottenham, who are coming off a toothless loss against Udinese in the Uefa Cup, lie last in the Premier League standings after their worst ever start. They are yet to collect a win, and last weekend’s defeat to Stoke City emphasised just how wide of the mark their Champions League ambitions were.
“I hope the fans [...]

Lots of determination and some luck brought Frankfurt their first win of the season. The game against Karlsruher SC was held over from the 4th match day after a Madonna concert queered Frankfurt's piitch.
Goals from Benjamin Köhler and Ioannis Amanatidis turned round a match that looked lost until almost the final whistle. The [...]

Two Juventus fans are reported dead and up to 30 more injured following a coach crash.
The supporters were on their way to Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League contest with Spanish giants Real Madrid at Delle Alpi.
The incident occurred 16 kilometres from Aosta, a town in the Italian Alps near the Mont Blanc tunnel.
A club [...]

Ronaldo was at the centre of this year’s biggest transfer (or perhaps non-transfer) saga, as Real Madrid made it their mission to sign the Portuguese ace.
The 23-year-old made no secret of his desire to join the Spanish giants, and at one point it seemed there was no turning back as his ties at Old Trafford [...]

What do Brisbane, Bangkok and Berlin have in common? Each city has a fan club of 1899 Hoffenheim. Not bad for a Bundesliga newbie who had only one official fan club until 2006
“Today we have 48 fan clubs with around 1200 members. And they keep growing,” said Mike Diehl who has been in charge of [...]

Bayern München's 3-3 home draw with VfL Bochum left them 11th in the table on matchday 7, ahead of the Sunday games.
Which means that under new coach Jürgen Klinsmann, Bayern have made their worst start to the league in 34 years. Klinsmann discussed the situation in interview.
Question: Jürgen Klinsmann, FC Bayern were 3-1 up [...]

Supporters of Roma, Juventus, Napoli and Atalanta have been barred from travelling to upcoming Serie A matches as the Italian authorities try to stamp out hooliganism in the game.
The ban has been imposed by a new Government-appointed committee, which was set up after hooliganism marred the opening weekend of Serie A fixtures.
Roma fans [...]

More than 33,000 turned out at Pride Park yesterday hoping to witness Paul Jewell win his first competitive game in charge of the Rams.
But newly-promoted Donacaster Rovers had not read the script and a goal from Lewis Guy in the 59th minute means Jewell is still searching for his first [...]