SOME EUROPEAN WEEKEND LEAGUE RESULTS

EPL

Chelsea         3  -  0    Aston Villa
C. Palace       2  -  0    Leicester
Hull               2  -  4    Man City
Liverpool      1   -  1   Everton
Man United   2   -  1   West Ham
Soton             2   -  1   QPR
Aresenal        1   -  1   Tottenham
West Brom    4  -   0   Burnley
Sunderland    0   -  0   Swansea

Dutch  Eredivisie

NAC Breda      2  -   5    Ajax
Dordrecht         2  -   6    Vitesse
Ado den Haag   2  -   3    AZ Alkmaar
G.A. Eagles      0  -   4    Feyenoord
PEC Zwolle      0  -   4    Heracles Almelo
Groningen         1  -   0    Willem 11
Excelsior           1  -   1    Cambuur Leeuwarden
Heerenveen       1  -   0    PSV
Twente              3  -   1    Utrecht

Spanish La Liga

Elche                  0  -   1   Celta de Vigo
Barcelona           6  -   0   Granada
Villarreal            0  -   2   Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao   0  -   0   Eibar
Levante               0  -   2   Rayo Vallecano
Atletico Madrid  4  -   0   Sevilla
Cordoba              0  -   0   Espanyol
Getafe                 1  -   0   Malaga
Deportivo C.       0  -   1   Almeria
Real Sociedad     1  -   1   Valencia

German Bundesliga

FSV  Mainz         0  -   0   TSG Hoffenheim
Wolfsburg           2  -   1    Werder Bremen
FC Koln              0  -   2     Bayern Munich
Paderborn           1  -   2     M'gladbach
Schalke               2  -   1     Dortmund
SC Freiburg        0  -   0     Leverkusen
Augsburg            1  -   0     Hertha Berlin
Hamburg SV       1  -   2     E. Frankfurt
Stuttgart              1  -   0     Hannover

Italian Serie A

Atalanta              0  -   3     Juventus
Roma                  2  -   0     Verona
Chievo                1  -   1     Empoli
Genoa                 0  -   1     Sampdoria
Cesena                1  -   1     Milan
Inter                    1  -   4     Cagliari
Torino                 1  -   1     Fiorentina
Sassuolo              0  -   1     Napoli
Palermo                   -          Lazio
Udinese                   -          Parma

French Ligue 1

Toulouse             1  -   1    PSG
Monaco               0  -   1    Nice
Lille                     1  -   0    Bastia
Metz                    3  -   0    Reims
Lorient                 0  -   2    Evian Thonon
Montpellier          2  -   1    Guingamp
Lens                     0  -   0    Caen
Bordeaux             2  -   1    Rennes
Marseille              2  -   1    St Etienne
Nantes                  1  -   1    Lyon

Portuguese Premeira Liga

Sporting              1  -   1    Porto
Estoril Praia        2  -   3    Benfica
Sporting Braga    3  -   0    Rio Ave
Boavista              3  -   2    Gil Vicente
Maritimo             4  -   0    Vitoria Guimaraes
Arouca                0  -   1     Academica
Vitoria Setubal    2  -   0    Nacional
Pacos Ferreira         -          Belenenses

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Note: The games that are without scores means    
           that they are yet to be played as at the time
           of this posting. Thanks.
                

SOME MAJOR EUROPEAN WEEKEND LEAGUE RESULTS (19/21 Sept.2014)

Dutch Eredivisie

Ado den Haag  1  -  1   Go Ahead Eagles
Excelsior          1  -  1   Dordrecht
Willem  11       2  -  1   NAC Breda
Vitesse             1  -  1   Heerenveen
AZ Alkmaar    1  -  0   PEC Zwolle
Feyenoord       0  -  1   Ajax
Heracles          1  -  4   Twente
PSV                4  -   0   Cambuur Leewarden
Utrecht            1  -  0   Groningen

Samuel Etoo of  Everton FC

English Premier League (EPL)

Aston Villa      0  -  3   Arsenal
Burnley           0  -  0    Sunderland
Newcastle        2  -  2   Hull City
Swansea          0  -  1    Southampton (Soton)
West Ham       3  -  1    Liverpool
QPR                2  -  2    Stoke City
Leicester         5  -  3    Man United
Tottenham      0  -  1    West Brom
Everton           2  -  3    Crystal Palace
Man City        1  -  1     Chelsea

German Bundesliga

SC Freiburg    2  -  2   Hertha Berlin
Augsburg        4  -  2   Werder Bremen
Paderborn       2  -  0    Hannover 96
Hamburg        0  -  0    Bayern
Schalke           2  -  2    E. Frankfurt
Mainz             2  -  0    B. Dortmund
Stuttgart         0  -  2    Hoffenheim
Koln               0  -  0    B. M'gladbach
Wolfsburg      4  -  1    B. Leverkusen

French Ligue 1

Bordeaux       2  -  1    Evian Thonon
Lorient           0  -  1    Reims
Nantes           2  -   1    Nice
Marseille       3  -   0    Rennes
Toulouse       3  -   3    Caen
Metz              3  -   1    Bastia
Lille               0  -   0    Montpellier
Monaco         1  -   0    Guingamp
Lens              0  -   1    St Etienne
PSG                   -         Lyon

Italian Serie A

Cesena         2   -  2    Empoli
Milan           0   -  1    Juventus
Chievo         2  -   3    Parma
Atalanta       0  -   1    Fiorentina
Genoa          1  -   0    Lazio
Roma           2  -   0    Cagliari
Sassuolo      0  -   0    Sampdoria
Udinese       1  -   0    Napoli
Palermo           -         Inter Milan
Torino             -         Verona


Spanish La Liga

Deportivo Coruna  2  -  8    Real Madrid
Atletico Bilbao      0  -  0    Granada
Espanyol                2  -  2    Malaga
Atletico Madrid     2  -  2    Celta de Vigo
Villarreal               4  -  2    Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad       1  -  2    Almeria  
Elche                     0  -  2    Eibar
Cordoba                1  -  3    Sevilla
Levante                     -        Barcelona
Getafe                       -        Valencia


Portuguese Premeira Liga

Vitoria Guimaraes  1  -  1   Pacos de Ferreira
Penafiel                   2  -  0   Vitoria Setubal
Nacional                  1  -  1   Sporting Braga
Benfica                    3  -  1   Moreirense
Rio Ave                   1  -  2   Arouca
Belenenses               1  -  0   Maritimo
Gil Vicente              0  -  4   Sporting Lisbon
Porto                             -      Boavista

Read also: Africanfootie.blogspot.com
Note: The teams that do not have results, are yet to play their matches, as at the time of publishing the above results. Thanks.

SAN SIRO TO HOST 2016 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

The European football governing body (UEFA), has just announced that the stadium shared by AC Milan and Inter Milan known as San Siro, will be hosting the 2016 Champions League final, on the 28th of May.

UEFA also announced in the statement, that the European League final in 2016, will be held in the St Jakob - Park Stadium Basel in Switzerland, on the 18th of May.

Bale and Modric of Real Madrid

San Siro Stadium had hosted European Cup final twice in 1965 and 1970. And most recently the 2001 Champions League final, between Bayern Munich and Valencia, which Bayern won 5 - 4 on penalties shot-out, after drawing 1 - 1 during the regular time.

The UEFA also in the same statement announced, that the Super Cup will be held in Trondheim in Norway. Read also: Africanfootie.blogspot.com

WEDNESDAY's CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS (17/09/14)

Group  E

AS Roma             5  -  1  CSKA Moscow

Bayern  Munich  1  -  0   Manchester City

Group  F

Barcelona           1  -  0   Apoel Nicosia

Ajax                   1  -  1   Paris Saint Germain

Champions League Trophy

Group  G

Chelsea              1  -  1   Schalke 04

NK  Maribor      1  -  1   Sporting

Group H

Porto                  6  -  0   Bate Borisov

Atletico Bilbao  0  -  0   Shaktar Donetsk

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WEDNESDAY'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS (17/09/14)

Group  E

AS Roma          5  -  1  CSKA Moscow

Bayern              1  -  0   Manchester City

Group  F

Barcelona         1  -  0   Apoel Nicosia

Ajax                 1  -  1   Paris St Germaine

Champions League Trophy

Group  G

Chelsea            1  -  1   Schalke 04

NK  Maribor    1  -  1   Sporting

Group  H

Porto                  6  -  0   Bate Borisov

Atletico Bilbao  0  -  0   Shaktar Donetsk

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS (16/09/14)

Group  A

Juventus          2  -  0     Malmo FF

Olympiakos    3  -  2     Atletico Madrid

Group  B

Liverpool        2  -  1     Ludogaret Razgrad

Real Madrid   5  -  1     FC  Basel

Champions League Trophy

Group  C

Benfica          0  -   2    Zenit St. Petersburg

Monaco         1  -   0    Bayer Leverkusen

Group  D

B. Dortmund  2  -  0   Arsenal

Galatasaray    1  -  1   Anderlecht

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURES (16 and 17/09/14)

* (Tuesday, 16/09/14) *

Group A

Juventus      vs    Malmo FF
Olympiakos  vs  Atletico Madrid

Group B

Liverpool      vs      Ludo Razgd
Real Madrid   vs     FC Basel

Group  C

Benfica       vs     Zenit St. Petersburg
Monaco      vs     Bayer Leverkusen

Group  D

B. Dortmund   vs     Arsenal
Galatasaray     vs     Anderlecht

* (Wednesday, 17/09/14) *

Group  E   

Bayern Munich      vs    Man City
AS Roma         vs    CSKA Moscow

Group  F

Ajax           vs       PSG
Barcelona   vs       Apoel Nicosia

Group  G

Chelsea       vs    Schalke 04
NK Maribor  vs   Sporting Lisbon

Group  H

Athletic Bilbao  vs   Shaktar Donetsk
FC  Porto           vs   Bate  Borisov
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SOME MAJOR EUROPEAN WEEKEND RESULTS

Dutch Eredivisie

Ajax               2  -  1    Heracles Almelo
Twente           2  -  1    Go Ahead Eagles
AZ Alkmaar  0  -   1    Heereveen
Feyenoord     1  -   2    Willem  11
PEC Zwolle   3  -  1     PSV
Vitesse           3  -  1     Excelsior
Dordrecht       0  -  1    NAC Breda
Utrecht           0  -  0    Ado Den Haag
Cambuur        3  -  0    Groningen

Wayne  Rooney in Action
 

EPL

Arsenal          2  -  2    Man City
Chelsea          4  -  2    Swansea
C. Palace        0  -  0    Burnley
West Brom     0  -  2    Everton
Liverpool       0  -  1    Aston Villa
Stoke              0  -  1    Leicester
Sunderland     2  -  2    Tottenham
Man United    4  -  0    QPR
Soton              4  -  0    Newcastle

Spanish La Liga

Almeria           1  -  1    Cordoba
Barcelona        2  -  0    Athletic  Bilbao
Celta de Vigo  2  -  2    Real Sociedad
Real Madrid    1  -  2    Atletico Madrid
Malaga            0  -  0    Levante
R. Vallecano   2  -  3    Elche
Valencia          3  -  1    Espanyol
Seville             2  -  0    Getafe
Granada              -         Villarreal

German Bundesliga

B. Leverkusen  3  -  3   Werder Bremen
Hoffenheim      1  -  1   Wolfsburg
Bayern              2  -  0   Stuttgart
Paderborn         0  -  0   Koln
Hertha Berlin    1  -  3   Mainz
B. Dortmund     3  -  1   SC Freiburg
Hannover 96     2  -  0   Hamburg SV
B. M´gladbach  4  -  1   Schalke
E. Frankfurt      0  -  1   Augsburg

French Ligue 1

Lyon               2  -  1    Monaco
St Etienne       1  -  0    Caen
Nice                1  -  0    Metz
Rennes            1  -  1    PSG
Montpellier     1  -  0    Lorient
Reims              2  -  0   Toulouse
Bastia              1  -  1    Lens
Lille                2  -  0    Nantes
Guingamp       2  -  1   Bordeaux
Evian Thonon 1  -  3   Marseille

Italian Serie A

Empoli          0  -  1    Roma
Napoli           0  -  1    Chievo
Juventus        2  -  0    Udinese
Lazio             3  -  0    Cesena
Sampdoria     2  -  0   Torino
Inter Milan    7  -  0    Sassuolo
Cagliari         1  -  2    Atalanta
Fiorentina      0  -  0    Genoa
Parma            4  -  5    Milan

Portuguese Premeira Liga

Vitoria Setubal    0  -  5   Benfica
Sporting Lisbon  1  -  1   Belenenses
Arouca                1  -  0   Sporting Braga
Moreirense          1  -  1   Rio Ave
V. Guimaraes         1  -  1   Porto
Boavista              1  -  0   Academica
Pacos Ferreira     1  -  1   Gil Vicente
Maritimo             2  -  0   Penafiel
Estoril Praia        2  -  1   Nacional
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Serena Williams Wins 18th Grand Slam

Serena Williams (32), the world number one women tennis player, has won her 18th Grand Slam on Sunday, by beating the Denish Caroline Wozniacki (24), 6 - 3, 6 - 3 in the US Open final at the Flushing Meadows, New york.

With this victory, the American has joined the pair of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, who also won 18 Grand Slams singles in their careers. This is Serena's 6th US Open title and three consecutive of the tournament.

She has already won 5 Wimbledons, 5 Australia Opens, and 2 French Open titles within 15 years period.

After the match, the euphoric Serena told the media at the press conference, that she was not expecting to win the title this year. She said that she had already told herself, to start preparations for next year and put this behind her.

Serena Williams

''I definitely did not think I was going to win a Slam this year. And I even said, 'I'm ready to start next year already. Let's put this behind me.''

It is quite understable why she was thinking, that she will not be able to win any Grand Slam this year, after the previous disappointments. In the other three Slams, she did not even got to quarter finals, the best she could manage was fourth round.

She said, that she was very grateful to have won a Grand Slam this year and that it felt very good.

''I'm grateful to win a Grand Slam this year. It feels really good,'' the champ told the media.

During the trophy presentation ceremony, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova presented Serena a bracelet, with the number 18 on it, to mark her achievement.

''It means a lot to me. I just could never have imagined, that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just a kid with a dream and a racquet.

''Living in Compton, this never happened before,'' the appreciative winner said.

The American tennis legend, and 4 times US Open champion, John McEnroe said in the CBS TV coverage that, ''It's pretty hard to argue with the fact that if she's playing the way she's capable of playing, she's the greatest female player of all time.

He then added, '' How intimidating she is, with the power she's got everything.''

Williams prize money was the largest, any tennis player has ever received in any tournament (man or woman). Her prize money was $4m, of which $3m was for winning the US Open, while the $1m was bonus for topping the US Open Series, based on the results of the build-up events.

Caroline Wozniacki, who is a good friend of Serena received approximately $1.5m preize money. Afterwards Caroline said about Serena and her game.

''I think when Serena's on her game, there's not much we can do.'' She works hard every day, just like us, but when she needs to she can pull out that big serve. She has the power. She can push us back on the court and take the initiative.''

Both friends planned to go out in the Big Apple later in the night to celebrate. Read also: Africanfootie.blogspot.com

''Falcao Must Fight For His Place,'' Says Van Persie

The Manchester United and Dutch international striker, Robin van Persie, told Fox Sports Netherlands that he welcomes the arrival of the Monaco and Colombia international to Man United.

He said that his arrival can only make the club better. But in th same breath, he sounded the bell of warning to the star striker that he must be ready to fight for his place in the club, just as he Robin, has to fight also.

''I welcome his arrival, he makes us better,'' Robin van Persie, told Fox Sports NL.

''At a top club you should always go for the best, which also fits my philosophy. Falcao must fight for his place, as I also have to.''

Robin Van Persie

The Monaco striker was signed in the last hours of the closing window on Monday, on a season loan for €8m, with the option to sign him fully at the end of the season for about €55m.

Falcao will earn weekly wages of about €332,000. On his arrival the highly gifted striker told Man United website that, ''Manchester United is the biggest club in the world and is clearly determined to get back to the top.''

''I am looking forward to working with Louis van Gaal, and contributing to the team's success, at this very exciting period in the club's history.''

Many top European clubs such as Real Madrid, Juventus, Arsenal, Man City etc were made aware of the availability of Falcao, in the last two days before the transfer closing window. Real Madrid opted out of it, and others for one reason or another chose not to pursue it.

In the case of Arsenal which needed another striker after losing their main striker, Olivier Giroud to a serious ankle injury, for the next four months, the club pulled out after showing serious interest, sighting the reason being that the player is too expensive.

Man City said that they have enough quality strikers, and did not want to dislodge any of them. Man United was ready to pay the high price tag, and so the player joined them.

''When a player of this calibre becomes available, it is an opportunity not to be missed,'' the famed coach, Louis van Gaal said.

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THE 10 MOST EXPENSIVE TRANSFERS OF SUMMER 2014

The most expensive player last season was the Welshman Gareth Bale (24), who cost Real Madrid €100m from Tottenham Hotspur. This season the most expensive footballer, was a bit lower than what Bale cost Real Madrid.
Luis Suarez (27), the former Liverpool goal poacher, is the most expensive player this season. His new club, Barcelona paid Liverpool €88m for his services, even though he was serving a 4 months ban for biting Chiellini.
Anyway, here are the names of the 10 most expensive players:

Luis  Suarez  (Here in action for Liverpool)

Nr   Name           From          To            Fee 

1. Luis Suarez   Liverpool   Barcelona  €88m
2. J. Rodriguez  Monaco      R. Madrid  €80m
3. A. Di Maria  R. Madrid    Man U            €75m
4. David Luiz   Chelsea        PSG            €50m
5. E. Mangala   Porto            Man City    €45m
6. Diego Costa  Atletico M   Chelsea      €44m
7. Alexis S.       Barcelona    Arsenal       €40m
8. Luke Shaw    Soton           Man U        €38m 
9. A. Herrera    A. Bilbao      Man U        €37m
10. C. Fabregas Barcelona    Chelsea       €36m
                                                                                       
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SOME EUROPEAN WEEKEND LEAGUE RESULTS

Dutch Eredivisie

Cambuur          3  -  2   Ado Den Haag
G. A. Eagles    1  -  0    Willem 11
Excelsior          3  -  1    Heracles
Dordrecht         1  -  3    AZ  Alkmaar
Heerenveen      3  -  1    Utrecht
Groningen        2  -  0    Ajax
NAC Breda      3  -  1    Zwolle
PSV                  2  -  0    Vitesse
Twente             0  -  0     Feyenoord

English Premier League (EPL)

Burnley             0   -  0    Man United
Newcastle         3  -   3    Crystal Palace
QPR                  1   -  0    Sunderland
Man City           0  -   1    Stoke City
West Ham         1  -   3    Southampton
Everton             3  -   6     Chelsea
Swansea            3  -   0    West Brom
Leicester            1  -  1     Arsenal
Tottenham         0  -   3    Liverpool
Aston Villa        2  -   1    Hull City

Spanish La Liga

Getafe                  1  -   0    Almeria
Valencia               3  -  0    Malaga
Athlectic Bilbao   3  -  0    Levante
Cordoba               1  -   1    Celta de Vigo
Atletico Madrid   2  -   1    Eibar
Espanyol              1  -   2    Seville
Villarreal              0   -  1    Barcelona
Deportivo             2  -   2    Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad      4  -   2    Real Madrid
Elche                    1  -   1    Granada

German Bundesliga

Augsburg              2  -  3    Borussia Dortmund
Stuttgart                0  -  2    Koln
Wolfsburg             2  -  2    Eintracht Frankfurt
Schalke                 1  -  1    Bayern
Leverkusen           4  -  2    Hertha Berlin
Werder Bremen    1  -  1    Hoffenheim
Hamburg               0  -  3    Paderborn
Freiburg                0  -  0    B. M'gladbach
Mainz                    0  -  0    Hannover

Italian Serie A

Chievo                  0  -  1    Juventus
AS Roma              2  -  0    Fiorentina
Torino                   0  -  0    Inter
Sassuolo                1  -  1    Cagliari
Udinese                 2  -  0    Empoli
Genoa                    1  -  2    Napoli
Palermo                 1  -  1    Sampdoria
Atalanta                 0  -  0    Verona
Cesena                   1  -  0    Parma
Milan                     3  -  1    Lazio

French Ligue 1

Marseille               4  -  0   Nice
Caen                      0  -  1   Rennes
Lens                      4  -  2   Reims
Monaco                 1  -  1   Lille
Toulouse               1  -  0   Evian Thonon
Lorient                  4  -  0   Guingamp
Nantes                   1  -  0   Montpellier
Bordeaux               1  -  1   Bastia
Metz                      2  -  1   Lyon
PSG                       5  -  0   St Etienne

Portuguese Premeira Liga

Academica            1  -  1   Vitoria Setubal
Belenenses            0  -  3   Vitoria  Guimaraes
Sporting Braga      2  -  1   Estoril Praia
Nacional                2  -  0   Arouca
Gil Vicente            1  -  2   Maritimo
Benfica                  1  -  1   Sporting Lisbon
Penafiel                 0  -  1   Pacos de Ferreira
Porto                      3  -  0   Moreirense
Rio Ave                     -       Boavista

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