Bolton progress after goalless draw
UEFA Cup round-up
FA reject Premier League plans
Toure suffers calf injury
Blues in stadium talks
Shareholders vote against Yeung
UEFA await reports
Bellamy faces further lay-off
Owls sign Sahar
Sunderland duo join Spireites
Bull enters management
Gascoigne detained
Bolton Wanderers are through to the last-16 of the UEFA Cup after grinding out a goalless draw against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon Stadium to clinch a 0-1 aggregate victory. Gary Megson’s men will now face Sporting Lisbon.
Everton will meet Fiorentina in the next stage of the competition after easing past SK Brann 6-1 at Goodison Park and 8-1 on aggregate. Yakubu Aiyegbeni helped himself to a hat-trick for the Toffees this evening, becoming only the third Everton player - after Andy Gray and Alan Ball - to score three goals in Europe.
Tottenham Hotspur completed a good night for Premier League clubs by setting up a last-16 encounter with PSV Eindhoven despite being held to a 1-1 draw by Slavia Prague at White Hart Lane. Fortunately, Spurs did enough in the first leg to progress 3-2 on aggregate.
Rangers qualified for the last-16 on the away goals rule after drawing 1-1 with Panathinaikos in Greece. Ioannis Goumas scored the first goal of the tie after 12 minutes but Nacho Novo was on hand in the 81st minute to notch the decisive away goal.
Aberdeen were outclassed by Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena, losing 5-1 on the night and 7-3 on aggregate.
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The Football Association has dismissed the Premier League’s plans to play matches abroad and urged the League to rethink its current plans.
Arsenal defender Kolo Toure could be sidelined for two weeks after picking up a calf injury during last night’s Champions League goalless draw with AC Milan at the Emirates Stadium.
Birmingham City are in talks with Birmingham City Council about building a new stadium in Saltley, near St Andrews. Meanwhile, Birmingham City’s shareholders have voted against a bid by Carson Yeung to appoint his associates Steve McManaman and Fan Zhiyi as directors.
UEFA is awaiting reports from the referee and its own delegate before deciding whether to take action after Cristiano Ronaldo was targeted by a laser beam in the warm-up prior to the Champions League clash in Lyon last night.
West Ham United’s Craig Bellamy faces another six-week lay-off after undergoing a second operation on an abdominal injury.
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Sheffield Wednesday have signed 18-year-old Chelsea striker Ben Sahar on a one-month loan deal.
Sunderland pair Peter Hartley and David Dowson, both 19, have joined Chesterfield on one-month loan deals.
Former Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Steve Bull has been unveiled as the new manager of Stafford Rangers.
Paul Gascoigne has been detained under the Mental Health Act after concerns were raised about his behaviour. Northumbria Police detained a 40-year-old man at Gateshead’s Hilton Hotel on Wednesday evening. Earlier that day Gascoigne had been asked to leave Newcastle’s Malmaison Hotel after a disturbance. Police said he was not in custody and was now receiving medical treatment.
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