It wasn’t so long ago that the US women were making headlines for their sorority-esque exclusion of outspoken goalkeeper Hope Solo after the team flamed out in the Women’s World Cup. This week, though, they’re in the headlines for a much more positive reason. Ladies and gentlemen, meet your new Algarve Cup winners, the US Women’s [...]

After only two games, and two defeats, Urawa Reds have sacked their German coach Holger Osieck and replaced him with assistant coach and fellow countryman Gert Engels . Osieck's dismissal, the fastest in J-League history, came after the 2-0 home defeat to Nagoya Grampus on Saturday and an emergency meeting between club president Mitsunori Fujiguchi and general manager Shuzo Nakamura. Osieck's replacement, the affable Gert Engels was previously in charge of both Yokohama Flugels and Kyoto Sanga, teams he lead to Emperor's Cup success. Engels has been at Urawa since 2004 and his own dismissal as Sanga coach after failing to win any of his team's first five matches at the start of the 2003 J-League campaign. Engel's first game in charge will be the Nabisco Cup match at home to Vissel Kobe on Thursday. Bet with Bet 365 World Soccer News Soccer betting tips Soccer Books & DVDs Tags Soccer News soccer Holger Osieck J-League Gert Engels Urawa Reds

Saturday 15 March / 16 Sunday Urawa Reds 2-0 home defeat to Nagoya Grampus and the subsequent sacking of coach Holger Osieck is the big news in the J.League this weekend. Reds, under new coach Gert Engels , share bottom place on no points with Niigata Albirex and newcomers Consadole. Antlers, Trinita and F Marinos are the only three unbeaten teams with maximum points. In J2 Sanfrecce and Yokohama FC, both demoted from J1 last season, head the standings with maximum points from two fixtures. J1 Albirex Niigata 2 FC Tokyo 3 Oita Trinita 2 Kashiwa Reysol 0 Urawa Reds 0 Nagoya Gampus 2 Jubilo Iwata 3 Gamba Osaka 0 Consadole 1 Yokohama F Marinos 2 JEF United 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2 Vissel Kobe 4 Kawasaki Frontale 1 Tokyo Verdy 0 Kashima Antlers 2 Kyoto Sanga 2 Omiya Ardija 1 Leading Positions Antlers P2 Pts 6 Trinita P2 Pts 6 Marinos P2 Pts 6 Vissel P2 Pts 4 Grampus P2 Pts 4 FC Tokyo P2 Pts 4 Kyoto Sanga P2 Pts 4 Last week's J.League results and standings Bet with Bet 365 World Soccer News Soccer betting tips Soccer Books & DVDs Tags Soccer News soccer football J-League Betting

England's glorious European revolution took a faltering step this week, at least in the UEFA Cup, as their three remaining participants, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers, all crashed out. Bolton...

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone. To celebrate, here are a few select Republic of Ireland highlights. …Ray Houghton scoring against England at Euro ‘88, Ireland won 1-0… …Ronnie Whelan’s scissor kick from Mick McCarthy’s long throw against the USSR, also at Euro ‘88… …the penalty shootout win against Romania at Italia ‘90 that sent Ireland through to the [...]