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Moussa Sissoko netted two goals in his debut for Newcastle, including the match-winner in stoppage time as the Magpies earned their second consecutive victory with a thrilling 3-2 win over Chelsea on Saturday at St. James' Park.The hosts opened the scoring four minutes from the break when Davide Santon took down a pass out wide on the left wing and fired a soaring right-footed cross into the penalty area, where Jonas Gutierrez got his head to it and nodded it past Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech for his first league goal this campaign.But the European champions equalized 10 minutes after the interval when Frank Lampard used some fancy footwork to elude defenders before ripping a rising, right-footed bomb into the top portion of the net, leaving Magpies goalkeeper Tim Krul with no chance for a save.Juan Mata gave the Blues the lead in the 61st minute with a powerful strike from outside the box, but Sissoko tied it up for Newcastle just seven minutes later when he jumped on a rebound from a...
Tottenham Hotspur headed home from Italy with a valuable away goal, putting Spurs in decent position to reach the European Champions League quarterfinals.Peter Crouc...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — World player of the year Lionel Messi will lead Argentina's attack at the World Cup.There was no room for veteran defender Javier Zane...
By Rex GowarIn 2002, Argentina travelled to Asia as overwhelming favorites after a brilliant qualifying campaign but they flopped in Japan and left without getting o...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez , two of soccer's biggest stars, officially are headed to the World Cup.Argentina coach Diego Maradona c...
By Rex GowarPRETORIA (Reuters) - Seldom has such a big question mark hung over Argentina at the start of a World Cup as that dogging the side Diego Maradona will put...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Diego Maradona seems to have settled on starting strikers Carlos Tevez , Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain for the team's World Cup open...
By Rex GowarJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Argentina opened their World Cup challenge as expected by naming a team with a three-man attack of Lionel Messi , Gonzalo Higuai...
By Rex GowarJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Diego Maradona's Argentina dispelled doubts about their World Cup-winning potential as they put a poor qualifying campaign behin...
By Rex GowarPRETORIA (Reuters) - Midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron will miss Argentina's World Cup Group B match against South Korea at Johannesburg's Soccer City on T...
By Mike CollettPOLOKWANE (Reuters) - Lionel Messi , who turns 23 on Thursday, captained his country for the first time on Tuesday and gave another virtuoso performan...
By Rex GowarPRETORIA (Reuters) - Argentina are seen at the World Cup as playing the beautiful game normally associated with Brazil but according to winger Jonas Guti...
By Rex GowarPRETORIA (Reuters) - Mexico fear that a first goal at this World Cup from Argentina's Lionel Messi in the second round on Sunday could dash their hopes o...
This can't be how Newcastle manager Alan Pardew saw his season unfolding back in August.Last term, Pardew's side finished fifth with an impressive 65 points, just fi...
Manchester City applied some more 0 home win over Blackburn at the Etihad on Saturday.Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero , and Edin Dzeko all scored to help the Citizens...
Demba Ba scored a controversial penalty line save during a frantic finish, as Newcastle 1 draw with Manchester United .Javier Hernandez opened the scoring early in t...
Argentina international Jonas Gutierrez year contract Tuesday with Newcastle.Gutierrez, 28, had two years left on his previous contract, but signed the new deal to e...
Liverpool claimed a 2-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday in the Merseyside derby after the Blues lost midfielder Jack Rodwell to a red card in the 23rd ...
Papiss Cisse's Newcastle debut may have come a bit earlier than expected, but he sure gave fans on Tyneside something to get excited about.The Senegal international ...
Manchester United fell two points back of 3 draw.A Jonny Evans own goal handed Chelsea a 1-0 lead at the break, while the Blues needed just 25 seconds into the secon...