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DUBAI — Zulfa Goa Diamond B-human downed Zulfa SSC 2-0 to claim the GFL-2011 Kassim Usman Khan Champions football tournament, organised by Valpoi Sports Club, in Dubai on Friday.

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DUBAI — The 2011 Dubai Football 7s, which will be held on four weekends from February 18 to March 12 at Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence, has gained the endorsement of The Princess Haya Initiative for the Development of Health, Physical Education and School Sports.

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DUBAI — The UAE senior national team’s performance in the AFC Asian Cup was positive despite the early ouster from the group stage, according to Bernhard Schumm, director of coaching and development at the UAEFA.

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DUBAI — UAE head coach Srecko Katanec said for a team without much experience, the UAE played “ideal football” in the AFC Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar, which concluded with Japan winning the continental title for a record fourth time.

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The yardstick of just how well Manchester United have performed in this Premier League season will still be where they finish up, not how it was achieved.

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England’s Premier League clubs were back splashing the cash and defying austerity in a transfer window that climaxed with Fernando Torres’s record-breaking £50 million ($80.5 million, 58.5 million euro) move from Liverpool to Chelsea.

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TOKYO - Flushed with pride, the coach of Japan’s Asian Cup-winning squad is eyeing July’s Copa America as another stepping stone for his Blue Samurai.

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Michael Bradley has become the latest United States international to join the Premier League after Aston Villa agreed a loan deal with German club Borussia Moenchengladbach on Monday.

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LONDON - Blackburn Rovers made two additions to their squad on transfer deadline day with Mauro Formica joining from Argentine side Newell’s Old Boys and Ruben Rochina arriving from Barcelona’s B team.

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