Hertha BSC Berlin Sold Marcelinho To Turkish Club Trabzonspor

The Brazilian is transferring effective immediately to Turkey's first division club, Trabzonspor.
The 31-year-old scored 65 goals in 155 Bundesliga matches – including 18 in the 2004/05 season when he was named the Bundesliga player of the year - but a string of disciplinary problems, most recently a late return from holiday, forced the club’s hand.

Ruud van Nistelrooy Now Playing For Real Madrid

Ruud van Nistelrooy today fired a parting shot at Manchester United by insisting that Real Madrid are 'best club in the world'. Van Nistelrooy told Real's website that his 'football dream' of joining Real Madrid had 'finally become a reality'.

The 30-year-old Holland striker passed a medical today paving the way for him to sign a three-year deal at the Bernabeu and clinch a reported £11million move from Manchester United.

UEFA Champions League Draw

UEFA Champions League Draw






Sheriff (MDA) or Spartak Moskow (RUS)
v Slovan Liberec (CZE)


Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
v FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) or Legia Warsaw (POL)

FC Zürich (SUI) or FC Salzburg (AUT)
v Valencia (ESP)

Levski Sofia (BUL) or Sioni Bolnisi (GEO)
v Chievo Verona (ITA)

Heart of Midlothian (SCO) or NK `iroki Brijeg (BIH)
v AEK Athens (GRE)

CSKA Moskow (RUS)
v Djurgårdens (SWE) or MFK Ruzomberok (SVK)

AC Milan (ITA)
v Cork City (IRL) or Red Star Belgrade (SCG)

Galatasaray (TUR)
v FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE) or Vålerenga (NOR)

Standard Liège (BEL)
v NK Gorica (SLO) or Steaua Bucuresti (ROU)

Austria Vienna (AUT)
v Benfica (POR)

FK Ekranas (LTU) or Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
v Arsenal (ENG)

FC Copenhagen (DEN) or Myllykosken Pallo-47 (FIN)
v Ajax Amsterdam (NED)

Hamburg (GER)
v Osasuna (ESP)

Liepajas Metalurgs (LAT) or Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
v Fenerbahce (TUR) or B36 Tórshavn (FAR)

Liverpool (ENG) v Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

Lille (FRA)
v Debreceni (HUN) or FK Rabotnicki (MKD)

UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round Results

There were goals in every single game.
Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahce managed to score 4 times each and something must be going really wrong if those two teams don't make it to the next qualifying round
There were 13 games played today here are the results

FC Sheriff 1 - 1 Spartak Mosc.
76' [0 - 1] R. Kovac
90' [1 - 1] Eromoigbe

L. Metalurgs 1 - 4 Dynamo Kyiv
20' [0 - 1] D. Rincon
29' [0 - 2] M. Shatskikh
31' [0 - 3] M. Verpakovskis
82' [0 - 4] G. Gavrancic
88' [1 - 4] Kalonas

Levski Sofia 2 - 0 Sioni Bolnisi
21' [1 - 0] E. Angelov
80' [2 - 0] D. Borimirov (pen.)

Djurgarden 1 - 0 Ruzomberok
70' [1 - 0] C.N. Enrico

Fenerbahce 4 - 0 Torshavn
27' [1 - 0] S. Appiah
39' [2 - 0] T. Metin
54' [3 - 0] S. Tuncay
90' [4 - 0] T. Önder

Zurich 2 - 1 SV Salzburg
02' [1 - 0] A. Keita
20' [2 - 0] C.C.d. Souza
32' [2 - 1] J. Vonlanthen

Hafnarfjordur 0 - 1 Legia Warsaw
84' [0 - 1] J.X.G. Élton

Cork City 0 - 1 Red Star Belg.
37' [0 - 1] N. Zigic

Debrecen 1 - 1 Rabotnicki
44' [0 - 1] Stankovski
45' [1 - 1] Zsolnai

FC Copenhagen 2 - 0 MyPa
64' [1 - 0] A. Bergdølmo (pen.)
90' [2 - 0] M. Gravgaard

Hearts 3 - 0 Siroki Brijeg
53' [1 - 0] Anic (o.g.)
79' [2 - 0] I. Tall
84' [3 - 0] R. Bednar

Mlada Boleslav 3 - 1 Valerenga Oslo
07' [1 - 0] Pecka
11' [2 - 0] Matejovsky
19' [3 - 0] Matejovsky
67' [3 - 1] A. Gashi

Nova Gorica 0 - 2 Steaua Bucharest
54' [0 - 1] C. Dica
66' [0 - 2] C. Iacob

Dinamo Zagreb - Ekranas 4-1

Two Eduardo Da Silva goals helped NK Dinamo Zagreb make giant strides towards the next stage of the UEFA Champions League with a 4-1 second qualifying round first-leg victory against FK Ekranas in Lithuania.



07' [0-1] Da Silva
14' [1-1] Lukšys
32' [1-2] Buljat
51' [1-3] Da Silva
69' [1-4] Vugrinec

Ekranas
1 Arvydas Skrupskis
4 Arunas Klimavičius
16 Audrius Banevicius
13 Gediminas Paulauskas
25 Mindaugas Gardžijauskas
77 Giedrius Tomkevičius
7 Mantas Savenas
33 Vaidotas Slekys
5 Ruslans Mikhalchuk
27 Egidijus Varnas
9 Povilas Lukšys

substitutes
12 Paulius Grybauskas
14 Dainius Saulenas
23 Donatas Petrauskas
18 Dominykas Galkevicius
10 Aurimas Kučys
11 Serghei Pogreban
21 Vitalijus Kavaliauskas
Coach
Virginijus Liubšys

Dinamo Zagreb
1 Ivan Turina
2 Marijan Buljat
3 Hrvoje Čale
5 Vedran Čorluka
6 Mario Cvitanović
7 Etto
10 Luka Modrić
11 Jasmin Agić
24 Eduardo Da Silva
28 Zoran Mamić
30 Davor Vugrinec
substitutes
12 Filip Lončarić
8 Ante Tomić
9 Anderson Costa
15 Carlos
20 Ognjen Vukojević
26 Dino Drpić
27 Goran Ljubojević
Coach
Josip Kuze

Fernando Torres Staying At Atletico Madrid

Spain striker Fernando Torres has ruled out a move away from Atletico Madrid.
'I am here for the pre-season just like last year and have no intention to leave. I want to stay here,' Torres told a news conference on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old international, Atletico's top scorer in each of the last four seasons, had remained quiet over his future since returning from the World Cup finals.
Manchester United and Inter Milan were reported to have been interested in signing Torres but the striker said he was only focused on Atletico.

Slaven Bilic New Croatia Coach

Former international defender Slaven Bilic was named as Croatia's new coach on Tuesday, replacing Zlatko Kranjcar who was sacked earlier this month.
The 37-year-old, a member of the team that took a surprise third place at the 1998 World Cup in France, will lead the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008.
'We face a tough, bumpy road in qualifying, but we're not afraid,' Bilic told reporters after his appointment. He will make his debut in a friendly against world champions Italy in Taranto on Aug. 16.

Bilic's assistant will be Aljosa Asanovic, a former team mate at Hajduk Split and the national team.
Croatia's poor performance at the World Cup finals in Germany - they exited at the group stage - led to Kranjcar's dismissal.