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Liverpool 1 – 0 Unirea Urziceni Liverpool had a frustrating night until David Ngog’s late goal By Chris Bevan David Ngog’s 81st-minute winner spared Liverpool’s blushes as they began their Europa League campaign in disappointing fashion against Unirea Urzinceni. The Romanian side’s defensive approach looked like earning them a draw in the first leg of […]

Ca va se savoir !

Le Palais de la Culture et des Sciences de Varsovie accueille le tirage au sort. Photo REUTERS Le coup d’envoi de l’Euro 2012, organise par la Pologne et l’Ukraine, est donne aujourd’hui avec le tirage au sort des eliminatoires. juillet)) et le successeur de Raymond Domenech, le programme qui l’attend durant les deux prochaines annees. […]

ENTRETIEN – ”La Roumanie prend du poids dans ses relations avec Moscou”

En fin de semaine derniere, le president Traian Basescu a annonce que la Roumanie acceptait l’offre des Etats-Unis de participer a son projet de systeme de defense (bouclier anti-missile) en Europe de l’est. Bucarest pourrait donc accueillir, des 2015, des intercepteurs de moyenne portee. Que va-t-il se passer concretement sur le territoire roumain et comment […]

Les carnavaliers font les fous

Ambiance assuree a Sarrebruck ou les clefs de la ville ont ete remises aux carnavaliers jusqu’a mardi gras. Saviez-vous que les Sarrois vivent actuellement une 5e saison ? Elle se situe entre la fin de l’hiver et le debut du printemps, correspond tout simplement a la periode de carnaval. Ces Allemands baignent dans les festivites […]

L’ACH meritait mieux

L’ACH aura donc affronte Mios trois fois cette saison. Et perdu a chaque fois. Hier soir, a la Grand-Font, les handballeuses angoumoisines n’ont pas ete loin d’accrocher les 4e de la Ligue feminine. Comme a l’aller, elles n’ont craque que dans les dernieres minutes sous les coups de boutoir d’une equipe girondine autrement mieux armee […]

Rescued Romanian lions fly to new Yorkshire home

In Romania the lions had been living in bare concrete cages A pride of 13 lions which were being kept in cramped conditions in a dilapidated Romanian zoo have flown to a new home in South Yorkshire. The lions, whose ages range from 15 months to 27 years old, had been living in concrete enclosures […]

Liverpool FC boss Rafa Benitez happy to take slender Europa League victory to Romania

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was satisfied with his side’s 1-0 Europa League victory over Unirea Urziceni despite their obvious struggles to break down the determined Romanians. Striker David Ngog’s goal nine minutes from time eventually ended the resistance to give the Reds some breathing space ahead of next week’s return leg. And although Benitez would […]

On Show

Fun and eccentricity Ron Arad has been a fixture of British design for several decades. Restless, his first solo exhibition in the UK, displays a retrospective of his work while also highlighting the quirky and fun spirit that it embraces. In addition to taking in some of the experimental furniture that has made Arad famous, […]

Unirea Urziceni v Liverpool – Preview – 25 February 2010

Unirea Urziceni v Liverpool UEFA Europa League Round of 32 2nd Leg Stadional Steaua – Bucharest, Romania 25 February 2010 – 18:00 GMT Liverpool will take a slim 1-0 lead into the second leg against underdogs Unirea Urziceni in the Europa League on Thursday. Unirea Urziceni v Liverpool Preview Unirea Urziceni are such a small club […]

Gerrard is top of Euro charts after Liverpool win

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was pleased with the character shown by his side in their 3-1 victory over Unirea Urziceni in Romania, which sealed a 4-1 aggregate win and a place in the last 16 of the Europa League. Shaky defending from set-pieces in the first half saw them fall behind to Bruno Fernandes’ header […]