European Football

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Coppa Italia Semi Finals- 2nd legs

Juventus 2-2 Milan (AET) (Agg: 4-3)
Napoli 2-0 Siena (Agg: 3-2)

DFB Pokal Semi Finals

Greuther Furth 0-1 Borussia Dortmund (AET)
Borussia Monchengladbach 0-0 Bayern Munich (AET) (Bayern won 4-2 on penalties)

Coupe De France Quarter Finals

Quevilly 3-2 Marseille (AET)
Ajaccio 1-0 Montpellier
Valenciennes 1-3 Rennes
Paris St Germain 1-3 Lyon

Coupe De France Semi Finals

Quevilly v Rennes
Ajaccio v Lyon

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This is incredibly nuts. Check out the pics: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/gall ... -uae-plans

Real Madrid reveal plans to build holiday resort in UAE
• Check out a gallery of the Spanish club's ambitious plans
• $1bn 'Real Madrid Resort Island' to open in January 2015
• Will contain luxury hotels, villas and amusement park

http://www.guardian.co.uk / Thursday 22 March 2012 16.06 GMT

Real Madrid have revealed plans to build a $1bn holiday resort in the United Arab Emirates that is due to open in January 2015.

Real Madrid Resort Island will be supported by the government of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. A presentation at the Bernabéu, Real's stadium, showed plans for sports facilities, a marina, luxury hotels, villas, an amusement park, a club museum and a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea.

"It is a decisive and strategic step that will strengthen our institution in the Middle East and Asia," said Florentino Pérez, the Real president.

"Real Madrid Resort Island will be a major tourist and sporting centre of great dimensions and the highest level. This extraordinary complex will attract millions of people looking for quality leisure services."

The 430,000 square metre facility is expected to attract around one million visitors in 2015. Real said the artificial island's location put it equidistant between Europe and the far east, adding that more than half their estimated 300 million followers were based in Asia.

[taz]

Woah that is unbelievably nuts.

[taz]

Spanish Primera Division

Matchday 29 of 38

Tuesday 20 March

Osasuna 0-0 Getafe
Barcelona 5-3 Granada

Wednesday 21 March

Sporting Gijon 2-3 Real Mallorca
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
Valencia 1-2 Real Zaragoza
Real Sociedad 1-3 Levante
Villarreal 1-1 Real Madrid

Thursday 22 March

Racing Santander 0-3 Sevilla
Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol
Malaga 4-2 Rayo Vallecano

Matchday 29 Roundup

Real Madrid (72) lead at the top has been reduced to 6 points after they could only draw with Villarreal in an ill tempered game and Barcelona (66) beat Granada in an entertaining match. Valencia (47) remain 3rd despite suffering a shock defeat to bottom club Real Zaragoza. Levante (44) and Malaga (44) are 4th and 5th respectively after posting victories. Espanyol (40) remain 6th after salvaging a draw at Betis.

At the bottom, the relegation zone remains the same but bottom club Zaragoza's (22) shock victory at Valencia has moved them to 6 points from safety. Racing Santander & Sporting Gijon (both 24) hold the other relegation spots after both suffered defeats and are 4 points behind Villarreal.

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Italian Serie A

Matchday 29 of 38

Saturday 24 March

Milan 2-1 Roma
Palermo 1-1 Udinese

Sunday 25 March

Atalanta 2-0 Bologna
Lazio 1-0 Cagliari
Napoli 2-2 Catania
Genoa 2-2 Fiorentina
Novara 0-0 Lecce
Cesena 2-2 Parma
Chievo 1-1 Siena
Juventus 2-0 Inter

Matchday 29 Roundup

At the top, the gap between Milan (63) and Juventus (59) remains at 4 points after both clubs posted impressive victories. Lazio (51) remain 3rd after a late winner against Cagliari. Napoli & Udinese (both 48) remain 4th and 5th respectively after respective draws.

At the bottom, the bottom three remains the same despite none of them losing. Cesena (18) remain bottom and 14 points from safety after claiming a draw against Parma. The other two teams in the drop zone, Novara (24) & Lecce (27) played out a 0-0 draw and Lecce are 5 points behind 17th placed Parma.

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German Bundesliga

Matchday 27 of 34

Friday 23 March

Wolfsburg 2-1 Hamburg

Saturday 24 March

Bayern Munich 2-1 Hannover
Werder Bremen 1-1 Augsburg
Mainz 1-3 Hertha Berlin
Freiburg 2-0 Kaiserslautern
Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Hoffenheim
Schalke 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen

Sunday 25 March

Stuttgart 1-0 Nuremberg
Cologne 1-6 Borussia Dortmund

Matchday 27 Roundup

The gap between Borussia Dortmund (62) & Bayern Munich (57) remains at 5 points after both teams posted victories. Dortmund's win guarantees them a top 4 spot. Schalke (53) have leapfrogged Borussia Monchengladbach (51) into 3rd after beating Bayer Leverkusen and Gladbach let a lead slip against Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen & Werder Bremen (both 40) remain in the Europa League spots.

At the bottom, Kaiserslautern (20) remain bottom after another defeat, this time to Freiburg. Hertha Berlin (26) remain in the drop zone despite claiming an impressive victory at Mainz. Hamburg (27) have slipped into the relegation playoff position after losing to Wolfsburg and Augsburg (27) have a superior GD.

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 29 of 38

Saturday 24 March

Ajaccio 1-1 Lorient
Brest 0-1 Nancy
Evian 0-3 Lille
Lyon 2-1 Sochaux
Montpellier 1-0 St Etienne
Nice 1-1 Marseille
Valenciennes 1-0 Rennes

Sunday 25 March

Dijon 2-0 Caen
Toulouse 1-0 Auxerre
Paris St Germain 1-1 Bordeaux

Matchday 29 Roundup

Montpellier (60) have moved to the top of the table ahead of Paris St Germain (60) by GD after Montpellier beat St Etienne and Bordeaux held PSG to a draw. Lille (53) & Toulouse (50) remain 3rd and 4th respectively after both posted victories.

At the bottom, it remains the same. Auxerre (24) remain bottom and 5 points from safety after defeat to Toulouse. Sochaux (27) remain in the bottom 3 after defeat to Lyon and Nice (28) remain in the drop zone despite claiming a draw against Marseille. Nice are a point behind Caen.

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Spanish Primera Division

Matchday 30 of 38

Saturday 24 March

Real Mallorca 0-2 Barcelona
Real Madrid 5-1 Real Sociedad
Getafe 3-1 Valencia

Sunday 25 March

Real Zaragoza 1-0 Atletico Madrid
Levante 0-2 Osasuna
Espanyol 1-2 Malaga
Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Sporting Gijon
Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Villarreal
Real Betis 1-1 Racing Santander

Monday 26 March

Granada 0-3 Sevilla

Matchday 30 Roundup

Real Madrid (75) remain 6 points clear of Barcelona (69) after both teams posted victories. The victory for Real Madrid has ensured a place in the Champions League for 2012-13. Valencia (47) remain 3rd despite losing 3-1 to Getafe and 4th placed Malaga (47) are threatening to take 3rd after coming from behind to claim an impressive win at Espanyol. Levante (44) remain 5th after 6th placed Osasuna (43) beat Levante 2-0.

In the drop zone, it remains the same despite the three teams not losing on the weekend. Zaragoza, Sporting GIjon & Racing Santander (all 25) are 6 points behind Granada and Villarreal.

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Russian Premier Liga

Matchday 36 of 44

Saturday 24 March

Tom Tomsk 0-0 Krylya Sovetov
CSKA Moscow 0-2 Lokomotiv Moscow
Krasnodar 0-1 Amkar Perm

Sunday 25 March

Rostov 2-1 Spartak Nalchik
Dinamo Moscow 1-3 Spartak Moscow
Zenit St Petersburg 1-1 Rubin Kazan
Anzhi Makhachkala 2-0 Kuban Krasnodar

Monday 26 March

Terek Grozny 1-3 Volga Nizhny Novgorod

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Spanish Primera Division

Matchday 31 of 38

Saturday 31 March

Racing Santander 0-1 Granada
Sporting Gijon 1-2 Real Zaragoza
Osasuna 1-5 Real Madrid
Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao
Malaga 0-2 Real Betis

Sunday 1 April

Atletico Madrid 3-0 Getafe
Valencia 1-1 Levante
Real Sociedad 4-0 Rayo Vallecano
Villarreal 0-0 Espanyol

Monday 2 April

Sevilla 3-1 Mallorca

Matchday 31 Roundup

Real Madrid (78) remain 6 points clear of Barcelona (72) after both teams posted victories. The victory for Barcelona has ensured a place in the Champions League for 2012-13. Valencia (48) remain 3rd after drawing with Levante in the derby and 4th placed Malaga (47) surprisingly lost at home against Real Betis. Levante (45) remain 5th after their point at Mestalla and Osasuna (43) remain 6th despite being hammered by Real Madrid.

In the drop zone, it remains the same with Sporting and Racing (both 25) losing with the former losing to the other team in the drop zone, Zaragoza (28) who are 4 points behind 17th placed Villarreal.

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Italian Serie A

Matchday 30 of 38

Saturday 31 March

Catania 1-1 Milan
Parma 3-1 Lazio

Sunday 1 April

Roma 5-2 Novara
Cagliari 2-0 Atalanta
Lecce 0-0 Cesena
Fiorentina 1-2 Chievo
Inter 5-4 Genoa
Bologna 1-3 Palermo
Siena 1-0 Udinese
Juventus 3-0 Napoli

Matchday 30 Roundup

At the top, the gap between Milan (64) and Juventus (62) has been cut to 2 points after Milan were held to a draw at Catania and Juventus recorded an impressive victory against Napoli. Lazio (51), Napoli & Udinese (both 48), remain 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively after all three suffered defeats.

At the bottom, the bottom three remains the same. Cesena (19) & Lecce (28) remain in the drop zone after both teams played out a goalless draw. Novara (24) also remain in the drop zone after being humbled by Roma. Lecce are 5 points behind 17th placed Fiorentina.

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German Bundesliga

Matchday 28 of 34

Friday 30 March

Borussia Dortmund 4-4 Stuttgart

Saturday 31 March

Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Freiburg
Werder Bremen 0-3 Mainz
Nuremberg 0-1 Bayern Munich
Kaiserslautern 0-1 Hamburg
Augsburg 2-1 Cologne
Hertha Berlin 1-4 Wolfsburg

Sunday 1 April

Hannover 2-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
Hoffenheim 1-1 Schalke

Matchday 28 Roundup

The gap between Borussia Dortmund (63) & Bayern Munich (60) has been cut to 3 points after Dortmund played out a dramatic draw with Stuttgart and Bayern won a tight Bavarian derby away to Nuremberg. Bayern's win guarantees them a top 4 spot. Schalke (54) & Borussia Monchengladbach (51) remain 3rd and 4th respectively. Hannover (41) & Stuttgart (40) have leapfrogged Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen upto 5th and 6th respectively after Hannover beat Gladbach and Stuttgart claimed a point at Dortmund. Bayer Leverkusen (40) remain in the final EL spot despite losing 2-0 to Freiburg and Robin Dutt getting the sack.

At the bottom, Kaiserslautern (20) remain bottom after another defeat, this time to Hamburg. Hertha Berlin (26) remain in the drop zone after being crushed by Wolfsburg and Cologne (28) have slipped into the relegation playoff position after losing to Augsburg and are 2 points behind Hamburg.

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 30 of 38

Saturday 31 March

Auxerre 2-0 Valenciennes
Bordeaux 1-1 Dijon
Lorient 0-1 Evian
St Etienne 2-3 Nice
Sochaux 2-1 Brest
Nancy 2-1 Paris St Germain

Sunday 1 April

Caen 0-0 Ajaccio
Lille 2-1 Toulouse
Rennes 0-0 Lyon

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Dutch Eredivisie

Matchday 28 of 34

Friday 30 March

Utrecht 3-2 Excelsior

Saturday 31 March

Groningen 1-3 Heerenveen
PSV Eindhoven 2-0 VVV Venlo
Twente 2-0 Roda
Feyenoord 3-1 NAC Breda

Sunday 1 April

NEC Nijmegen 2-0 De Graafschap
RKC Waalwijk 1-0 ADO Den Haag
Ajax 6-0 Heracles Almelo
Vitesse Arnhem 2-2 AZ Alkmaar

Matchday 28 Roundup

Ajax (58) have moved to the top of the Eredivisie after they beat Heracles and 2nd placed AZ Alkmaar (57) could only draw against Vitesse. Twente (55) remain 3rd after beating Roda. PSV, Feyenoord & Heerenveen (all 54) remain 4th, 5th and 6th after posting respective victories. Vitesse (42) & NEC (37) round off the top 8.

At the bottom, De Graafschap (16) remain bottom after another defeat and are 13 points from safety. Excelsior (18) and VVV Venlo (25) remain in the relegation playoff positions after respective defeats.

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Russian Premier Liga

Matchday 37 of 44

Friday 30 March

Spartak Nalchik 0-2 Tom Tomsk

Saturday 31 March

Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2-0 Rostov
Kuban Krasnodar 1-1 CSKA Moscow
Spartak Moscow 1-2 Zenit St Petersburg
Krylya Sovetov 1-1 Krasnodar

Sunday 1 April

Amkar Perm 2-0 Terek Grozny
Rubin Kazan 1-0 Anzhi Makhachkala
Lokomotiv Moscow 0-2 Dinamo Moscow

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Italian Serie A

Matchday 31 of 38

Saturday 7 April

Atalanta 1-2 Siena
Cagliari 2-2 Inter
Cesena 0-0 Bologna
Chievo 3-2 Catania
Lecce 4-2 Roma
Milan 1-2 Fiorentina
Novara 1-1 Genoa
Udinese 3-1 Parma
Palermo 0-2 Juventus
Lazio 3-1 Napoli

Matchday 31 Roundup

At the top, Juventus (65) have leapfrogged Milan (64) to top after Milan's shock defeat to Fiorentina and Juventus claimed an impressive win at Palermo. Lazio (54) remain 3rd after beating 5th placed Napoli (48). Udinese (51) remain 4th after beating Parma.

At the bottom, the bottom three remains the same despite none of the teams suffering defeats. Cesena (20) remain bottom after a goalless draw in the local derby with Bologna. With 7 games to go, Cesena are all but relegated with them being 15 points from safety. Novara (25) are 10 points from safety after claiming a point against Genoa. Lecce (31) remain in the drop zone despite an emphatic victory against Roma and are 4 points behind Parma & Genoa.

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German Bundesliga

Matchday 29 of 34

Saturday 7 April

Bayern Munich 2-1 Augsburg
Freiburg 2-2 Nuremberg
Kaiserslautern 1-2 Hoffenheim
Stuttgart 4-1 Mainz
Cologne 1-1 Werder Bremen
Wolfsburg 1-3 Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Monchengladbach 0-0 Hertha Berlin

Sunday 8 April

Schalke 3-0 Hannover
Hamburg 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Matchday 29 Roundup

The gap between Borussia Dortmund (66) & Bayern Munich (63) at the top remains at 3 points after both teams posted victories ahead of their title showdown on Wednesday. Schalke (57) & Borussia Monchengladbach (52) remain 3rd and 4th respectively. Stuttgart (43) have moved upto 5th after coming from behind to beat Mainz. Werder Bremen & Bayer Leverkusen (both 41) have moved upto 6th and 7th after both teams recorded draws.

At the bottom, Kaiserslautern (20) remain bottom after another defeat, this time to Hoffenheim. Hertha Berlin (27) remain in the drop zone despite claiming a draw at Gladbach and Cologne (29) remain in the relegation playoff position despite claiming a draw against Werder Bremen and are a point behind Augsburg.

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 31 of 38

Saturday 7 April

Ajaccio 1-1 St Etienne
Brest 3-1 Lille
Dijon 0-2 Nancy
Evian 1-3 Rennes
Montpellier 2-1 Sochaux
Valenciennes 2-0 Toulouse
Lyon 2-1 Auxerre

Sunday 8 April

Caen 1-0 Bordeaux
Nice 2-0 Lorient
Paris St Germain 2-1 Marseille

Matchday 31 Roundup

Montpellier (63) remain top of the table after beating Sochaux and 2nd placed Paris St Germain (63) beat Marseille in the Clasico. Montpellier can extend their lead to 3 points if they beat Marseille in their game in hand. Lille (56) remain 3rd despite losing to Brest and Lyon (53) have moved upto 4th and putting the pressure on Lille.

At the bottom, it remains the same. Auxerre (27) remain bottom after defeat to Lyon and are 6 points from safety. Sochaux (30) remain in the drop zone after losing to the league leaders and Lorient (32) have slipped into the drop zone after losing to Nice and are a point behind Ajaccio, Caen and Brest.

[DavidP]

good work taz. keep it up.

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