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| United fight back to win thrilling Shield Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:43 AM PDT  Manchester United's Nani (2nd left) celebrates scoring against Manchester City with teammates during their FA Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium in London August 7, 2011. — Reuters pic City defender Joleon Lescott and striker Edin Dzeko scored late in the first half to stun Premier League champions United, who had dominated the early stages of the traditional season curtain-raiser against the FA Cup winners. United responded quickly after halftime, however, defender Chris Smalling steering Ashley Young's free kick past Joe Hart from close range and Nani finishing off a superb intricate passing movement with a deft chip from a narrow angle on 58 minutes. With the match heading for a penalty shootout, United cleared a corner and confusion in the City defence allowed Nani to race clear, round Hart and slot the ball calmly into an empty net. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Norway striker Carew joins West Ham Posted: 06 Aug 2011 07:54 PM PDT  Carew celebrates scoring against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup in Birmingham, England, February 24, 2010. — Reuters pic Carew, who has scored 23 goals in 88 internationals, signed after passing a medical Saturday but will not be available for West Ham's league opener at home to Cardiff City today. The 31-year-old is West Ham's fifth signing since they were relegated from the Premier League last season and follows the arrival of Joey O'Brien, Abdoulaye Faye, Kevin Nolan and Matt Taylor at Upton Park. "I am looking forward to being part of a good team here that will bring this great club back up to the Premier league again," he told the West Ham website (whufc.com). Carew said he spoke to former team mates who had played under West Ham's new manager Sam Allardyce and heard good things about the former Bolton Wanderers' coach. "He spoke well to me and I think he is a great manager and I'm very happy to be playing for him and the club," said Carew. The striker began his career at Rosenborg before spells with Valencia, who he helped reach the 2001 Champions League final and win the 2002 Spanish title, Olympique Lyon. He joined Villa in January 2007 and scored 54 goals in 133 games for the Midlands club. He was on loan at Stoke City during the second half of last season. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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