Six months on from reaching the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals, one of the key components of the Brøndby team is back.Forward Katrine Veje departed Brøndby in the summer to link up with Seattle Reign in the United States. But after helping the Reign top the NWSL regular season table and coming off the bench in their 1-0 championship final defeat by FC Kansas City, Veje has opted to return to Denmark.Veje will not face Slavia Praha in the round of 32 over the next two Wednesdays as Brøndby have granted the 24-year-old a holiday after more than 12 months without a break, but Veje is delighted to be back home having previously been a 13-hour flight away."I ...
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Latest news from the EURO qualifying camps
Fatih Terim has announced his 24-man squad for Turkey's final two UEFA EURO 2016 Group A qualifiers – against the Czech Republic and Iceland. After last month's impressive 3-0 defeat of the Netherlands, the Crescent-Stars are in pole position to take the section's play-off spot.Injured Fenerbahçe right-back Gökhan Gönül is not included, while Galatasaray defender Semih Kaya is rested. The biggest surprise is the inclusion of Cimbom marksman Burak Yılmaz, who was expected to miss out with a hamstring injury. Trabzonspor's uncapped midfielder Okay Yokuşlu – Turkey U21 captain –...
Matthews: The unforgettable Yogi Berra
Wallace Matthews, ESPN Staff Writer CloseWallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM.Follow Wallace on Twitter » Chat archive »
Who exactly are Borussia Mönchengladbach?
The Prussians are comingFounded in 1900, the club's name comes from the Latin version of the word for Prussia – the state in which the city of Monchengladbach then lay. They are still nicknamed the Prussians (die Borussen) in some quarters. When Prussia was broken up after World War I, it became part of Germany and Borussia featured in the 1920 German championship – the first contested after the war – which was then a knockout tournament.The first big breakthroughAfter some lean years, Mönchengladbach returned to the top division of the complicated Oberliga structure in 1950, and while they yo-yoed between the upper tiers for a ...
The Week in Quotes
"I hate my legs. I have these short footballer’s legs. First they were my Kevin Keegans; now they’re my Wayne Rooneys. They were never my David Beckhams because he has great legs. I’d have been a great footballer because I’m built like one from the waist down!” Helen Mirren, the Triple Crown-winning English actress "I don't care that he comes to the Oranje with a hat and a scarf. But with a couple of suspenders and a beard, he could easily join the Amish people in America and sit on a wagon."Wim van Hanegem on Memphis Depay“We played with the U2 crew and a few years...
Fan falls from Turner Field upper deck midgame
Wallace Matthews, ESPN Staff Writer CloseWallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM.Follow Wallace on Twitter » Chat archive »
De la Fuente on Spain’s ‘complete game’
Luis de la Fuente, Spain coachObviously I'm very happy and satisfied to be in the final – it's been a difficult tournament and we've played tough opponents, especially tonight. It was a very good France team but we were calm and collected for 90 minutes and we knew how to manage the game. Then we finished the match, like big teams do. We took advantage of our counterattacking game and, thanks to a great player like Marco Asensio, were able to get the win.We were playing against a very good team – very tough opponents. France don't just have a very good team but they also have quality individual players. We defended very well and didn't all...