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07/22/2010 - Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini admitted he is interested in United States and Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan.
Donovan played 10 games on loan at Everton last season and had two goals in 10 games for the English Premier League club. Donovan recently played well at the FIFA World Cup for the United States, which won Group C.
Mancini wouldn't rule out making a bid for the 28-year-old.
"Landon Donovan is a good player," Mancini said Wednesday. "It's possible."
Manchester City has already spent around $100 million this offseason for the trio of David Silva from World Cup champion Spain, Yaya Toure from the Ivory Coast and Jerome Boateng from Germany.
City finished fifth in the EPL last season.
<< Kaye leads in Ohio with course-record 63
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jonathan Kaye fired a course-record, eight-
under 63 Thursday to grab a two-stroke lead after the first round of the
Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational.
Kaye, a two-time winner on the PGA
<< Thrashers re-sign Pavelec
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Thrashers announced they have re-
signed goaltender Ondrej Pavelec to a multi-year contract.
Exact terms of the contract were not provided, per team policy.
The 22-year-old appeared in 42 game
<< Trial date hearing in Bonds case to be held Friday
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A hearing has been set for Friday to
determine a trial date in the Barry Bonds perjury case.
Bonds faces several counts of making false statements under oath to a
federal grand jury during
<< Ralston joins Houston as assistant coach
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steve Ralston was hired as an assistant coach
by the Houston Dynamo on Thursday, just two days after he ended his storied
playing career in Major League Soccer.
Ralston had played in MLS since the league s
Newcastle adds former Everton midfielder Gosling >>
Newcastle, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Newly-promoted Newcastle signed former
Everton midfielder Dan Gosling to a four-year contract on Thursday.
Gosling, 20, is the second addition for Newcastle ahead of its return to the
Premier League
Jol turns down Fulham job >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fulham will have to look elsewhere for a
new manager after Martin Jol turned down the chance to return to the Premier
League.
The former Tottenham boss has decided to stay in charge of Ajax af
Hanley commits future to Blackburn >>
Blackburn, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Blackburn has handed teenage defender
Grant Hanley a new five-year contract.
The Scotland Under-19 captain made his Premier League debut in the final game
of last season against Aston Villa and is
Mulumbu signs extension with West Brom >>
West Bromwich, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu has
committed his future to West Brom after penning a new three-year contract.
The 23-year-old DR Congo international made 46 appearances and scored three
goals i
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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