LODON,AS ROMA SURVIVED THE FIRST HALF EJECTION OF DANIELE DE ROSSI TO WIN 2-1 AT FC BRUGGE,AND UDINESE OUTPLAYED LENS 3-0 ON A GREAT NIGHT FOR ITALIAN CLUBS IN THE UEFA CUP ON WEDNESDAY.

                       CARSON ,CALIF-LOS ANGELES GALAXY DEFENDER TODD DUNVIDANY HAS A STRAINED LEFT HIP FLEXOR THAT WILL KEEP HIM FROM GOING TO GERMANY FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM'S EXIBITION GAME  AGAINST  POLAND ON WEDNESDAY.

                                MADRID,SPAIN-CAMEROON STRIKER SAMUEL ETO'O THREATENED TO LEAVE THE FIELD IN THE 77TH MINUTE AFTER BEING RACIALLY TAUTED BY THE CROWD,BUT WAS PERSUADED TO REMAIN BY BARCELONA COACH FRANK RIJKAARD AND FINISH OFF THE CLUB'S 2-0VICTORY AT ZARAGOZA ON SATURDAY.

        BAGHDAD,IRAQ-BOMB BLASTS AND GUNFIRE KILLED AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE,INCLUDING TWO U.S SOLDIERS,IN BAGHDAD AND NEARBY TOWNS SUNDAY AS EMERGENCY DAYLIGHT CURFEW WAS LIFTED IN THREE PROVINCES FOLLOWING THE BOMBING OF A SHIITE SHRINE AND A WAVE OF RETRIBUTION AGAINST SUNNIS.