Ajax Amsterdam Soccer News

MADRID, Spain (AP) _ Real Madrid signed Wesley Sneijder from Ajax for 27 million euros (C$28.87 million) Monday, the second Dutchman to join the Spanish champion in five days. The 23-year-old Netherlands midfielder agreed to a five-year deal and wass to unveiled at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium later Monday. ``Right now, this is a dream come true. I couldn't ask for more,'' Sneijder told sports daily As. ``I want to play at Real Madrid and I want ...

Feyenoord and Paris Saint-Germain _ two clubs whose last UEFA Cup matches were marred by violence _ reached the round of 32 in Europe's second-tier competition on Wednesday, and were joined by Ajax, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Celta Vigo and Fenerbahce. Both Feyenoord and PSG claimed their first victories in the group stage. Feyenoord downed Wisla Krakow 3-1 in Group F and PSG beat Panathinaikos 4-0 at home in Group G ...

Ajax was held to a 2-2 draw by visiting AZ Alkmaar on Sunday in the Dutch league, leaving the Amsterdam team in third place. Johnny Heitinga gave Ajax the lead with a free kick in the 35th minute, but AZ tied the score in the 51st when former Ajax forward Shota Arveladze poked in a close range effort against the run of play. Five minutes later, a blunder by Maarten Stekelenburg gave David Mendez da Silva the chance ...

Defending titlist Sevilla and four-time European champion Ajax are part of a handful of clubs that can qualify for the third round of the UEFA Cup this week. Sevilla can advance with a win over Grasshoppers in Zurich on Wednesday in Group C. Ajax will secure a place in the top three if it beats Group F leader Espanyol in Amsterdam on Thursday. English clubs Newcastle, Tottenham and Blackburn already ...

Kenneth Perez scored two goals and set up two more for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on Sunday to lift Ajax over nine-man Feyenoord 4-0 in the Dutch league. Huntelaar first headed in Perez's 12th-minute corner, then scored again in the 38th off another assist from Perez. Perez converted from the penalty spot in the 50th after Dwight Tiendalli brought down Huntelaar in the area. The Denmark winger then put back a rebound ...

Ryan Babel scored twice and Ajax beat FC Groningen 3-2 in the Dutch league on Saturday. Babel gave Ajax the lead in the 51st minute, before Ukraine midfielder Yevgeni Levchenko equalized with a penalty kick in the 56th. Four minutes later, Luis Suarez scored to put Groningen ahead, but Babel levelled in the 74th. Defender Urby Emanuelson scored the winner with an eight-meter shot in the 80th. It was the first loss of the season for Groningen, which hasn't won ...

Gabri, Johnny Heitinga and Kenneth Perez scored Sunday to give Ajax a 3-2 win at 10-man FC Utrecht and first place in the Dutch league. Ajax went ahead when midfielder Wesley Sneijder set up Gabri in the seventh minute. A defensive mix-up by Utrecht allowed Heitinga to make it 2-0 just before halftime. Utrecht _ led by Foeke Booy, the Eredivisie's longest-serving coach _ dominated the action for most of ...

Substitute Kenneth Perez scored two second-half goals Sunday to give Ajax a 2-0 win over visiting NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch First Division soccer league. Nijmegen goalkeeper Gabor Babos made several outstanding saves before Perez scored off a 60th-minute corner kick. The Danish striker collected a through ball from winger Markus Rosenburg to grab his second goal in the 82nd. Also on Sunday, midfielder Jonathan de Guzman scored in the ...

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored twice to help Ajax to a 3-0 win over 10-man Vitesse Arnhem in the Dutch league Sunday. Huntelaar collected a pass from Mauro Rosales in the 32nd minute to score his first Eredivisie goal of the season. Ajax doubled its lead in the first-half stoppage time when Roger beat Vitesse Arnhem goalkeeper Harald Wapenaar with a low shot from close range. Midfielder Wesley Sneijder set up Huntelaar for Ajax's third goal in the 55th minute. Vitesse's ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) _ Welsey Sneijder scored twice Sunday to give Ajax Amsterdam a 2-1 win over NAC Breda in the Dutch first division. After a goalless first half, new signing Edwin de Graaf fired past Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg in the 63rd minute. Roaming midfielder Sneijder equalized for Ajax 10 minutes later with a thumping drive inside the area to the visible relief of coach Henk ten Cate. Ten Cate's side exited the Champions League on Wednesday ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) _ Fifteen Ajax supporters were jailed for up to four years Thursday for assaulting rival ADO fans outside their clubhouse in The Hague earlier this year. But judges turned down the prosecutors' demand to call the accused a criminal gang in place of soccer hooligans. ``The court is of the opinion that there is insufficient evidence to ...