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Zenit St Petersburg coach Andre Villas-Boas wants to tempt England U21 defender Eric Dier to Russia. The Sporting Lisbon centre-half had a short spell

fbl-RUS-Villas-Boas-Zenit Contributed by NAMPA / AFP. Football: Villas-Boas happy with first Zenit win SAINT PETERSBURG, March 25, 2014 (AFP) - Andre Villas-Boas praised Zenit St Petersburg for getting him off to a winning start with the ...

By The St. Petersburg Times Published: April 23, 2014 (Issue # 1807) Zenit St. Petersburg maintained their position at the top of the Russian Premier League with a hard-fought, 2-1 win in Dagestan on Apr. 19 against bottom club Anzhi ...

Zenit St Petersburg boss Andre Villas-Boas has played down talk of him taking over from Tata Martino as Barcelona boss. The Portuguese has had to endure a difficult year after what promised so much back in August with Tottenham. After being sacked ...

CSKA's victory on Sunday leaves them in third position four points adrift of tabletoppers Zenit St Petersburg and three shy of Lokomotiv Moscow with four games remaining. On Saturday Zenit and Lokomotiv had posted victories beating bottom side ...

By The St. Petersburg Times Published: April 16, 2014 (Issue # 1806) Brazilian forward Hulk celebrates another goal. Photo: fc-zenit.ru 12. The win, their fourth in a row, gives Zenit a one-point lead at the top of the Russian Premier League ...

Zenit St Petersburg held on to their one-point lead at the top of the Russian Premier League with a 2-1 win away to Anzhi Makhachkala on Saturday. It was Zenit's fifth consecutive win under new manager Andre Villas-Boas and moved them on to 56 ...

Zenit St Petersburg continued their winning run under new coach Andre Villas-Boas on Saturday, beating FC Krasnodar 4-1 to go provisionally top of the Russian Premier League. Brazilian forward Hulk claimed a hat-trick and Venezuelan striker Salomon ...

Dortmund lost 2-1 at home to Zenit St Petersburg but took the last- 16 tie 5-4 on aggregate on the back of a 4-2 first-leg victory. Schmelzer limped out with a suspected hip injury 15 minutes before the final whistle, while Lewandowski was booked ...