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His good performance with Fiorentina has not gone unnoticed: three European soccer teams would be currently interested in hiring Peruvian Juan Manuel “Loco” Vargas.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester City would be the clubs interested in Vargas, who is currently worth 25 million euros.

Reportedly, one of the first clubs to be interested is Real Madrid, and Inter Milan may be keeping an eye on Vargas.

Several international media are reporting on this, too, such as Marca, Calciomercato and Goal.com.

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Werder Bremen and Valencia drew 4-4 and Pizarro scored the last goal of the match. Last week the score was 1-1. The Spanish team goes through the next stage of Euroleague.

Peruvian forward Claudio Pizarro scored a goal today, but couldn't avoid his team disqualification from Europe League. Werder Bremen was eliminated by Spanish Valencia due to goals scored away.

Spanish international David Villa and Juan Mata scored the first two goals for the visitors at 3' and 15'. Meanwhile, Pizarro appeared to give teammate an assistance for the Germans at 26'. Villa scored again for Valencia at 45' to put the match 3-1.

Torsten Frings at 37' put the second one for the local team through a penalty kick and Marin got the equalizer at 61'.

Five minutes later Valencia went ahead thanks to Villa, at 66'. Pizarro equalized seven minutes from time. With the score 4-4 Bremen attacked but couldn't get the winning goal.

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Twelve Peruvian Chess players qualified for the Panamerican Games Brazil 2010, scheduled for August, after winning the National Youth Championship held in Lima between March 10 and 13.

The winners of the competition are Daniel Rodríguez, Eduardo Huamán, Eric Chong, Alexander Príncipe, Marcos Gonzáles and Deivy Vera; andMelanie Dongo, Blanca Solís, Pierina Rosales, Paula Paredes, Diana Asmat y Natalia Cornejo at Ladies Category.

1,300 chess players from Lima, Cajamarca, Puno, Tacna, Huaraz, Huaral, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Huancayo, Huánuco, Cusco, Juliaca, Arequipa, Ica and Ayacucho participated at the competitions.

The twelve winners pursue a sixth Panamerican title from the last nine editions.

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Werder Bremen won 1-0 at Hoffenheim with a goal scored by Claudio Pizarro, and now is sixth in the Bundesliga, with 42 points accumulated.

Pizarro scored only 10 minutes left to the end of the game, thanks to an assistance from Daniel Jensen; thus, at this moment, Bremen still has chances of qualifying for an international tournament next season.

The Peruvian forward is now only five goals left to equalize the record set by Brazilian Giovane Elber.

"We had a very difficult game, but we were very disciplined today. We knew we only need an opportunity today, and Pizarro took advantage of it, he is the great player who makes the difference," said coach Thomas Schaaf.

This was Pizarro's 100th game with Bremen at Bundesliga.

Up to now, Bayern Munchen is the leader of the Bundesliga with 56 points, two ahead of Farfan's Schalke. Paolo Guerrero's Hamburg is fifth with 43 after it lose to Bayer Leverkusen 4-2.

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A young Peruvian windsurfer saved the life of a competitor despite the fact that it implied losing the regatta, reports local media today.

Sebastián Schreier Loret de Mola, who was leading one of the regattas of the Windsurfing World Championship, held in Spain, saved a Spanish sportsman who was floating unconscious and trapped after a collision with a German competitor.

“I heard the collision, turned back and just saw him: he was not reacting and I did not think twice. I jumped into the water, went under him and was able to free him. He regained conscioussness just as the paramedics were arriving,” said the Peruvian.

“The whole Spanish team and his family were very moved and thanked me,” remembers Schreir.

His action has also awarded him a Fair Play Award from the International Olympics Committee, that he received in Lima.

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Peru won the series match against El Salvador 5-0 and will face Venezuela in the next round  of the Davis Cup.

After Alvaro Raposo and Sergio Galdos defeated visitors Marcelo Arevalo and Sebastian Moreno, Peru's team will play Venezuela next July.

19 year-old Alvaro Raposo defeated Marcelo Arevalo 7-5/6-3 and got the fourth point for Peru. Galdos got the fifth and definitive point after beating Moreno 6-0/6-0.

Peruvian team had already got next round after winning the doubles game thanks to Ivan Miranda and Sergio Galdos.

The Peruvian players had a difficult time facing Arevalo brothers, Rafael and Marcelo, to whom they beat 3-2 (7-5/3-6/6-7(4-7)/6-4/6-4) at Lawn Tennis Club.

Peru will play Venezuela from 9 to 11 July.

The Venezuelans defeated Bolivia in La Paz.

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Peruvian champion Nicolás Fuchs, along with his co-driver Jean-Pierre Cillóniz, reached the third position in the Mexico Rally, getting the world podium in the category Production World Rally Championship (P-WRC), along with world champions and Armindo Araújo Japan's Toshi Arai, who ranked first and second respectively.

"I'm more than happy because I always had in mind that we could achieve this result, and this serves us well for our global goals,” Fuchs said, after making a time of 4 hours 8 minutes 31 seconds and 6 tenths.

"I thank my sponsors, PetroPeru, Castrol, Vision Center, Ferretti, and especially to my co-team competition Latitude 0 competition, which made this possible," remarked Fuchs.

With the third place of Nicolas Fuchs concludes the second day of the World Rally Championship, which absolute winner was Sebastien Loeb, of France followed by Norwegian Petter Solberg.

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Peruvian tennis players Ivan Miranda and Mauricio Echazu had a good start in the Davis Cup after defeating Rafael and Marcelo Arevalo brothers from El Salvador.

If they win the doubles match tomorrow, Peru will pass through the second round of Group II of the Davis Cup.

Miranda won the first game without complications to Rafael Arevalo 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in nearly 120 minutes. In the second game, Mauricio Echazu (422 ATP) had to paly his best to defeat Marcelo Arevalo (462 ATP), 3-2 (2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3) in more than 180 minutes.

Peruvians Miranda and Echazu will face on Saturday Arevalo brothers in the doubles game from noon.

If Peru wins today, they will face the winner of the Venezuela-Bolivia series.

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Peruvian surfer Sofía Mulanovich, aka “La Gringa,” was eliminated from the quarterfinals of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast competition, in Australia, first stage for the Word Surf Circuit.

Mulanovich made 9.76 points, and was thus unable to defeat Hawaian Melanie Bartels, who obtained 11.43 points, surpassing largely her rival.

The Peruvian seemed to be having a bad day and her first maneuvers obtained only a low qualification.

Bartels defeated Mulanovic with a wave of 7.83 points, which helped her reach the necessary qualification and pass to the next round, when she will have to face Australian Chelsea Hedges.

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Peruvian tennis team led by Ivan Miranda plays against Salvadorians at Lawn Tennis Club in Lima.

From 10:30 a.m., Miranda will play Salvadorian Rafael Arevalo for Group II the American Zone of Davis Cup. Peru looks forward to get back to the World Group.

The Peru-El Salvador series to be played from today until next Sunday will define the country to face the winner of the Venezuela-Bolivia series in July.

Tomorrow's matches will be between Miranda (ranked 337 by ATP) and 23 year-old Rafael Arevalo (916th in the same ranking).

Captains are Alejandro Aramburu (Peru) and Roberto Salazar (El Salvador).
Later today, after the first match, Mauricio Echazu will face Marcelo Arevalo.

Tomorrow Saturday will be the doubles match between Peruvians Miranda/Echazu and visitors Marcelo Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo.

On Sunday, March 6, Miranda will play against Marcelo Arevalo while Echazu will play Rafael Arevalo.

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