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Internacional win the Copa Libertadores beating Chivas, 3-2

After winning the first leg, 2-1 in Mexico, the Brazilian club was favoured to win the second leg at...
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Arsenal’s injury woes: Frimpong out for at least 6 months

Emmanuel Frimpong whose Arsenal trajectory was just taking off suffered an ACL injury during training that will keep him...
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Second time around: Schwarzer bid rejected

Arsenal does not improve on its earlier bid. Predictably, Fulham feels insulted and turns them down. Schwarzer may not...
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Gallas to join Tottenham

Maybe Gallas can do some more of this while at Spurs Another classy act by the former Arsenal captain-...
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Liverpool 1 Trabzonspor 0: Joe Cole delights, disappoints

Joe Cole a split personality? He slips a sublime pass to Ryan Babel who scores the only goal in...
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Mario Balotelli scores on debut

The Premiership’s most exciting talent scores on debut for City as they manage to overcome FC Timisoara, 1-0 on...
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City’s opponents FC Timişoara’s convoluted ownership

Man City starts its Europa Cup venture against Romanian club FC Timişoara which is not exactly the original city...
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Club takeover update: Liverpool and Blackburn

Coming soon to Ewood Park Liverpool’s takeover bid is being undermined by interested parties with notional money. Those with...
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Özil: “I wanted to play with the best and the best is Mourinho”

Mesut Özil is presented at the Bernabeu as he completes his move to Real on a 6 year contract....
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Werder Bremen overcome Sampdoria, 3-1

Watch Clemens Fritz’s absolute blast that beats Gianluca Curci. Then Torsten Frings converts a spot kick after defender Stefano...
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Anelka calls the FFF ” a bunch of clowns”

Nicholas Anelka was banned for 18 months by the French Football Federation. Today he blasted back in typical fashion....
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Homegrown rule could invoke FIFA’s rule 15

Arsene Wenger is an outspoken critic of the Premiership’s new thrust towards domestic development of players which stipulates that...
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Huge blow for Arsenal: Nasri out for four weeks

The French midfielder picked up a meniscal injury in the Liverpool game and will undergo a minor surgery which...
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Shellshocked Spurs fight back against Young Boys, 2-3

Young Boys raced to a 3-0 lead in the first half with goals from Senad Lulic (video), Henri Bienvenu...
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Ahsan Ali Syed plotting a Blackburn takeover

Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed is in talks with the Jack Walker estate which manages Blackburn for a potential...
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Champions League playoffs: Spurs meet Young Boys

Giovani Dos Santos: Part of the Mexican revolution in the Premiership Play-offs, First leg – 20:45CET (20:45 local time)...
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Ozil’s sticker price goes up

Werder Bremen is now asking for €30m euros. However, Real Madrid believes that Klaus Allofs is overplaying his hand...
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Martin Palermo lashes out against Messi

Argentina produces such wonderfully talented footballers but they live in the past and that past is heavily weighed down...
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David Jones fantastic free kick for Wolves

David Jones volleys home after a clever bit of invention and Wolves go onto beat Stoke, 2-1. Watch Alvaro...
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Rafa Marquez’s debut: NY Red Bulls 0 LA Galaxy 1

The LA Galaxy won bragging rights as they beat the NY Red Bulls, 1-0. Edson Buddle was put through...
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Arsenal close to Mark Schwarzer signing

Arsenal are set to offer an improved bid worth £3m for Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer this week. Schwarzer has...
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Evergreen: Ryan Giggs scores against Newcastle

Man Utd took apart Newcastle in their opener, 3-0 as Paul Scholes proved why Fabio Capello might jettison his...
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Chelsea pulverize West Brom (Drogba’s hattrick), 6-0

Chelsea inflicted the heaviest defeat of any opening day in the Premiership as they swept aside newly promoted West...
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Aston Villa 3 West Ham 0

Aston Villa shrugged off the trauma of Martin O’Neill walking out five days before the start of the Premiership...
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Man City 0 Spurs 0: The Joe Hart special

Joe Hart was a blur – diving, parrying, punching, tipping and in general, frustrating the heck out of Spurs....
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HT: Man City vs Spurs: 0-0 Amazing Joe Hart!

Spurs all over City like a fast growing fungus. How did they not score? A clinic in superb goalkeeping...
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Bob Bradley still the US coach

All the internet chatter (including Soccerblog) about Bob Bradley resigning is just that: chatter. For now. USSF spokesman Neil...
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Bob Bradley quits as USA coach

As per a number of media outlets including ESPN, there are emerging reports that Bob Bradley has handed in...
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Mission Impossible? Becks return to the Three Lions

Tom Cruise denies that Beckham has a part in the upcoming Mission Impossible: The Mothership Returns (snark). However, his...
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Balotelli to be announced at Man City tomorrow

Balotelli wearing his bio-hazard hairdo Super Mario flew in with his agent Mino Raiola to the Eastlands today for...
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Veron comes out against Maradona

La Brujita broke his month long silence after the World Cup and has come out strong in his criticism...
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Video: Capello tells Beckham its over on TV

I have never been a big fan of David Beckham but its even harder to be behind Fabio Capello....
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Video: Nadal and Djokovic play football tennis

Serious football chops from both players. Rafa Nadal was a football player before he turned to tennis and his...
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The quitting fever spreads: Steve Coppell resigns

What is with the English air? Paul Robinson hangs up his boots after being named to the England squad,...
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Christian Poulsen to Liverpool

Juve holding midfielder Christian Poulsen’s new home will be Anfield as Roy Hodgson adds insurance against a Javier Mascherano...
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So is Bob Bradley out the door?

Yesterday a distinctly unmotivated and haphazard US team lost to a youthful Brazilian side, 2-0. Were they channeling Bradley’s...
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Video: England 2 Hungary 1

England won on the strength of two Gerrard goals which were quite sublime, especially the second one. Bobby Zamora...
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Video: Chicharito rolls on against Spain

El Chicharito Hernandez is on a tear – latching onto Andres Guardado’s pass, he raced towards goal and bent...
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Capello reads Beckham his international epitaph

You many not see this again In June just before the World Cup, Fabio Capello brought David Beckham into...
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Liverpool’s new owner or is he?

This man might be Liverpool’s new owner. Or rather the front man for a cash rich Sharjah family. Then...
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Martin O’ Neill’s walk out is met with a storm of criticism

The Villa board is unhappy and so are the players and fans. Martin O’ Neill’s move to walk out...
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Video: Brazil outclasses USA, 2-0

The scoreline flatters to deceive as Brazil put on a clinic against the USA. The capacity crowd of 77,723...
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Didier Drogba: A royal pain removed

Didier Drogba reveals that he has been playing in pain for the last six years. “The problem was a...
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So where goes Oezil?

A few days ago, Sir Alex was spotted at the Fulham vs Werder Bremen warm up match which is...
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Bob Bradley favoured for the Aston Villa job

Tomorrow’s match against Brazil and Martin O’Neill’s departure could have a significant import on the future of Bob Bradley....
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Martin O’ Neill resigns from Villa

Ashley Young to go? O’Neill resigns after Lerner calls shots on transfers Shocking news for Villa fans. Martin O’Neill...
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Spurs land Young Boys

Spurs will legitimately believe that they have the easiest of draws with their Champions League play off opponents being...
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Video: Liverpool overcome Rabotnicki, 2-0 (Agg: 4-0)

David Ngog continues where he left off from the first leg heading the ball from Gerrard’s cross. He then...
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Altidore and Omar Gonzalez in US squad

Jermaine Jones declined an invitation to play for the US national squad citing his Bundesliga priorities after a protracted...
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A price Spahic: £25million for the defender

24 hours later, the price has gone up almost three fold. Montpellier has strenuously denied any contact with Arsenal...
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Laurent Blanc cleans out the French stables

Deuce resurfaces in a Roma shirt- nah, it’s Jeremy Menez Laurent Blanc announces a 22 man roster against Norway...
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Jermaine Jones named to US squad against Brazil

Bob Bradley names an 18 man squad to face Brazil GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)...
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World Cup: Russia frontrunner for 2018, USA the 2022

Simon Kuper explains why these two Cold War rivals could end up hosting back to back World Cups. Simply,...
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Video: Chicharito’s blazing finish in Man Utd’s, 7-1 win

Within 90 seconds of his introduction in the second half, Javier “Chicharito” Fernandez was on the boards with a...
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