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Category: Gossip/Trash Talk

Video: Norway 1, Brazil 1 – Ding, Dong, Dunga!

Not everyone is impressed by Dunga’s managerial style, or his style when he was a player for that matter....
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Football’s World Metrosexual XI: Beckham is out

Goalkeeper: D James (Portsmouth, England) Defenders: S Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain) G Zambrotta (Barcelona, Italy) A Cole (Arsenal, England),...
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The Asian Cup qualifiers: The Socceroos roll, India struggle.

Yep! Down Under the Socceroos have maintained their momentum and are turning some great performances in the Asian Cup...
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Old Arsenal buddies converge on Pompey: Sol and Kanu

First Sol Campbell and now Nwankwo Kanu have moved to Portsmouth. Both Kanu and Campbell were in the double...
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Joachim Löw: Germany hammers the Swedes, 3-0

Joachim Löw, Germany’s new coach, on a winning note Germany left off, with the Swedes in the World Cup,...
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Owen Hargreaves to Manchester United

Hold your horses. It is that rubbish Rupert Murdoch mouthpiece the Sun that is reporting this. I have gone...
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Owen Hargreaves: From most reviled to England’s cornerstone

It was not too long ago that The Sun compared Owen Hargreaves to “a mass murderer” and Hargreaves was...
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England 4, Greece 0: Owen Hargreaves the Cornerstone?

Richard Williams writes in the Guardian: “Hargreaves inherited the former captain’s No7 shirt and went on to match the...
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Dirk Kuyt to Anfield: The suspense is over

Liverpool strengthened its position in the Premiership and further imperiled Chelsea’s lock on the Prem title by signing Dutch...
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FIFA elections 2007: Sepp Blatter should be fired this time

No sympathy for the devil this time! Joseph Blatter is standing for re-election to be president of FIFA in...
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Video: Who is Leroy Lita?

Why you will be hearing more about Leroy Lita. And why Reading FC will escape relegation.
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Michael Essien on his way out from Chelsea?

Michael Essien played in the Ghana-Togo friendly, that the Black Stars won 2-0, largely due to the efforts of...
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The Yanks in the Premiership: Who will perform?

My picks for the top 5 performers 1) Bobby Convey: Club: Reading Position: Midfielder Bobby Convey will be the...
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Premiership injury update: Ledley King back Sep 16

Club Injuries Portsmouth Player Condition Expected Return* Next Match** D Kiely thigh 9th Sep 06 D Stefanovic Achilles 19th...
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Dean Ashton out: Broken ankle in training

Dean Ashton out: Blow to England and Hammers Is it just me but just when England makes the right...
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Premiership rosters: The top four from 2005-2006

Arsenal Ins Tomas Rosicky B Dortmund, £6.8m; Alexandre Song Billong Bastia, undisclosed Outs Robert Pires Villarreal, free; Sol Campbell...
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Video: The Mido vs Zidan show

Two of Egypt’s best strikers in this clip. If they play together they will be phenomenal, but they have...
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Video: The Mido ‘incident’ at the Africa Cup

Mido and Sheheta get a bit emotional!
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Eye on Egypt: Mohamed Zidan included in the Pharoahs

The soap opera that is Hassan Shehata and his relationship with Egyptian strikers, Mohamed Zidan and Ahmed ‘Mido’ Hossam...
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Video: FA Community Shield: Liverpool vs Chelsea, 2-1

Riise’s goal, Crouchy’s goal!
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Video: Robbie Fowler: Back at Anfield

Robbie’s return, 5 goals in 14 appearances. This man is capable of much much more when healthy. So what...
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Craig Bellamy and a healthy Robbie Fowler: The Liverpool firepower that they need

Top goal scorers: 2005- 2006 season Scorer Goals Team Thierry Henry 27 Arsenal F.C. Ruud van Nistelrooy 21 Manchester...
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Premiership predictions: Liverpool tops, Aston Villa improves dramatically

Today’s FA Community Shield Championship should have gone someways in answering who will contend for the top title. Liverpool...
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How Chelsea is ruining the game?

The number of players that Chelsea has given away at a loss to the club is obscene. It is...
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Stock markets crash on the uncertain future of metrosexuality

Stock markets crashed on the announcement that Steve McLaren had dropped David Beckham from the English squad and his...
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Video: MLS All Stars vs Chelsea, 1-0

Chelsea’s Mikel John Obi in action. The Blues were not very impressive and the MLS showed nice bits of...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Aiyegbeni Yakubu

Middlesborough striker Yakubu scores and the Blues suffer again. Just get all these Nigerian strikers together and Chelsea will...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Nwankwo Kanu

Arsenal’s Kanu scoring his hat trick over Chelsea and much much more!
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Jay Jay Okocha

Without doubt the finest player in recent times never to have played the World Cup, joining Tony Yeboah and...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Sunday Oliseh

Piledriver!
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Is Bayern missing Michael Ballack?

Roy Makaay, Bayern Munich striker Not really. The Bundesliga season began with Bayern shutting out Dortmund 2-0, with Roy...
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Simon Kuper on Michael Ballack’s debut

Ballack, who should make his official debut for Chelsea in the FA Community Shield against Liverpool tomorrow at Cardiff’s...
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Steve McLaren: A man in control or plain doggone rash

Steve McLaren has already shown that he is ready to take outsized chances. He has booted out Beckham in...
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Video: Ali G gets it on with Posh and Becks

Funny, funny, funny! Becks was a good sport but you could see Posh was struggling a bit. She looked...
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David Beckham: The decline and fall of metrosexuality

I hope it is over. Can I go and wallow in my body odour without feeling like I have...
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Hollywood calling the Beckhams: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

David Beckham and Tom Cruise are good buddies “Having my baby.” Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have unveiled their...
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Its curtains for David Beckham

There was no way a sane manager was going to take David Beckham back into the team to play...
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The rise of Maggie Thatcher: The decline in England’s football fortunes

The only good thing that came out of the Margaret Thatcher and Ronnie Raygun lovefest in the 1970’s across...
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Guus Hiddink’s biggest challenge: Russian indifference

Melancholy is a big part of the Russian nature. It is a theme that runs deep in Russian literature,...
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Video: More Aaron Lennon

More reasons why we should not waste anymore time on Beckham. This guy is England’s and Tottenham’s future.
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Video: Goodbye, David Beckham! Time to bring Aaron Lennon

Steve McLaren and Terry Venables should be unsentimental: Bring Aaron Lennon in. He deserves a full 90 minutes. Lets...
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Arsenal bludgeons Dinamo Zagreb, 3-0

Arsenal stayed on course for the European Championship beating Dinamo Zagreb through Van Persie’s goal, and a pair by...
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Video:More Ribery

Ribery feast from his days at OM and Galtasaray! Ljungberg, Henry, Rosicky, Walcott, and now Ribery. Arsenal’s speed kings!
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Video: Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry!!

Check this piece of fancy footwork by Ribery. This is the year Arsenal gets it all back from the...
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Franck Ribery to Arsenal; Gallas too?

This is a great bit of news for the Gunners. Ribery has been snapped up by Wenger for £13.5m...
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Politician owners of football clubs? Never vote for them

Why owning a football club should be a red flag for voters electing politicians? Silvio Berlusconi, owner of AC...
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Video: Pele’s nightmare before there were cards

These were the ’70s before there were cards for the sort of stuff you’ll see on this video. The...
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Video: The legend that was Garrincha

Jaw dropping stuff! As Eduardo Galeano writes, “There never was a right winger like him. In the ’58 World...
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Video: In which Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves becomes a hero

Spurs legend Greavesie gets dribbled on by a dog, an incident that so amuses Garrincha, that he takes it...
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Frank Lampard misses with this one too

What is with these football players? All of them seem to be in self confessional mode. A book by...
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Video: Mido’s year at White Hart Lane

Yeah, the Keano and Mido show! We still want him back. So let the rumours fly.
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Thaksin Shinawatra: Remember me, Liverpool FC!

Writing the article about Liverpool’s finances reminded me of those days when everyone was going nuts about the reported...
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Womens World Cup 2007: Testesterone involved

It’s all that testesterone, Brandi! Scientific studies have shown that competitive sports increase testesterone levels in men. This is...
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Liverpool FC: In performance far more than its monies worth

Liverpool is the most storied English football club there is with 18 League titles and 5 European Championships. Of...
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