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Kasey Keller should finish his career in MLS

The news is that Kasey Keller has been cut by relegation bound Borussia M’gladbach. His offer of playing for...
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Kevin Kuranyi keeps Schalke on track

Can Schalke pull off the improbable? Win its first Bundesliga title since the league began 44 years ago. Schalke...
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Dimitar Berbatov: The best transfer this Premiership

White Hart Lane must be rejoicing at the news that Dimitar Berbatov will stay on for another season even...
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World Cup 2010: Can Parriera turn SA into more than a first round casualty?

South Africa’s problem is not that it lacks the funds, the will, or the infrastructure to host the World...
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Man Utd are Premiership champs

Heroic fightback by Chelsea fighting like wounded lions. Essien and Kalou did not give up. But Arsenal held on...
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Arsenal minutes away from administering Chelsea the coup de grace

The emperor wears no clothes. Chelsea lies a half away from being dethroned from their title. They are a...
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West Ham fallout: The ballad of Ms Purdon and Mr Duxbury

Dangerous times lie ahead of West Ham. West Ham’s stay and solvency in the Premiership might come down to...
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Joey Barton on the lam

Ousmane Dabo Wear a visor if you are anywhere near Joey Barton, friends and foes alike. The man likes...
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With Shinawatra as owner of Man City, the Premiership will have crossed a line

The Premiership has quite a few owners who have dabbled in shady business dealings before. Tom Hicks, co-owner of...
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Video: AC Milan 3 Man Utd 0 (CL semifinals, 2nd leg)

AC Milan 3 – 0 Man Utd – GilardinoUploaded by FootballHeaven Gilardino!
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Video: AC Milan 2 Man Utd 0 (CL semifinals, 2nd leg)

AC Milan 2 – 0 Man Utd – SeedorfUploaded by FootballHeaven Seedorf!
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Video: AC Milan 1 Man Utd 0 (CL semifinals, 2nd leg)

AC Milan 1 – 0 Man Utd – KakaUploaded by FootballHeaven Kaka!
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AC Milan moves to Athens as Man United crash and burn

AC Milan 3 Man Utd 0. Milan wins on aggregate, 5-3. If Man Utd is the best England has...
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CL Semifinals, return leg: Manchester Utd vs AC Milan

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Kaka. Round 2. If the Liverpool vs Chelsea match was as a number of commentators put...
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Mourinho is orchestrating his own exit

The Special One is now in the midst of lobbing verbal Molotov cocktails at Sir Alex and his prodigal...
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Video: Penalty kicks: Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1

liverpool-chelsea-tir aux butsUploaded by macfly67 “They just can’t keep their hands off it” the QOTD. Reina was magnificent in...
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Video: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 (CL Semis, return leg)

Liverpool 1 – 0 Chelsea – AggerUploaded by FootballHeaven Agger’s sweetly struck first timer leaves Cech stranded.
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Liverpool storm through to the CL finals

Liverpool wins! They are through to the CL final over Chelsea. The match came down to PKs and Liverpool...
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Video: PSV Eindhoven are the Eredivisie champions in a dramatic finish

PSV Eindhoven capture their third consecutive Eredivisie title beating Vitesse 5-1 through Jefferson Farfan and veteran Philip Cocu. It...
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Young Gunners in Birmingham and Sunderland promotion

With Derby beaten 0-2 by Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Sunderland made it back to the Premiership. Arsenal fans...
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CL return leg: Liverpool vs Chelsea

Peter Crouch meets Michael Essien Liverpool should throw caution to the winds. They need to get adventurous. Chelsea is...
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Bollywood meets the Premiership

The Premiership is now a Bollywood destination. Or Stamford Bridge is rather than the Reebok. On June 15, 2007,...
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The case for salary restrictions in the Premiership

I was struck by the fact, watching the NFL draft which concluded recently, this is a league that has...
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Sam Allardyce resigns to big questions

Big Sam Allardyce whose pugnacious style of coaching revitalized Bolton announced his resignation in a shocker. The resignation is...
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Sir Alex and Jose Mourinho draw out their knives

‘ The circumstances are difficult for us with the new football rules that we have to face. It is...
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Brian Glanville remembers Alan Ball

” For all his long, successful career as player and manager with Arsenal, Everton, Blackpool and Southampton, as manager...
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Juan Pablo Angel will have more impact than Becks

It’s just too bad that the NY Red Bulls can’t just drink Red Bull and finish on top of...
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Kroenke’s buyout of Arsenal perceived as hostile

Stan Kroenke moves to take over Arsenal. This is huge. David Dein has resigned and there is speculation that...
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In tribute: Alan Ball, 1945- 2007

1966 World Cup final. Alan Ball, Everton and Arsenal midfielder, was the scrappy, motoring midfielder with his socks down...
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Who is rooting for a Liverpool vs Milan rematch?

I am. With memories of the most fascinating and enthralling final played in CL history between these two teams...
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Chicago Fire awaits bad boy Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Is the MLS ready for the Cuauhtémoc? MLS is underway and the biggest news is Beckham’s debut for the...
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Arsenal’s midfield needs to score

Arsenal is still the best team to watch in the Premiership. They outclassed West Ham and were unlucky not...
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Van Der Saar’s weak parry leads to a goal again

How eerie is this. Matt Taylor’s goal for Pompey against Man Utd was reminiscent of Vucinic’s winner for Roma...
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Video: Ferenc Puskas: A delayed birthday tribute

On April 2nd, Ferenc Puskas would have turned 80. A tribute to the galloping major. His days in Honved,...
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Sir Alex: Referee killed the Red Devils

What any impartial observer seeing the Roma vs Man Utd match would have seen was that the team playing...
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Video: AS Roma 2 Man Utd 1

Roma – Man Utd | Match HighlightsUploaded by GOAAAAL Great game. Man Utd was kept off its stride by...
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Lille and now Roma: Coincidence? Man U fans cry foul

Moral of the story: If you are to play Man U, play them in a neutral venue, preferably with...
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Defenders are the new attackers

Van Buyten, Riise, Oddo, and Phillip Lahm, the new hunting pack Mocha is the new black. The 40’s are...
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Champions League: Big games today

AS Roma vs Manchester United Totti’s day in the sun. Without doubt the bigger and better game today compared...
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Blatter’s unopposed election calls for term limits

The UN has 192 member states and since its inception in 1945 has had 8 Secretary Generals, the effective...
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Champions League: Big games today

Liverpool meets PSV Eindhoven Dirk Kuyt gets back to familiar territory with a great chance of scoring his first...
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Different ideologies: Why Mourinho and Abramovich will part company

Lets face it. The relationship between Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich is not working out. And it is not...
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A real headscratcher this one ………….

Peter Crouch scores the perfect hat trick as Liverpool runs rampant over Arsenal. England celebrates the best league in...
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Steve McLaren: Bloke on the ropes

Watching Steve McLaren at his press conference after England’s lugubrious victory over Andorra was like watching a man who...
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Good news: Kenya rejoins international soccer

The Kenyan national squad can now participate in the Africa Nations Cup qualifiers and other international games. Fifa’s Emergency...
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Wenger has a point: Arsenal are the most booked team

I may have been a bit too quick to condemn Arsene Wenger’s sense of martyrdom as there are some...
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Other leagues show less disparity

Lets look at the other leagues and find where the Premiership stands. The Serie clubs have played a couple...
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Steve Nash, NBA All Star: Soccer mad and potential Spurs owner

Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns star trains with NY Red Bulls Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns point guard, perennial All...
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Wenger’s martyr mentality is taking a toll

I am a great supporter of Arsene Wenger and I find his commitment to nurturing Arsenal’s young players a...
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Video: A closer look at OM’s Samir Nasri

Born in Marseille just like Marseille’s favourite son Zinedine Zidane as well as sharing Algerian ancestry, it is inevitable...
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Jack Kachkar: Olympique Marseille’s new owner

Jack Kachkar, L’OMs new owner L’ OM’s fortunes have been on the wane for over a decade since Bernard...
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Cricket fades as the West Indies takes to soccer

Every four years we have cricket’s version of the World Cup and this year the West Indies is hosting...
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Who wants to bet against Liverpool now?

We called it foolhardy when Rafa Benitez sent his squad a week before the game against Barca in the...
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Dimitar Berbatov: White hot in White Hart

Dimitar Berbatov is the tour de force in the Spurs attack. As Robbie Keane and Mido play now you...
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