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Messi’s moment

The moment when Messi took the game away from Man U. Man U’s last line of defence,is about to...
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Hydra Properties difficulties are not rumours

Investors complaining of poor customer service relations. Bust ups with investors. Arbitrary rises in housing units, severe penalties for...
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Portsmouth FC takeover by Al-Fahim

Sulaiman Al-Fahim, the prime mover behind the Man City takeover now owns his own Premiership club. He is purchasing...
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Excuse Me While I Kiss My Shoe

I certainly hope that shoe-kissing will not become the new celebratory signature for Messi. A brilliant game for Barcelona,...
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La Masia’s proteges are kings today

Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez hold the CL trophy aloft The number 4s are a special breed in Barcelona...
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The EPL is not the center of the universe

In the end it was the heroic Carlos Puyol, overmatched in speed but not in intensity and in desire...
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Video: CL finals: Barca vs Man Utd: 2-0

Eto’o’s goal (10′ minute) Link: Messi’s goal (69′ minute) Link: Barca becomes the first Spanish side to record the...
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Maldini: The bitterness continues

The fallout escalates over the Curva Sud’s fans behaviour towards captain Paolo Maldini. He now says that the club...
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ROMA 2009: The Will to Win

The will to win. That’s what it’s going to take. Both teams appear talented, strong, evenly matched. Will Ronaldo...
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Video: Manu Chao: La Rumba de Barcelona

Beautiful lyrics and wonderful guitaring. Rambla pa’qui rambla pa’llá esa es la rumba de Barcelona Rambla pa’qui rambla pa’llá...
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Messi’s Feet by Adidas

Blue Suede Shoes? Nope, it’s adidas’ new F50i!
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Why Eric Cantona is the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Man Utd player touched by Cantona Cantona’s self aggrandizing announcement that he would like to coach his former club...
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Keita hopes to add to the list of African CL winners

Barca will field Mali’s Seydou Keita, Cote D”Ivoire’s Yaya Toure and Cameroun’s Samuel Eto’o. If they win, they join...
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Martin Jol leaves for Ajax

Martin Jol stepped up as Ajax manager following Marco Van Basten’s resignation. Jol’s former club Hamburg started the season...
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Real Madrid’s accounts come under judicial scrutiny

This is a huge deal. It appears that Real’s former president Ramon Calderon and present president Vicente Boluda are...
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Juve lands Diego

Juve shows it means business. Today, it went some distance in filling its creative lacuna. Diego, the Brazilian playmaker...
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Man Utd vs Barcelona: The Xs and Os

Barcelona stands against the trope of English dominance. If they lose, it will be UEFA’s last shot at a...
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Bhutia dances his way to the top..

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is an Indian version of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.Baichung Bhutia...
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Video: Wade Elliott’s winner for Burnley

Elliott’s 13th minute curler was perfectly placed and Paddy Kenny could do little about it.
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Burnley joins the Premiership

Wade Elliott will be remembered: A red letter day in Burnley history Burnley made its top flight entry after...
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The man with the golden boot..

Nicolas Anelka’s 19th goal (video) of the season in Chelsea’s 3 -2 win against Sunderland saw him pip Ronaldo...
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Video: AS Roma 3 Milan 2

Link: John Arne Riise finally nails one with a blistering shot. Ambrosini answers in the second half as Artur...
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Maldini disrespected by Milan Ultras

A shocker at the San Siro as Totti’s free kick stunned the Rossoneri. It added to the angst and...
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A sign Carlo Ancelotti is coming to Chelsea

He inquires about prostate screenings for players. Filed under snark.
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Arsenal ends season on a high note

They won against Stoke, 4-1 with Van Persie scoring twice, Diaby adding another, and James Beattie’s own goal rounding...
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Hull City and Sunderland remain promoted

Nicholas Nassem Taleb will not be writing about this Premiership. It was a tame end to the 2008- 2009...
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Will Phil Brown get his comeuppance?

The media has painted a bulls eye on Phil Brown as he tries to keep a leaky Hull afloat....
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Rangers win their 52nd Scottish title

In the end it was easy. Goals from Lafferty, Mendes, and Boyd made it 3-0 against Dundee while Celtics...
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Maldini bids farewell to the San Siro

Cesare and Paolo Maldini: Like father, like son Silvio Berlusconi offered a laconic “Shame” when asked what he thought...
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Rangers are two goals up over Dundee at halftime

Kyle Lafferty and Pedro Mendes score against United to keep Rangers in front for the title. Maurice Edu starts...
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The quest for the elusive Pichichi..

Sounds like a suitable title for another Indiana Jones movie.But it is not.It’s Samuel Eto’o in pursuit of the...
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Klinsi hits back at Bayern’s narcisstic bosses

On the eve of the Wolfsburg success, Klinsmann had much to say of his former overseers. “They are all...
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Misimovic’s form was central to Wolfsburg success

Magath’s two years saw the Wolves rebuilding the team almost from scratch adding key players like Josue, Ricardo Costa,...
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The Bagan v/s Bhutia saga…

It’s been going on for a while now.India’s soccer icon Baiching Bhutia got a nasty show cause notice from...
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Relegation roulette: Who joins West Brom?

Will it be Hull City, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, or Newcastle? Phil Brown, Ricky Sbragia, Gareth Southgate, and Alan Shearer live...
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Farewell Paolo: An icon of Milan’s golden era retires

Maldini retires. I would have never imagined those two words together. The Peter Pan of football seemed so indestructible....
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Ronaldinho dropped

The Milan midfielder finds no place in Dunga’s squad for next month’s Confederations Cup in SA as well as...
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Flamini should be part of Milan’s Adebayor negotiations

This tough cookie should be part of the deal It as they say, quite complicated. Adebayor has been talking...
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Fabregas cleared of spit charges

It was not Cesc who used Brian Horton as a spittoon. Who was it then? A llama or a...
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Florentino Perez: Same ol’ story, different day

The media drumbeat: Anyone and everyone will join Real. From Kaka to Cristiano Ronaldo. From Wenger to Mourinho. Real...
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Lionel Messi: Is it the Shoes?

Six days to the CL Final and adidas gives us a peek at the next gen of TUNiT boot...
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Video:Ronaldo objects to opponent’s haircut..

Ronaldo (the other one) might face censure after television cameras caught him pulling an opponent’s hair playing for Corinthians...
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Less Kaka: Berlusconi speaks

Silvio Berlusconi seems to be making the hard choices for Carlo Ancelotti. And he seems keen on embarrassing him...
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What does father say: Will Yoann Gourcuff stay?

Inquiring minds want to know whether the French playmaker instrumental in Bordeaux’s success this season will return to Milan...
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Kaka in a zoetrope

Most people when asked what a Zoetrope is will say …” Everyone knows that a”zoetrope” is a device that...
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Arsenal’s new away colours unveiled

The Daily Mail has the goods on the new away colours. It looks a bit dull and not particularly...
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Video: Jadson’s goal wins Shakhtar the UEFA Cup

Link: A tired group of defenders react too late and poor goal keeping by Tim Weise lets in Jadson’s...
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Eduardo to undergo ankle surgery

Nothing major. Just arthroscopic surgery to remove his ankle screws. He will be out for 4-6 weeks missing his...
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Wenger says he will stay

All smoke no fire in that small brouhaha which Peter Hill Wood set off over the weekend with his...
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No place for Ronaldo in Giggs first eleven

Ryan Giggs came up with the following when asked make up his Manchester United all time best team selection…...
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Freddy Adu’s future plans?

Rarer than that species: a winning English coach, is a sighting of Freddy Adu. Fear not, Freddy is still...
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CL final: Man Utd vs Barca will be the best match ever

Simon Kuper says so. Read on >>
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Ranieri sacked: Ciro Ferrara in at Juve

Ciro Ferrara takes over Claudio Ranieri at Juve’s helm for the last two matches. Zero titles claimed their first...
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Diego Milito to Inter

Mouinho is looking for a second striker since Adriano and the club terminated their contract by mutual consent. It...
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