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Michael Bradley inflicts some misery on Bayern

Bayern was poised to take three points as they were coasting to a 2-0 victory over lowly Borussia Moenchengladbach...
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Wenger needs a reality check

Anytime you talk about Arsenal, you have to qualify it with the paeans that Arsene Wenger so richly deserves....
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Ramon Calderon sharpens his knife

Real is ruled by a cabal of madmen and amoral shysters straight out of Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath of...
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Terry Butcher unfiltered

Lots of Terry Butcher who would like nothing better than giving Maradona a black eye and jail Scottish blaggards...
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Maradona: The telenovela: Hoopla

Diego Maradona landed in Scotland just before Wednesday’s game and with a curt “I don’t speak English” blew by...
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Sinisa Ubiparipovic: Ubiquitous now, you be the judge

Sinisa Ubiparipovic should now be worth more than his $33,000 annual salary. One of the standouts in NY’s historic...
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Dema Kovalenko is not a happy camper

The man best known for ending Brandon Pollard’s career shows no love for his former coach, Juan Carlos Osorio....
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Arsenal is bleeding respect

Arsenal vs Villa was supposed to showcase the best and brightest talent. But only one team showed up to...
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The recession’s not for Ronaldo ( asks for a raise..)

Here he is scoring his 100th goal for Manchester United- which naturally means that he thinks he’s worth another...
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Maradona makes the news again…

He’s hitting the headlines with monotonous regularity.Alan Hansen here saying that Pele needs to move over a bit and...
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“Goal” King Cole says goodbye

Former Manchester United and England striker Andy Cole has called it a day at last.Some highlights of his 19...
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Maradona: The telenovela begins: Resignation

Now it is Oscar Ruggeri. Maradona wants the former Boca defender and 1986 team mate as his assistant. Ruggeri,...
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Obama boosts US chances of hosting World Cup

The UK is probably going to get shafted if this is true. Obama’s election as president has so boosted...
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Steve Bruce: “We’ve had our backsides kicked.”

These statements should be treated as a conspiracy against Arsenal to lull them to sleep. How many opposing managers...
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Barack Obama: Soccer’s newest non-playing hero

A flurry of articles examining Obama’s relationship with soccer. David James believes Obama’s transformational presidency will be good for...
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Alexi Lalas resurfaces: He has words for Beckham

Remember Alexi Lalas and his grandiose pronouncements on how Becks would single handed turn the MLS into a world...
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MLS playoff attendances continue to tank

New England Revs drew 5,221 fans for their first leg game against Chicago. Just woeful. The other games were...
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NY Red Bulls: Dane Richards is the one man wrecking crew

Richards puts on the burners The NY Red Bulls came through for the greatest win in their 13 year...
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Del Piero gets standing ovation …..

34 year old Del Piero just keeps on coming up with the goods.At the age by which most professional...
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Maradona might blow his latest shot at redemption..

I was under the impression that it was just the hand that had divine properties.Apparently the rest of him...
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Gillett closer to a mea culpa

A vote of no confidence. George Gillett, the less Dick Chenysque partner of the Gillett and Hicks duo says...
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Audacity of hope: The US will win the World Cup

Today, in the longest time, the US will get to that mountain top.
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Arsenal: The recurring morning afters

I suspect we are in for many morning afters. It was Stoke this time. We are getting to the...
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MLS palyoffs: Last minute equalizer saves Crew

The Wizards went ahead with a 53rd minute goal by Arnaud and then played the last 15 minutes a...
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Can Kansas City pull it off?

The hottest team in the MLS is without Josh Wolff but Claudio Lopez is peaking at the right time....
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Madrid scare: Midfielder De la Red collapses ..

….In the 13th minute of their Copa del Rey match with Real Unión,De la Red was running back to...
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Sir Alex opens up a can of worms

The words exchanged between Sir Alex and Ramon Calderon might escalate into a diplomatic fracas between the Spanish and...
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Soccer’s upper echelons: Despots and dementia

Marca’s cover morphs Sir Alex into the Franco of Manchester Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson came off the...
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Arsenal: The morning after

Arseblog speaks for all of us. Simply unacceptable.
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2010 World Cup: Afro-pessimism rears its head?

An old and deep rooted fear was stoked by a SA minister promoting the World Cup at the Beijing...
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Arsenal continue to leak open field goals

Arsenal: 22 goals for, 10 against This draw was not caused by a lack of height, Arsenal has been...
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Video: David Bentley’s wonder strike

The present Premiership season’s best goal. The match of the season too. Bentley’s whinger status remains unchanged. Clichy just...
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Spurs vs Arsenal: What just happened?

88 minutes: Arsenal leading Spurs 4-2 seemingly coasting along and then the whole world falls apart as Arsenal implode...
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Maradona the manager is not a good choice

If Maradona can take Boca out of their current neurosis and put them on top of the table, I...
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FC Barcelona targets Miami expansion

FC Barcelona signed CAA Sports, the agency that represents David Beckham and Fredrik Ljungberg to represent the club in...
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Freddie Ljungberg joins the Sounders

Ljungberg signs on with Seattle Seattle Sounders signed ex-Arsenal midfielder and one time Calvin Klein undie model Frederik Ljungberg...
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The financial cost of letting Juande Ramos go

It could be over £20m. For that price they could have gotten Arshavin.
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About time too…Medals for the heroes of ’66 and others.

Found this article about England’s unsung heroes of ’66 finally getting their World Cup winners’ medals – 41 years...
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The hand of god goes up for the job of Argentina coach..

Diego Maradona recently put his hand up to coach Argentina’s national team. Maradona has a fan in Javier Mascherano...
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Spurs make wholesale changes

Harry Redknapp gets points right away for ass kissing Daniel Levy, on whose feet this whole mess should be...
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Eduardo to be back for Arsenal duty

I have to hand it to Eduardo and his rehab team that have made this early return possible. In...
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Gallas up in smoke

Remember that huge flap about Arsenal defenders being short of height after their loss to Hull City. Well, we...
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Dennis Bergkamp back as coach?

This would be the best news in the world. Let it please be Arsenal in some capacity or the...
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Spurs: There is no shame losing to Udinese

The bottom ranked team in the EPL loses to the second ranked Serie team. Udinese reminds one of what...
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Beckham to move to Milan

The person most in the dark appears to be Bruce Arena who woke up to the news that his...
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Deep thought: Can Obama pick a fantasy soccer team?

Obama is a West Ham fan, so he knows something about soccer. Read this article to find a sure...
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Gartside gets on the salary cap bandwagon

Score one for Phil Gartside who has obviously noted that this is as precious a time as any to...
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Shinawatra’s conviction shows the EPL in a poor light

Some decisions for the EPL following the Shinawatra sentence. Since the proper and fit test applies only to convicted...
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Spurs: The I told you so department

Glad to see that Daniel Levy is jettisoning Damien Comolli from his position. We have been saying what a...
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Arsenal vs Fenerbahce: Intriguing matchups

A very favourable match up for Arsenal: Theo Walcott vs Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos, a former Galactico pitting his...
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Wenger meets Aragones amidst a past controversy

An Aragones statement caught on camera calling Thierry Henry a “black s**t” to Jose Antonio Reyes four years ago...
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Beckham’s Bentley Bargain

You can drive away in Beckham’s Bentley for a mere £99,000. Special features: Roof-mounted illuminated vanity mirrors in the...
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Ronaldinho finding some goals at last..

Ronaldinho scored twice in a AC Milan’s 3-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday and hopefully this form will continue....
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The Torres grenade kicking video..

Any fellow who plays with a grenade like this is bound to get injured sometime.Take a look at the...
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