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Video: Vassilis Hatzipanagis, the Greek Maradona

We never got to see Vassilis Hatzipanagis, who was called “football’s Nureyev” by his beloved Iraklis fans. He retired...
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El Traductor comes to haunt Barca

“If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have...
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Roy Keane unplugged: You can now bring him to meet mother

The Ipswich manager sounds contemplative. Almost comatose. He looks at what the outstanding issues are and it is drink....
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Brollywood Steve guides FC Twente to first ever Eredivisie title

Brollywood Steve looking forlorn: He is now cresting the heights of the Eredivisie with FC Twente Long live Steve...
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Video: Inter overcome Lazio, 2-0 as the Serie race heats up

Inter’s defenders turned into a bunch of sharpshooters as the usual attacking suspects failed. Sneijder being particularly egregious finessing...
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Video: Real Madrid 3 Osasuna 2

The aliens took over Raul Albiol too. Awful piece of defending which gifted Carlos Arenda his goal. The defense...
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World Cup 2010: Spain might be without the services of Xavi

An injury that will ignite the club vs country debate as no other. Spain’s midfield maestro might be missing...
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Real Madrid keep their hopes alive barely beating Osasuna

A last gasp 88th minute Cristiano Ronaldo header off a beautifully floated Gonzalo Higuain cross made the difference. The...
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Video:Man Utd take it to the wire

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Video: Space aliens invade Steven Gerrard!

Danger: Stephen Hawking’s warning that there are aliens in the universe have come true and their interaction proved harmful...
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Premiership title race goes to the last day

Paging Uri Geller: Nani uses telekinesis to keep the ball aloft Man Utd saw off Sunderland’s challenge through a...
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Video: Totti keeps Roma title challenge alive

Roma beat Parma, 2-1 as club talisman Francesco Totti scored one and set up Rodrigo Taddei with his goal....
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Catania end Juventus CL hopes

A 1-1 draw against Sicilian club Catania left Juventus on 55 points while Sampdoria and Palermo now duke it...
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Chelsea step closer to Premiership title

Chelsea consolidated their title chances by beating Liverpool, 2-0. Didier Drogba scores after a shockingly poor back pass from...
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Video: Sergio Busquets again: This man is an embarrasment

On a day when the Blaugrana were back to their flowing best, Busquets was all hands and a handshake....
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Video: Bayern are Bundesliga champions ….. virtually

Bayern with Thomas Mueller re-enacting his famous namesake Gerd Mueller, fired in a hat trick as the Bavarian giants...
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Video: Barcelona show signs of recovery

Barcelona have come back with a decisive 4 – 1 win over Villarreal.Bojan Krkic,Lionel Messi (two) and a Xavi...
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Ribery off the hook till after the World Cup

The investigation into the French sex scandal has uncovered so much damaging evidence that it has been put off...
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Wenger: Hodgson gets my vote for manager of the year

Roy Hodgson is fast emerging as the unanimous choice as the Premiership’s manager of the year. Today, Arsene Wenger...
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David Letterman takes a look at Beckham’s Achilles Tendon…

….etc.
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West Ham will never succeed with owners like David Sullivan

The Academy of Porn: David Gold and David Sullivan These two should have stuck to making their porn. At...
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Roy Hodgson to Liverpool. Why not?

A contemplative coach. A hand on the chin is better than a scribbling hand pad. Rafa will he won’t...
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Arshavin’s Barca dream is nothing new

Looks like a few high profile players are being pulled up by their managers. Carlos Tevez was given a...
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Football Writers’ Association roots for Rooney

Wayne Rooney has been voted the 2010 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association. He topped the...
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Mancini warns happy feet Tevez

Good on Roberto Mancini. He essentially tells Tevez to shape up or ship out. If he does not like...
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Leonardo to end his Milan tenure

According to Silvio Berlusconi, AC Milan will have a new coach next season. They are in negotiations to find...
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Video: Europa Cup semifinals: Gera scores, Fulham make history

Germany failed to make it two for two in the European finals. Zoltan Gera, the ex Baggie will be...
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Video: Europa Cup semifinal: Forlan ends Liverpool’s challenge

Two former Premiership players combined to end Liverpool’s Europa Cup hopes. Ex- Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes showing more...
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Didier Drogba makes the Times 100

Another accolade in Didier Drogba’s cap as he makes the Times 100 most influential persons of 2010. The African...
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Video: Inter celebrates as Barca turn out to be damp squibs

Look at Mourinho take off. As 52 sprinklers in the Camp Nou are turned on their celebration.
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Video: A longer look at Inter vs Barcelona

What a wonderful atmosphere as 92,000 fans jammed the Camp Nou as the stadium became a swirl of colour...
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Europa Cup semi-final: Liverpool might be without Kuyt, Ngog

A spate of injuries might see Ryan Babel up front in the role of a makeshift forward. Dirk Kuyt...
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Mourinho being compared to legend Helenio Herrera

Inter president Massimo Moratti is already comparing Jose Mourinho to Inter legend Helenio Herrera, who ruled supreme in the...
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Video: Figo insulted at Barcelona

Barca fans have not forgiven Luis Figo when he left Camp Nou for the Bernabeu 10 years ago. Yesterday,...
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Video: Victor Valdes mugs Mourinho

Jose Mourinho shows why he is so polarizing. Not for him, the quiet dignified air of triumph but the...
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Video: Thiago Motta’s red card

Motta was stupid but Sergio Busquets is proving to be a piece of work. I have no idea what...
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Video: CL semi-finals: Inter’s defensive mettle ensures Bernabeu destiny

Thirty eight years after Giacinto Facchetti scored the goal to stun Liverpool and march to their second European Cup...
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World Cup 2010: Ledley King might make South Africa

Those damn knees, otherwise Ledley King’s selection would be a no brainer. Not just a sentimental choice but his...
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Ribery will miss the CL final

UEFA slapped a three match ban on Franck Ribery for his foul on Lyon’s Lisandro Lopez which means the...
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Mourinho’s “obsession” remark is genius

Jose Mourinho, on the eve of the Inter vs Barca once again demonstrates the ruthless qualities that makes him...
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Diego Milito vs Gabriel Milito

Brothers in Arms? Inter’s in form striker, Diego Milito might end up meeting his brother, Barca’s Gabriel Milito, who...
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Robben’s Bernabeu entry will serve a reminder to Real

Arjen Robben’s entry into his former home of the Santiago Bernabeu on May 22nd will remind Madridistas of what...
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The Germans celebrate Ivica Olic

” OLIC, WIE IST DAS SCHÖN! OLIC, WIE IST DAS SCHÖN! SOLCHE TORE HAT MAN LANGE NICHT GESEHEN. SO...
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Video: CL semi-final: Olic’s hattrick fires Bayern into the CL finals

Goal-ah-Olic! Ivica Olic, the Croatian striker scored a perfect hattrick with his right foot, left foot, and a header...
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Fernando Torres ready to move to sunnier climes?

So is Fernando Torres moving to the Serie? Rafa Benitez has been linked strongly with a move to Juve...
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Kaka’s mysterious injury

In an interview yesterday, Kaka sought to dispel the notion that a recurrence of athletic pubalgia caused his physical...
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Wesley Sneijder to play

All that song and dance about Sneijder not playing turns out to be just that. He resumed normal training...
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Fulop fillip for City?

Joe Hart says that there are no chances of him coming back to Man City before the end of...
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Christoph Metzelder moves to Schalke

Felix Magath stages a coup by prying away the disgruntled Real Madrid central defender starved of first team appearances....
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Lyon takes three days off to relax

The French Federation scheduled no matches for Lyon and the CL semi-finalists spent their weekend relaxing and discussing tactics...
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West Ham Utd: The case for Zola

With West Ham’s win over Wigan, the Hammers have ensured their survival in the Premiership. It has been a...
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Hull becomes the latest club threatened by administration

The club has been virtually relegated but now faces the threat of administration which would tack on a ten...
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Video: Kei Kamara’s miss of the century

Kansas City Wizard striker Kei Kamara makes a total mess plumb in front of goal. To make matters worse...
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Fabianski will stay to prove Wenger right

The Big Fabianski practicing Blue Steel on the ball: “Look, Mums- no hands” Pepe Reina is the latest goalkeeper...
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