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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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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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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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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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Video: Steve McLaren’s “Dutch accent”

FC Twente’s ascent up the Eredivisie has gone a some ways in rehabilitating the image of the much maligned...
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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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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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Southampton FC: Will Le Tessier be able to save it?

Mark Fry, the administrator in charge of Southampton FC is a very important chap nowadays. The saga to save...
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Sunderland remain in relegation danger

Portsmouth made Sunderland pay for all their defensive lapses as they won, 3-1. Sunderland made a bright start as...
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Video: Boro go down to Villa, 1-2

Link: Kudos to Tuncay who was voted Boro’s player of the year. He fully deserves it. In the MOTD...
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Rangers: Its all mirth and Lafferty

Having a good lafferty at Mulgrew’s expense? Charlie Mulgrew found out after being sent off in a Oscar worthy...
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Columbus Crew can’t buy a win

Deja vu all over again for the Crew who seem to specialize in giving away late goals that rob...
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Brian McBride continues his top form

McBride’s sixth goal of the season in nine games gave visiting Chicago a 2-0 win over Toronto. The Fire...
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L’OM suffer a body blow

Lyon blows by Marseille, 3-1 on the strength of two Benzema goals. Juninho adds another in stoppage time. Sylvain...
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Wenger wavers on Arsenal commitment

Real Madrid has come knocking and part of Florentino Perez’s rebuilding of the club not only includes the potential...
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Pavlyuchenko might be gone

Harry Redknapp has not taken kindly to Pavlyuchenko’s unsporting conduct. The Russian striker was taken off after muffing a...
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Udinese loss: Ancelotti’s return remains tenuous

A pro Silvio Berlusconi paper says it: “Ancelotti, una sconfitta che sa di addio.”
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Jose” Zero title” Mourinho gets his scudetto

“Zeru tituli” is a code word in both Inter and AC Milan’s history. It refers to Massimo Ambrosini’s two...
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Who is Pep Guardiola?

El Pais has a fascinating article (it is in Spanish) about Barca’s manager. He is obsessive, intelligent, passionate, a...
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Joan Laporta is vindicated: Catalonia power

Real Madrid falls to Villareal, 2-3 at El Madrigal. It snuffs out their slim chances of overtaking Barca. Barca...
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In the real world, will Bayern hang onto a CL spot?

Dzeko cuts a heroic figure In the alternate world of The True Table or www.wahretabelle.de if referees were perfect,...
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Video: Man Utd will not be denied

Link: Man Utd once again crested the pinnacle. Arsenal played a much improved game and at moments looked threatening...
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Today we play for pride

And to keep Man Utd’s title hopes in check for at least another week. Well, we can hope, can’t...
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Wenger: Quotation of the day

“If you play tennis tomorrow, you lose against Nadal, you can still say you are a good player.” Roger...
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Video: Edin Dzeko primer

Cool finisher!
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Hiddink’s separation anxiety has Russia worried

Guus Hiddink seems to be making a bit of a meal leaving Chelsea. He says he will be back...
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Here we go again: Sir Alex has a grouse

Nemanja Vidic was an undoubted success in Man Utd’s reaching for the moon. No one denies that. Despite the...
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Video: Atlante claims the CONCACAF title

The first leg resulted in a Atlante 2-0 win and the second leg was a 0-0 draw. Atlante won...
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Adebayor becomes a transfer target

Adebayor must have really impressed Roman Abramovich in the cameo against Chelsea where he touched the ball twice and...
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Swine flu politics: CONMEBOL reneges on the FMF

The Mexican Football Federation announced they were breaking all ties with CONMEBOL, canceling Copa Sudamericana, Copa America, and Copa...
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Steve Coppell shows his class

A truly sad moment for Reading fans as the club failed to make it to the Premiership losing to...
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Sounders seating to be increased

The Seattle Sounders are the hottest team in the MLS right now. The club is accommodating the demand for...
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Video: Check out Yaya Toure’s goal

Yaya Toure, Kolo’s younger brother shows why Arsenal should get this man. Brilliant footwork, great balance, and a killer...
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Usmanov wants to defray Emirates cost

Arseblog uses Jabba the Usmanov which I think is a perfect moniker. Well, the Uzbeki metal king wants to...
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Bundesliga coaches impact Europe much less

For all its parity with the other three big European leagues, the Bundesliga coaches have had considerably less sway...
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Gravgaard’s folly

The comedy of errors that led to Frank Baumann’s goal against Hamburg. The culprit has been identified and it...
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Video: Wolfsburg gets back on track beating Borussia

Link: Wolfsburg bounced back from the Stuttgart drubbing last weekend. It was the Dzeko- Grafite combine yet again which...
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Adriano and Ronaldo missing on opening day

Tim Vickery, passionate follower of Brazil’s hallowed sport, observes that some big time players were MIA on opening day...
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Berlusconi shuts the door on Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti is probably going to come to Chelsea after all. He can play coy. The fact is that...
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Will Juergen Klopp finally win one over Felix Magath?

The most fascinating league this season has huge matches today and tomorrow with huge implications. Three top clubs meet...
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The Tevez sweepstakes: Liverpool or Spurs?

Carlos Tevez moves in mysterious ways. Corinthians to West Ham. West Ham to Man Utd. Both moves were shrouded...
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Video: Forlan guides Atletico to an amazing comeback win

Fernando Torres. Never missed him. Atletico have Diego Forlan another reason why La Liga still retains an edge in...
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Newcastle climb out of relegation hole

Newcastle won, 3-1 over Boro in the north east Derby as Obafemi Martins put them over the top after...
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Arsene, the fault lies elsewhere: It’s not Drogba

The Drogba dive for which Fabregas got carded and led to the Alex goal is par for the Chelsea...
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Barca maybe without Iniesta for the CL final

Looks like a steady procession of injured and suspended players is complicating Pep Guardiola’s preparation for the Cl final....
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