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Ivan Campo is looking for a club

The long time Bolton midfielder who joined Ipswich Town in 2008 was released by Roy Keane. Ipswich ended its...
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Video: Joseba Llorente sends Barca into despair

Link: Barca was comfortably on its way to a win and the title but Villareal fought back to draw...
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Qwest and BMO attendances are propping up the MLS

The Sounders and Toronto FC are filling their stadiums to capacity. Their combined attendances contribute to little more than...
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Goal Anxiety Syndrome: Walcott has it

Against Chelsea, Walcott had about 6 shots on goal. 3 clear chances, only one which was saved by Cech,...
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Arsenal: A familiar scene plays out

Arsene Wenger and Pat Rice have that familiar pinched look on their faces. All that beautiful possession from Fabregas...
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Its over: Man Utd goes two up over City

Tevez’s step son like treatment at the hands of Sir Alex has everyone agog. It provides the background to...
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Hiddink has words of advice for Wenger

Chelsea meet Arsenal at the Emirates. Two clubs licking their wounds. Nothing materially changes with a result but there...
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Video: Mario Gomez stuns Wolfsburg

Link: Bayern has a lot to thank Mario Gomez for. All four goals in Stuttgart’s 4-1 thrashing of Wolfsburg...
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Relegation derby: Why Newcastle suffers more than Boro?

It all comes down to the wage bill that sticks out like a sore thumb. And a lot of...
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Video: Rangers win Old Firm rivalry

Link: Maurice Edu’s team wins the most celebrated derby in the world and goes two up on their rivals....
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Deep thought: Max Bretos loves saying Guillermo Barros Schelotto

Not just Schelotto. But the whole name. Its so, how you say it? So deliciously foreign, it makes the...
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Video: Baraja goal ensures likely Juande Ramos exit

Link: Real lost to Valencia, 0-3 on the heels of their most humiliating loss at the Bernabeu in 38...
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The 5 most infuriating players in the Premiership

These players are central to their clubs fortunes but they always manage to live in the twilight zone with...
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SPL’s hand forced by Setanta’s crucial exposure

Setanta is now negotiating a lower contract for the TV rights to the SPL matches as a way of...
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Mohammed Bin Hammam gifted a birthday present

Sepp Blatter sent his legal team to ensure that the elections to the FIFA executive committee went off smoothly...
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Politics poison Asian football on election day

An Arabic metaphor is misunderstood by South Korean football officials and sets the tone for the poisonous state of...
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Bendtner does some product placement

Nicklas Bendtner has a wardrobe malfunction and is very contrite. Armani will be very happy. Arsene and Arsenal not...
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Video: Hamburg’s comedy of errors guides Werder to UEFA final

Link: The Frank Baumann winner was a comedy of errors as Michael Gravgaard’s clearance hits a piece of debris...
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Video: Ilsinho’s gem takes Shakhtar to the UEFA final

Link: A beauty of a goal. Iniesta’s superb strike broke Chelsea’s heart in the 93rd minute and became the...
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Drogba apologizes: Norway calls him a sissy

The Norwegians are not taking this too kindly. Today, Drogba’s apology was posted on the Chelsea website. “I was...
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Memories of Andres Frisk

In the first leg of a 2005 second round match against Barca, the referee Andres Frisk sent off Drogba,...
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Video: Drogba might face a ban till Christmas

If Hiddink was looking for a graceful exit back to Russian national team duties, he is not going to...
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Burnham’s most controversial proposal is not new

The NFL has been revenue sharing for decades and because of it American football has become the most highly...
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Rudo y Cursi: Two brothers, destiny, and a soccer match

The hit of the Tribeca Film Festival opens May 8th and follows Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal as...
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Adebayor in damage control mode

Adebayor was virtually non-existent in the CL semi-finals. His lackadaisical performance was roundly panned (its not just Arsenal fans...
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Iniesta, a heavenly goal!

The Spanish media reacts.
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Chelsea were a bunch of petulant spoilsports

Drogba’s eyes zone on the ground, his best friend all night Drogba spent a lot of times flopping and...
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Video: Barca vs Chelsea: The sublime and the ridiculous

Link: Link: Chelsea lost a heartbreaker in the 93rd minute due to a fabulous Iniesta strike. The aggregate was...
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The morning after: The view from the bottom up

The reaction is varied: Arseblog: “My solution is simple and it’s something I’ve said all season long: Arsene needs...
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Video: The whole horror show: Man Utd v Arsenal: 3- 1

Link: I feel very badly for Gibbs. He looked so gutted. Almunia was a trifle too late in reacting...
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Arsenal: The longest 80 minutes

It was all over in 11 minutes. It must have been bewildering and frightening to find the team down...
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Emirates: Turn up the volume!

Arsenal v Manchester United UEFA Champions League Tuesday, May 05, 2009, 19:45 Go Gunners! An appeal to all the...
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Didier Deschamps installed at Marseille

A familiar face returns to Marseille. Deschamps was part of the Bernard Tapie revolution of the late 80s and...
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Video: Juninho primer

The look of terror on the goalie’s face at 1:34 is priceless. For Juninho’s free kicks refer to the...
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End of the road for Juninho?

This may not be a familiar sight anymore As Juninho rose, Lyon did too. The Brazilian is now at...
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Finally! Arsenal wins silverware!

The ladies. So don’t get your knickers in a twist. They are the best in the land and have...
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Maurice Edu gains Walter Smith’s confidence

Edu played all 90 minutes in Rangers win against Hearts this weekend. The former Toronto FC man is relishing...
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Villa close out Hull: Relegation looms large

The weekend misery for all the drop zone clubs continued with Hull losing to Villa after John Carew scored...
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Franck Ribery: Man with long scar much wanted

What is Man U using? AIG bailout money? Ribery is definitely not worth £63m. Great on and off the...
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Arsenal: Its time to play, not for board room politics

Arseblog has more on the war brewing between Usmanov’s Red and White Holdings (the dark forces) and the Stan...
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For Arsenal to be effective, Nasri has to define the left

The big dance is tomorrow. Arsenal finds out whether they can pull off what will be one of their...
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Florentino Perez jumps the shark, umpteenth edition

Florentino Perez declares May 14 as the day Real football was saved. His signing wish list include Kaka, Cesc,...
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Thierry Henry may miss the CL second leg

Thierry Henry suffered a knee injury during the Real match and is likely to miss the second leg against...
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Alan Shearer is no Gary Megson

Good read. I have always wondered why Newcastle resorts to inspirational figures in its past to pull its way...
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Top ten things that can happen with Klinsi out of Bayern

– Replace Bruce Arena at the Galaxy and get them to win two games, back to back. – A...
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Add Sunderland to those unable to create daylight

The upper echelon had its way with the lower echelon. There were no spoilers this weekend. It got bleaker...
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False equivalence

After the Chelsea’s win over Fulham, the English media indulges in some false equivalence to try and take the...
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Video: Arsenal gets it done against Pompey

Link: 9+ minutes video. Good stuff from mostly the youth squad. Carlos Vela getting his first goal in the...
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Premiership: Bad news weekend for drop zone clubs

Its been all bad news for drop zone clubs this weekend. Stoke started it off by losing to the...
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Freddie Ljungberg sighting

Tyrone Marshall half volley jab of a Ljungberg corner scored a late equalizer for Seattle against the Fire. The...
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Its Bruce Arena over Robert Warzycha

With the Barca vs Real El Clasico, the world comes to an end. But the real news is that...
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Video: The most painful defeat in Real’s history

Link: Anish’s video of Barca vs Real has been posted below. But we can’t get enough of how Barca...
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Stan Kroenke is recession proof

Stan Kroenke will not be denied. As his Colorado Rapids muddle along, Stan Kroenke upped his stakes yet again...
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Swine flu leaves Mexican stadiums empty

Hector Reynosa of Club Gualdajara uses Sebastian Penco of Chile’s Everton as a spittoon. The Chilean media saw this...
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