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Ballack Style: A Bit Cramped

Ballack’s debut with Chelsea was anything but impressive. He kept crowding Lampard and vice-versa. Maybe Chelsea isn’t going to...
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Video: Proof that Germany’s Getting Even Better

This video proves that even without Klinsi, the New Deutschland is on the right track: We simply picked up...
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How Keane Might Just Do It!

The Guardian’s Rob Smyth blogs on about Keano at Sunderland: “Roy Keane could well become the most intriguing manager...
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Video: More Robinho

Watch these moves and weep. Reminds me of that summer day in my teens when I realized I was...
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Video: Robinho’s First Game for Real Madrid

Robinho’s first appearance for Real Madrid vs. Cadiz on August 28, 2005: The tragedy of this World Cup was...
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Video: Alfredo di Stefano

A glimpse at the genius of Di Stefano. He scored 428 goals for Real Madrid in 510 appearances- 49...
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Video: Bobby Zamora: The lad does alright!

Nice little video put together of Zamora’s goals.
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Bobby Zamora’s flying start: Hammers escape with a draw

Bobby Zamora is in fine fettle. The West Ham striker seems to have taken the added responsibility on his...
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Video: Theo Walcott announces his arrival

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Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City

Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...
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Man U to Bayern: We will get Owen Hargreaves, no matter the cost

Owen Hargreaves’s asking price – £34m. A jawdropping figure for someone that no English club would have paid a...
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Can you give Chelsea the blues?

The Beeb says to squeeze the midfield and stop those creative Chelsea midfielders from getting any real estate and...
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Ashley Cole benched: Inter rumours? Will Tweedy go along?

Arsene is extracting his punishment. He is benching Cole for the opener against Aston Villa but Cole said he...
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The woman behind Sheva: Kristen Pazik

Apparently Jose Mourinho did not want Sheva as much as Roman Abramovich did. As for Sheva he really did...
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Video: Norway 1, Brazil 1 – Ding, Dong, Dunga!

Not everyone is impressed by Dunga’s managerial style, or his style when he was a player for that matter....
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Football’s World Metrosexual XI: Beckham is out

Goalkeeper: D James (Portsmouth, England) Defenders: S Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain) G Zambrotta (Barcelona, Italy) A Cole (Arsenal, England),...
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The Asian Cup qualifiers: The Socceroos roll, India struggle.

Yep! Down Under the Socceroos have maintained their momentum and are turning some great performances in the Asian Cup...
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Video: Totti’s broken ankle

The same gruesome injury to Dean Ashton will keep him out for 3 months >>
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Old Arsenal buddies converge on Pompey: Sol and Kanu

First Sol Campbell and now Nwankwo Kanu have moved to Portsmouth. Both Kanu and Campbell were in the double...
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Video; England vs Greece

The post Beckham era pays off immediately
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Dirk Kuyt to Anfield: The suspense is over

Liverpool strengthened its position in the Premiership and further imperiled Chelsea’s lock on the Prem title by signing Dutch...
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Video: Who is Leroy Lita?

Why you will be hearing more about Leroy Lita. And why Reading FC will escape relegation.
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Video: Nuri Sahin, Turkey’s new generation of football stars

Nuri Sahin is just about 18, and plays for Borussia Dortmund. He has been denied German citizenship like millions...
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Michael Essien on his way out from Chelsea?

Michael Essien played in the Ghana-Togo friendly, that the Black Stars won 2-0, largely due to the efforts of...
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The Yanks in the Premiership: Who will perform?

My picks for the top 5 performers 1) Bobby Convey: Club: Reading Position: Midfielder Bobby Convey will be the...
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Dean Ashton out: Broken ankle in training

Dean Ashton out: Blow to England and Hammers Is it just me but just when England makes the right...
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Premiership rosters: The top four from 2005-2006

Arsenal Ins Tomas Rosicky B Dortmund, £6.8m; Alexandre Song Billong Bastia, undisclosed Outs Robert Pires Villarreal, free; Sol Campbell...
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Video: The Mido vs Zidan show

Two of Egypt’s best strikers in this clip. If they play together they will be phenomenal, but they have...
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Video: The Mido ‘incident’ at the Africa Cup

Mido and Sheheta get a bit emotional!
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Eye on Egypt: Mohamed Zidan included in the Pharoahs

The soap opera that is Hassan Shehata and his relationship with Egyptian strikers, Mohamed Zidan and Ahmed ‘Mido’ Hossam...
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Video: FA Community Shield: Liverpool vs Chelsea, 2-1

Riise’s goal, Crouchy’s goal!
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Video: Robbie Fowler: Back at Anfield

Robbie’s return, 5 goals in 14 appearances. This man is capable of much much more when healthy. So what...
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Craig Bellamy and a healthy Robbie Fowler: The Liverpool firepower that they need

Top goal scorers: 2005- 2006 season Scorer Goals Team Thierry Henry 27 Arsenal F.C. Ruud van Nistelrooy 21 Manchester...
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Premiership predictions: Liverpool tops, Aston Villa improves dramatically

Today’s FA Community Shield Championship should have gone someways in answering who will contend for the top title. Liverpool...
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How Chelsea is ruining the game?

The number of players that Chelsea has given away at a loss to the club is obscene. It is...
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Stock markets crash on the uncertain future of metrosexuality

Stock markets crashed on the announcement that Steve McLaren had dropped David Beckham from the English squad and his...
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Video: MLS All Stars vs Chelsea, 1-0

Chelsea’s Mikel John Obi in action. The Blues were not very impressive and the MLS showed nice bits of...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Aiyegbeni Yakubu

Middlesborough striker Yakubu scores and the Blues suffer again. Just get all these Nigerian strikers together and Chelsea will...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Nwankwo Kanu

Arsenal’s Kanu scoring his hat trick over Chelsea and much much more!
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Jay Jay Okocha

Without doubt the finest player in recent times never to have played the World Cup, joining Tony Yeboah and...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Sunday Oliseh

Piledriver!
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Is Bayern missing Michael Ballack?

Roy Makaay, Bayern Munich striker Not really. The Bundesliga season began with Bayern shutting out Dortmund 2-0, with Roy...
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Simon Kuper on Michael Ballack’s debut

Ballack, who should make his official debut for Chelsea in the FA Community Shield against Liverpool tomorrow at Cardiff’s...
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David Beckham: The decline and fall of metrosexuality

I hope it is over. Can I go and wallow in my body odour without feeling like I have...
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Video: Beckham’s best

For all those Beckham wellwishers!
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Its curtains for David Beckham

There was no way a sane manager was going to take David Beckham back into the team to play...
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Video: More Aaron Lennon

More reasons why we should not waste anymore time on Beckham. This guy is England’s and Tottenham’s future.
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Video: Aaron Lennon owns John Terry

I am sure Steve McLaren remembers this moment and so does John Terry. Seriously, you would have to be...
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Video: Goodbye, David Beckham! Time to bring Aaron Lennon

Steve McLaren and Terry Venables should be unsentimental: Bring Aaron Lennon in. He deserves a full 90 minutes. Lets...
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Arsenal bludgeons Dinamo Zagreb, 3-0

Arsenal stayed on course for the European Championship beating Dinamo Zagreb through Van Persie’s goal, and a pair by...
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Franck Ribery’s song: Tombes des Nues by Zebda

zebda music song lyrics More Zebda >>
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Video:More Ribery

Ribery feast from his days at OM and Galtasaray! Ljungberg, Henry, Rosicky, Walcott, and now Ribery. Arsenal’s speed kings!
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Video: Pele’s nightmare before there were cards

These were the ’70s before there were cards for the sort of stuff you’ll see on this video. The...
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Video: In which Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves becomes a hero

Spurs legend Greavesie gets dribbled on by a dog, an incident that so amuses Garrincha, that he takes it...
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