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| Deadline Deals Break Premier League Transfer Record |
| 2008-09-02 11:36:50 |
Everyday, we are bombarded by news on the economic slowdown, housing mortgage crisis, credit squeeze and high inflation… add them up and we see a troubling picture of pay-cuts and unemployment looming ahead.
However, most superstars in the Premier League have no idea what a recession means. If anything, they will be clamoring for fatter pay [...]...
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| Arsenal Scrape Past West Brom 1-0 |
| 2008-08-17 10:32:55 |
The 2008/09 Premier League season kicked off with an understanding that every points count in what could possibly be the tightest race yet. What better than to see Arsenal beginning their campaign with a bang against newly promoted West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates Stadium.
In the 4th minute, debutante Samir Nasri scored to give Arsenal [...]...
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| Scolari Brushes Off Alex Ferguson’s Taunts |
| 2008-07-26 01:36:00 |
Talk about ruffling the feathers of your opponents. Sir Alex Ferguson is in his elements doing just that. Luiz Felipe Scolari has barely banked in his fat paycheck at Chelsea, and Ferguson has already given him a taste of things to come in upcoming campaigns.
Call it a sparring match, if you want, just to test [...]...
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| Transfer News: AC Milan Snags Ronaldinho |
| 2008-07-19 22:54:42 |
The 28-year-old Ronaldinho Gaucho has chosen the next and possibly last station of his footballing career - a move to AC Milan instead of Manchester City for a 3 year contract till June 2011.
AC Milan announced on Thursday the completion of Ronaldinho’s transfer at a price of 21 million euros (much less than the [...]...
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| Spain To Lay Claim On European Championships |
| 2008-06-28 19:44:57 |
Spain emerged victors in the semi-final clash with Russia and many were surprised that a 3-goal deficit still separates both teams. After a baptism of fire in the group stages and a comprehensive 3-1 victory against Netherlands, the Russians had established their title credentials convincingly.
Arshavin, who burst onto the international scene after sitting out a [...]...
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| When In Doubt, Go For Germany |
| 2008-06-25 00:39:35 |
The quarter-finals of Euro 2008 came to an end and several favorites were slain in the process. Portugal exited the tournament with their tail tucked behind their legs after being overpowered in a 2-3 defeat by Germany. Some tears were shed as Portugal were among the most exciting entertainers. However, the mesmerizing wizardry of Cristiano [...]...
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| Holland 1-3 Russia: Upsets Continue |
| 2008-06-21 09:57:35 |
The following was guest blogged by Chris Rivers from Betting Fair.
After two nights of the under dogs coming out on top many predicted a return to regular services with the Netherlands overcoming Russia in the quarter finals. Once again though Euro 2008 has thrown up another shock and the side who blitzed their [...]...
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| Get Ready For Thrills and Spills of Euro 08 Knock-out Stage |
| 2008-06-17 20:51:16 |
Knockout stage of Euro 08 campaign has yet to arrive but the footballing actions we have seen are exhilarating enough. In Group A, Portugal are safely through despite a 2-0 loss to Switzerland. Scolari had to apologize for destroying a winning momentum when he rested key players and fielded reserves who either developed cold feet [...]...
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| Favorites of Euro 2008 Lining Up For Quarter Finals |
| 2008-06-12 12:34:08 |
How is the Euro 2008 action so far? If you are like me, I am delighted but between watching matches and juggling my busy schedule, I am sorry I didn’t really have the time to write my match analysis.
Anway, six days have flashed by and the first round of matches ended without much surprises. The [...]...
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| Euro 2008: Spain 4 – 1 Russia |
| 2008-06-11 18:59:07 |
The following was guest blogged by Chris Rivers from Betting Fair.
Have we seen the winners of Euro 2008 play? I would say no despite the brilliant performance from Spain last night. The Spanish have matched the start they made in the World Cup two years when they put four past the Ukraine and just [...]...
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| Euro 2008: Portugal 2-0 Turkey |
| 2008-06-08 07:29:29 |
Portugal affirmed their status as the hot favorite for Euro 2008 by sweeping past Turkey with a comfortable 2-0 victory in Geneva. Four years ago, they came in as runners-up to Greece in their own country but this time, they are more than ready to erase their underdog tag and claim their ascendancy to European [...]...
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| Capello To Ponder On Team Selection After USA Friendly Win |
| 2008-05-30 20:33:43 |
While the rest of Europe prepare in earnest for the upcoming European Championships, the English are wondering what activities to indulge themselves as they licked their wounded pride. England failed to qualify so it is hard to foresee a nation gripped by football fever.
Amid this depression, nobody paid much attention to to Fabio Capello’s friendly [...]...
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| Wherehence for Cristiano Ronaldo? |
| 2008-05-22 10:23:24 |
There is no smoke without a fire. Amid the celebrations of Manchester United’s third Champions League success, rumors of Ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure for the sunny climate of Madrid continue to grab our attention. Could this be the fanatical English media at work, fanning the flames just to keep our interest, especially now that football season [...]...
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| Can Manchester United Retain Their Superiority? |
| 2008-05-17 00:12:46 |
Last Saturday, Manchester United pipped Chelsea to clinch their 17th Premier League title with a 2-0 victory at Wigan. Chelsea let themselves down in a 1-1 draw with Bolton, adding more cheer for the Red Devils as they are seen as legitimate winners, in the sense that goal difference was not the decisive factor.
Avram Grant [...]...
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| Will Wenger Loosen Up After Flamini’s Departure? |
| 2008-05-10 02:52:53 |
Mathieu Flaimini’s decision to seek greener pastures at AC Milan has caused a massive upheaval for the Gunners. Despite forging a formidable midfield partnership with Cesc Fabregas, Flamini chose to forsake his blossoming career by cashing in on his status as a free agent.
Is he right to do so? I will say yes, considering how [...]...
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| Is Eriksson Good Enough For Another Season? |
| 2008-05-06 08:28:37 |
While Manchester United celebrated their progress in the Champions League finals and have one hand on the Premier League title, their derby rival Manchester City are following in Liverpool’s footsteps by snatching headlines on internal conflicts. Rumors of the imminent departure of manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson, gain traction by the day.
Ever since owner Thaksin Shinawatra indicated [...]...
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| Chelsea Meets Manchester United In Champions League Finals |
| 2008-05-01 11:37:02 |
The moment of truth will be out soon for the Special One. Even if Avram Grant wins nothing, he has already gone one up over his predecessor, Jose Mourinho, by getting the better of Liverpool. Chelsea finally gained sweet revenge for three disappointments in four years.
Grant just about deserved the plaudits in this pulsating outing, [...]...
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| Penalty Decides Manchester United vs Chelsea Showdown |
| 2008-04-27 07:38:04 |
The Premier League title race was blown wide open by Chelsea who mustered a dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United. The latter’s surge towards their second consecutive title (10th in 16 seasons) has faded in recent weeks after draws against Middlesbrough and Blackburn. All is not lost yet with the latest defeat but there is [...]...
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| Chelsea Snatched A Champions League Lifeline |
| 2008-04-23 11:50:57 |
Liverpool were given a taste of their own medicine as they ended the Champions League semi-final first leg vexed - John Arne Riise scored a last-gasp own goal to hand Chelsea the advantage in a 1-1 draw.
The match was clouded by security concerns because of the arrival of an unwelcome man, Tom Hicks. There was [...]...
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| Liverpool In-fighting Rumbles On |
| 2008-04-18 23:59:54 |
Despite the boardroom soap opera hogging the headlines again, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is adamant about staying on at Anfield, saying: “At this moment I have two years on my contract. I am really happy here and want to stay.”
The petty bickering between Hicks and Gillett, both owning 50-50 share in Liverpool as a result [...]...
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| Real Madrid Close In On La Liga Title |
| 2008-04-14 09:45:34 |
Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard says his team needs to start killing teams off, if they hope to lift the Spanish title this season. I can’t agree more, after watching how Recreativo Huelva shared the spoils despite falling behind twice.
The title is almost out of reach for Barcelona now but the careless manner in which points [...]...
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| Thierry Henry To Prepare For Ignominous Exit From Barcelona |
| 2008-04-12 07:50:28 |
Barcelona are poised for a lip-smacking showdown with Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals. The entertaining football will be value for money and I am sure the Red Devils will relish this encounter after fond memories of clearing the Catalan hurdle en-route to lifting the Champions League crown in 1999.
For Barcelona, there may be [...]...
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| Liverpool Ready To Face Chelsea After Exhilarating Win |
| 2008-04-09 11:18:08 |
It should come as no surprise that Liverpool pulled off another enthralling European night of drama. For the third time in four seasons, the Reds reached the Champions League semi-finals, after beating Arsenal 4-2 (5-3 on aggregate) at Anfield. Chelsea, having been vanquished twice (2005 and 2006) at the same stage by Liverpool, now await [...]...
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| Portsmouth Power Into FA Cup Final |
| 2008-04-06 20:34:05 |
Portsmouth have been toiling away, achieving a lofty sixth position in the Premier League table, but until they win some silverware, nobody takes them seriously. Perceptions of mediocrity could change in the coming weeks, now that they advanced into the FA Cup final for the first time in 69 years. A solitary goal by Nwankwo [...]...
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| Manchester United A Shoo-In For the Titles? |
| 2008-04-04 11:42:44 |
Manchester United are in such devastating form, it is hard to believe their trophy cabinet will be empty this season. Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney scored in the 2-0 victory over AS Roma and with the fabulous R&R in full flow, the second leg battle seems to be a mere formality.
In the other matches, Chelsea [...]...
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| Liverpool Must Brace For A Champions League Upset |
| 2008-04-01 20:14:05 |
Over the past few weeks, punters who placed their faith on Arsenal had their fingers burnt badly. The Gunners slumped into a crisis, blew their five points advantage, and now languish six points behind league leader Manchester United. Some injured pride was healed in the 3-2 victory over Bolton which, in the words of Wenger, [...]...
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| The Birth of Harchester United |
| 2008-03-29 20:23:12 |
This article will have done well if it came out on Tuesday (April’s Fool). John Batchelor, former owner of York City, wants to buy Mansfield Town and to rename it Harchester United, taking inspiration from Sky series The Dream Team, after he gained control.
Batchelor had submitted a bid to majority shareholder Keith Haslam and Sky [...]...
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| Tame England Have Plenty To Learn In French Friendly |
| 2008-03-27 19:31:42 |
If you read all the pre-match reports, the central theme is invariably David Beckham rather than tactical affairs. England’s obsession with Beckham is likely to continue until the day he retires. Just as well that Fabio Capello handed him his 100th cap and a generous ovation for Beckham’s 60 minutes of service brought the curtain [...]...
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| Wenger Lost Tactically To Grant? |
| 2008-03-25 12:39:38 |
A few days of exuberance later, I still believe Avram Grant is a man blessed with extraordinary luck. Even with his famous 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge last week, his tactics and decision making still doesn’t inspire confidence… that is until the day he adds to the trophy cabinet. So near and yet [...]...
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| Kevin Keegan Finally Gets First Win |
| 2008-03-23 04:01:44 |
Beating the likes of Fulham rarely brings such joy. Goals from Mark Viduka and Michael Owen gave Kevin Keegan his first win since his second coming. In his tenth attempt (after 3 draws and 6 losses), Keegan finally ended a 13 Premier League game malaise and eased relegation fears for the Magpies.
Keegan adopted the same [...]...
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| Chelsea Not Good Enough To Win Anything |
| 2008-03-21 00:21:24 |
Open any Chelsea blogs these days and you are likely to find a groundswell of disapproval for Avram Grant. The circumstances in which Chelsea drew 4-4 with Tottenham Hotspur in this “entertaining” London derby has won Grant few fans and belief in his ability to fill the trophy cabinet is waning.
A victory will put Chelsea [...]...
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| Young Gunners Have Little Room For Error |
| 2008-03-15 09:44:38 |
There was a serious Europe hangover for Premier League teams last week. Manchester United and Chelsea crashed out of the FA Cup and Arsenal could only manage a draw against Wigan in the Premier League. Only Liverpool bucked the trend and peaked at the right time, notching six wins on the trot.
For Arsenal, there is [...]...
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| New-Look Tottenham After UEFA Cup Elimination |
| 2008-03-14 09:02:19 |
You win some, you lose some. Juande Ramos was stoic in defeat as Tottenham were eliminated from the Uefa Cup after a nail-biting penalty shootout. An English team dumped out on penalties, is it a surprise? For those who follow football, they will know that anything associated with “England” and the word “penalty” doesn’t look [...]...
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| Inter Milan No Match For Liverpool |
| 2008-03-12 19:42:05 |
Rafael Benitez finally put a finger on why his team is overachieving in Europe but not doing well domestically. In 2005, his team clinched the Champions League, were runners-up last year, and have, this season, embarked on a remarkable comeback. Yet they struggled to win against weaklings and top guns in the Premier League.
It is [...]...
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| Manchester United Undone By the Referee? |
| 2008-03-10 20:45:44 |
The annihilation of Manchester United and Chelsea in the FA Cup last week leaves the Big Four unrepresented in the semi-finals, a phenomenon not seen since 1987. All four are still in the Champions League but the domestic competition which prides itself on producing spectacular drama and upsets are raising doubts on their superiority.
The 1-0 [...]...
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| Mourinho Keen To Kill Chelsea |
| 2008-03-07 09:06:19 |
Jose Mourinho, unemployed since leaving Stamford Bridge, barged into our consciousness on Friday when he remarked that he is keen to “kill” his old club if he meets them in next season’s Champions League.
Apparently, he was still on speaking terms with Roman Abramovich and Peter Kenyon, dispelling rumors of a fallout since he was given [...]...
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| Torres Second Hat-trick Destroys West Ham |
| 2008-03-06 18:34:07 |
A week in football can promise much. Arsenal defeated AC Milan famously at San Siro, swept aside their gloom and got their season back on track. For Liverpool, the season just seems to get better.
Last week, some semblance of peace descended on Anfield after Benitez and Hicks called for ceasefire. The manager was offered a [...]...
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| Cristiano Ronaldo Propels United Into Last Eight |
| 2008-03-05 07:48:19 |
Ninety minutes of decent football, if you can call it that. Manchester United remain conservative in Europe rather than adopting a swashbuckling style, but this bland performance hardly justifies the money spent on amassing the plethora of attacking talents.
The 1-0 victory for the Red Devils came from Ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half, and it [...]...
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| Celtic Ready To Upset Barcelona |
| 2008-03-04 07:29:21 |
Despite drawing a metaphor for the conquest of Barcelona to climbing Mount Everest, an apt description given the Catalans’ abundance of talents and illustrious track record, I believe Celtic is quietly confident of plotting a major upset. A 3-2 first leg deficit in the Champions League last 16 has to be overturned first.
Though Celtic’s away [...]...
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