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September 2, 2008

Deadline Deals Break Premier League Transfer Record

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Chelsea, Dimitar Berbatov, English Premier League, Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mortgage, Premiere League, Robinho, Soccer, Superstars, Unemployment, tottenham hotspur

August 17, 2008

Arsenal Scrapes Past West Brom 1-0

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The new 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 starting their campaign with a bang against newly promoted West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates Stadium. In the 4th minute, debutant Samir Nasri scored to give Arsenal [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Arsenal, Champions League, Emirates, English Premier League, Nasri, West Bromwich Albion

July 30, 2008

Andrei Arshavin Deserves A Better Club

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Andrei Arshavin is world-class material. He deserves a better club and greater recognition than to spend his entire career languishing in the Russian League.To many soccer fans, this name may not ring a bell, that is, until the European Championships which concluded last month. Arshavin caught the eyes of soccer pundits and bigwigs with his [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Andrei Arshavin, European Championships, Football, Premiere League, Russian League, Soccer, UEFA Cup, pundits, russia, soccer fans, tottenham hotspur

July 26, 2008

Scolari Brushes Off Alex Ferguson’s Taunts

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Alex Ferguson, Champions League, Chelsea, Cristiano Ronaldo, Football, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Manchester United, Mourinho, Premiere League, Scolari, Sir Alex Ferguson, Soccer, campaigns, mental games, opponents

July 19, 2008

Transfer News: AC Milan Snags Ronaldinho

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: AC Milan, Champions League, Manchester City, Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho Gaucho, Serie A

June 28, 2008

Spain To Lay Claim On European Championships

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Champions League, European Championships, Netherlands, Spain, clash, russia, victory

June 25, 2008

When In Doubt, Go For Germany

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Euro 2008, European Championships, Germany, Portugal, Quarter Finals, legs

June 21, 2008

Holland 1-3 Russia: Upsets Continue

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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June 17, 2008

Get Ready For Thrills and Spills of Euro 08 Knock-out Stage

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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 stage fright [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Euro 08, European Championships, Portugal, Scolari, Switzerland, momentum

June 12, 2008

Favorites of Euro 2008 Lining Up For Quarter Finals

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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 [... Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Euro 2008, European Championships, match

June 11, 2008

Euro 2008: Spain 4 – 1 Russia

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: AKINFEEV, David Villa, Euro 2008, European Championships, Fernando Torres, Football, Guus Hiddink, Soccer, Spain, Ukraine, World Cup, russia, xavi

June 8, 2008

Euro 2008: Portugal 2-0 Turkey

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: European Championships

May 30, 2008

Capello To Ponder On Team Selection After USA Friendly Win

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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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Capello, David Beckham, England, European Championships, Football, Gerrard, Lampard, Soccer, Wembley, World Cup, beckham, friendlies, usa

May 22, 2008

Wherehence for Cristiano Ronaldo?

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There is no smoke without a fire. Amid the celebrations of Manchester United's third Champions League success, rumors of 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 [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Champions League

May 17, 2008

Can Manchester United Retain Their Superiority?

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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. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Alex Ferguson, Champions League, Chelsea, Football, Manchester United, Premiere League, Soccer, avram grant, old trafford