How in the world Al-Hilal winger Christian Wihlelmsson ever let go of this Russian-born Swedish model is beyond the boys here at Soccer Jones.

Oksana kicked off her career as a dancer for a musical group called Sunblock, and later found her way onto the Swedish version of Paradise Hotel.

Dynamos F.C. from Zimbabwe will be one of the lucky teams to play in the CAF Champions League

The second round of the CAF Champions League has been completed this weekend and the eight teams who have qualified from this section look forward to the oncoming group stage. "Stoppage Time International Football Blog" reports on the winners and losers from the second round of Africa's elite club competition and highlights the latest developments in the Confederation Cup, Africa's equivalent of the UEFA Europa League or Copa Sudamericana.

Liverpool are facing up to the prospect of kicking off their Europa League campaign without a handful of star names.
The Reds will play the first significant game of the new season in the third qualifying round of the Europa League on Thursday, July 29 – but it is looking increasingly unlikely that the club's new manager will not be able to call on Pepe Reina, Fernando Torres, Maxi Rodriguez, Javier Mascherano and Dirk Kuyt for what is certainly a crucial fixture.

Here we go again, the World Cup has only been over for two days and we are already gearing up for the club season, especially the Premier League. Although the players that featured will not be playing in the large majority of pre-season matches, we have a list of the matches for you! There are some really interesting matches along with the predictable no interest fixtures.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has urged the club's supporters to be patient as he steps up his summer player hunt.
The Reds boss has yet to make any forays into the transfer market despite the Anfield side being continually linked with a host of names.
Only Milan Jovanovic has sealed a move to Merseyside since the end of the season, though the deal to bring the Standard Liege striker was already in place before Hodgson took over from Rafa Benitez.

Busy day of news at Liverpool ahead of the club's first friendly...

And it's got a bit of the usual here-and-there along with continued talk about the fate of the big names.

The first concerns the Europa League, where Liverpool will face either FK Rabotnicki or FC Mika on the 29th of July at Anfield, with the away leg scheduled for August 5th.

Al-Hilal beat Al-Faisali 5-1 in a wonderful feast of goals, for all six goals. I will start with the second goal of Yasir Al-Qahtani with nice clever piece of team work skills and here is the...
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There's one feature friendly match on Saturday, January 2, 2010 as Al-Hilal hosts Italian Serie A side Internazionale (Inter Milan). The match will be covered live at the link below.

Free Live Sports TV Al-Hilal v Internazionale (Inter Milan) Friendly Match Saturday, January 2, 2010 16:45 GMT

Today In Spurs History: 23rd April

1921 On this day in 1921 Spurs won the FA Cup final with a 1-0 win over Wolves at Stamford Bridge. Jimmy Dimmock scored the only goal.

1977 Today is the 33rd birthday of Lee Young-Pyo. The South Korean full back played 93 games for Spurs.

O técnico da Coreia do Sul, Huh Jung-Moo fez uma convocação provisória para a Copa do Mundo. Sem definir os 23 atletas que vão África do Sul disputar o Mundial, o treinador convocou 30 atletas, que observará até o dia 16 de maio, quando sua equipe enfrenta o Equador e ele decidirá a lista definitiva.

Algerians ES Sétif were amongst the winners in the CAF Champions League 2nd round, 1st leg

The second round of the two major African club tournaments began this weekend with the first leg of each tie played from Friday to Sunday. In both competitions there was a winner in all but one match so a number of the clubs participating in Africa's club competitions can fancy their chances of further progress.

South Korea (Korea Republic) Preliminary Squad

Coach: Huh Jung-Moo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Lee Woon-Jae 26 April 1973 (aged 37) 129 Suwon Bluewings GK Kim Young-Kwang 28 June 1983 (aged 26) 14 Ulsan Horang-i GK Jung Sung-Ryong 4 January 1985 (aged 25) 13 Seongnam Ilhwa DF Lee Young-Pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 33) 112 Al-Hilal DF Kim Dong-Jin 29 January 1982 (aged 28) 58 Ulsan Horang-i DF Cha Du-Ri 25 July 1980 (aged 29) 42 SC Freiburg DF Oh Beom-Seok 29 July 1984 (aged 25) 36 Ulsan Horang-i DF Kang Min-Soo 14 February 1986 (aged 24) 31 Suwon Bluewings DF Cho Yong-Hyung 3 November 1983 (aged 26) 30 Jeju United DF Lee Jung-Soo 8 January 1980 (aged 30) 23 Kashima Antlers DF Kwak Tae-Hwi 8 July 1981 (aged 28) 11 Kyoto Sanga DF Hwang Jae-Won 13 April 1981 (aged 29) 3 Pohang Steelers DF Kim Hyung-Il 27 April 1984 (aged 26) 3 Pohang Steelers MF Kim Nam-Il 14 March 1977 (aged 33) 91 Tom Tomsk MF Park Ji-Sung (c) 25 February 1981 (aged 29) 86 Manchester United MF Kim Jung-Woo 9 May 1982 (aged 27) 56 Gwangju Phoenix MF Cho Won-Hee 17 April 1983 (aged 27) 35 Suwon Bluewings MF Kim Chi-Woo 3 November 1983 (aged 26) 23 FC Seoul MF Lee Chung-Yong 2 July 1988 (aged 21) 21 Bolton Wanderers MF Ki Sung-Yong 24 January 1989 (aged 21) 19 Celtic MF Gu Ja-Cheol 27 February 1989 (aged 21) 8 Jeju United MF Kim Jae-Sung 3 October 1983 (aged 26) 5 Pohang Steelers MF Kim Bo-Kyung 6 October 1989 (aged 20) 4 Oita Trinita MF Shin Hyung-Min 18 July 1986 (aged 23) 3 Pohang Steelers FW Lee Dong-Gook 29 April 1979 (aged 31) 78 Jeonbuk Motors FW Ahn Jung-Hwan 27 January 1976 (aged 34) 68 Dalian Shide FW Park Chu-Young 10 July 1985 (aged 24) 38 Monaco FW Lee Keun-Ho 11 April 1985 (aged 25) 31 Júbilo Iwata FW Yeom Ki-Hun 30 March 1983 (aged 27) 30 Suwon Bluewings FW Lee Seung-Ryul 6 March 1989 (aged 21) 5 FC Seoul

Most Capped Player: Hong Myung-Bo 136
Top Goalscorer: Cha Bum-Kun 55

Back to 2010 World Cup Squads.

South Korea are now seven times in a row World Cup participants, veterans of the international stage. No-one really sees them as challengers but a Fourth Place finish in 2002 and narrowly losing out in the group stages in 2006 proves that they do have the quality to challenge the top sides. And you just never know in football.

Anche la Corea del Sud è pronta ad affrontare i Mondiali.
In attesa di sfidare sul campo Argentina, Nigeria e Grecia, in un girone estremamente difficile ma che promette scintille, ecco la lista dei 23 convocati ufficiali, decisi dal tecnico Huh Jung-Moo.

1 LEE Woon Jae (26/04/1973) P Suwon Bluewings (KOR)2 OH Beom Seok (29/07/1984) DF Ulsan Hyundai (KOR)3 KIM Hyung Il (27/04/1984) DF Pohang Steelers (KOR)4 CHO Yong Hyung (03/11/1983) DF Jeju Utd. (KOR)5 KIM Nam Il (14/03/1977) MC Tom Tomsk (RUS)6 KIM Bo Kyung (06/10/1989) MC Oita Trinita (JPN)7 PARK Ji Sung (25/02/1981) MC Manchester Utd.

1 LEE Woon Jae (26/04/1973) P Suwon Bluewings (KOR)2 OH Beom Seok (29/07/1984) DF Ulsan Hyundai (KOR)3 KIM Hyung Il (27/04/1984) DF Pohang Steelers (KOR)4 CHO Yong Hyung (03/11/1983) DF Jeju Utd. (KOR)5 KIM Nam Il (14/03/1977) MC Tom Tomsk (RUS)6 KIM Bo Kyung (06/10/1989) MC Oita Trinita (JPN)7 PARK Ji Sung (25/02/1981) MC Manchester Utd.

There are unlikely to be any players heading out of Anfield until replacements have been lined up.
A number of Liverpool players are being linked with possible transfer window moves but manager Roy Hodgson is also keen to see what he has at his disposal before sanctioning any departures.
Fiorentina are reported to be ready to offer Liverpool in excess of £3.

O brasileiro Marcos Paquetá será o novo treinador da seleção da Líbia. O acordo com a federação líbia foi assinado nesta sexta-feira e prevê a participação dele na reestruturação do futebol no país.
"O trabalho será longo e o nosso objetivo é modificar completamente o panorama do futebol no país.

Liverpool's pre-season preparations step up a gear today when the squad flies out to Switzerland for a ten-day training camp.
Based at a resort in the Alps near to the Austrian border, the Reds' squad will combine intense daily training sessions with a series of warm-up matches as they start to work towards the big kick-off next month.

Serbian striker Milan Jovanovic today insisted the departure of Rafael Benitez never made him doubt his decision to sign for Liverpool.
It was the former Reds boss who secured Jovanovic's signing on a free transfer from Standard Liege during the summer, but even when Benitez left Anfield Jovanovic knew exactly where he wanted his footballing future to lie.

So it's been nearly a week since the World Cup ended and normal service still hasn't resumed around these parts. I'd apologize, but it wouldn't be sincere. I'd rather stay silent than join in the speculative, wrist-slitting, 'everyone's getting sold and the world's gonna end' choir. The summer silly season always makes me insane, and this summer's unsurprisingly been the worst in recent memory.

The Grand Resort Hotel and Spa, situated at the foot of the Alps in the picturesque Swiss town of Bad Ragaz, is the last word in luxury.
Perfectly manicured lawns, elegant staff and magnificent facilities – some rooms are so big they even have their own sauna – it is the kind of establishment you would expect Premier League footballers to stay in; the prices, you can imagine, are not for those of a sensitive disposition.

Roy Hodgson confirmed Sammy Lee's place on Liverpool FC's backroom staff is secure – as he spoke of the peril that awaits the Reds in the Europa League.
With men such as first-team coach Mauricio Pelligrino and goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero following former boss Rafa Benitez out of Anfield last month, Hodgson is expected to make a number of new appointments.

It's back! The football season is back! Praise the lord. The minute the World Cup ended all i wanted to see was Reina back in that goal! Of course tomorrow's team probably won't feature many of the regular faces, some are still on holiday/injuries etc but it will give us a chance to see Roy [...]

Sadly, Liverpool's friendly against Al Hilal has been called off due to torrential rain in Austria.The game would have given exciting youngsters like Laure Dalla Velle and David Amoo ther debuts in the Liverpool first team, alas a freak downpour ended all that So its back to the teams Swiss training camp for the squad and manager.

Liverpool's first friendly of the year against the Saudi champions.

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Liverpool:

Gulacsi
Degen Darby Ayala Kelly
Amoo Lucas(c) Aquilani Riera
Dalla Valle Ngog

Bench: Hansen, Spearing, Irwin, Shelvey, Ince, Eccleston, Palsson

Al-Hilal:

Teamsheet when it's released.

Liverpool has agreed a fee with Fiorentina for the sale of defender Emiliano Insua and the player is travelling to Italy to discuss personal terms.
The Argentinian had a difficult season as injury to Fabio Aurelio meant he was first-choice left-back for most of the campaign and that eventually took its toll on his performances.

Given Singuluma scored twice for TP Mazembe in their 2-0 away win at Dynamos

The opening matchday of the African Champions League took place this weekend and it was a good one for defending champions TP Mazembe whose campaign goes from strength to strength following a 2-0 win in Zimbabwe. Record champions Al Ahly, however, had to come from behind to snatch a draw away at Nigerians Heartland FC.

Austria is a country that's produced famous actors, revered composers and distinguished sportsmen but never a pioneering meteorologist – now we know why.
Occasionally when you travel to small towns with small grounds, you see things that do not add up and that was again the case in the picturesque Austrian outpost of Altach on Saturday, where Roy Hodgson was supposed to launch his Liverpool career.

New Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson kicked off his tenure at the helm of Anfield with a tough draw in Switzerland against Grasshoppers.
After what should have been his first game in charge against Al Hilal in mid-week was called off, Hodgson took his place on the sidelines and saw his side battle for a well earned draw.

O técnico da Suécia, Erik Hamren, anunciou a volta de Zlatan Ibrahimovic para a seleção no amistoso diante da Escócia, na próxima semana. O atacante do Barcelona deixou a equipe nacional no ano passado, após a Suécia não conquistar a classificação para a Copa do Mundo.

T&T Ha noi are the new champions of Vietnam

The new Saudi football season began and a new champion was crowned in Vietnam this weekend. In the meantime each of the three big Asian leagues in China, Japan and South Korea are now past the halfway point of their domestic championship seasons. Stoppage Time International Football Blog reviews the latest developments from Asia.

Former England manager to take high wages offer shock horror According to reports in Europe and the Middle East, Sven is set to take an offer to manage Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal. After a summer in which h has been linked with every Premier League job going, it seems inevitable that the Swede would [.

Former England manager to take high wages offer shock horror According to reports in Europe and the Middle East, Sven is set to take an offer to manage Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal. After a summer in which h has been linked with every Premier League job going, it seems inevitable that the Swede would [.

Is it not risky to parade your new signings at such heights?...Liverpool's first friendly of the season after the game against Al Hilal was cancelled ended in a 0-0 draw. Hodgson's first game against old employers - Grasshopper was an average display, typical of a pre season friendly filled with youngsters and untested players.

Roy's first game in charge...It's back! The football season is back! Praise the lord. The minute the World Cup ended all i wanted to see was Reina back in that goal! Of course tomorrow's team probably won't feature many of the regular faces, some are still on holiday/injuries etc but it will give us a chance to see Roy Hodgson's style and i am hoping to catch a bit of Milan Jovanovic too.

Roy's first game in charge...It's back! The football season is back! Praise the lord. The minute the World Cup ended all i wanted to see was Reina back in that goal! Of course tomorrow's team probably won't feature many of the regular faces, some are still on holiday/injuries etc but it will give us a chance to see Roy Hodgson's style and i am hoping to catch a bit of Milan Jovanovic too.

By Chris Wright

Leicester City have confirmed that they have 'parted company' with manager Paulo Sousa after less than three months in charge.

A statement on the club's official site reads;

"The decision has been taken as a result of the club's poor run of results this season.

Ghasem Hadadifar (left) scored the winning goal for Iranian side Zob Ahan

Asian club competition has reached a crucial point of the season with both of the Asian Football Confederation's flagship tournaments in the semi-final stages. There have been goals galore in the AFC Champions League whilst the AFC Cup has seen two more tense affairs amongst the final four.

O décimo sexto jogo das Eliminatórias da CAN 2012, foi realizado no dia 04/09/2010, na cidade Omdurman-SUD, no Al-Hilal Stadium e reuniu as seleções do Sudão (120º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Congo (106º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2010Omdurman 11/10/2008 SUD2:0 (1:0)CGO Second stage2010Brazzaville 08/06/2008 CGO1:0 (0:0)SUD Second stage
Copa da África
1972Douala 29/02/1972 CGO4:2 (2:2)SUD First stage
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Wellington Kaoma-ZAM
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Mudather El Tahir, aos 9 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Hilal Capitals-SUD.