Let's start this off by congratulating our two new continental champions. South Korea's Ponang Seelers took the AFC Champions League title this weekend with a 2-1 defeat of Saudi club Al-Ittihad. In Africa, the CAF Champions League title was won by Congo Democratic Republic's TP Mazembi who defeated Nigeria's Heartland FC.

They may have been knocked out of the UEFA Cup, failed to make the last two in the FA or League Cups and not be in the title race anymore but Aston Villa could very well end the season with silverware.

They are taking part in the fourth outing of the Peace Cup which began back in 2003.

A Real Madrid fan holds up a Xabi Alonso Liverpool shirt during a recent friendly between Real and Al Ittihad at the Bernabeu Xabi Alonso is one of those players who even most non-Liverpool fans have a sneaking (or...

Pohang Steelers are just 90 minutes away from making soccer history. On Saturday night, the team from Gyeongsang province could become the most successful club in Asia – ever.
The South Koreans meet Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in Tokyo in the final of the Asian Champions League. The opposition also has two wins under its belt.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a disappointingly low-key home debut for Real Madrid against Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad in their Peace Cup match at the Bernabeu on Sunday.
Around 80,000 had packed the stadium for the Portuguese winger's glitzy presentation this month but the massive arena in the Spanish capital was only about a third full as Real were held to a 1-1 draw.

MADRID, Spain Cristiano Ronaldo made his much anticipated home debut for Real Madrid in a 1-1 draw with Al Ittihad on Sunday in the pre-season Peace Cup. Ronaldo was substituted for striker Gonzalo Higuain in the 66th minute. Club captain Raul gave Madrid the lead at in the 55th minute before Hicham Aboucherouane equalized for the [.

When the draw for the AFC Champions League group stage was made back in December 2008, few tipped unheralded Japanese side Nagoya Grampus as potential title contenders.
The general consensus was that Dragan Stojkovic's team had been lucky to sneak into third place in the J. League, and thereby qualify for the Asian Football Confederation's recently revamped continental jamboree.

This is what the various Ronaldos have been up to.One Ronaldo has broken some bones in his left wrist the other one made a flattish debut for Real Madrid at home - where he played in a pre-season friendly against Al Ittihad in the Peace Cup.The first Ronaldo might have done his wrist less injury if he had been a bit lighter and the other one's performance in his debut game has been described thus.

On the other side of the world to the eupohoria filled European Champions League, there is another ‘Champions League'. The AFC Champions League. For those of you unaware of this league, 35 teams participate, either though direct qualification, or if you're from the UAE, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand or India, you have the arduous task of a playoff.

We start off this week's predictions with the Asian Champions League final as football increases in popularity in Asia this competition is going to get a bigger and bigger profile. Staying in Asia, we have a crunch game for the leaders of J-league, then some big games involving some the front runners in England, France and Spain, before we go south to a basement battle in Argentina.

Luanda - O treinador da selecção do Togo, Hubert Velud, anunciou quinta-feira os jogadores que vão actuar na Taça Africana das Nações Orange – Angola'2010, segundo o site allafrica.com.
O técnico francês convocou os seguintes jogadores:
Guarda-redes: Kossi Agassa (Istres, França), Baba Tchagouni (Dijon, França), Kodjovi Obilale (Pontivy, França).

With most of the top European leagues on winter break, some of the teams have friendlies scheduled including Al-Ittihad v Juventus on Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The match will be covered on our other site Free Live Sports TV, at the link below.

Free Live Sports TV Al-Ittihad v Juventus Friendly Match Wednesday, December 30, 2009 17:45 GMT

Romantic results in the oldest football tournament in the world and giant-killing in Spain, Asian champions, diving in England and violence in the women's game in the USA all feature in this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

The Saudi Professional League has two feature matches on Thursday, December 10, 2009. These include Al-Ahli v Al Fateh and Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad and will both be covered live on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the link below.

Al-Ahli v Al Fateh

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

Luanda - O treinador da selecção de futebol da Tunísia, Faouzi Benzarti, anunciou, recentemente, os 26 jogadores que estarão em estágio, no Emirados Árabes Unidos, para a Taça Africana das Nações de 2010 que Angola vai albergar em Janeiro. Benzarti, actual treinador do Esperance Sportive de Tunis, vai levar a equipa Abudabi para de 31 de Dezembro a 07 de Janeiro preparar a competição, antes de escolher os 23 finais.

The penultimate day of our SPAOTP Advent Calendar features a handy guide to all the football action going on around the world... on Christmas Day.
And action there most certainly is, contrary to what you might be thinking, and the Middle East is where it's all happening.
For a start, Al-Faysali will be trying to extend their lead at the top of the Jordan League over third-placed Al-Weehdat (3 p.