• For the love of Kun, the Rojiblancos have been slapped with a fine of 150 euros (about the cost of a decent La Liga ticket these days). Anyway, RFEF meted out that small punishment after Atletico's fans were said to have thrown objects at Pellegrini from the stands during the Madrid derby on November 7.

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It's another busy weekend in South and North America with the Argentinian Primera Division and the Mexican Primera Division having a full set of matches. Our other site, Free Live Sports TV, will be providing live coverage of several matches, at the links below.

Arsenal de Sarandi v Boca Juniors LIVE Argentinian Primera Division Sunday, November 15, 2009 01:15 GMT, 19:15 EST

River Plate v Atletico Tucuman LIVE Argentinian Primera Division Sunday, November 15, 2009 22:10 GMT, 17:10 EST

Santos Laguna v Club America LIVE Mexican Primera Division Sunday, November 15, 2009 22:00 GMT, 17:00 EST

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Liverpool youngster Daniel Ayala has extended his contract with the Anfield club.
The 18-year-old defender, who made his debut for the first team on the opening day of this season at Spurs, has signed a new deal which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2012.
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Happier days: With Louis Van Gaal at Barca

From what one can gather, Robert Enke kept a terrible secret.

He hid his depression to himself, fearful if it became public, his adopted daughter would be taken away, he would lose his sport, and his family destroyed.

As his widow, Teresa says, "I tried to be there for him.

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Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

Ieri la Champions ha emesso i primi verdetti. Sono quattro le squadre che possono festeggiare, con due giornate d'anticipo, la qualificazione agli ottavi di finale della prestigiosa competizione continentale. Parliamo di due forti e titolati club inglesi, il Chelsea di Ancelotti e il Manchester di Ferguson, i lusitani del Porto e la sorpresa Bordeaux. Click to continue reading...

They must fall. And so four games in, the Champions League contenders and pretenders have been separated fallen into place for the group stage which, a few spots aside, could've been drawn up in August by a blind chimp and his serf, a man who tans. Breaking down the likelies, unlikelies, and those who are already [. Click to continue reading...

Atletico de Madrid put on a brave display to snatch a draw against Chelsea. The Spanish club have had a harsh time in the Primera Division, as well as in the Champions League. But two sensational strikes from Sergio Aguero ensured that fans at the Vicente Calderon did not go home unhappy. Aguero opened the scoring [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

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New Atletico manager Quique Flores remembers the Blue machine well, Michael Essien all too well. Furthermore, a win will take us through to the group stages. Oh, and Didier Drogba is back to terrorize Europe.

I'll have that.

This man may be the fulcrum in 09-10.

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Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n... Click to continue reading...

Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n... Click to continue reading...

Today Chelsea take on Blackburn at the Bridge in the early evening kick off at 1730. Let's hope that we follow on from the better performance against Atletico in the week and collect a much needed three points after the slip up last week at Villa. Chelsea go into the game with three players confirmed out injured. Click to continue reading...

Today Chelsea take on Blackburn at the Bridge in the early evening kick off at 1730. Let's hope that we follow on from the better performance against Atletico in the week and collect a much needed three points after the slip up last week at Villa. Chelsea go into the game with three players confirmed out injured. Click to continue reading...

The 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea in the CL group stage was the last straw. With Atletico almost out of the CL and only one win in the Liga, it has been a horrible start to the new season. Goals have been hard to come by given that the club boasts the likes of "Kun" Aguero and Diego Forlan.

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After watching highlights of the match, I had this whole spiel about Chelsea's strength and experience in Europe and Atletico's sheer lack of anything really, but instead I'm going to sit here with Blues fat-man Branislav Ivanovic and over a bucket of fried chicken discuss how inappropriate it is to . Click to continue reading...

After watching highlights of the match, I had this whole spiel about Chelsea's strength and experience in Europe and Atletico's sheer lack of anything really, but instead I'm going to sit here with Blues fat-man Branislav Ivanovic and over a bucket of fried chicken discuss how inappropriate it is to . Click to continue reading...

They call him Mr. Chelsea, and Blues skipper John Terry certainly lived up to that billing when he recently decided to take control of the financial aspect of the women's football team at Stamford Bridge. The economy certainly hit the Chelsea ladies very hard as a significant portion of their funding from previous years was slashed this season.

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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According to a report in Diario AS, Atletico's sporting director will be in Buenos Aires this week to observe Nicolas Otamendi in the WC qualifiers and to also make an offer to Velez for their 21 year old defender.

Velez has reportedly set a transfer price of 9 million dollars for Otamendi.

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Uefa Champions League FC Porto vs Atletico Madrid : Live Stream here FC Porto - Atletico Madrid : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

It's time to get back to work. And back to winning.

Carlo Ancelotti's first real test as Chelsea manager arrives today when the Blues resume Group D play in the Champions League against Cyprus' APOEL Nicosia.

This will be Chelsea's more importantly CA's first match since the 3-1 defeat away to Wigan on Saturday, the Blues' first loss of the 2009-10 season.

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Four of the best strikers in the world are playing in La Liga and all of them are off to a great start to the season, averaging at least a goal a game this season.

David Villa tops all scorers with six goals in five games while Messi, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo have all scored five goals.

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Aguero & Maxi Rodriguez scored Atletico's goals in their 2-2 tie against Valencia.

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Ah, Maxi! Nothing like a solid last-minute goal from Jose Manuel Jurado's cross to rescue your team from a loss to Valencia ... Atletico's coach Abel Resino has been under tremendous pressure lately and a loss would have dealt a blow to the Rojiblancos.

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In the opening leg of the round of 16, Brazilian clubs showed how much this tournament is of interest. Out of the 5 clubs, just one, Botafogo, won. Playing as visitors, Vitoria and Goias had defeats which are not likely to be reversed in Brazil. Fluminense visited the second the last side of the Peruvian league, and just tied (well, just look where Flu is in the Brasileirao too.

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I don't really hate anybody in my immediate world (except, of course, my old landlord, Dick Dumont yeah: he knows what he did). But it's easy enough to drop the word hate into conversation. "Oh, I hate that" and "Don't you just hate him/her?"Â We do it all the time, but do we truly hate the thing or person?

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After some mid week Champions League action and Atletico's poor showing, they're in for a complicated match against champions Barcelona. Our sources over at Heads or Tails suggest it'll be a Barca white wash as they attempt to let off some steam following their frustrating draw to Inter mid week. Click to continue reading...

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• Oh Ibracadabra... He who looks ever so eloquent! How strange it must have been for him to return to San Siro. Well at least Julio Cesar was kind about the whole thing. Mano bumped into the Swede who was his former teammate in the tunnel before last night's Champions League showdown.

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We're not there yet, but we are getting closer. The Bundesliga, Eredivisie and Ligue Un all reached the point in the season where last season's results have dropped out of the calculations for the WCR Top 25. For clubs from England, Spain, Italy and Portugal, results for last season still count because all clubs in each of those domestic leagues have yet to play five matches, but we are getting close.

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 The legendary footballer and current Argentina manager Maradona chooses his squad without Real Madrid hitman Higuain nor Lazio Zarate..  Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Zaragoza) Mariano Andujar (Catania) Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar) Defenders: Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan) Nicolas Pareja (Espanyol) Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle) Gabriel Heinze (Marseille) Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan) Sebastian Dominguez (Velez Sarsfield) Emiliano Papa (Velez Sarsfield) Nicolas Otamendi (Velez Sarsfield) Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid) Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico [. Click to continue reading...

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The Valencia kit designers obviously had too much of a Dark Knight experience.... so it doesn't matter if Juan Mata and David Silva look like they have extra chest hair. Valencia defeated Sevilla 2-0 and Freddy Kanoute was sent off for two "unfair" challenges in Unai Emery's opening test of the season yesterday.

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