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0 for 4 started it, but tonight Saprissa's 2-2 draw with Monterrey finished it off.

Young Arsenal frontman Carlos Vela was introduced for his good friend Giovani Dos Santos with just 17 minutes on the clock in Mexico's one nil drama victory over South American outfit Colombia.

That makes sure for Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger that the 21 years old will come back to London without any knock and injury, so that he will be available for Saturday's Premier League encounter with the Bolton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool are a little concerned with Dirk Kuyt's fitness after sustaining a shoulder injury during an international match against Finland on Monday.

Kuyt has been ruled out for Tuesday's match and has been sent back to Liverpool for further examinations to determine the extent of the injury.

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Update 3: Daylife has some pictures from our last training session up, and this one really stuck out to me. What's up with Bovo? Does he really hate Giorgio's shows that much?

Giorgio must have some really smelly feet. And is it just me or does Bovo look like Phil from Modern Family?

Spain beat Liechtenstein 4 - 0 in their Euro qualifier with Torres and Villa scoring two goals each and plenty of tiki taki for the rest of the game.

Meanwhile the good news for next door neighbour Portugal was that they also scored four goals in their game against Cyprus.The bad news was that Cyprus also scored 4 goals in return.

Bad news for Tottenham fans. Michael Dawson will miss the next six to eight weeks with ligament damage in his knee and ankle on international duty.

Following an awkward turn early in the second half of the 4-0 England win over Bulgaria, Dawson was stretchered off the pitch.

A statement on Tottenham's website read: "Scans today (Saturday) have revealed that Michael Dawson has sprained his left medial knee ligament and one of his left ankle ligaments.

Not that long ago, I came across one posting from an online forum.
The posting on the online forum detailed a fan's frustration over the state of the game in this country, with one of her grouses targetted the presence of the feeder squads of both Albirex Niigata and Beijing Guoan, which she felt had deprived some local talents from playing at the top level.

The European Championship qualifiers started last week and there were good performances from England, Germany, Holland and Italy who won both of their games comfortably. However, Portugal have had a dreadful start to their campaign with a defeat and a home draw, while there was bad news for many Premier League players as Defoe, Dawson, Walcott, Van Persie and Kuyt all suffered what could be long-term injuries.

The European Championship qualifiers started last week and there were good performances from England, Germany, Holland and Italy who won both of their games comfortably. However, Portugal have had a dreadful start to their campaign with a defeat and a home draw, while there was bad news for many Premier League players as Defoe, Dawson, Walcott, Van Persie and Kuyt all suffered what could be long-term injuries.

Young Arsenal frontman Carlos Vela was introduced for his good friend Giovani Dos Santos with just 17 minutes on the clock in Mexico's one nil drama victory over South American outfit Colombia.

That makes sure for Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger that the 21 years old will come back to London without any knock and injury, so that he will be available for Saturday's Premier League encounter with the Bolton Wanderers at Emirates Stadium.

He's new, he's French, I hope he's what we need

It's over once again. The last of the internationals were played yesterday and we now have 7 consecutive matches in the next 23 days before the next break kicks in. That run do have some tough games including Sunderland and Chelsea, both away games.

Total transfer spending this summer in Europe's five biggest leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) was 1.32 billion euros. Which is a lot of wonga, obviously, but actually represents a 29% decrease compared to money spent in 2009. According to Bloomberg, the biggest decreases by league for 2009 vs 2010 were as follows:

La Liga down 45%,
Ligue 1 down 43%
Bundesliga down 32%
Serie A down 18%
Premier League down 15%

Several possible reasons for this downturn.

Everyone is concentrating on the bad news about Theo Walcott (What bad news? At least his ankle isnt broken!), but no-one is looking at the positive news that Samir Nasri has recovered quicker than expected, and Wenger thinks that he may even be involved this weekend. Wenger was asked how Nasri's recovery was going, and he [.

Good morning to you. Regardless of the Interlull that last week seems to have just flown by. One day it was Monday and the next it was literally Friday.

The bad news about young Theodore was confirmed yesterday. He'll spend 4-6 weeks out with an ankle injury and Arsene Wenger revealed they were scared it might well have been more.

Saturday saw Godoy Cruz visit El Sur and smash Lanús 4-1 in their own stadium with no fewer than three golazos. El Granate will be happy that that particular bad news day came on the same day that Argentina's female ... Continue reading →

Anyone that has regularly had to endure the BBC's "6-0-6″ will be more than aware of the uniquely frustrating feeling of listening boors arguing with boors for hours on end about matters that neither party seems to fully understand. Football on the radio has been ghettoised by the formulaic phone-in for more years than can be healthy but there have been a couple of exceptions to this rule, not least of which has been the outstanding broadcasting of Danny Baker over the last couple of decades, which has steadily broken the mould of what we have a right to expect from football on the radio (and old episodes of which are still available here).

The only bad news on what was otherwise a great day for Newcastle United, was the injury to goalkeeper Steve Harper in the first half at Goodison Park this afternoon. Steve Harper out for some time It seemed like Harper fell on his shoulder after a 50-50 challenge from Jermaine Beckford, who was then [.

Bad news for Arsenal supporters. Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will be out for up to three weeks with a hamstring injury, the English Premier League club said on Tuesday.

The Spanish midfielder, who has been in good form in recent weeks, picked up the injury shortly after scoring in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Sunderland and was quickly substituted.

A historic win for Northampton who beat Liverpool on PKs 4-2 after the match tied 2-2 once regulation and extra time was over. For Liverpool, it represents one of their lowest points. It all started brightly enough for the Reds as Milan Jovanovic shot them into an early lead. But the Cobblers who play in League 2 showed some real fighting spirit with Liverpool looking sloppy on defense.

Some bad news today that Steve Harper faces three months out of action, after undergoing an operation on his injured shoulder yesterday. Steve Harper after a collision with Jermaine Beckford at Goodison Park The 35 year-old goalkeeper has suffered ligament damage in last Saturday's 1-0 win over Everton, and had surgery in London yesterday.

According to the ever so (not) reliable Goal.com, Frank Lampard is a major doubt for the Manchester City Chelsea clash after injuring his groin again in training. Bad news for Chelsea as Kalou and Benayoun are also out ... Continue reading →

If you're a professional footballer in England who likes a flutter, then prepare yourself for bad news. The Football Association is considering new rules preventing all professional players from betting on any football matches. At all.

Player are currently free to bet on any competition they're not involved in.

Nearly a forgotten player in the Manchester United squad this season, Michael Owen proves that he is still someone that Alex Ferguson can really count on as after scoring in the midweek, the veteran striker did it again today.

Coming in as a substitute for Darren Fletcher in the second half, the former Liverpool star managed to grab another goal which this time saved his team from a defeat against the stubborn Bolton Wanderers.

Bad news, Chelsea fans... The club has confirmed midfielder Frank Lampard is still not ready to return to first-team action.

Lampard has been MIA since undergoing a hernia surgery at the end of August, keeping him out of Chelsea's last three Premier League matches, their Carling Cup loss to Newcastle United, and their opening UEFA Champions League match.

Well, 6 points from 2 matches, and we've already got one foot in the knockout stages.

This win puts us atop the group with 6 points. The bad news is that we're only atop the group on goal differential, since Shakhtar beat Braga to go on 6 points as well. But the good news is that means that both Braga and Partizan are sitting on 0 points, so the only way we don't go into the knockout rounds is if one of those squads makes up 6 points on us over the next 4 matches.