Joel Griffiths and his brother played in the victorious Beijing team, champions of all China. Joel didn't get to play in the last game as he has a 7 week suspension - for rude gestures at opposing fans.
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Nos despertamos con la noticia ya esperada. "¡Hace 4 años, un día como hoy, México hizo historia!" El 2 de Octubre del 2005 se ganó un Mundial sub-17 y todos nos entusiasmamos. Como olvidar ese día, sentada en ante la tele viendo con escepticismo que México lograra ganar su primer mundial en cualquier categoría tras vencer a Brasil, eso no podía pasar, ¡pero un segundo lugar no era del todo malo!

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heather mitts 3, tomada por wy blog.

Heather Mitts es sin duda una de las 50 deportistas mas sexys, ella pertenece al equipo de futbol de Estados Unidos y en el 2008 tuvo exito en Beijing , por su popularidad y belleza salio en portada de la revista Maxim.

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The Serie A Game to Watch this week features the only matchup of two teams in the top four in the standings. Although it is only the third week of the season (sorry Sampdoria fans), both Lazio and Juventus are eyeing a possible scudetto and this match could keep one club's early momentum going.

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President of Real Madrid Florentino Perez is contemplating building a Disneyland-style theme park based on Real Madrid on the edge of Madrid. In the pursuit of exploiting the club's high marketing potential around the world, the plan includes possible locations at Beijing and Miami to take advantage of the club's Chinese and American following. Click to continue reading...

Cristiano Ronaldo and superstar sprinter Usain Bolt united in a press conference announcing that they both endorsed a 2016 Madrid Olympic bid. The endorsement comes as a huge bonus for Madrid as Bolt was the star on the track at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Remember that game between Lazio and Inter Milan over in China? I forgot the name of it, but it turns out Jose Mourinho and friends ran up quite a tab.

"The two teams from Italy were just like two luxury tourist groups," Wang Bo, who looked after the teams on behalf of organisers United Vanson International, told the Beijing News.

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Este fin de semana pasado se realizaron muchos partidos, la mayoría buscando que muchos clubes europeos cierren su preparación de cara a algunos campeonatos que aún no inician como La Liga en España, o como la Premier League De Inglaterra; a diferencia de la Bundesliga (Alemania) y la Eredivisie (Holanda) que ya iniciaron.

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Gazzetta dello Sport After Beijing Inter run to resolve their problems Wanted: Assists for...
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Unable to see today's Inter-Lazio game i was forced to stay near my laptop this morning. My crackling speakers would pop and crack with the sounds from Beijing. My only means to the game was courtesy of Radio Rai. Apparently sold out and lustrous in atmosphere and pageantry a weaker Lazio side missing Goran Pandev,Christian Ledesma and Lorenzo De Silvestri overcame Inter 2-1. Click to continue reading...

Lazio came up with a surprising 2-1 win over Inter Milan in the Supercoppa held in Beijing (no, that's not in Italy) on Saturday. Guess who didn't take the loss so well:

"Lazio have the joy of victory, while we are safe in the knowledge we have a team and a great future," the Special One told Inter Channel.

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Lazio beat Inter Milan 2-1 in the Italian Supercoppa in Beijing's Olympic Bird Nest Stadium (I think this is a great idea, playing the curtain raiser abroad. Better than that stupid "39th game" abroad anyway). Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan dominated the game but failed to capitalise on their chances. Lazio's Francelino Matuzalem scored the first goal [. Click to continue reading...

Lazio beat Inter Milan 2-1 in the Italian Supercoppa in Beijing's Olympic Bird Nest Stadium (I think this is a great idea, playing the curtain raiser abroad. Better than that stupid "39th game" abroad anyway). Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan dominated the game but failed to capitalise on their chances. Lazio's Francelino Matuzalem scored the first goal [. Click to continue reading...

Mario Balotelli is a very good player but he is a real plonker most of the time. Balotelli probably thinks he is the best player in the world and is puzzled as to why nobody else can see it. Jose Mourinho refused to give him the number 10 jersey and Super Mario responded by slacking at training sessions.

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Well, it's that time of the summer again. I'm off to the old country tomorrow, so the blog will be inactive for a couple of weeks. However I will be back right before the start of the Serie A season so I'll be able to maybe get a mega-preview up like last season and we'll wrap up the important news that happened while I was gone.

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The Barclays Asia Trophy finished up on Friday with Tottenham Hotspur facing Hull City and West Ham facing Beijing Guaon. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Tottenham Hotspur crushes Hull City 3-0 Video Highlights

Tottenham continued their strong play in the Barclays Asia Trophy tournament with a 3-0 victory against Hull on Friday.

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It was made known pretty early that the contracts of Julio Cruz and Christian Panucci were not going to be renewed by Inter and Roma at the end of the season. Both players were linked with a host of clubs but no offer became concrete and up until yesterday it was anybody's guess where Cruz and Panucci would wind up playing next season.

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The Chinese footballer who led an attack on the referee after a qualifier for China's 11th National Games last weekend was banned for life by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Thursday (See previous post)
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The Barclays Asia Trophy tournament began its 2009 edition on Wednesday with two semifinal matches. Tottenham Hotspur faced West Ham United while Hull City played against Beijing Guaon. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Tottenham Hotspur edges West Ham 1-0 Video Highlights

Tottenham defeated fellow Premier League club West Ham 1-0 on a Jermaine Defoe goal in the 75th minute on Wednesday.

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After Day One of the Barclays Premier Asia Trophy competition being held in Beijing, China it will be a Tottenham v Hull City final on Friday.
Tottenham beat West Ham 1-0 in the first game and West Ham's day was made worse when Luis Boa-Morte was stretchered off after damaging his cruciate knee ligaments. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham beat West Ham by one goal in a friendly game played at the Worker's Stadium in Beijing. Spurs was the livelier team and showed better fitness and sharpness. Jermain Defoe scored the only goal of the game and booked a place for Tottenham in the finals of the Barclays Asia Trophy. Click to continue reading...

So here we have it, where better to have a good old fashioned London derby than Beijing, as Redknapp and Zola give a good run out for their top notch first teamers you'll never guess who got the winner! Oh yes, the player West Ham fans love to (and have every right to) hate. Mr. Jermain Defoe!

• Spurs SET for FANTASTIC £24m DOUBLE STRIKER SWOOP!

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A shameful display of the worst in soccer - Footballers from the Tianjin team in China while playing a match against Beijing in China's National Games disagreed with the dismissal of two of their players - one for a blatant stamp on an opponent who was lying on the ground.At the final whistle they went after the ref.

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UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Aston Villa and Hull City have joined Sunderland in the hunt for Tottenham striker Darren Bent.

July 27th, 2009 According to Sky Sports News, Sunderland appear close to signing Tottenham striker Darren Bent.

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Just yesterday Richard Scudamore, head of the Prem, sat himself in front of a bevy of reporters, not at all influenced by the fact that he was on a block-building mission in Beijing, and touted the Chinese Super League as the new blossoming world power - the one which may come to rival Europe's heavyweights [. Click to continue reading...

According to Sky Sports News, Sunderland appear close to signing Tottenham striker Darren Bent. Bent was supposed to play in Beijing with Tottenham but was told by the club not to make the trip.

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Italians still insist that Aleksandar Kolarov is Juventus' first pick, when it comes to the position of the left back. The biggest Italian club made up the team that should be number one favourites for the title, but flanks are the weakest links.

The solution for the right side is obviously Martin Caceres from Barcelona, while Fabio Groso was in charge of the left side, but sports director Seko has already stated that he is no longer in club plans for the future.

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The list of pre-season fixtures grows more outlandish every year. Wolves and Fulham are in Australia, Hull are getting ready for a tournament in Beijing, Chelsea plan to wow Hollywood. And they are not alone.

On the same evening the Londoners meet Inter Milan in Pasadena, a Premier League rival will be on show in another Los Angeles suburb.

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Depois de Sofia Vieira, o Atlético Madrid contratou a também jogadora da Selecção Nacional, Edite Fernandes. Quando é que os grandes clubes portugueses se vão interessar pelo futebol feminino?
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Aconteceu na China: chileno ataca chinês à bofetada
Um jogo do campeonato chinês acabou com um festival de chapadas, depois de um defesa chileno ter reagido a uma alegada agressão de um avançado chinês da pior maneira. O protagonista do incidente foi Jonathan Vergara, do Dalian Shide, e a vítima foi Yang Hao, do Beijing Guoan. Click to continue reading...

U.S. Women's National Team coach Pia Sundhage named her 18-woman roster for the Olympic tournament in Beijing (ASN, June 23, 2009).

Nine players on the roster were members of the U.S. team that won the gold medal four years ago in Athens, Greece, including team co-captains Christie Rampone and Kate Markgraf.

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Man United have launched yet another partnership deal, this time is is with Chinese electronics manufacturer Aigo (brand name of Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology). Yesterday Man United...
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Arsene Wenger went to China for a visit and spent some time at a soccer academy to discuss football. I've translated the short article from a Chinese newspaper below:

Wenger Visits China, Talks Football on the Great Wall
The manager of English Premier League club Arsenal, Arsene Wenger is on a tour of China; he visited the "Bird nest" (Beijing's 2008 Olympic stadium) and went to see the great wall. Click to continue reading...

Queue the Figo to MLS rumors up again. It appears the 36 year old Portuguese legend is looking to move stateside if the following email from a credible source below is correct.
Received by email this morning from Europe:

Hello,

I have some good information for you regarding one recently retired Luis Figo.

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The four teams have been named for the 2009 Premier League Asia Trophy to be played in China between July 29-August 1, 2009. It's the first time the tournament will be played on mainland China when Beijing will be the host to Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Hull City and Beijing Guo'an.

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