Recently promoted Kavala's impressive form in the Superleague has continued after they managed to get a late win against AEK. This win means that Kavala has managed to take points from each of the big three (a draw against Olympiakos in Karaiskaki and a home draw against PAO).

Though Kavala's first goal came off of a penalty which was a clear dive and a few calls weren't made in our favour, Kavala were clearly the better team.

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West Ham United travels to Hull City this Saturday and will be looking to put the miserable Everton match behind them. We have to start winning and stay in control of our Premiership destiny. We need to set off on a winning run. At the moment, West Ham cannot put together a win streak that our play at times deserves. Click to continue reading...

Landon Donovan.
Well deserved, he was the best player in the league this season. And he's led his team to the MLS Cup.
He's been in this league too long and won too many titles for this to be his first, but here's hoping it is his last as well.
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2010 is on the horizon and it's safe to say that it's been a wonderful decade for football. We here at Footy Factor have taken the opportunity to celebrate the greatest teams, players, and matches of the past 10 years. Next up...

Upset of the Decade

Winner: Senegal 1 –� France� 0 (2002 World Cup, Group Stage).

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Author Randall Barfield sends us 10 questions from his Little Soccer Quiz Book.

See how many you get right >>

1. Sir Alex Ferguson is boss of which UK team?
2. In what city is the Santiago Bernabeu stadium located?

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The Sin: Gluttony is one of the most digusting sins, and Maradona exemplifies it in the pic at left. By the time this shot was taken, the man who was the best player in the world (maybe ever) had indulged himself to excess on food, wine and drugs. He failed to abide by Proverbs 23:21, which states that "[f]or the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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Bryan Robson's first taste of Asian football came last Saturday when Thailand traveled to Singapore. He came through that test with flying colours as the Thais comprehensively beat the Kallang Roar-deficient Singapore 3-1. That win boosted his credentials as a legitimate national team coach. What was even better that Saturday was that Noh Alam Shah, Singapore's best player would be suspended on Wednesday (today) when Thailand hosts Singapore at the Rajamangala Stadium. Click to continue reading...

I know the decade technically isn't over for another year. Don't care. As far as I'm concerned, and for our purposes here, the decade is from 2000-2009.
And since we had such fun with the ‘compare the squads' vote a few weeks back, I thought another poll or nine would be entertaining. Plus, it's easy content! Click to continue reading...

The Beauty: Joanna Taylor is one of the most beautiful WAGs on this list because she is also one of the most talented. Unlike many� girls who are just beauty queens or reality stars (or even actresses in suspect films), Joanna has appeared in some decent TV and film endeavors.

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Yesterday, Toronto FC midfielder Dwayne De Rosario was named into this year's MLS Starting XI. It is the dynamic Scarborough native's fourth time on the year end honours and the third club he has done it with. Most notably, his appearance is the first for any TFC player.
While De Rosario is enough of a fan favourite, mostly from being local, it is fair to say that his star has yet to rise to high enough levels in Toronto. Click to continue reading...

He's at it again.

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Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has stoked the fires ahead of Manchester City's League Cup clash with the Gunners, after insisting he has no regrets over his controversial celebrations against Arsene Wenger's side.

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Lio Messi won the Onze d'Or award given by French football magazine Onze Mondial.

Messi was honored by the magazine as the best player in 2009.

Another day, another award for Messi.

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There were no surprises on Saturday while watching the U.S. men's team struggle in Bratislavia. No Landon Donovan and no Charlie Davies removes the two fastest, most dangerous attacking players. Watching Clint Dempsey lumber up and down the pitch, hoping for something a bit extra, wasn't enough.

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Afternoon all, welcome to the blog.
Apologies for the lateness of this post, usually FP tries to have something by 8.30ish every morning, but delayed today's post in case any Perth Glory news came about.
Sadly, nothing has arrived as yet.
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France won the first leg of the World Cup playoff away to Ireland 1-0, but the tie is still up in the air.

France was the better team, but they weren't firing on all cylinders, and as a result, need to get a result in the second leg in Paris.

The formation didn't always hold it's shape, but it was something like this:

Gignac
Henry Gourcuff Anelka
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Coming in late last night, a little tipsy, I noticed a friend had emailed me a link to a Youtube clip of Van Persie going off injured after a tackle by Giorgio Chiellini.
If you watch the video, Chiellini does little wrong. Robin bursts into the box and he comes across to cut it out - whilst my original reaction (below) was to blame him, I don't think this is fair. Click to continue reading...

No it isn't war, although the way these two teams attacked each other in last nights qualifier would leave you thinking it was 1992 all over again! By far, Portugal's best player was their crossbar, with their left post coming in a close second and Deco in a distant third ... Click to continue reading...

The Galaxy has one hand on the MLS Cup

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Unless you staid up well past the bewitching hour, you didn't see the Galaxy's 2-0 win over Houston in the Western Conference final.

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What is Spain's key to beating Argentina tonight? If you believe Uncle Del Bosque, it's being tranquilo ("even when you're on a plane that's about to crash..." a Brazilian reporter once told us).

"We must always be thinking about maintaining our enthusiasm, because there is no comfort zone.

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Big Story
The American soccer blogosphere has been getting very hot and bothered in the past week, prompted by Jason Davis at Match Fit USA's tongue-in-cheek post questioning Columbus' suitability for remaining in MLS, following poor attendance in their last playoff game: a mere 10,109 showed up at Crew Stadium last week to see the defending champions crash out to Real Salt Lake.

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It is starting to look as if West Ham striker Dean Ashton could be forced to retire from the game at just 25-years-old.

The former Norwich forward broke his left ankle while training with the England squad in 2006 and has been unable to recover from the injury.

Hammer boss Gianfranco Zola had this to say on his situation: "When something like this happens, it is very much personal.

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What a trio!!!!!!

Di Stéfano, Messi and Maradona.

Lionel Messi won the "Di Stéfano trophy" given to the Best Player in Spain.

Messi won the award for his fantastic performance in La Liga last season.

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El azulgrana recibió el Trofeo Di Stéfano, que le distingue como el mejor jugador de nuestro fútbol

Maradona y Di Stéfano coronan a Messi

De manos de dos leyendas del fútbol como son Maradona y Di Stéfano, Messi recibió el preciado galardón, que pesaba como una deuda en palabras de Di Stéfano, y sucedió así a Raúl, ganador de la primera edición.

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Lio Messi won the "Champions No. 1″ award which is given to the best player in the Champions League.

Messi was the top goal scorer, scored a goal in the Final and was the best player overall in last season's Champions League.

The award is given by the sports newspapers MARCA and La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Valencia netted a 3-1 victory over Zaragoza� on Sunday� in what could be called a watershed match for the club led by David Villa.� Valencia now sits at 21 points and is a mere 5 behind 1st place Barca.� Now that the Top 4 teams are within 5 points of one another we can really see a race developing at the top of the Table for the Premier Division.

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Everyone I have spoken to or who has texted me says the same thing. That Indonesia were crap and that the Uruguay adventure has been a waste of time and money. So there you have it. Everyone says it so it must be true.
But before I jump on that particular bandwagon...
The opening 15 or 20 minutes were as good as anything I've seen from any Indonesian football team since I took up my computer to begin these rambles. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has challenged Yossi Benayoun to fill the probable void left by the ongoing injury problems of Steven Gerrard.
The Reds are again expected to be without captain Gerrard for Monday's match with Birmingham at Anfield as the England ace continues to struggle with the groin problem sustained against Ukraine in October. Click to continue reading...

Was Wes Brown fouled by Drogba?

Manchester United should feel hard done by. A fine display and they are right to feel aggravated. Jonny Evans and Wes Brown were terrific while Darren Fletcher was United's best player, but it wasn't to be their day, as John Terry's header deep in the second half was enough to send Chelsea five points clear.

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Wenger shows interest in up and coming centre back.

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Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic has been reported to be attracting interest from Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City.

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Even this early on into the current EPL season viewers have witnessed nearly every team have at least one or two surprise if not shock results. Often these so called ‘blips' have been accompanied by a dip in form, or at the very least results that have meant the table from top to bottom is as intriguing and open as perhaps it has ever been before.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the best player in the world,� but his spot in next year's World Cup will be determined when Portugal and Bosnia square off in a two-legged playoff later this month. There is only one problem for Ronaldo:� He may not have a say in if Portugal qualifies.

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At least Barca drew with Rubin Kazan this time, but in no way did they impress.� Something about Champion's League play has the boys from the shore playing snake-bitten...and I think I know what it is.

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Take a look at the crew from Barcelona and answer me one question.� Even though they are the reigning European Champions (and have a huge bullseye on their backs)� do you think they kind of expect to be in the Final 16?

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Despite the plethora of Champions League games available to me this week I flicked my sports channel over to the game in Milan to see whether the Milanistas could re-create their spectacular victory in the Bernabeu two weeks ago. And, despite their failure to upset the football betting odds and re-enact their Madrid heroics following 90 scrappy but passionate minutes, there were still signs that they have turned the corner.

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So we're halfway through the season now and I think the teams that will challenge for the title, Brisbane Roar, Sydney FC and the Central Coast Mariners, have separated themselves from the pack.
I still think that Brisbane are the team to beat (can anyone say depth? they have it in spades), but there are also a few variables that I think may just come into it. Click to continue reading...

You may have heard of the new Castrol Rankings of world players. Players are ranked on their performance during the previous 12 months.
Thierry Henry is ranked as the best player in the world. This shows a faulty method of study. The 30 something Henry is not the best in the world anymore. Click to continue reading...

According to ESPN Soccernet, the agent of Inter Milan defender Maicon admitted that there is no link between his client and Manchester City. Antonio Caliendo said,

""Every day there's a story linking Maicon to a different club .

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