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Based on the group stage, which club do you think will win the Champions League?

Who Ate All the Pies 10 December @ 07:35 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The CL group stage is done and dusted, at last. The 16 teams who made it through are the usual suspects plus some interesting dark horses:

Group winners
Bordeaux
Manchester United
Real Madrid
Chelsea
Fiorentina
Barcelona
Sevilla
Arsenal

Group runners-up
Bayern Munich
CSKA Moscow
AC Milan
Porto
Lyon
Inter
Stuttgart
Olympiacos

A very strong-looking line-up.

The Group of Life

FOOTBALLSUP 06 December @ 01:32 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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So here is the draw in full...

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece,
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E: Holland, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark,
Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland.

Sports personality Ryan Giggs really has got the X Factor

ManUtd24 14 December @ 01:21 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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I didn't expect Ryan Giggs to win the BBC Sports Personality. The bookies didn't expect him to win (20-1 they had him), nor did the man himself. Footballers don't normally get nominated for BBC's prestigious, let alone win it. Just another award to the add to the never-ending list of achievements for the Premier League's most decorated player.

Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup

Soccerblog 05 December @ 11:16 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain.

As a result bookies have pushed them to the top as 4:1 odds on favourite to win the World Cup. Second on the list England with a 5:1 shot at the title after drawing the USA, Slovenia, and Algeria. Behind them Brazil, five times champion in Group G the "Group of Death " with Portugal, North Korea, and Cote D'Ivoire with a 11:2 chance of winning their sixth title.

“Throw in a minute, you’ll get a throw in a minute” as we predict right again

Untold Arsenal 06 December @ 06:44 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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So, to start with the important bit the bit that kept me out all night with Billy the Dog celebrating our massive winnings 2-0 to the Arsenal was the score predicted and 2-0 was what we got. Several bookies ushered us out of their shops and we are having to place bets as far [...]

Should Owen go to the World Cup?

World Cup Bafana Bafana 2010 10 December @ 04:37 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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At the time of writing 79% of voters in the Guardian's "Should Michael Owen go to South Africa?" poll says Yes. I don't know how many people have voted so far but a mere two comments suggests the topic is hardly catching the public's imagination.
That said, 22% of voters in a similar Telegraph poll want an England recall for Owen, up 10% from last month.