Top Christmas Football Deals - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The best part about holiday shopping is the amount of discounts you can find. It is very
important to go around the market before buying something because you never know, you might find it
for cheaper elsewhere.
Keeping that in mind, I looked around for quality presents with good discounts and picked, what
I thought, were really good bargains.
In the spirit of the 125 anniversary celebrations, and in a follow up to Darren's recent blog about
Arsenal's history, I now ask the question of whether the current team is the most multicultural
team in history. I wasn't the first one to notice it, but we've recently used a couple of different
lineups where every player hailed from a different country.
Cameroon's most decorated player and captain, Samuel Eto'o has 10 days to appeal his
International 15 game ban handed down to the striker after he incited player's to go on strike last
month which prompted Cameroon's friendly with Algeria to be postponed.
The strike followed a row over bonuses after a tournament in Morocco in November.
Luis Suarez yesterday escaped what could be a hefty ban after the FA delayed its decision on his
race-row case, but one other high-profile striker was not so lucky.About six hours after Suarez's
case was adjourned for the day, the Cameroon FA banned skipper Samuel Eto'o for 15 games for
allegedly playing a part in persuading his team mates not to travel to Algeria for a friendly last
month.
The U.S. Women's National Team has ended 2011 as the top-ranked team in the world according to the
year-end FIFA rankings.
The USA remained at #1, just ahead of Germany and third-place Japan, which has achieved its highest
ranking ever.
The Nadeshiko benefited from Brazil's inconsistent performances: two draws against Canada (7th, up
2), narrow wins over Mexico (21st, up 1) and Costa Rica (41st, up 3) and a defeat by Denmark (12th,
up 2) not only leave Brazil with a loss of 28 points and in 4th place, but see the Brazilians slip
out of the top-3 for the first time since June of 2008.
