Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has hailed the clinic that has got four of his top men fit for Saturday's crunch Premier League encounter with Manchester City.
Benitez defended the use of a controversial Serbian clinic to get Glen Johnson, Fabio Aurelio, Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera all fit. Click to continue reading...

Looks like it kinda work

Well, it looks like there is still some sort of fairy dust left in this world. After completing his treatment in Serbia using the latest craze, placenta treatment, Robin was all smiles after exiting the clinic. Dr. Kovacevic will have her hands full now that there is a whole host of other players who would have made her clinic a very pack one.

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With football heavyweights France, Portugal and Russia looking to seal their place in South Africa you would be a fool to discount the action in Europe. But tonight in Omdurman, the largest city in Sudan, Egypt and Algeria clash in the day's most explosive tie.

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With football heavyweights France, Portugal and Russia looking to seal their place in South Africa you would be a fool to discount the action in Europe. But tonight in Omdurman, the largest city in Sudan, Egypt and Algeria clash in the day's most explosive tie.

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There's never a dull moment in the life of Diego Armando Maradona. Following last month's crunch World Cup qualifying victory over Uruguay, guaranteeing his side's passage to next summer's Finals, the current Argentina coach unleashed an almighty, foul-mouthed tirade at journalists and critics.

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Crunch match gets crunchier Algeria's World Cup qualifier against Egypt on Saturday will have extra bite (as if it needed it) after their team bus was attacked by Egyptian fans. The coach had not even left the airport when rocks were thrown threw the windows, injuring three players. Rafik Saifi, who was hit on his hand, and [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger has revealed that he will stick with the youngsters for next month's crunch Carling Cup clash at Manchester City. The Frenchman has no qualms about the challenge his Gunners' will face at Eastlands, with Mark Hughes' already saying that he'll put out a full strength side for the match on December 2nd. Click to continue reading...

Hannover 96 and Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after allegedly committing suicide. The 32 year old threw himself into the path of a railway train travelling between Norddeich and Hannover at Neustadt am Rübenberge around 6.30 pm German time on November 10, 2009. The train drivers tried to apply the brakes after seeing Enke [. Click to continue reading...

We start off this week's predictions with the Asian Champions League final as football increases in popularity in Asia this competition is going to get a bigger and bigger profile. Staying in Asia, we have a crunch game for the leaders of J-league, then some big games involving some the front runners in England, France and Spain, before we go south to a basement battle in Argentina.

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Prior to last night's match against Chelsea at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, Footy Factor called in some favors from our Spanish counterparts and shot some telling footage of Atletico Madrid's pre-match warm-up. Do you notice who's missing?

PS. On a side note, check out Jose Antonio Reyes' hop-step-jump over the touchline.

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Sevilla vs Stuttgart

Group G leaders Sevilla can book their place in the knock out stages with a win over struggling Stuttgart as the Group's prize positions begin to take shape.

Sevilla's rampant form has seen them blitz their way to the top, with 9 points from a possible 9.

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Argentine captain is focused on Anfield future.

Liverpool star Javier Mascherano has denied suggestions his form has been affected by transfer rumours linking him with Barcelona.

Mascherano was linked with a move to Barcelona in the summer with Pep Guardiola a big admirer of the defensive midfielder.

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Harkesy's putting his money on Seattle or LA to win the whole shebang-a-bang. I'm not sure that one of them will win it but I could definitely see one of them in the4 final; aside from last night's hiccup I think Columbus is still doing it big and no doubt have a shot at a championship double-dip. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger believes the criticism levelled at under-fire Liverpool FC boss Rafa Benitez is undeserved and "excessive".
Liverpool FC are in their worst run of form for 22 years, with four defeats in the Premier League already, and face a crunch clash at leaders Manchester United on Sunday lunchtime. Click to continue reading...

There's been a lot of debate in the media regarding Rafael Benitez's position as manager as Liverpool football club and we would like to know what you think? Should he be sacked?
Liverpool have now lost 4 games in a row and are heading into a crunch derby game with Manchester United at the weekend, with Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres both struggling to be fit in time for the match.

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Javier Mascherano has revealed that Liverpool will hold crisis talks as Rafa Benitez attempts to save his job ahead of the crunch clash with arch rivals Manchester United.
The Reds boss is under intense pressure after four straight defeats threaten to extinguish their dream of winning the Champions League and Barclays Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Life's A Beach for Rafa Benitez with punters responding to Liverpool's worst run of form in 22 years with a wide variety of betting requests speculating on the manager's demise. Responding to the range of requests Paddy Power are offering 10/1 that Liverpool's crunch game against arch rivals Manchester United [. Click to continue reading...

3rd met 4th in this big crunch Serie A match where the two sides played out an exciting draw.

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Towards the end of Frances' 3-1 win over Austria in the Stade de France, one wacky and totally original soul ran out on the pitch, waving a French flag. Unfortunately, this human waste of time didn't wear the right shoes for pitch invading, and so he went down hard right at midfield, before scrambling to his feet and evading stewards just so he could get taken down with a proper crunch moments later.

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As Argentina stands on the brink of failure to qualify for the World Cup, former striker Claudio Lopez looks on in disbelief.

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Asian Cup Qualifying 2011 Group B :- 14th October 2009 Final score :- Australia 1-0 Oman ( Tim Cahill 74′ goal) Everton's Tim Cahill scored in the 74th minute to allow Australia to beat Claude Le Roy's Oman in Melbourne. Cahill had also scored a late equaliser against Oman when the two sides met in 2007, and [. Click to continue reading...

It's South America's newest force against the oldest when Ecuador meet Uruguay this Saturday in a crunch World Cup qualifier.

It is a match with much to teach about the geography of the continent and the history of the game in this part of the world.

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Argentina have two crunch matches coming up this week that will go a long way to deciding whether the albiceleste will make it to South Africa in 2010. Is it possible that Lionel Messi and coach Diego Maradona will not be there? Or like Brazil in 2002 will they finally come good and then go all the way and win the tournament?

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Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel believes his side should have been awarded a first-half penalty in the defeat to Chelsea.
Skrtel, whose side slumped to their third defeat of the season after Sunday's 2-0 reverse, claimed the Reds were denied a spot-kick before the break after the defender was pulled down in the box by striker Didier Drogba. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez insists he will not be at war with the latest Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti, claiming he considers the Italian a coaching "magician".
Benitez's verbal battles with former Blues boss Jose Mourinho were a major feature of domestic and European battles between the teams in previous years. Click to continue reading...

1. The Eto'o swat (Pep)
2. The 'keeper crunch
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In August, FootBrazil caught up with Palmeiras' Diego Souza and now you can see our� feature on� the highly talented but volatile midfielder right here. The interview was recorded just before the crunch meeting between Palmeiras and archenemies São Paulo, and before Souza was called up by Brazil.

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In August, FootBrazil caught up with Palmeiras', Diego Souza, and now you can see our� feature on� the highly talented but volatile midfielder on YouTube. The interview was recorded just before the crunch meeting between Palmeiras and archenemies São Paulo, and before Souza was called up by Brazil.

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Morning, hope we find you well and all set for this afternoon's crunch game against Man City, the lottery winning chavs of football.

Under normal circumstances you'd be talking more about the clubs, the tactics and so on, but of course there's only one story this morning - Emmanuel Adebayor.

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Scotland received a boost ahead of their crunch World Cup qualifier against Holland at Hampden tonight with the news that Craig Gordon will be fit for the match despite picking ip a thigh injury during the weekends match. Alan Hutton, David Weir, Stephen McManus and Steven Whittaker will form the defence, . Click to continue reading...

With a number of players not returning to training until Friday, it means we only have one day to prepare for Saturday's crunch clash with Manchester United. Harry Redknapp isn't happy about this situation;

"I have no idea in my head of what team I will be able to play against United because of these internationals and because many of them won't be back at the club until next Friday.

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Fabio Capello has backed Glen Johnson's defensive capabilities amid criticism of the Liverpool man's preference to bomb forward rather than defend.
The buccaneering right-back has enjoyed a brilliant start to his new career at Anfield and has been arguably the club's standout performer to date since his big-money move from Portsmouth. Click to continue reading...

After the latest round of World Cup qualifiers in the European qualifying zone, Northern Ireland are on track for qualification after their 1-1 draw in Poland. Scotland kept their slim chances alive with a 2-0 win at home to Macedonia. The Republic of Ireland secured a vital 2-1 win away in Cyprus.
Elsewhere results went mostly as expected with the big guns Spain and Italy beating Belgium and Georgia respectively. Click to continue reading...

Yossi Benayoun believes Pepe Reina's form so far this season has reaffirmed his status as the Premier League's top goalkeeper.
The Spanish shot-stopper has been one of the Reds' standout performers in their opening four matches.
Reina, who has won the Golden Gloves award three times in the past four years, has pulled off a string of excellent saves. Click to continue reading...

This week is World Cup qualifying week, so we continue our feature which takes a look at some of the great World Cup players through the ages. Second in the series is Argentinian sensation, Maradona who is also in action this week as his country's coach in a crunch game against arch-rivals Brazil.

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