Top German goalkeeper Robert Enke has passed away this afternoon at the age of 32. The Hannover
number one has just returned to practice after battling with a minor intestinal disease. The former
Barcelona and Benfica stopper has been tipped to be a sure shot for one of the goalkeeping spots
for the Nationalmannschaft in [.
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Dirty Tackle 08 September @ 05:39 AM EST
Kakha Kaladze's pair of own goals against Italy on Saturday may have seemed horrible at the
time, but the truly tragic fate suffered by 31-year-old Czech regional league defender Michal Jezek
on the same day should put things in perspective. Reports the AFP:
Nine minutes into the game between two villages northwest of Prague, defender Michal Jezek
slammed the ball into his own net, then "collapsed on the pitch," CTK [news agency] quoted another
player as saying.
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Dirty Tackle 07 August @ 02:47 PM EST
Perhaps an insensitive title, but this is shocking. It's been reported on most news networks
that a Nigerian Man Utd fan killed four Barcelona fans last night! He was obviously so disappointed
after our loss to the Catalonia club that he couldn't take it but really, killing four people?
That's fucking insane.
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Hey ya'll, I have to head out of a town because of a death in the family. I will check back with
ya'll in exactly one week.
Don't forget to go vote for the All-Star game. Remember that you should totally vote for David
Beckham and Schellas Hyndman.
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Tuesday may have been a terrible day for Chelsea FC. It was tragic for a young supporter.
A flock of Blues fans, on their way to the Stadio Olympico in Rome for Tuesday's Champions
League tie against AS Roma, were caught in a torrential thunderstorm. A 13-year-old boy was killed
when a tree in which he took shelter under was struck by lightning.
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Ziga Zoga 15 December @ 12:55 AM EST
If you have not heard about Al Bangura's heart wrenching story, my good friends over at
SoccerLens.com posted a riveting article offering a petition to the
British Parliament . With all the media craze in the UK, Ahmed and his team are offering
up at least a solution to the troubling situation Al is in.
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 Oct 2, Lyon (a) Oct 23, Barcelona (h)      Nov 7, Barcelona (a) Dec 12, Lyon (h)    Â
         Nov 27, Stuttgart (a) Rangers first game in the group of death sees Walter Smith
and Ally McCoist prepare their men for the visit [...
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The NY Times takes an in-depth look into the death of Antonio Puerta and also examines two other
collapses that occurred yesterday and in the past:
Late yesterday another player — the Zambian striker Chaswe Nsofwa,
27, who plays for Hapoel Beersheva in Israel — collapsed during a scrimmage.
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