The summer months can be a frustrating time for football fans as we count down the days for new
season. Spare a thought then for the people of Easter Island who got to see the first ever FIFA
sanctioned match on their homeland earlier this month.
The bulk of the island's population came along as 4,000 fans turned out for the first round tie
in the Chilean Cup.
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Dirty Tackle 06 August @ 03:42 PM EST
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty
Tackle...
After receiving a three-year contract extension from Chelsea yesterday, Didier Drogba put out
the above video statement supposedly directed at the fans. But between the bedroom eyes and
intimate tone, it sounds more like a message for his special lady friend.
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The Offside 06 August @ 08:00 AM EST
If we were to rank games on a "coolness scale", this would be right at the top. Chilean big boys
Colo Colo flew miles and miles over the ocean to take on locals Rapa-Nui in...the title of this
post. Well, technically. This is the first "official" game, as part of the Chilean Cup - with [...]
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The Big Story
UEFA again expressed concern at the spending by the likes of Man
City, with general secretary David Taylor commenting "I would say in this
financial climate, it is surprising - a little bit destabilizing of the market".
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