Fridays always have the potential to bring better news on the injury front, what with Wenger's press conference, and there was certainly plenty of good news today.

From a list that that seemed earlier on this week to be mushrooming out of control, things now look a bit more normal, don't they?

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With most attention on the exploits of Pohang Steelers in the Asian Champions League and the national team's friendly matches in Europe against Denmark and Serbia, the fact that the K-League is about to embark upon its championship play-off series has almost gone unnoticed.
Six teams are still in with a chance of the domestic title. Click to continue reading...

Lyon 5 Marseille 5 at the Stade De Gerland. November 9, 2009. A nail biting epic with end to end action. This match will be talked about for years to come.

With L'OM cruising 4-2 it appeared as if the match was done but Lisandro Lopez who surely must be on Maradona's radar for his late goal scoring exploits brought them back on par in the 81st and 84th minute.

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Video of Elizabeth Lambert's exploits in a postseason tournament against Brigham Young are blowing up on youtube right now.

If you like hair pulling, kicking, elbowing, punching and general dirty play, this video is for you:

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It seems that the US as a soccer community takes a bit of a beating over the exploits of American owners who dip their toes into English waters; while Randy Lerner has managed to keep Villa fans...

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Hotshot striker pleased to hear about potential interest from Stamford Bridge outfit.

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Atletico Madrid star Sergio Aguero has admitted he is flattered to be linked with a move to Chelsea.

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TORONTO - The schedule has finally been released, and Pistolas FC find themselves in tough against the likes of teams like GU, The Zat Knight, alongside more well known teams such as Braga Contracting, Original 21 and the ever flashy FC Bada Bing.
GU and The Zat Knight are unknowns to the PFC organization, and as we've learned in our experience, never underestimate an opponent. Click to continue reading...

Our exploits against the Geordies at the weekend has earned us three players in the Team of the Week. Cohen (who I thought was excellent), Gunter and this-Dex-is-on-fire Blackstock all make the cut into the official football league team. Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive Find out more about Forest blogs on LTLF Click to continue reading...

One of the most eagerly anticipated CL match will be Real Madrid's encounter with AC Milan which will see Kaka meet his old team mates at the Santiago Bernabeu this Wednesday.

This match is a reunion of players associated with both clubs as Klaas Jan Huntelaar a Real reject would like to gain some modicum of payback with a goal.

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Both Steven Taylor (hamstring) and Fabricio Coloccini (groin) are out of topnight's game at Nottingham Forest. Zurab Khizanishvili will now partner Danny Simpson at the heart of the Newcastle defense with Ryan Taylor and Jose Enrique occupying the full-back berths. Since Jonas Gutierrez only arrived back from his Argentine exploits on Friday afternoon, he is named [. Click to continue reading...

Good morning from a very rainy Dublin. It's as if the whole place has been transported overnight to somewhere like Ireland ... oh.

I hope you've got your brolly and galoshes as we step on out into the Interlull once again. You know, if I were to ever write a science-fiction novel, I would include a strange and desolate place called 'The Interlull', inhabited by dust and half-dead trees where the only living thing was an unnerving creature you couldn't see, but whose breath you could hear, that was always behind you.

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Katie Bethke

Park Ridge, Ill. University of Minnesota Soccer junior forward Katie Bethke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week today (Oct. 5), announced by the league office.

The Eau Claire, Wis. native posted numbers unseen in the Big Ten this season. All told, by week's end Bethke had racked up 12 points, five goals, and had a hand each of the Golden Gophers' game-winners as she led them to an unblemished 2-0 mark for the week.

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Katie Bethke

Park Ridge, Ill. University of Minnesota Soccer junior forward Katie Bethke was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week today (Oct. 5), announced by the league office.

The Eau Claire, Wis. native posted numbers unseen in the Big Ten this season. All told, by week's end Bethke had racked up 12 points, five goals, and had a hand each of the Golden Gophers' game-winners as she led them to an unblemished 2-0 mark for the week.

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I will hold my own personal feelings aside (I hate Man U, oops, did I say that out loud?) and report that the Tampa Bay Lightning captain, Vinny Lecavalier, stopped by Old Trafford while on vacation this off season.
You can check out the feature at the Lightning website. Pretty good stuff actually. Click to continue reading...

A little earlier than usual to accommodate the West Ham game tonight. This week we look back on the high scoring Premier League weekend and marvel at the exploits of Fernando Torres and Darren Bent.
We also take a moment to tip our hats to Wigan and their superb victory while wondering if Petr Cech was a shade unlucky to be sent off. Click to continue reading...

Many Spanish La Liga fans may recall the recent exploits of Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (Spanish) or Llevant Unió Esportiva (Catalan). They are a Spanish football club based in Valencia currently playing in La Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga at the end of the 2007/08 season. Click to continue reading...

Fair enough, it isn't the biggest Manchester derby ever but it is certainly one of the most important for years, perhaps even decades. For the first time in a very long time City see themselves as genuine contenders to take the title from United and after a summer of unprecedented spending they should go into this tie full of confidence.

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Janusz and some British man discussing the most recent exploits of the U.S. men's national team members and other Americans outsourced to Europe. Janusz mentions twice that he thinks that Deuce puts in his best performances for his club instead of his country. Hunh.
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Emmanuel Adebayor evokes some interesting emotions wherever he goes. From his goal-scoring exploits for Arsenal to back-to-back interviews where he pledged allegiance to Arsenal before flirting with Barcelona, to his quite obvious Milan fantasy to his bumper contract at Arsenal to a move to Manchester the next summer, Adebayor had already entertained and infuriated Arsenal fans.

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Full Name: Club Deportivo Tenerife
City: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Founded: 1922
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López (24,000)
Colors: Blue, White

El Tete return to the Primera after an eight year absence, striking fear into the hearts of Real Madrid supporters everywhere.

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Alex Yannis was the New York Cosmos beat writer for the New York Times during a great time in American soccer, chronicling the exploits of Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Giorgio Chinaglia in the 1970's.
Despite being a child of the 70's and growing up a devout Cosmos fan, I was also a neighbor of Yannis. Click to continue reading...

As a young star-struck kid, like most of my peers, my unswerving ambition was to meet some of my heroes (all footballers needless to say), get an autograph... a photograph even, and become the envy of my football crazy mates.

It never actually happened though! My being in Dublin and my heroes hanging-out in Manchester didn't help and, in truth, I never actually had a cohesive strategy.

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According to Football Spy at the Daily Mirror, Tottenham are prepared to make a "player-plus-cash £8million" bid for Hull City defender Michael Turner.

However, ESPN Soccernet is reporting that it will take a "ridiculous" bid to sign Michael Turner.

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By Gareth Freeman

City may have dominated the back pages over the summer with their transfer exploits but Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't see United's neighbours mounting a serious title challenge next season.

He told the BBC: "It won't be easy for them to win anything, even with the players they have bought.

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She's away again. So it's me. The old bear. It's been quite a week. Slowly, surreptitiously, I've been introducing GB to the C word ! Not an immediate fan, I'll grant you.......but !
She said to me last night.......archly........" Bear, I've a question for you" I answered in a cool manner-underneath thinking "oh-er"
" I want you Bear, to tell me the nick names of the following People"
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Following the departure of Alexander Frei to Basel, Dortmund are preparing to swoop for his replacement.
Names on the list include Nantes' Ivan Klasnic, Robert Lewandoski of Lech Poznan, and interestingly Andriy Voronin of Liverpool.
While Klasnic is reported by Bild to be their number one target, the Croatian only moved to France last season, signing a four-year deal, thus that idea could prove to be too expensive for Dortmund to implement. Click to continue reading...

The Spanish media is all over this. Inter get Samuel Eto'o, Hleb on loan and €40 million in cash.

Wait! Samuel Eto'o who was running neck to neck with Diego Forlan for the Pichichi and was Barca's top scorer this season is at a conservative estimate half the value of Zlatan Ibrahamovic?

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Courtesy of Goal.com and Part of the Game
As we approach another new decade, Goal.com is looking back on 10 years of fabulous football by selecting the best teams of the noughties from around the world.
Our editors and journalists from all over the globe have come together to choose the best XI from the top clubs, countries, leagues and regions. Click to continue reading...

And so as it was it is again. The name 'Veron' already echoes loudly in the annals of Estudiantes history after the glorious exploits of Juan Roman in the great Pinchas team of the late 1960s. Now... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal transfer rumours are once again abuzz.

It has brought back Edin Dzeko and Klaas Jan Huntelaar in the picture. Marouane Chamakh has already been mentioned as a possible replacement.

Then there is Demba Ba of Hoffenheim. He was Vedad Ibisevic's hunting partner and his 14 goals in 33 appearances helped the newly promoted club to a surprising 7th place finish.

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While the French media reported a few days ago that Hammarby's American striker Charlie Davies had all but locked up a deal with Sochaux, methinks the phone lines are burning up between his agent and several clubs, to include Rennes, Saint Etienne, and at least one Bundesliga club.
Word on the street is that the price tag for the 23 year-old US breakout star of the Confederations Cup will be anywhere from is currently somewhere between € 2. Click to continue reading...

So far this summer, it would be fair to say that one club is somewhat dominating the transfer limelight. While Michael Owen's shock move to Man United made waves, it is the exploits of Florentino Perez and Real Madrid that has captured the attention of world football. That they continue to spend obscene amounts of [. Click to continue reading...

The biggest national team tournament in the CONCACAF region is here. The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup will spread across the US with 13 cities hosting matches. It will all culminate with the final on July 26 in Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Let's now focus our attention to Group B. Click to continue reading...

Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in the League Two. Some may remember them from their exploits during their 2 seasons in the English Premier League in the 1998-2000 period. Click to continue reading...

Gilberto showed he still had some legs in the Brazil final against the US. The ex-Arsenal player is valued by Dunga for his defensive mettle and still gets regular call ups.

Now, he is attracting some attention with his plug for Felipe Melo, his Brazil team mate and Fiorentina's highly rated holding midfielder.

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