My my, The Figos look absolutely perfeito in that photo snapped in Paris last week! In many ways, it's good that the Portuguese midfielder decided to retire from football completely... He could teach dear Guti below a thing or two about wearing proper pants.

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Foto: Francisco Paraíso
Assinale-se a presença na cabine do Estádio da Luz, de vários jogadores e ex-jogadores da Selecção Nacional. Cristiano Ronaldo, Danny, Luís Figo, Fernando Couto, Eusébio, Bosingwa, Nuno Gomes, antes ou no final do jogo, desejaram felicidades para o play-off. O espírito de selecção mantém-se e reforça-se. Click to continue reading...

Segundo o DN, Mark Teixeira, luso-americano, jogador de basebol, é o desportista de ascendência portuguesa mais caro de sempre ao ter assinado um contrato, em Janeiro, com os New York Yankees, no valor de 120 milhões de euros. Mark é uma das figuras da equipa que venceu as "World Series" da MLB pela 27ª vez. Click to continue reading...

Miroslav Blazevic, actual Seleccionador da Bósnia-Herzegovina, é um velho conhecido da Selecção Nacional. Em 19 de Junho de 1996, em Nottingham, Portugal jogou e venceu a Croácia por 3/0, na Fase Final do Euro 96. Blazevic era então o Seleccionador da Croácia e António Oliveira o Seleccionador de Portugal. Click to continue reading...

The race for this year's coveted ballon d'or award will be between two of football's stellar stars. Messi and Ronaldo will again share a podium when the fabulous gala award ceremony takes place later on this year. The question on everyones mind however is which of these two players will be named Europe's finest.

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United and Barcelona can't stay out of the rumors:

• New Iniesta deal with Barca.
  
• No Milan move for Adriano?
  
• Mutu might leave Fiorentina.
  
• Figo wants Messi at Inter.
  
• United tracking Maicon.
  
• Cunningham waiting to be replaced at Dallas.

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Raver Ramos is in ecstatic pain, but let's ignore that and examine the possibility of the return of Galacticos 2.0. Against Marseille last night, Los Blancos showed a glimpse of what Potter Perez's careful planning has done... or has it? If you watched the second half of the game last night, you would have seen Benzema's classy one-two with Kaka, who neatly directed the ball in Greaseano's direction for him to score the final goal of the night.

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Foto: Francisco ParaísoExtraordinária foto do jogo Itália/Portugal, disputado em Fevereiro de 2003, que evidencia a atitude daquele jogador vestido de vermelho e verde. Desagradado, Luís Figo, assiste � festa dos italianos após o golo. Sei bem o que lhe ia na alma naquele momento, porque nem a feijões gostava de perder, muito menos com a sua Selecção Nacional. Click to continue reading...

• Fabulouso and his teammates Konko, Adriano and Kanouté all netted in goals that enabled Sevilla to down Rangers 4-1 last night. Yes, Gattuso would be cheesed off, but they did it in Glasgow... so there are no excuses.
• The Messiah and Pedro Rodriguez both scored for Barca in their 2-0 win over Dynamo Kiev.

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Depois de ter visto esta notícia do maisfutebol sobre o guarda-redes do IFK Gotemburgo, veio-me � memória um episódio caricato acontecido num jogo de qualificação de futsal. Faltavam poucos segundos para terminar o jogo Portugal/Itália, que se disputou em Paços Ferreira, quando o guarda-redes da selecção nacional, desviou a baliza, fazendo-a entrar alguns centímetros dentro do terreno de jogo e dificultando por isso o ângulo e a trajectória da bola vinda de uma falta desse lado. Click to continue reading...

Still not much good stuff:

• Figo to Australia?
  
• New Marseilles deal for French 'keeper.
  
• Spanish team forced to transfer player.
  
• An academy kid is signed by FC Dallas.
  
• Future decision (MLS?) for a U.S. U-20 player.
  
• Transfer ban placed on Crystal Palace.

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� A lot has been said about Serie A's� decline over the past couple of years. Critics have claimed the English Premiership and Spain's La Liga have become Europe's best leagues leaving Serie A to challenge the Bundesliga for third spot.� �

Sadly, Serie A has witnessed a sharp decline in the past few years that cannot be attributed to the lack of financial means alone.

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This week's Ultimate 11's is transfers that shook the world. Who can remember David Jack's controversial £10,890 move from Bolton to Arsenal back in 1928? Not even Mickey Marbles remembers that one! Or how about the rather unfortunate Gianluigi Lentini who signed for AC Milan in a world record fee of £13m, only to be involved in a serious car crash a year after signing, the extent of the injuries he received were a fractured skull and damaged eye socket and he spent approximately 2 days in a light coma.

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Estão entre nós dois dos Embaixadores da Selecção Nacional, Luís Figo e Fernando Couto. Só falta Eusébio. Reviveram amigos e histórias. É sempre agradável contar com a sua presença. Esperemos que sejam o futuro e a continuidade de momentos únicos vividos um pouco por todo o mundo. Click to continue reading...

El sueco, ex-seleccionador de México e Inglaterra ahora es "Director de Fútbol" del club más antiguo del mundo, el Notts County de la League Two de Inglaterra (Liga Dos).

La League Two viene siendo la Cuarta División de la isla británica, ya que arriba de esta se encuentra la Laeague One, la Coca-Cola Championship y luego la Barclays Premier League.

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A few years after nutmegging Figo, John O'Shea shows Ashley Cole how it's done...

"VIDEO: United or Chelsea - Who Has The Better Full Back?" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

Luís Figo garante que não pensa voltar a jogar, mas deixa a porta entreaberta perante o hipotético convite do Maiorca. Segundo o atleta, «trata-se unicamente de um interesse» e «a pessoa em causa ainda não é o actual presidente», pelo que se mantém determinado a permanecer fora dos relvados, embora continue a ter convites: «Ouvir [propostas] oiço, porque não sou surdo», disse Figo, acrescentando que «neste momento não existe nada de sério nem concreto». Click to continue reading...

"Bobby Robson became the heart that English football wore on its sleeve." The words are a touching epitaph from the beginning of David Lacey's tribute to Sir Bobby Robson in this morning's Guardian, after the footballing great passed away yesterday. But they only do him partial justice. Best known in England for successful spells as a player then manager at Fulham, West Bromich Albion, Ipswitch Town and Newcastle and for his eight years at the helm of the English national team his feats overseas often go undocumented, or at best overlooked.

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Former Inter boss, Roberto Mancini revealed that he had been under pressure from Massimo Moratti to put certain players in the starting line-up. Even though he did not disclose any names, Italian media speculate that Recoba, Adriano and Figo are the players in question.

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"Não tenho dúvidas de que vou chegar ao topo"

No relvado, era o "geómetra", o médio-defensivo que pensava o jogo das suas equipas, tentando ler nos colegas o ritmo adequado, os espaços que deviam ser preenchidos. Fez uma carreira de distinção no futebol europeu, passando por grandes clubes e ganhando títulos.

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Here is a short guide to help you buy the best and most expensive player in the world. I know some of the steps here will be a little hard to achieve for smaller clubs but hey, let's keep it on the funny side.
1. Be a big football club. I'm sure Manchester City or that club from Uzbekistan that wanted Eto'o and also have Rivaldo would have paid even more to have C. Click to continue reading...

May 2009 and Spanish giants Real Madrid had slipped to one of the lowest ebbs in the their long and celebrated history. A 6-2 home defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Barcelona confirmed to even the most loyal Madridista that their club was in dire need of a radical reform: from the President, to the manager, and finally to the players themselves. Click to continue reading...

This man is hard at work turning Real Madrid into the front page, headline grabbing club that has been missing the last couple of years. His name is Florentino Pérez and he's the old/new president and he is a genius.
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A presidential candidate that preaches hope and keeps his campaign promises? Some are skeptical of Real Madrid splashing so much cash in this time of economy uncertainty. Some of the critics, cules, are simply mad that the spendthrift penny-pinching days at the Bernabeu have come to an end. They still hold resentment over the Figo to Real deal. Click to continue reading...

Yes, we know Marca can get a little overexcited.. but this time, it's for real!

Foreignchester United have acceped an £80m bid for Greaseano and the deal is expected to be finalised by the end of this month after Madrid speaks to the player.

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They Think It's All Over... analyses Kaka's blockbuster move to Madrid and thinks about what it means for the future of the spanish club and the player himself. Click to continue reading...

Ancelotti, Maldini, Nedved and Figo have gone, while Kaka and Ibrahimovic could follow. Where now for Serie A?
Italian season ends with an exodus to leave the future unclear. Click to continue reading...

Luis Figo & Barça fan on the pitch
Originally uploaded by parkheed Luis Figo se retiro de las canchas Euorpeas fue una noticia que se escucho esta semana. Pero parece mas un anuncio para que algún equipo millonario lo contrate fuera de Europa, sea Arabia o de la MLS para pasar ahí sus últimos días como futbolista. Click to continue reading...

With his Inter contract about to expire, Figo will - in his own words - "no longer play at a high level." Figo is 36 years old and just finished his Inter career with another scudetto, which is a decent enough way to bow out. But that doesn't mean he's done altogether. There are plenty of [...] Click to continue reading...

Inter celebrated their 17th Scudetto and the 4th one in a row in front of a packed home crowd with a 3-0 drubbing of Siena. Goals came from Cambiasso, Balotelli and Ibrahimovic. Inter actually became champions the night before when Udinese defeated AC Milan 2-1 and the boys didn't wait to kick off the party that very night.

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This picture is misleading.
It was actually Marcus Hahnemann that got the boot. He was recently released by Reading. Any ideas on where he ends up?
Figo is stepping away from the game on his own accord. After Inter Milan clinched the league title, the Portuguese legend announced his retirement. Click to continue reading...

Former Real Madrid player Steve McManaman called it the "Disneyfication of Real Madrid"; others scoffed at the idea as a bad science experiment gone wrong. If there was ever a time where football was a peak of absurdity, this was most definitely the time.

Los Galacticos. The mere mention of the two words together conjure up memories of watching some of the world's great names in the sport Beckham, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and Owen stepping onto the same pitch wearing the same kit and playing together in a match that wasn't a friendly for charity.

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(highlights di Chievo-Inter 2-2)
CHIEVO (4-3-1-2) - Sorrentino; Frey, Morero, Yepes, Mantovani (dal 76' Sardo); Luciano, Rigoni (dall'83' Malagò), Marcolini; Bentivoglio (dal 72' Esposito); Pellissier, Bogdani. All.: Di Carlo. INTER (4-3-2-1) - Julio Cesar; Zanetti, Cordoba, Samuel, Maxwell; Muntari (dal 67' Burdisso), Cambiasso, Stankovic (dal 77' Jimenez); Figo, Balotelli; Crespo (dal 57' Cruz). Click to continue reading...

Check out Julio Cesar and the rest of the Inter squad celebrating his 'seventh year anniversary to actress Suzana Werner' last night - at a nightclub in city Figo and his ferosh wife - Helen Svedin - were in attendance. We've included a bonus photo of the couple.

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(highlights di Napoli-Inter 1-0)
NAPOLI (3-5-2) - Navarro; Santacroce, Contini, Aronica; Montervino, Blasi, Amodio (dall'89' Bogliacino), Hamsik, Mannini; Denis (dal 63' Zalayeta), Lavezzi (dall'83' Datolo). Allenatore: Roberto Donadoni.
INTER (4-2-3-1) - Julio Cesar; Zanetti, Cordoba, Samuel, Chivu (dall'81' Maxwell); Vieira (dal 75' Cruz), Cambiasso; Figo (dal 70' Mancini), Stankovic, Balotelli; Ibrahimovic. Click to continue reading...