David de Gea put in another good shift against one of the top teams in Manchester United's 3-3 draw with Chelsea.

The Spanish keeper's every move is heavily scrutinised by the press but he has been rightly praised for his brilliant save from a Juan Mata freekick which saved a point for United in the dying moments.

Olympique de Marseille vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Stade Vélodrome – Week 22, Ligue 1.

The swords are drawn.

The only two teams in French League alive in four championships play in The Olympico at Stade Vélodrome. Not just another League match, but one that will set expectations for greater games to come.

By Eric Beard

Doesn't vehement hatred get kind of boring after a while? I mean, sure, if you want to let a little schadenfreude and anger out a couple of times a year, that's fine. Everyone's entitled to their fair share of irrational fandom. Maybe I'm not as creative as the Spanish press and [insert name of your Superclub]'s fans, but hatred gets kind of circular after a while.

In the summer of 2006 Manchester United were written off. Chelsea had just won the league with ease and added one of the best players in the world for each position to their squad. Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko joined them, whilst in contrast we sold our top scorer, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and didn't replace him, and brought in Michael Carrick, who was hardly the midfield general the fans had been hoping for.

Let's calm down, it's only the FA Cup Third Rou-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

A game dominated by Arsenal but missing a special finish was effectively ended when Thierry Henry made his return to Arsenal as a 69th minute substitute and scored a sublime winner 10 minutes later.

That's goals in games for Real Madrid.100 goals in 105 games.The last two goals in that impressive record came against Lyon yesterday.One trademark freekick and the other a trademark penalty.
szólj hozzá: Lyon vs Rmadrid 0:2 GOALS

A high scoring game was not something that I had expected from a Chelsea-Arsenal derby match. Then again I had forgotten that Arsenal does not know how to defend this season nor did I remember that Chelsea has yet to keep a clean sheet this season. And so, we were treated to an eight-goal slugfest in which the Blues and the Gunners went after each other blow-for-blow until that defining John Terry slip.

When Robin Van Persie stalled on his Arsenal contract talks earlier in the month, there were tremors felt everywhere. Clubs were perking up their ears, waiting for new development. Arsenal fans were quaking....dismayed that yet another "home-grown" star is on the verge of leaving. Arsenal has not been known to keep their stars with huge wage packages and therefore it will not be hard to imagine the departure of the Dutch star come end of this season.

I don't know what Sir Alex Ferguson was thinking, but he showed no respect for Liverpool by fielding an understrength lineup. No Nani, no Rooney, no Hernandez and no Anderson. By playing two defensive midfielders in Fletcher and Jones, Liverpool should and could have done a lot better than just a draw.

Such a long wait for this beauty of a freekick

The last captain's performance we had was from Cesc Fabregas against Aston Villa. That 20 odd minutes that he put in then, inspired us to victory. This time around, Robin Van Persie came up with the goods and delivered a performance worthy of the armband.

Manchester United still kept their current undefeated record in the league after managed to steal a point from their fierce rival, Liverpool at Anfield with Javier "Chicarito" Hernandez acting as the savior for Sir Alex Ferguson's side.

Although a draw isn't a maximum result for Ferguson but it can be considered an important point since the Red Devils haven't won a single match at Liverpool ground in the last three seasons.

Kathmandu, 12 Sept 2011
The young Nepalese boys took the field against Syrian team but lost the match 2-0. Nepal entered the match with confidence as home supporters were behind them. But unfortunately Nepal went down early in the 2nd minute of the match. Ahmad Ashqar scored for Syria amid misunderstanding between Nepalese goalie and defenders.

Kathmandu, Nepal
The young Nepalese boys took the field against Syrian team but lost the match 2-0. Nepal entered the match with confidence as home supporters were behind them. But unfortunately Nepal went down early in the 2nd minute of the match. Ahmad Ashqar scored for Syria amid misunderstanding between Nepalese goalie and defenders.

And down the stretch they come! As the playoffs get closer, games matter more. The LA Galaxy, leaders in the Supporters' Shield race, take on the reigning MLS Cup Champions - the Colorado Rapids.
1 - Cardozo sizzles a shot wide - opportunistic, but off-target.
3 - Kyle's Keys for the game don't include any inside dirt from his days as a Galaxy player.

Owen Hargreaves had a phenomenal début season for Manchester United, contributing heavily to the second most successful season in our club's history, winning the league title and European Cup. The moments that stand out of him are probably the penalty against Chelsea in the Champions League final and the freekick against Arsenal in the league on the day it felt like we had won the title.

After the public argument between Arsenal and Bolton over Gary Cahill this week, it is looking unlikely that the two clubs will come to an agreement over the big England defender, so it seems that Arsene Wenger has switched his attention to the Chelsea and Brazil defender Alex. It is being reported in the Metro [.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has asked his players to win in comfortable fashion in Monday's clash with Tottenham.

Last season the two sides played out a controversial fixture at Old Trafford, with the Red Devils winning on the back of a strange goal from Nani, where the Portuguese winger simply stole the ball from Gomes and slotted home.

szólj hozzá: Sunderland Newcastle 0:1Ryan Taylor scored a stunning free-kick as Newcastle beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Wear-Thyne derby.

A pretty important match, no doubt.

Well, we won something. 2 games into the season and we're undefeated, we won the crucial first leg of the CL play-off tie, and we have yet to concede. The bad parts come in once you start looking in depth at our performances, and of course, the return of that unwanted friend: Injury.

This wonderfully struck free-kick from Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder has probably added an extra few million onto the price-tag of the Manchester United target. However his beautiful hit goal wasn't enough to beat neighbours AC Milan at the week-end.

SOURCE: REPUBLICA
KATHMANDU, July 15: Brigade Boys Club on Friday became the last team to be relegated from the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division League Football Tournament after a 2-1 defeat at the hands of already relegated Swayambhu Club at the Dasharath Stadium.
Koilapani Polestar of Nawalparasi and Kalimati based United Youth Club are the other two teams that have already been relegated in the 18-team contest.

The River Cup will take place tonight at 6:30 pm at PPL Park. Tickets are being sold at the stadium for $10, all of which goes towards Chester City United. Parking in Lot B is free and there will be no shuttles from the train stations, so driving is the best option.

Here's our list of predictions for the first annual River Cup between the Sons of Ben and Philadelphia Union staff (feel free to create odds on these if you'd like):

1. Piotr Nowak will welcome Sons of Ben goalkeeper Dave Flagler to PPL Park by curling a ball upper-90 on a freekick.

Little preamble, as the previous match ran right up against this one. Prinz is not starting.
Kickoff!
2- Japan has a corner. Miyama serves it up to Sawa, but it's a bit low.
4 - Kulig with a header - high and wide, but not far off.
7 - Japan trying to keep the ball versus the more physical Germans.

By Chris Wright

Hot on the heels of Lionel Messi's soul-sappingly woeful freekick against Colombia on Wednesday comes Bolivian midfielder Ronald Garcia's dismal, down-right depressingly inept effort against Costa Rica last night.

I'm pretty sure referring to this a 'shot' would be a violation of the Trade Descriptions Act.

szólj hozzá: Australia 2-1 Norway

Kyah Simon scored a brace as the Matildas shrugged off a sluggish first half performance to battle the more experienced Norwegians on even terms in the second half. It was the Norwegians, however, exploiting the soft Australian defense who went up first through Elise Thorsnes.

By CALEB SONNELAND

The German powerhouse continued to roll as the Women's National Team smashed four goals past France in an exciting 4-2 victory to send the team into the first knockout round.

Striker Inka Grings registered a brace for the Germans on either side of halftime, the second from the penalty spot.

SOURCE: REPUBLICAKATHMANDU, July 5: Laxmi Hyundai Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC) received a major jolt in its title bid Tuesday as it was held to a 1-1 draw by New Road Team (NRT) in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division League Football Tournament at the Dasharath Stadium.
Following the draw, second place MMC squandered a chance of going to the top of the table at least for a day.

England players look a little resentful while singing their national anthem. I don't think they were expecting as much criticism as they got for their draw against Mexico.
FAIL - Announcer just said Hope Solo instead Hope Powell.
Kickoff!
2 - Bardsley catches an incoming pass.

SOURCE: REPUBLICAPictures: RepublicaKATHMANDU, June 29: Nepal registered a 2-1 win over East Timor on Wednesday during its Asian Qualifiers campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil at the home ground on Dasharath Stadium.
However, the win was not as easy as expected in the slippery ground marred by downpour from the beginning to the end of the match against the low profile team in terms of FIFA ranking.

Time for kickoff!
2 - I'm ready for the match with the breakfast of champions, real whipped cream and strawberries on a chocolate brownie - Breakfast at Germany, the AC version.
3 - Corner for Japan, nothing comes of it.
4 - Nearly a corner straight into the goal from New Zealand there.

Quick Recap

Despite desperately needing a win the Portland Timbers seemingly came out of the locker room with the intention of losing. Little effort was shown at all by a team that was supposedly getting better.

First Half

Believe it or not the Portland Timbers did not the Portland Timbers did not start the game off in terrible shape.

By Chris Wright

In which, with England U17s 2-1 up and with the clock ticking over into the final few minutes, Canada equalise at the death through an unlikely source a long-range freekick from stand-in 'keeper Quillan Roberts, who was only playing after first-choice stopper Maxime Crepeau picked up an injury against Uruguay in the previous game.

I think the first thing I should say about this game is just a plain and simple wow! I was not for the life of me expecting the performance I witnessed last night. I assumed the game was going to be something like a usual Lagerbäckian qualifier: that is we score a goal just before the half time, hold back and let the other team into the game only to win it late on a superb team effort.

SOURCE: HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: Laxmi Hyundai Manang Marshyangdi Club (MMC) rallied twice to hammer bottom of the table Koilapani Polestar Club 7-3 in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull ‘A' Division League here at the Nepal AFP Headquarters grounds today.
In other matches at the Dasharath Stadium, Mega Three Star Club edged New Road Team 1-0 while Tribhuvan Army Club and Bouddha played a goalless draw.

SOURCE: REPUBLICA
KATHMANDU, June 4: Departmental team Nepal Police Club opened four-point lead at the top of the points table on Saturday as it registered an impressive 5-0 win over minnows Swayambhu Youth Club in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division League at the Halwhowk ground.

The phrase national hero can be overused in football reporting, but one man who has a valid claim to such a title is Torkil Nielsen of the Faroe Islands.

The Faroe Islands sit inbetween Norway and Iceland, due north of Great Britain. With a population of only 50,000 they first entered international competition in 1990 where they faced Austria in the opening game of their Euro 92 qualification campaign.

Duncan Fletcher, of SB Nation's Toronto FC blog Waking The Red, and I exchanged three questions a piece, ahead of today's Philadelphia Union-TFC game at BMO Field. To read my responses to Fletcher's questions, click the linked text here.

Scott Kessler: Last year saw the Union drop a game because of a silly foul that resulted in a red card for Danny Califf and the resulting freekick, by Dwayne DeRosario, that was fumbled by Chris Seitz into the net for a 2-1 loss (and of course the penalty that Seitz gave up).

By Chris Wright

Seems like Red Nev's testimonial at Old Trafford last night was chock-full of fun and frolics...

Highlights (you need to see Juventus' second goal a blinding freekick from Manuel Giandonato)...

Photos...

Farewell comrade, do svidaniya.

In The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu picks out the Barclays Premier League's top strikes this season ranging from explosive overhead kicks, voluptuous volleys and moments of sheer brilliance!

And so the curtain draws on another Premier League campaign.

I'll try to keep some live updates of the match here for those without a way to watch it. From what I know, the three links below will show a stream of the match:

-http://aektv.weebly.com/

-http://aektv.weebly.com/aektv2.html

-http://aektv.weebly.com/aektv1.html

I'll add more streams if I come across any.