In yesterday's friendly match between Ivory Coast and Germany, Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Eboue was lucky to escape unhurt after being hit in the stomach by German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer who was trying to clear a ...

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Robin van Persie suffered one of the Premier League's most significant� injuries over last weekend in his friendly match with the Netherlands verses Italy.� The star forward of Arsenal went down in the twelfth minute and was taken off on a stretcher due to a serious ankle injury.� Apparently van Persie has suffered a torn ligament in the ankle and he claims that he will only miss a little bit over a month to around six weeks.

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Spain have just launched their home jersey for the 2010 World Cup and the design has a 1980s feel about it. Adidas have once again manufactured this World Cup kit, which is the usual red with a hint of blue on the sleeve and neck areas, and yellow Adidas stripes up the arms and shoulders. The Adidas logo is featured on the top centre part of the shirt and the Spanish badge is on the left of the shirt.

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Spain have just launched their home jersey for the 2010 World Cup and the design has a 1980s feel about it. Adidas have once again manufactured this World Cup kit, which is the usual red with a hint of blue on the sleeve and neck areas, and yellow Adidas stripes up the arms and shoulders. The Adidas logo is featured on the top centre part of the shirt and the Spanish badge is on the left of the shirt.

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On the recommendation of Stephen Coutts, lead writer for Man On Platform 13, I took a look at the Inter Milan's 20-year Austrian, Marko Arnautovic. This was after Arnautovic finally scored for Inter against Vaduz in a friendly match recently.
Thus far, Marko Arnautovic has been warming the bench at the Nerazurri, trying hard to convince Jose Mourinho that his talent is worthy of the Serie A stage. Click to continue reading...

A great jump on a corner and a marvelous header. This is by no means a surprise coming from Plymouth striker Rory Fallon. But until few days ago, those kinds of attempts didn't bring a lot of attention. His club are struggling in Coca Cola Championship, while Fellon himself is far from the desired form.

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After the 35th round of Brasileirao, one thing is clear: the champion will be red and black. The only thing that remains unclear is if it will also carry the white of Sao Paulo, or it will have just the two colors of Flamengo.

The two sides took advantage of Palmeiras' tie against Sport and look ready for the title.

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On the surface Van Persie's� latest setback is a major blow to our team. Dare I� say it, it could prove to be even more significant than Cesc's injury last year which ruled him out for 4 months.

We've played without either Arshavin or Cesc in games this season. Yet it is only the Carling Cup where Van Persie� hasn't featured.

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International Friendly Spain vs Argentina Live Online
Saturday, 13th November 2009
Kick Off : 21:00 GMT
Venue : Madrid, Spain

Argentina make the long trip to Madrid to face Spain in this International friendly match, with Argetine legend Diego Maradona returning to the country where he played for Barcelona in part of his incredible career.

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Sabato giornata ricca di amichevoli internazionali. Tante le sfide affascinanti in programma, tra le quali quella tra il Brasile di Dunga e l'Inghilterra di Fabio Capello. Ma non meno appassionante, anche se si stratta solo di un "friendly match", è il match tra la Spagna e l'Argentina del focoso Dieguito Maradona. Click to continue reading...

Derby midfielder's inadvertent identity theft Robbie Savage has spent most of his career being told he looks like a woman, but when it really mattered it turned out he just wasn't quite girly enough. The Welshman had been due to travel to Amsterdam with the Derby squad yesterday to play a friendly match. Click to continue reading...

It's a light scheduled of matches on Thursday, November 12, 2009 with the Copa del Rey and Copa Sudamericana taking place. Also on Thursday is an international friendly match of the England Legends v World XI. These matches will be covered live on Free Live Sports TV, at the following links below.

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The 35 year-old Robert Kovač has followed in the path of his brother, Niko, and has retired from national team play. Robert first joined the squad 10 years ago in April of 1999, when they hosted Italy in a friendly match in Zagreb. He has played an important role in ... Click to continue reading...

Croatian national team have arranged an International friendly match with Lichtenstein for November 14th. Croatia still face old injury problems and several new since the announcement of the lineup. Key players Luka Modrić, Mladen Petrić, Ivica Olić, and Stipe Pletikosa remain sidelined, while Vedran Ćorluka took a knock and will . Click to continue reading...

(Media information by Football Association of Singapore)
SINGAPORE, 30 October 2009: After a winning performance at the Ho Chi Minh City International Tournament in Vietnam last week, Singapore will be looking to continue their good form when they play Indonesia on Wednesday 04 November 2009 at the National Stadium. Click to continue reading...

The Aztex have returned from their tour of England, victorious in all 3 of their exhibitions there. They also trained at top-flight facilities, attended a couple of Premier League matches, and even left a player behind for a trial in the big league.

• Game 1, Oct. 14 - Austin Aztex 1-0 Stoke City FC Academy
  This game was a bit of disappointment to some fans, as we had assumed that Stoke would field their first team, or at least some level of it, rather than the U18 academy squad.

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In France's Ligue 1 the defending Bordeaux F.C. champions fought to retake the lead in their division. It was a special game for the Bordeaux Girondins after defeating Les Mans 3-0 to retake the one point lead over Monaco. Also in the league Lyon lost to Nice 4-1.

Bordeaux has been trying to stay on the top of the league after winning last years Ligue 1 cup.

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Arsenal vs AZ Alkmaar:

Top of the Group Arsenal are rapidly closing in on qualifying for the knock out stages, and 6 points from their double header with Dutch Champions AZ Alkmaar will see Arsène Wenger's men home.

The first of which takes place at AZ's DS-Stadium, a ground which Arsenal officially opened during a pre-season friendly in 2006.

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Midfielder Choe Kum Chol of North Korea challenges for the ball with Berthier Eyobele of Congo during their friendly match in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Vincent) If Sven-Goran Eriksson finds himself lea... Click to continue reading...

Midfielder Choe Kum Chol of North Korea challenges for the ball with Berthier Eyobele of Congo during their friendly match in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Vincent) If Sven-Goran Eriksson finds himself lea... Click to continue reading...

Midfielder Choe Kum Chol of North Korea challenges for the ball with Berthier Eyobele of Congo during their friendly match in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Vincent) If Sven-Goran Eriksson finds himself lea... Click to continue reading...

Midfielder Choe Kum Chol of North Korea challenges for the ball with Berthier Eyobele of Congo during their friendly match in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Vincent) If Sven-Goran Eriksson finds himself lea... Click to continue reading...

Midfielder Choe Kum Chol of North Korea challenges for the ball with Berthier Eyobele of Congo during their friendly match in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/David Vincent) If Sven-Goran Eriksson finds himself lea... Click to continue reading...

The US national team will cross the Atlantic to take on fellow World Cup qualifiers Denmark on November 18th, in a friendly match scheduled Monday by the USSF. Click to continue reading...

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Each international break brings with it a massive lull at every major club. Unless you're Pompey and are announcing a new owner at the club or red nose defending his recent rant, the week is probably nothing to sneeze at.

But of course, there is some news coming out of Anfield this week. Namely, that Fernando Torres could be injured again, and that the club could be welcoming another set of owners to the table.

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Each international break brings with it a massive lull at every major club. Unless you're Pompey and are announcing a new owner at the club or red nose defending his recent rant, the week is probably nothing to sneeze at.

But of course, there is some news coming out of Anfield this week. Namely, that Fernando Torres could be injured again, and that the club could be welcoming another set of owners to the table.

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Before Croatia travel to Astana for the last of the World Cup qualifiers, they will host Qatar in a friendly match. Slaven Bilić announced the line up and gave a short interview. He said to the media, "We expect a very difficult game against Kazakhstan because they will be extremely ... Click to continue reading...

Before Croatia travel to Astana for the last of the World Cup qualifiers, they will host Qatar in a friendly match. Slaven Bilić announced the line up and gave a short interview. He said to the media, "We expect a very difficult game against Kazakhstan because they will be extremely ... Click to continue reading...

The L.A. Times with the scoop here:

Although U.S. Soccer has not announced or confirmed it, Coach Bob Bradley's team is likely to play a friendly match against the Netherlands in March, most likely March 3 in the Dutch city of Eindhoven.

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Diego Maradona confirmed his list of players that will take part in the upcoming friendly match against Ghana in Córdoba on September 30th. The biggest surprise of the this list was the return of Ariel Ortega after a six-year absence. The River Plate captain has been out of the national team mix since 2002 after he was part of the disappointing Argentine side that was booted out in the group stages in Korea and Japan. Click to continue reading...

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Former national coach B. Sathianathan has accepted an offer from Kelantan to take charge of their team for the Malaysia Cup competition which kicks off on Saturday.
Sathianathan, who met KFA president Tan Sri Annuar Musa in Kota Baru yesterday, said that details of the contract would be drawn up soon. Click to continue reading...

CBF announced today that Brazil will play a friendly match against England on November 14th. Where? Doha, Qatar. Why? The organization sold the right of all friendlies of the national team. And the people who bought it can organize the matches wherever they please.

In the meantime, While CBF pockets money and Brazilian fans do not get to see their national squad, Brazilian clubs struggle financially.

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Wednesday night marked the debut of the best woman footballer at Santos. In a friendly match, her club defeated Comercial from Mato Grosso 10-0, and she scored twice. The most remarkable, however, was how she drove fans crazy, as if she belonged to The Beatles. Even the players of Comercial took pictures with her, as you can see it.

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