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Egypt's giant telecom company, Orascom had its Algiers compund burned and ransacked by thousands of Algerian fans. Property worth $5m was either destroyed or stolen according to Orascom's CEO Naguib Sawiris.

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1. Sounders FC get champions welcome -- via Jose's blog.
2. Arsenal mascot dudes? -- via ??? Russian static diary?
3. Dynamo dancer girl (Ana Faris) -- via The Original Winger
4. Owner in a bear suit? -- via Dirty Tackle
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Vasco da Gama is back from hell. The Brazilian giant granted its return to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro less than a year after being relegated. Vasco was another giant that, as it's been happening a lot lately, felt the results of the poor administrations that control most of Brazilian football.

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I did not know that the MLS was a giant holding area for players seeking addiction counseling.

Through the Revs vs Fire match, Sullivan and Bretos in their verbiage sprinkled the word "intervention". Even in their word salad, that word stuck out. Whereas Bretos usage was confined to the more physical aspect of the game when a defender cut off a pass or cleared a corner, Sullivan's was a bit more cognitive when he said that Jeff Larontewicz's "intervention" pushed Shalrie Joseph to play better.

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Vladimir Romanov. Lock up your managers. The giant of Lithuanian football once more walks among the gnomes that populate the cradle of the game.I thought we'd lost him. First there was the lure of the televised dance floor and then the threats to his not quite global banking empire caused by the worldwide recession. Click to continue reading...

Spanish third-division side A.D. Alcorcon humbled a strong Real Madrid side 4 -0 in a Copa del Rey round of 32 match last night. The result of the game reflected the run of play as the minnows from the Madrid suburbs outplayed the European giant in front of 3,000 or so noisy fans. Karim Benzema, Raúl González, [. Click to continue reading...

By now you've probably heard the terrible news regarding the U.S. national squad. One week after losing one player indefinitely to a terrible single car accident, this week things didn't exactly get better for the U.S. injury report. Oguchi Onyewu will  be out for around six months making his presence in the World Cup this summer questionable thanks to a horrific knee injury in the final qualifier match against Costa Rica.

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England last night completed their World Cup qualifying campaign with a fairly routine 3 - 0 win over Belarus at Wembley, thanks to a brace from giant England striker Peter Crouch and a goal from diminutive winger Shaun Wright-Phillips. An Excellent campaign - in which England have won nine of their 10 qualifying games - has seen the squad reach the World Cup finals in some style. Click to continue reading...

Its Official! Paul Pogba is a Manchester United player and can represent the Red Devils soon. FIFA have cleared teenager Paul Pogba to join Barclays Premier League giant Manchester United after a judge ruled the decision in United's favor. In delivering his judgment, the judge wholly accepted Manchester United's argument as to why international transfer clearance should be issued immediately, Click to continue reading...

Edgar Castillo is an American, born and raised in New Mexico, but there were few American fans rooting for him two years ago when he made the decision to play for the Mexican national team.

A lot has changed for Castillo in the two years since. He has switched professional clubs, joining Mexican giant Club America before joining current club (and SuperLiga champions)Tigres UANL on loan.

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Edgar Castillo is an American, born and raised in New Mexico, but there were few American fans rooting for him two years ago when he made the decision to play for the Mexican national team.

A lot has changed for Castillo in the two years since. He has switched professional clubs, joining Mexican giant Club America before joining current club (and SuperLiga champions)Tigres UANL on loan.

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Kat and Jud Dodick, pictured above, are two of my Online Soccer Academy players and campers from Mandeville, Louisiana. They recently took a trip to North Carolina and sent me a few pics! Thanks for rockin the JMS "Believe in it" hoodies!

Apparently they rocked their "Believe in it" hoodies a little to hard because they ended up in jail!

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It's always been my dream to have one of those super high-paying jobs. You know, not one where they measure your salary with 6 figures for the year, but one like modern day footballers have, where they eek out a modest go at life on 5 figures per week.
I mean, I'm out of shape, washed up, saddling up to middle-age and have the athletic ability of Andrew the Giant (in his current state), but sign me up for about $65,000 a week and you will see me run for 90 minutes on a soccer field like you could never imagine. Click to continue reading...

Good News.

Standard Chartered Bank is to become the main sponsor of Liverpool football club after signing a four-year deal.
The agreement, which begins in July, runs to the end of the 2013-14 season and will end Liverpool's 17-year association with brewer Carlsberg.

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Reason for the post title?Well, none really. Although diminutive sitcom giant Gary Coleman does share my birthday in real life.And also so I can explain that last week's holiday was spent, instead of blogging, watching Eggheads. In one episode that very catchphrase formed the basis of a question. Which I, of course, got right. Click to continue reading...

Pedro Gomez is like a barometer of human size. He looks normal-sized when stood next to Jozy Altidore --who is actually a pretty big dude-- but when placed in a shot with Landon Donovan he looks like a giant, Cuban Jay Leno. Call me simple but I find it fascinating and think that going forward all U. Click to continue reading...

"It's not about money."
Sol Campbell insists his move to Notts County was all about the challenge.

"An English player would be nice, because I think we have enough foreigners. Someone like Andy Reid?"
Stoke fan on the radio, speaking about Sunderland's Dublin-born midfielder. Click to continue reading...

Spanish tabloid AS produced a life-size poster of Cristiano Ronaldo and I'll give you one guess as to who really really liked it (hint: it's the guy pictured above, wearing a fluorescent pink shirt, giant belt buckle, and giving a poster of himself the thumbs up).

Ronaldo was in the newsroom for an interview before traveling to Sweden for Portugal's next World Cup Qualifier and, of course, the first question asked was what he thought of the poster:

"Absolutely fantastic.

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After promising many improvements over their 2009 offering, video game giant Konami is preparing the release of the much anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES 2010). While the game won't be released until October 2009, Konami has gone viral as usual with by releasing game screenshots, trailers and now cover art. Click to continue reading...

Yes indeed there is a new number one this week. I decided that you just can't be the top team in the land and lose to New York. You just can't, so the Columbus Crew had to get bump down. So did the Chicago Fire and the Houston Dynamo, who both lost this past week. The club who got the nod at the top is kind of shocking based on how things started out this season.

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Fluminense Football Club is a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil based soccer team. They are currently coached by former Brazil manager Carlos Alberto Parreira and campaign in the top tier of Brazilian football the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Earlier this month, Fluminense and global sportswear giant Adidas presented the club's third kit for the 2009/10 season. Click to continue reading...

North West sports businessman, Geoff Sheard has sensationally entered the race (if you could call it that) to buy Toon. Sheard was also involved in a bid to buy fellow struggling giant, Sheffield Wednesday in 2008. Newcastle United's Managing director, Derek Llambias gave some substance to the reports when he confirmed that Sheard is in [. Click to continue reading...

On a sun-baked afternoon at Upton Park, West Ham United had their first real test against the high-flying Tottenham Hotspur. I stated in my previous post that for the Hammers to gain all three points, they have to stop Jermain Defoe which was exactly what they did.
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This blog neglected for too long the Brazilian second division. And this is a shame. The second division in 2009 has a giant (Vasco), former Brazilian champions (Guarani and Bahia), former Brasileiro runner's up (Sao Caetano, Bragantino and Portuguesa) and many other traditional sides that played the first division for many years (Figueirense, Parana, Fortaleza, Juventude, Ponte Preta).

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Phil Brown confirms that striker Alvaro Negredo has been a Hull City transfer target. The club has been negotiating with Real for about six weeks and a deal is likely to be concluded soon. Real's insistence that a buyback clause be inserted into the contract has slowed down the process.

The Spanish giant will get £12 million for his transfer which will be a rare event since most of the focus this season has been of their profligate spending.

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After what is widely regarded as their best ever offering football game offering with FIFA 09, video game giant EA Sports is preparing the release of the much anticipated FIFA 10. While the game be released until October 2, 2009, EA Sports has gone viral as usual with by releasing game screenshots, trailers and now [. Click to continue reading...

After what is widely regarded as their best ever offering football game offering with FIFA 09, video game giant EA Sports is preparing the release of the much anticipated FIFA 10. While the game be released until October 2, 2009, EA Sports has gone viral as usual with by releasing game screenshots, trailers and now [. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes the stories write themselves. This, I think, falls into that category.
Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has insured the legs of its newest signing, Cristiano Ronaldo, for about $142 million.
Not sure what the policy entails, or what his teammates now think about their obviously less-valuable legs, but that's how it goes with footie royalty I guess. Click to continue reading...

Some didn't like the All-Star jerseys but AT&T is a mega sponsor. (Getty Images)

You know it has been a couple days since this all went down in Sandy, Utah, but still never to late to talk about it since it is a big deal for Major League Soccer. No I am not talking about the loss in the All-Star Game to EPL side Everton.

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Breaking News The Gentle Giant , Peter Crouch has signed for spurs for a £10 Million fee. Crouch played under Rednapp at Fratton park and doubt this relationship forged a bond between the two thats no cemented with a handshake. Portsmouth recent finanical difficulty will no doubt be eased by this cash injection. Click to continue reading...

Today it was Mexico who drank up USA's milkshake....right from a giant Copa Oro. America fell in a 5-0 loss against their biggest rivals today in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final at Giants Stadium leaving the Yanks hungry for revenge when the two nations meet again on August 12th in Mexico City. Click to continue reading...

The 2009 Concacaf Gold Cup will once again host the classic rivalry between Mexico and the US. The two teams faced each other int he final of the 2007 Gold Cup and the United States then won by 2-1. Mexico will come with all strength to beat the now favorites to the title.

Coming from a very hard semi-final, where the Mexicans beat Costa Rica on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie, El Tri advances to its second consecutive final and sixth overall.

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How's the tension between Landon Donovan and David Beckham? (Getty Images)

Let's just say tonight's clash in Giant's Stadium will be an interesting one to tune into if you can. While the Red Bulls are embarking on one of the worst seasons in league history, the LA Galaxy are hoping their chances of reaching the playoffs for the first time in a couple years continue to grow as they get the return of David Beckham.

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Club America 0 - Colorado 0 10,482 showed up to see Mexican Liga giant Club America in a game that was short on offense but big on substitutions. Nine for Club America and five for Colorado. Club America's number was for nine outfield slots after Ricardo Rojas was ejected in the 28th minute for a foul on Rapids defender Cory Gibbs. Click to continue reading...

Fraid' GB is away tonight on citizenship duties and, I'm tasked with entertaining you readers. Tin hats everyone !
I'm having a trying evening.Firstly, because I was late back from work I relied on GB to cook tea. I was given these . As a consequence,I need empathy and love.
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