Thierry Henry last night said "..what can I do.." in reference to the handball incident that led to Gallas goal against Ireland. Trappaoni today commented -Â "It wasn't up to Henry to say, 'I touched it with my hand'" . With that in mind we remember about FIFA and their fair play rules Where [...] Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipedia The Russians would be kicking themselves for not completing the match on Saturday as a shocker allowed Slovenia to qualify for South Africa at Russia's expense. The Russian team had a one goal advantage but squandered, missed and ultimately lost everything at the hands of the lesser favoured opponents. Click to continue reading...

Image by Ricardo Machado design e ilustração via Flickr Portugal Carlos Queiroz was delighted to see his boys maintain the early second half goal where he addressed that his team plays well away than at home. Without the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo in their ranks it was always tense and a 50-50 chances in [. Click to continue reading...

The securities have been tightened, people has been pouring in from all circles and the atmosphere has started to be nerve wrecking as Egypt will face Algeria at Khartoum, Omdurman. This is going to be highly tense encounter between these two African nations and both are ready to fight it out again after a tense [. Click to continue reading...

The Ligue 1 in France showcased one of the most important clashes of the season, as Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille clashed to produce a game that will be remembered for many years to come. There were five goals scored in the final 15 minutes of the game, and Jeremy Toulalan scored an own [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea scored the only goal of the match as they defeated former Champions Manchester United in a much awaited clash of the Premier League last night. John Terry was the scorer as he connected Frank Lampard's free kick in the second half to win 1-0. With this win, Chelsea have strengthened their reign at the top [. Click to continue reading...

Hull defeated Stoke city 2-1 in their Premier League encounter to ease the pressure in the Hull camp to a great deal. It was the visitors who scored the first goal and took the lead and Hull seemed set to another defeat. But a goal in the second half and the second in the stoppage [...] Click to continue reading...

Check this superb goal from VALENCIA CF player MADURO. Ithappened yesterday in the Slavia Prague vs. Valencia CF Groupclash in the Europa League.Watch the ball control...a real cracker! Click to continue reading...

Arsenal eased past Dutch club AZ Alkmaar after their attacking prowess left the visitors little or no chance of securing a result at the Emirates Stadium. Cesc Fabregas bagged a brace with an impressive performance that showcased his skill, intelligence, and goal scoring capabilities as he marshalled the midfield. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's Champions League hopes got a beating when they conceded a 90th minute goal to Lyon's Lisandro in their encounter last night. Just seven minutes back, Ryan Babel had done his bit and put the Reds in the lead. With this 1-1 draw, Lyon enter the last 16 while Liverpool still five points behind second [. Click to continue reading...

A lone goal in the 84th minute was enough to give Porto a well earned victory away from home, and propel them into the knockout stage of the Champions League. The game started well, with Helton being forced to make a picture perfect save that kept his side in the match, and Falcao collected a good [. Click to continue reading...

Juventus were keen on showing their strength right from the word go, and had a couple of chances go without a goal early on. Bianconeri goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made two consecutive saves that kept the visitors in the game, as a corner from Yaniv Katan eventually fell to Vladimer Dvalishvili, who produced a brilliant save from [. Click to continue reading...

Bordeaux earned a 2-0 result at the Allianz Arena to cruise past Bayern Munich and ensure a place in the next round of the Champions League. The visitors' prowess at set-plays was evident throughout the game, as every time a decision went the French way, minor problems in the Bavarian box were never far away. Click to continue reading...

Well hello there.

I see you've caught me talking on the phone. Perhaps you are extremely jealous that you don't have my undivided attention? ... No, I'm not on a phone sex hotline, I'm talking to my cousin Timitar about my fantastic goal against Blackburn. Ha-HA! It really was quite impressive.

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It was a Super Saturday treat for Premier League fans as all the top names in the game came out to the fields. Chelsea went to Bolton and won 5-0 in an emphatic show of their reign at the top. Lampard got the proceedings going through a freekick in the fag end of the first [...] Click to continue reading...

It was a busy day with nine Premier League matches taking place throughout Saturday. Manchester United won their 8th match in the season against Blackburn Rovers and is now at the second spot in the league table with 25 points. It was a good first half with Manchester United waving most of the attacks, but Rovers [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United has reached the English League Cup quarterfinals defeating legend killers, Barnsley, who had defeated both Liverpool and Chelsea last season en route to the semifinals. Red Devils fielded a second string but included Michael Owen, who returned the favor with flying colors by scoring the second goal for United. Click to continue reading...

In case you missed it, the match between Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb and Cibalia featured the undisputed miss of the season. Dinamo striker Ilija Sivonjić found himself inches (literally) from the Cibalia goal with the ball right at his feet, but his miscue astonished all onlookers.

Now, in all of its glory, you get to see the miss of the season.

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Patrice Evra has told reporters of the pain that him and his United teammates are feeling following their 2-0 loss to rivals Liverpool. United were defeated by a Fernando Torres goal, and a late David N'gog goal added salt to United's wounds.

"Normally when United play we create at least five or six clear chances, but we only had the one when Valencia hit the crossbar.

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A thrilling encounter was witnessed at The Reebok Stadium as Bolton scored a late goal to defeat Everton 3-2. The Premier League match had both sides matching the other in skill and speed. It was Chung-Yong Lee's 16th minute goal that got the proceedings going for Bolton. A free kick from Matt Taylor was scored [. Click to continue reading...

With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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A young Liverpool fan standing in the front row behind Pepe Reina's goal during today's match in Sunderland was having a grand time knocking a Liverpool beach ball (you can see the club crest in the above image) around...until he knocked it onto the pitch and it deflected Darren Bent's shot to give Sunderland what would be the only goal of the match.

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.The eight successive International win came to a halt with a loss away to Ukraine in Dnipro Stadium on Oct 10. Ukraine won the match with one goal scored by Sergei Najarenko at 29 minutes. Coach Fabio Capello was disappointed as England failed to impress with big names like Gareth Barry, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, [. Click to continue reading...

While Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has clearly enjoyed his Spain side cruise to the World Cup 2010 finals with a perfect record (and no goals conceded at home), he has spoken to Arsenal.com to offer some backing to a couple of his teammates who won't be appearing in the showpiece event next summer.

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Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the latest Barcelona star to egotistically pronounce the treble winning club's's dominance over their global rivals. Following Sweden's bitter loss to Denmark this weekend, where the spotlight was stolen away from him thanks to Nicklas Bendtner's scintillating performance for the Danes, Ibrahimovic has taken his frustrations out on former club Inter Milan.

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.The Czech Republic got a 2-0 victory over Poland on Oct 10 in a home match at Sparta Stadium. The first half of the match was uneventful. In the first half goalkeeper, Peter Cech saved a closed one to one shot by Irenuesz Jelen in the 33 rd minute. After a few minutes, a goal [...] Click to continue reading...

The injury-laced success of Fat Ronaldo since he's joined Corinthians has evidently not gone unnoticed by fans of Brazil's national team. During their surprising loss in Bolivia on Sunday, one portly fellow (that's not Ronaldo himself, is it?) ran out onto the pitch, holding up a sign promoting Fat Ron's inclusion in the national team just as the second half began.

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Patience is a virtue, and for two of the Premier League's best players, that patience has finally paid off. The crazy thing about it all? These two players are on the same team! And the lucky team is Sunderland.

It was just last season that Sunderland were in the heat of the relegation battle.

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With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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.Stoke City ended Everton's winning spree as they held them 1-1 at Goodison Park Stadium in their Premier League match. The in form hosts had won their last five games but had to be happy with a tame draw here. The determined Stoke side was the first to score through Robert Huth when he beat Tim [... Click to continue reading...

.Manchester United continued to get results in the final moments of the game, as they overcame an inspired Sunderland unit to end the game 2-2 at Old Trafford. After a flawless game for Anton Ferdinand, the Black Cat Man was involved in an own goal when he deflected Patrice Evra's off-target shot into his own net. Click to continue reading...

The title to this article might suggest that I am providing some late coverage on Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner's recent car accident while driving to practice in his Aston Martin. In reality, though, this article is written in vehement defense of the player, who has certainly had more than his fair share of critics, to put it bluntly.

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.Manchester United came from the behind and showed tremendous resilience to defeat Wolfsburg 2-1 at Old Trafford. Ryan Giggs displayed yet another stunning show at the Theater of Dreams, as Sir Alex Ferguson's men overcame a stiff hurdle from the German Champions. Red Devils had a slow start and things got worse for them, as Owen had [. Click to continue reading...

As the Olympiacos team bus got closer and closer to the Finsbury Park area, I am sure veteran goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis began to relive some of the greatest moments of his career at the highest level. From his invaluable contribution in Greece's historic Euro 2004 win to his consistency during his club's league triumph over the last three years, Nikopolidis is no stranger to success at a grand stage.

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At the weekend we discussed accusations of Serie A referees favoring bigger clubs and now we have similar accusations of French referees favoring French clubs in the Champions League. Well, not actual French clubs, because their success in the Champions League would be far too suspicious. No, they're accused of favoring the one good club that's more French than Gerard Depardieu in a beret Arsenal.

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