Tim Howard and Landon Donovan hope to guide Everton to a win as they take on Chelsea at home, while Clint Dempsey and Fulham hosts Stoke City.

It was a Papuan derby in South Jakarta. Persiram Raja Ampat don't have a stadium that meets ISL standards so they have become a bit nomadic this season; this was their third home game at Lebak Bulus while they have also used Surajaya Stadium in Lamongan.

At the weekend the ‘hosts' earned their first win of the season, defeating Deltras 3-1, a result that had Deltras coach Jorg Steinbrunner fuming over what he saw as poor refereeing decisions that cost him the match while Persidafon, up in Palembang, were trounced 5-0 by Sriwijaya.

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Yes, I admit that I enjoyed American Football today, Super Bowl Sunday, but in the rest of the world, Association Football was played as usual. Especially in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, co-hosts of the 2012 African Nations Cup.Yesterday, powerful co-favorites Ivory Coast defeated co-host Equatorial Guinea 3-0.

One of the most pleasing aspects of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was that two co-hosts, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, have both managed to qualify for the Quarter Finals... Gabon in particular have looked an impressive outfit, winning qualification Group C with three wins from three games, including a 1-0 win over Tunisia which [.

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Earlier in the week the group stages of this year's Africa Cup of Nations concluded and, before we go any further and the sadly unavoidable 'why cover this pointless tournament?/the quality's terrible' mentality begins to set in, let me just go on record as saying that some of the performances and matches I have seen in the past two weeks have eclipsed anything I have seen in our beloved Premier League for a very long time.

Fulham ace Clint Dempsey has just expertly turned home a Bryan Ruiz slip pass to put the hosts up 1-0 on 68 minutes.At least one clip to come...- Greg Seltzer

Liverpool have hit some sort of form since Gerard has returned from injury. Chelsea stole a point late in the game at Swansea and are now six points ahead of Arsenal. This season has always been about a battle for fourth an it's time for the Gunners to buckle up and pick up the points in games like the next one at the Reebok, many much tougher games will anyway see Arsenal dropping points in the coming weeks.

Teenagers. Being the walking volcanoes of untameable hormones and angst that they are, naturally, they are highly unpredictable. Put 22 of them on a pitch, give them a ball, some fans, and a referee crew? The humanity! Aston Villa took on Marseille Wednesday night as hosts, champions of Group 3, and owners of the second-best defensive record in the inaugural NextGen Series.

Juventus kept up their Serie A title push with a hard fought 2-1 win over title challengers Udinese at the Juventus Arena thanks to a brace by Alessandro Matri. Alessandro Matri was the man of the hour and having given the hosts a 42nd minute lead, the in-form striker then responded by shooting Antonio Conte's [.

Jonathan Bornstein went the distance for Tigres in their Copa Libertadores loss to Union Espanola at the Estadio Santa Laura SEK in Santiago, Chile. Gonzalo Barriga scored the game's only goal in the 58th minute. Bornstein and Tigres are playing a two-leg first stage series with Union Espanola, with the winner advancing to Group 3.

The Brazilian Football Confederation has confirmed that Brazil will take on Sweden in Stockholm on 15thAugust 2012. The game will be the final fixture in the Råsunda stadium – the venue where Brazil won their first World Cup after beating the hosts in 1958. After the fixture with Brazil, the stadium will be torn down and a new arena put up.

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We've semi-regularly tried to post a Friday "What to Watch this Weekend" (WtWtW) viewing guide. Starting today, we'll aim to bookend that with a companion "What We Watched this Weekend" (WWWtW) summary pulled primarily from weekend email chatter among the CultFootball crew, maybe spiced up with some video highlights.

Real Madrid came from behind to beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu to preserve their five point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga. Things looked worrying when Fernando Llorente volleyed Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 13th minute, but the reaction from the hosts was the stuff of potential champions.

Arsenal slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United as boos rang out after Arsene Wenger inexplicably substituted Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with the scores at 1-1 The nippy and technically astute youngster was having his best game in an Arsenal shirt and after much persistence from the hosts, set up striker Robin Van Persie [.

Rangers mainstay Maurice Edu has just buried his first goal since September, a drive from the edge of the area to pull the hosts level with rivals Aberdeen on 70 minutes.So that makes two posts with clips to come...- Greg Seltzer

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Today allows us to recognize the dream of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the great leaders the world has ever seen.
The positive energy he encourages, his ability to motivate and to get others to buy into being a part of something bigger than themselves are what made him one of the world's great leaders.

A second half strike by Diego Milito gave Inter Milan victory over AC Milan in the Milan derby as Claudio Ranieri's men continue their Serie A resurgence. In a tight game, it was ‘hosts' AC Milan who started the brighter of the two with Mark Van Bommel striking the Inter crossbar just before the break.

Arsenal visit the Liberty Stadium with a chance to pull away from Liverpool and get within a point of Chelsea in fourth. But Swansea's impressive home record suggests a win will be a commendable achievement. The Welsh side have only conceded 4 goals at home Joint lowest in the League on par with City and lost only once with United sneaking a 1-0 win back in mid-November.

Goal: Oldham Athletic boss Paul Dickov slams 'joke' Liverpool penalty award following 5-1 loss at Anfield

The League One side's manager has hit out at referee Neil Swarbrick's decision to award the hosts a penalty on the stroke of half-time in his side's FA Cup third-round defeat

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The Total Soccer Show has joined CSRN and will broadcast every Monday and Thursday throughout the year. This first show on the Network discusses the hosts most impressive and most disappointing Americans Abroad, Landon Donovan's latest loan and Preston Zimmerman's twitter tirade, preview the Manchester Derby and play some Wikipedia Game.

Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool: Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure & James Milner strikes secure comfortable win for 10-man hosts

Despite the second-half sending off of Gareth Barry, the Citizens dominated Kenny Dalglish's side to gain a three-point cushion at the top of the Premier League

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Manchester City Liverpool Preview: Hosts have beaten the Reds only once in last 13 Premier League meetings

The table toppers have also failed to score in their last two games and need to recover from a wasteful festive period if they are to secure their grip on first place

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Martin Skrtel hails Craig Bellamy following Liverpool's victory over Newcastle United

Defender also welcomes the return of skipper Steven Gerrard, who came on as a substitute and scored a goal to cap a performance that saw the hosts triumph 3-1 at Anfield

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It has been a while since I posted anything but I just came across these highlights of the African Nations Cup for amputees. Field players must have only one leg, goalkeepers only one arm. Liberia defeated hosts Ghana in a shootout in the final to earn a place at the Amputee World Cup in Iran in 2012.

With the Indonesian Football Association struggling for credibility at home the news that PSV Eindhoven have cancelled their proposed dates in Jakarta won't be the best christmas present they'll ever receive.
With Indonesia only able to call on players from the Indonesia Premier League the promoters pulled the plug citing concerns the hosts won't be able to put up a credible team to face the Dutch visitors.

Division One action yesterday, once I finally found the bloody stadium. The game had been moved to Ramkamheng because of the flooding that had effected Air Force's usual stadium but was the stadium easy to find? Was it bollocks. Every bugger I asked either knew nothing about it or pointed me unhelpfully to Rajamangala which is nearby.

What a result! Tough game, battling performance, well-earned points. Not vintage but victorious nonetheless.

I was surprised to see Coquelin in the starting line-up at Right Back as Arsene has said in the past the youngster doesn't isn't suited to the role. Perhaps it was due to Miquel's errors at City.

What a result! Tough game, battling performance, well-earned points. Not vintage but victorious nonetheless.

I was surprised to see Coquelin in the starting line-up at Right Back as Arsene has said in the past the youngster doesn't isn't suited to the role. Perhaps it was due to Miquel's errors at City.

The France national rugby league team is currently ranked fifth in the world by the RLIF. The team is sometimes referred to as "Les Tricolores" or "Les Chanticleers" and is run under the auspices of the Fédération Française de Rugby XIII. As the FFR XIII prepares to be one of the hosts of the [.

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Well. No time for crying over spilt milk, is there? The Canaries are visiting and we're going to be good hosts and beat them up, eh! At least that must be the plan. Three points is a must now, with a row of difficult away games waiting in the holidays. For those, must be only [...]

Liverpool : Bellamy 11′, Skrtel 15′
Aston Villa 0

Like the reverse fixture last season, Liverpool barely get a fight from Aston Villa, easing to victory over an opposition that makes it hard to tell if they're that bad or if Liverpool were really that good.

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 2: match report

Craig Bellamy and Martin Skrtel hit Villa with a blitz early in the first half as Liverpool comfortably hold off meek hosts.

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AC Milan moved to the top of Serie A after a comfortable 2-0 win over Siena thanks to second half goals by Antonio Nocerino and a penalty by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. After struggling to break through a painfully defensive Siena backline in the opening 45 minutes, it was Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino who shot the hosts ahead [.

[I]t has been a while since we previewed a Championship game, instead focusing on the no less riveting events further down the ladder. But which to choose? Two of last year's big-hitters, Leeds and Reading, meet at Elland Road this weekend, but neither have done much to grab the attention so far this term.

It has been a while since we previewed a Championship game, instead focusing on the no less riveting events further down the ladder. But which to choose? Two of last year's big-hitters, Leeds and Reading, meet at Elland Road this weekend, but neither have done much to grab the attention so far this term.