The meaningful bits of the clásico rosarino on Sunday had all taken place before the match was even half an hour old, but whilst it lasted it was an absolute cracker. Two goals in one minute put Central ahead against the hosts in El Coloso Del Parque after just twelve minutes, but Newell's, fighting [. Click to continue reading...

This was the definition of a game of two halves from Forest, a pretty poor quality first half in which an early goal gifted to Middlesbrough caused our hosts to play a pretty calculated game throughout. The second half belonged to the Reds and certainly on balance of chances, whilst I'm pleased with a draw [. Click to continue reading...

The World Cup winners in 1930 and 1950 became the last team to qualify for South Africa 2010 thanks to a draw with Costa Rica at the Centenario in Montevideo. Substitute Sebastian Abreu - who plays for Aris Salonika in Greece -Â put the hosts ahead 70 minutes but Costa Rica equalised when Deportivo Saprissa's Walter Centeno scored four minutes later.

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Three quick second half goals by Denmark canceled out a first half goal by Jeff Cunninghamand provided the Danes with a 3-1 victory against the U.S in its final match of 2009. Cunningham's goal was his first in international competition and gave the U.S. a lead it would hold until halftime. But three quick strikes from the hosts after the restart put the game to bed. Click to continue reading...

If it was drama you wanted, African World Cup qualifying was the place to be this weekend. Nigeria and Cameroon became the latest teams through to the finals - joining Ghana, Ivory Coast and hosts South Africa - but in very different circumstances.
The scene in Cairo. Wednesday's match will be in "nuetral" Sudan. Click to continue reading...

South Africa have released their new home shirt that they will wear as hosts for the 2010 World Cup finals. South Africa first qualified for the World Cup in 1998 with this being only the third time that they have qualified for the finals. South Africa have never managed to get ... Click to continue reading...

This weekend was the World Cup qualifying climax in Africa, and there was plenty of qualification drama to go around. The winners of each of the five groups qualified for World Cup 2010, and everyone else missed out. But there was a pretty decent consolation prize for the ten second and third placed teams, as World Cup qualifying doubles as Africa Cup of Nations qualifying and the top three in each group qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations (also known as the African Nations Cup, ACN and CAN) in Angola.

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Costa Rica 0-1 Uruguay
Crucial Lugano Goal Brings South Americans Closer To World Cup 2010
Ireland 0-1 France
Anelka Gives France Away-Goal Boost
Greece 0-0 Ukraine
Stalemate In Athens As Visitors Leave Happier
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A single goal is all that separates the sides heading into Wednesday's second leg in Montevideo after Costa Rica and Uruguay played out a well fought battle in San Jose. It was Uruguay's captain fantastic Diego Lugano who grabbed the games only goal and gave his team the perfect platform to complete the job on home turf next week. Click to continue reading...

On a cold night in the Slovakian capital, the US struggled to find the back of the net as a first half Marek Hamsik penalty kick gave the hosts the win. Click to continue reading...

It was an amazing night on Thursday, November 12th as John Strong started his regular radio show on Sports Radio 95.5 The Game (95.5 FM). During the spring and summer months, Strong hosts an hour-long sports program from 6 PM to 7 PM that talks about various topics. Click to continue reading...

A visit to Egypt hasn't gone well for the Algerian national team so far.
Prior to a World Cup qualifier on Saturday, the team bus was stoned by a crowd of some ungracious hosts. A handful of players were injured, one's face was bloodied as seen in the video (1:00 mark). Click to continue reading...

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the thirteenth episode of RNF's podcast.

Two close losses to Germany in UEFA World Cup qualifying has the Russian national team in a two-legged playoff with Slovenia. Many see this as the most lopsided of the four UEFA qualifying playoffs, though Slovenia who allowed only four goal in ten qualifiers should give the Russians significant problems.

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The Spanish Copa del Rey finishes the second leg of the fourth round this week. FC Barcelona hosts Cultural Leonesa on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 with a 2-0 aggregate lead. Barcelona will be the huge favorites to advance and live coverage will be provided at Free Live Sports TV. The link is below along with the match time.

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Indonesia U23 v Malaysia U23 1-3 (Sultan Sama;Amri Yahya, Baddrul Bahtiar, Safiq Rahman)
Indonesia's preperations for the SEA Games to be held in Lao next month were dealt a severe blow when they were beaten by the Malaysians in a friendly held in Palembang yesterday. The visitors goals came in a whirlwind six minute spell. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League has its last match before the international break on Monday, November 9, 2009. Liverpool hosts Birmingham City as both clubs are needing points. Birmingham is in a relegation battle and fighting to stay up while Liverpool is hoping to finish in the top 4. The match will be covered live at our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the link below.

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The Spanish Primera Division or La Liga has several matches on Sunday, November 8, 2009. Third place Sevilla hosts struggling Villareal as well as Valencia, Almeria, Osasuna, and Real Zaragoza all in action. Free Live Sports TV will be providing live coverage of several matches at the links below.

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Sorry for the short notice.

Here's the brief press release I got from the Galaxy just minutes ago:

Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena and midfielder David Beckham will go "Inside the Locker Room" with the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio on Wednesday evening.

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2 games were played today in the 2009 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoff.

The 16-0-2 Concordia Cobbers who were rated #7 in the nation were upset this afternoon by the Carlton Knights (9-5-5) at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.

This was the third time in four seasons, the Knights locked up with Concordia College in the MIAC Playoffs and just like in 2006, the score was tied 1-1 sending the contest into a shootout.

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2 games were played today in the 2009 MIAC Women's Soccer Playoff.

The 16-0-2 Concordia Cobbers who were rated #7 in the nation were upset this afternoon by the Carlton Knights (9-5-5) at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.

This was the third time in four seasons, the Knights locked up with Concordia College in the MIAC Playoffs and just like in 2006, the score was tied 1-1 sending the contest into a shootout.

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife In what seems to be becoming a habit, Manchester City drew their fourth successive Premier League match with a goalless encounter with Birmingham City. The hosts played some hard working football an created many chances, the best of them all being the penalty shot from James McFadden early in [. Click to continue reading...

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Barnsley 0-1 Manchester United

29′ Home crowd starting to make some noise. Not much, but it's still noise. Bogdanovic and Macken have been superb so far. Another chance as I write. Anderson da Silva heads over.

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Not only did Liverpool shockingly defeat Manchester United 2-0, bringing an abrupt end to their apocalyptic free-fall and the imminent sacking of Rafa Benitez, but their fans also beat United fans by being the first to barrage the pitch with the inevitable storm of beach balls.

Though the word was that United fans had bought up all the official Liverpool beach balls like the one that scored Sunderland's winning goal the weekend before and had been eagerly planning to mock their Anfield hosts with them on Sunday, it was Liverpool fans in the Kop end that were first to toss their banned inflatables just before kickoff.

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' Me and my friends want to make history, we want to change the way people see Africa'. These are the words of influential Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba. I guess by now there is no need in saying the world cup is coming to Africa. However, i am still going to say it. The world cup is coming home!

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We are now in high gear with the regular season in club football and the schedule demonstrates it. I lost count at 40-something as the number of matches being broadcast this weekend. It should be enough to keep people with even the most severe cases of football-ADD happy.

By our calculus, the match of the weekend takes place in Germany on Sunday when Schalke 04 hosts Hamburger SV because that's the only match featuring a pair of WCR Top 25 Clubs.

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Though United isn't playing, it's a big night for supporters of DC. The team's attention will certainly be on the scoreboard this evening as two key games are taking place that will have a huge impact on the Black-and-Red's season.

In MLS play, the Chicago Fire (42 points, second in the East) hosts Chivas USA (45 points, tied for second in the West) in a game that has monster implications for D.

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The first District playoff schedule Is complete. The Marshfield Blue Jays are hosts this year.

1 Bolivar(17-3)
2 Cassville (12-3)
3 Monett (9-7)
4 Webb City (11-11)
5 Carl Junction (9-10)
6 Marshfield (7-12)
7 Logan-Rogersville (5-15)
8 West Plains (2-19)
9 Aurora (1-16)

Friday Oct 30
West Plains vs Aurora 4:30pm

Saturday Oct 31
Monett vs Marshfield 9am
Cassville vs Logan-Rogersville 11am
Webb City vs Carl Junction 1pm
Bolivar vs Aurora/West Plains Winner 3pm

Monday Nov 2
Semifinals 4:30pm and 6:30pm

Thursday Nov 5
Final 6pm

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Bolivar Liberators, Kyle Slagle

The first District playoff schedule Is complete. The Marshfield Blue Jays are hosts this year.

1 Bolivar(17-3)
2 Cassville (12-3)
3 Monett (9-7)
4 Webb City (11-11)
5 Carl Junction (9-10)
6 Marshfield (7-12)
7 Logan-Rogersville (5-15)
8 West Plains (2-19)
9 Aurora (1-16)

Friday Oct 30
West Plains vs Aurora 4:30pm

Saturday Oct 31
Monett vs Marshfield 9am
Cassville vs Logan-Rogersville 11am
Webb City vs Carl Junction 1pm
Bolivar vs Aurora/West Plains Winner 3pm

Monday Nov 2
Semifinals 4:30pm and 6:30pm

Thursday Nov 5
Final 6pm

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Who would have thought Chelsea would be hosting Atletico Madrid in the Champions League group stages, and the press would be viewing it as somewhat of a relief for the hosts. Wasn't this side supposed to be the Blues' main challengers in Group D?

That's just how bad Madrid have been thus far this season.

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EFW Oktoberfest 2009 has arrived
"Sometimes I feel like throwing my hand up in the air" sang Candi Staton in her hit tune 'You Got The Love'. Well, we know just how the Statonmeister felt because we feel like doing the same right here, right now. Lord, we just don't care - owing to the fact that the EFW team are going on an EFW - just how we like it. Click to continue reading...

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has announced that the 2009 RMAC women's soccer championship will be hosted by Metropolitan State College of Denver at Auraria Field in downtown Denver.

In previous years, the tournament host was not announced until after the regular season was concluded and was always held at the highest seeded team that wished to host in, almost always the regular-season champion.

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... We're back for another Tuesday full of matches, coming from Groups E, F, G, and H. In Group E, Liverpool/Lyon is an important one for the hosts, while Stuttgart hosts Sevilla in what should be an entertaining Group G clash.
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Mexico soccer fans are currently getting ready for tomorrow's FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying clash between the hosts Trinidad and Tobago and FIFA World Cup 2010 bound Mexico at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. However, the game will take place at 5:05 PM Pacific Time and will only be shown in the United [. Click to continue reading...

Freddy Adu's first start with Belenenses lasted just a half as the hosts went down in defeat to Nacional at Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon. Click to continue reading...

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the eighth episode of RNF's podcast.

After months of build-up, the German national team's trip to Moscow lived up to the hype. Punching their ticket to the World Cup, Germany downed the upstart Russians 1-0, leaving hosts Chris Riordan and Richard Farley to explain where things went wrong for Guss Hiddink's men.

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