I'm just getting the hang of this twitter business, several decades after most other journalists in the western hemisphere, and as such I thought I'd give it a go while here waiting for TamU v JJK to start. Live updates will be posted throughout the game, if you are at all bothered you can read them from my twitter page.

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It looks like the Times and George Caulkin, one of the best journalists around on Newcastle, seem to be getting the inside track on what is happening with the sale of the club. The current leadership at Newcastle United It was in fact the Times and not the Journal who first reported the deal will likely go through this weekend, [. Click to continue reading...

Seattle Sounders FC forward Nate Jaqua was voted Major League Soccer's Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2009 season. Jaqua tallied two goals and an assist in Sunday's resounding 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in front of more than 30,000 faithful Sounders FC supporters at Qwest Field on Sunday, June 28.

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Não, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. That's really Kaka attending his first Real Madrid medical at the Sanitas La Moraleja Hospital in Madrid. Please do us all a favour and stop staring at his nips!

Anyway, the photo above screams "Awkward!!!

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It's been a quiet week in football in general, apart from the USA's sterling performance against Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final.So, bored journalists do what they are best at and that is : make something up.Take this headline in the Daily Mail from a couple of days ago:'We fear England could ruin our World Cup chances, reveals Brazilian superstar Kaka'Wow, you think. Click to continue reading...

Is South Africa ready to host futbol's biggest tournament next year? According to reports in Brazilian newspapers, they have good stadiums, excited fans and roads in "reasonable conditions." As such, South Africa is closing on a "friendlier note" to host the games, a sentiment that wasn't the case last year.

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Ahead of the biggest game in their history, USA coach Bob Bradley and striker Landon Donovan probably had better things to do with their time than to sit down and answer pointless questions from journalists with nothing but Michael Jackson and Barack Obama on their minds.

Landon Donovan deals with the first question as best he can but is quite visibly stunned when asked what impact Michael Jackson's death has had on the USA team and would they be paying a tribute. Click to continue reading...

FIFA announced the candidates for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball Winner, awarded to tournament's Most Valuable Player. Among the candidates to be voted on by journalists are Clint Dempsey, who has twice won Man of the Match honors, and Landon Donovan. The full list:

Brazi - Kaka, Luis Fabiano, Robinho
South Africa - Bernie Parker, Steven Pienaar
Spain - Fernando Torres, David Villa, Xavi
USA - Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan

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You know, there's so much going on this morning I'm really not quite sure where to start. Perhaps the news that nobody has signed for us, maybe the huge story about nothing of any importance whatsoever going on, or would it be better to focus on the sheer volume of naught that abounds this summer morning?

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Tippeliga rounds are coming thick and fast, and the market is in severe danger of being flooded. The issue is in no way helped by the fact that Rosenborg are running away with the league, while everyone else just look a bit knackered. So, with the league currently a less than entrancing event in purely sporting terms, we need some good old soap-opera to keep it interesting.

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Play it loud, South Africa! SoccerBlog.com goes on record in favor of the Vuvuzela.

Brazil has the support of its Samba drums, the Bafana Bafana has vuvuzela support.

Don't let a few journalists and European players throw a wet blanket on the celebration.

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Play it loud, South Africa! SoccerBlog.com goes on record in favor of the Vuvuzela.

Brazil has the support of its Samba drums, the Bafana Bafana has vuvuzela support.

Don't let a few journalists and European players throw a wet blanket on the celebration.

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At this point of time, we would like to publicly thank futbolita Mari for introducing us to the Brazilian programme, Panico Na TV and their louco 'journalists'!

Our favorite characters so far are Christian Pior, Vesco, Sabrina Sato and the EPIC Galvao Bueno impersonator.

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We are looking for budding journalists and LFC fans to join our team. We need fans to write articles which will keep every Liverpool Football Club fan around the world in the know with the latest news.

We have different positions available including:

• Journalist
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If you are interested in joining our team then send us an e-mail to:

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"It's OK, just ignore all those Barcelona-loving journalists and they'll all go away...Sssshhh..."

When it comes to football transfer rumours, what a load of rubbish you read in the papers. Over the last few weeks we've been treated to some corkers some of the rumours have been true, some have been realistic sounding but with no follow through, most seem to have been stories with less substance than a 5 year old anorexic, and a fair few have been so far beyond the realms of sanity that it beggars belief any self-respecting journalist could bring themselves to spew them forth, like so much more putrid vomit.

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Andrea Dossena has revealed that he has no desire to leave Premier League giants Liverpool during the close-season.

The 27-year-old has been heavily linked with a return to Italy, with Juventus touted as a possible destination.

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I thought having been away for a few days that I would come back to tons of news and a few new signings. OK, so it was more 'hope' than 'thought' but either way, that doesn't seem to be the case.

According to Vermaelen's (shall we call him Van Halen?) agent, it is a case of 'when not if' he joins Arsenal, but until I hear it from the club officially I'll be accepting nothing as a done deal.

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Good morning everyone... Felipe Melo is NOT amused!

In day ocho of the selecao's training session at the Super Stadium, Pretoria, the subs played a game against the Under-17 Super Sport United boys. In case you're wondering, SSU is a team that competes in the Premier Soccer League of South Africa.

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Honestly, it may be that our brains were dulled by watching Norway and that we've lost the ability to judge these things objectively, but wasn't that a rather good round?

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The Tippeliga rolled back into life in predictable fashion this Saturday when Rosenborg won 3-0 over a hard-working but undeniably limited Strømsgodset.

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Approximately three hours after the conclusion of every US game at the FIFA Confedrations Cup, Major League Soccer Talk will release a postmatch podcast breaking down tactics, player selection and the result of the match. We will feature the analysis of top drawer commentators and journalists who cover the US team.

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Before I give my short pre-game analysis of Saturday's game at the CAB I would like to say that I feel honored because it seems that Coach Curt Onalfo took the time to read my last post and e-mail me his opinion on my criticism about the team, the players and his coaching. Since the Coach sent me an e-mail and did not post his answer in an open forum (comments) I will not answer his e-mail in an open forum (although I will do it if he's OK with that), but regardless of his displeasure with how I see things, I can only say that my article is actually based on facts and my opinions were based on those facts.

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The United States Men's National Team begins Confederations Cup group play Monday against Italy. Get the perspective of two top journalists on the US team and event itself: Beau Dure of the USA Today and Bruce McGuire of DuNord join us. Among the topics discussed are Bob Bradley's squad selection, players on the outside of the pool who could help in qualifying, Freddy Adu's situation and much much more.

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Kolo Toure's relationship with Gallas has been well documented, they do not get on! Â Toure has told everyone and he was close to leaving in January. Â A transfer request was handed in but Arsene spoke to Kolo and the request was withdrawn.

 Only last week Toure extolled the virtues of keeping the squad together

 "I think keeping the team together is the most important thing," he said.

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It is now official, Ricardo Kaka is the first signing in the new Galacticos era! The deal is thought to be worth around €68 million. The Brazilian thanked the former club, while dodging the question whether it was him who wanted to leave, and official unveiling will be made on 30th June, after the Confederations Cup.

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After the Uefa Champions League final defeat, many people and journalists have raised a question marks about Man United old guards, Neville, Giggs and Paul Scholes.

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Seeing Red, MLS fans, journalists and supporters band together for better officiating.

This season for whatever reason has seen a high number of questionable calls. Many supporters have observed that it seems to be getting worse. Several players and managers have been fined for talking about it. Click to continue reading...

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Day two of the Brazilian boot camp yesterday and it involved blood tests, more gym work and 45 minutes of tactical training on the field. We did a blood test last week and the nurse jammed the needle into our veins twice. It wasn't pleasant at all so someone please explain amigo's sly grin above! Click to continue reading...

The 2014 World Cup is 5 years ahead of us. Long time? Not for the politics going on in the background. Before I even go ahead, bare in mind a few things:

Brazil hosted the 2007 Pan-american games in Rio. The proposed budget for the hosting the games: R$ 400 million ( at a rate of US$ 1 = R$ 2.

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Manuel Pellegrini aka Broody Eyes was unveiled as Real Madrid's new treinador yesterday in majestic fashion (you know they could have rolled out a gold-embroidered red carpet if they wanted to.) By the way, is it us or does Alfredo Di Stefano always manage to look extremely annoyed?

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It was a packed house in the U.S. press conference, with several U.S. journalists having made the trip from the States while there is heavy interest from the Costa Rican media. So far, the locals have been impressed with Bob Bradley's willingness to discuss the circumstances surrounding the game - you get the sense his counterpart is not quite so forthcoming. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. men's national team held a press conference today in advance of Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica and while there were no real surprises, the event still had its amusing moments and interesting comments from head coach Bob Bradley, Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra.

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The U.S. men's national team held a press conference today in advance of Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica and while there were no real surprises, the event still had its amusing moments and interesting comments from head coach Bob Bradley, Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra.

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Despite having some of the best players in the business Real Madrid has replaced their head coach with Manuel Pellegrini. New president Florentino Perez, took charge of Real Madrid and his first line of business was to replace the coach.

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This is the first time in three years Real Madrid has gone a season without winning anything.

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Guus-stepping In today's ultra-professional game, it is nice to know that there is still room for the FA Cup-winning manager to prance around the changing rooms like an idiot with a towel round his neck and smoking a massive cigar. It is also nice that said manager can then explain his tardiness to awaiting journalists by [. Click to continue reading...

Prior to the Champions' League final Ronaldo went on a PR crusade doing interviews affirming his decision to stay on at United. "Manchester is my home", he would say. He even did a spoof interview, where he interviews himself with a choice selection of canned questions that journalists are wont to ask.

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