Önce Haldun Üstünel'in twitter mesajında gördüm ardından TFF linkinden gördüm ki Galatasaray alt yapısına Hollandalı bir genç katılmış. 1992 doğumlu. Salihu,Rush, Kingston ve Tözser örneklerindeki gibi yabancı ve yetenekli genç oyuncu örneğine benzeyen bu transferi diğerlerinden ayıran yegane özellik gelişinin yönetsel açıdan farklı mesajlar taşımasıdır benim gözümde. Click to continue reading...

Dos Santos set up 2 tap-ins and scored another in the 3-0 rout
Seven years ago, almost to the day, Mexico was in Kingston, losing in the worst possible way: an early own goal was the difference. Mexico was a little over than 20 minutes from seeing their world cup hopes fade away. Click to continue reading...

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Saturday 15th August 2009

Chelsea   v Hull City      12:45  Stamford Bridge Aston Villa   v Wigan Athletic      15:00   Villa Park Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City      15:00   Ewood Park Bolton Wanderers v Sunderland      15:00   Reebok Stadium Portsmouth v Fulham      15:00   Fratton Park Stoke City v Burnley      15:00   Britannia Stadium Wolves   v    West Ham United 15:00   Molineux Everton   v Arsenal      17:30   Goodison Park

Sunday 16th August 2009

Manchester United   v Birmingham City      13:30   Old Trafford Tottenham Hotspur   v Liverpool      16:00   White Hart Lane

Tuesday 18th August 2009

Sunderland v Chelsea      19:45   Stadium of Light Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers      19:45   JJB Stadium

Wednesday 19th August 2009

Birmingham City   v Portsmouth      19:45  St.

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Back in 2006, I interviewed Steve Tew at the New Zealand Rugby Football Union. At the time, he was the second most important person in All Blacks rugby. Now he's the first. We were talking about the impact the Pacific Islands have on New Zealand rugby, and he made a pretty convincing case for players from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga looking to come and play for the All Blacks as a way of improving their lifestyles while giving something back to their adopted homes.

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