Soccer fans in the Capitol area may have felt jilted when Juventus backed out of a summer World
Football Challenge friendly against DC United back in June. The holders of the Scudetto had decided
that a US Tour would have been too taxing on his team, given that a trip to Shanghai for the
Supercoppa Italiana was in their cards.
One of the revelations of the season so far, and there have been a few for Arsenal fans, has been the return to form of the 21-year old midfielder Aaron Ramsey. We have probably all been a little guilty of impatience when it comes to the Welsh captain, but maybe he is the victim of his own previous success.
According to Globoesporte, Spurs have representatives in Porto Alegre hoping to clinch a deal
with Internacional over Leandro Damião.
Tottenham have already had previous bids turned down but the London club are confident of getting
their man this time round.
Inter president, Giovanni Luigi, said that the Beira-Rio side will only sell the striker if the
price is right.
Katie Taylor did the nation of Ireland proud with her gold medallist performance in the London
Olympics, and in truth no-one really came close to beating her. But she could be in for a change of
career? Taylor used to be a football player and made 15 appearances for the Republic of Ireland
women's football [.
After spending the whole of last season demanding the dismissal of their manager, you would think
Blackburn fans would take a breather over the summer to recharge their batteries for the
forthcoming onslaught come mid-August. But no, another protest has popped up, and at the London
Olympics no less. Despite the Spain v Honduras match [.
With The London Olympics hogging the limelight and making all the headlines, Premier League
football is taking an usual and unfamiliar berth at the back of peoples minds right now, but
there's a mere two-and-a-bit weeks to go until United kick their glory hunting season of 2012/13
off with the aim of wrestling the title [.
Neil W. Blackmon For the first fifteen minutes of the group stages, the few questions that
surrounded the USWNT's quest to defend its gold medal at the London Olympics seemed legitimate
ones. Before most of the sizeable (and global) press contingent that follows the USWNT had settled
into their seats at Hampden Park, the Americans [.
With all the hype around the London Olympics at the moment, we thought this infographic from Golden
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Mexico and Honduras have made tremendous statements for the CONCACAF region, advancing to the
quarterfinals of the men's tournament at the London Olympics. Mexico won its group, finishing
undefeated. Honduras, which pulled off what was considered a major upset Sunday against one-time
gold medal favorite Spain, is somewhat carrying the flag for Major League Soccer.
Things didn't look good early on for Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame)
and the Canadian women's national team Tuesday, as they gave up two goals in as many minutes and
fell behind Sweden just more than a quarter hour into their match at St. James' Park in Newcastle,
England.
Things didn't look good early on for Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame)
and the Canadian women's national team Tuesday, as they gave up two goals in as many minutes and
fell behind Sweden just more than a quarter hour into their match at St. James' Park in Newcastle,
England.
We're only a few days into the London Olympics and the Games have already served as an
all-consuming distraction for a large portion of the planet. One group that has not been distracted
from their primary focus, even while attending Olympic football matches, is that of Blackburn fans
(and their chickens) who really, really want the club's manager, Steve Kean, and ownership group,
Venky's, as far away from their club as humanly possible.
On Sunday, Brazil take on Belorussia at Old Trafford in the second of their matches in the Group
stage of the London Olympics. Mano Menezes is expected to start the same eleven that squeezed past
Egypt 3-2 in Cardiff. A win against Belorussia will see Brazil through to the next phase. Brazil (probable): Neto, Rafael, Thiago Silva, Juan, Marcelo, Sandro, Rômulo,
Oscar, Neymar, Hulk, Leandro Damião Coach: Mano Menezes
Belorussia (possible): Gutor, Kuzmenok, Politevich, Kozlov, Polyakov, Dragun, Baga, Bardini
Bressan, Solovei, Gordeichuk, Kornilenko Coach: Georgy Kondratyev Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester Date: 29 July 2012 Kick-off: 15:00 (London) 11:00 (Brasília)
Arsenal will conclude their week long Asia Tour in Hong Kong tomorrow, with a friendly against the
domestic league champions - Kitchee FC.
The coverage of this match, unfortunately for some of us, is overshadowed (and rightly so) by the
London Olympics. A quick scan right now (14 hours before kick-off) has got me no results, but the
closest I've come is:
Arsenal will conclude their week long Asia Tour in Hong Kong tomorrow, with a friendly against the
domestic league champions - Kitchee FC.
The coverage of this match, unfortunately for some of us, is overshadowed (and rightly so) by the
London Olympics. A quick scan right now (14 hours before kick-off) has got me no results, but the
closest I've come is:
Last night ex-Beatle Paul McCartney headlined the London Olympics opening ceremony with a rousing
and occasionally shaky rendition of Hey Jude. Another equally classic song in his considerable
repertoire is Live and Let Die an appropriate title when you consider his resentful outburst at
Stuart Pearce at the end of last week.
The emblem flap that eclipsed the start of chars's soccer at the London Olympics might be consigned
to a listing of human faults by organizers, but it could barely have been more abusive to North
Koreans. More to ejaculate on goalpost.tv from Olympics 2012
It's the story that will not go away. Despite being cleared in court of racially abusing Anton
Ferdinand in a match against QPR last season, Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged by the
Football Association of having used "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour" in the 23
October match.
Liverpool has moved a step closer to landing Bologna winger Gaston Ramirez after his agent arrived
in England for talks.
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is desperate to add some much needed width to his new-look team next
season, and has turned to Ramirez after baulking at Fulham's £10 million asking price for Clint
Dempsey.
I haven't written much over the past 2-3 weeks or so as being an English ex-pat living in the
USA, my emotions have been completely caught up in that wonderful spectacle back home called the
London Olympics. Day after day of supreme effort from British athletes has energized a nation and
apparently cauterized the acid memories of ignominious performances from the England football team
in successive international tournaments.
I haven't written much over the past 2-3 weeks or so as being an English ex-pat living in the
USA, my emotions have been completely caught up in that wonderful spectacle back home called the
London Olympics. Day after day of supreme effort from British athletes has energized a nation and
apparently cauterized the acid memories of ignominious performances from the England football team
in successive international tournaments.
David vs. Goliath. The Battle of Thermopylae. The Spanish Armada of 1588. The Thrilla In Manila.
These were all contests featuring a heavily-panned underdog, battles fought in conditions that
tended to favor one side over the other. For decades now, the United States national team has been
fighting battles like that.
Before the U.S. Men's National Team resumes its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, the group will try
to make history in its international friendly against Mexico at 7 p.m. CT on
Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The USA's attempt to win for the first time
against Mexico on its own soil will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPN3 and
Univision.
Spain's Olympic football team shockingly failed to advance to the knockout rounds after
proving unable to score a single goal in their three group-stage matches. They were the only team
that didn't score at least once. This nightmarish showing was not only a disappointment for the
country that just won a record third straight major tournament at Euro 2012 and currently holds the
U-21 and U-19 European titles, it was also an emotional blow to touchy midfield genius
Xavi.
Welcome to Offbeat Wednesday! This week, read about Real Madrid's preseason, Pato's fear of his
father-in-law, Silvio Berlusconi, Neymar's son and Mario Balotelli's baby mummy, Rafaella Fico, at
a spiritual retreat.
Sergio Ramos may look like a washed out Eurodance star in this
photo from Real Madrid's preseason-bound flight to the USA, but judging from his latest tattoo,
he's ready to roll with the rest of Los Blancos.
He has his detractors, he has had few obvious well wishers, there are some even hostile to
Stuart Pearce remaining at the helm of Team GB's challenge for gold at the London Olympics.
The animosity, both public and private, manifested itself after Pearce failed to name David
Beckham in the final squad apparently for ‘football reasons' but it would appear that on the
evidence of the opening two games, that Pearce is wholly vindicated.
Brazil get their London Olympics campaign underway when they take on Egypt in the Millennium
Stadium in Cardiff later today.
Mano Menezes is forced to make one change to the side that beat Team GB 2-0 last week. First choice
keeper, Rafael Cabral, is injured and has been ruled out of the competition.
For years now, Usain Bolt has been angling for a chance to play for Manchester United and now he
might have his chance -- in a charity match and not with the club's first team.
Bolt first wrote in his 2010 autobiography that if he played football, he would like to do it
for his favorite club, Man United.
Six players on the roster have made Mexico their home for professional football, and tonight's
match represents a special opportunity. A snapshot of the Liga MX'ers:
DaMarcus Beasley: Beasley made the move to Mexico and Puebla FC in the summer
of 2011. Since then, the 30-year-old midfielder has scored seven goals in more than 30 league
appearances for La Franja.
I'm taking you kids to the happiest place on Earth -- Tijuana!!!
By Mike Cardillo / That's On Point
"One dog's dead one's on the phone Just leave a lung or leave it alone
It's that same on song againI hate it cause it's true" -- Queens of the Stone Age,
"Mexicola"
The don't call it "the Beautiful Game" for nothing. Soccer is art. A great Lionel Messi goal
or a stunnig David Beckham free kick is a thing of beauty.
These small moments in soccer can create life-long fans of the sport (with the help of a
beer or two, perhaps?) and the memories of such sporting excellence can hang in our memories like
fine art in a gallery.
Chelsea have announced that summer signing Oscar will inherit the legendary number 11 shirt
vacated by Didier Drogba, who left the club after eight seasons following the 2011-12 campaign.
Drogba helped the Blues claim FA Cup and UEFA Champions League glory in his last season with the
team before moving on to Shanghai to play with local side Shenhua.
szólj hozzá: Honduras vs Morocco 2:2 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
Morocco and Honduras put in a very exciting game last night with some wonderful goals to boot,
however the nature of the game did turn sour late in the game when Morocco were reduced to ten
men.
