My my, The Figos look absolutely perfeito in that photo snapped in Paris last week! In many ways, it's good that the Portuguese midfielder decided to retire from football completely... He could teach dear Guti below a thing or two about wearing proper pants.

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Luis Figo and fam hit the streets of Paris. Guess they like their outerwear puffy.
Everton's Joseph Yobo is engaged to the (former) "Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria". Pass judgment on her ring if you are in the mood. Congrats!
Sylvie van der Vaart has finished her chemo.

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Luis Figo and fam hit the streets of Paris. Guess they like their outerwear puffy.
Everton's Joseph Yobo is engaged to the (former) "Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria". Pass judgment on her ring if you are in the mood. Congrats!
Sylvie van der Vaart has finished her chemo.

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Portugal is a country that has always produced wingers of the highest class, from old school stars like Luis Figo to the current legends in the making like Cristiano Ronaldo. Everybody in Portugal always said that Quaresma had an extraordinary amount of talent; a player with speed, toughness, and the ability to create something out of nothing.

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The Offside's Main Page decided to compile a list of the "100 Best Players of the Decade." I thought it might be of some interest to you, especially since Arsenal is out of action for a couple of weeks. It was voted on by all of the Offside's bloggers, as well as readers. I will say that I thought the criteria was a little vague it was simply to name the 20 best players who played in the decade.

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David Beckham journey continues as recent confirmed reports in Italy suggest that he is on his way back to AC Milan for another loan deal. We have witnessed in the past big players moving from their clubs like Brazilian legend Ronaldo moved from Inter Milan to Real Madrid, Luis Figo from Barcelona to Read Madrid, Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan to Chelsea, Thierry Henry from Arsenal to Barcelona, recently Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid and other big players had to move from one club to another at some stage of their careers.

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The Beauty: Remember those old beer commercials about the Swedish Bikini Team? Yeah, they weren't very funny. But, if such a team did exist, then Helen Svedin would be its Captain. Helen� is a Swedish model with a pretty intimidating resume. She's graced the catwalk for several of the world's most honored designers and she has appeared on the cover of major fashion mags the world over.

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On FIFA's web-site promoting the start of the U-17 World Cup in Nigeria the event is hyped as a chance to "discover the stars of tomorrow."� And while there is an impressive list of former participants (including, for example, Ronaldinho, Michael Essien, and Luis Figo) another look at the history of the U-17 World Cup offers more cautionary tales than burgeoning stars.

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Sir Alex tracks talented attacking midfielder.

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Werder Bremen's sought-after midfielder Mesut Ozil has revealed it would be his dream to one day join Barcelona.

The 20-year-old Germany international's comments are likely to draw the attention of the Catalan club with a number of high-profile European teams reportedly interested in securing his services.

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. Cheryl Tweedy via last.fm There's another 8 months to wait before the 2010 World Cup kicks off so WorldCupOdds.eu have compiled a huge list of World Cup Top 10s. You can have your say + vote who you think is the best team, worst villain, hottest wag! Brazil's 1970 World Cup side is generally considered to be [. Click to continue reading...

First they appoint a former England manager as their Director of Football, then they go and sign a former England international, surely this is any clubs dream, but evidently not in the case of Notts County.

We all thought it was too good to be true when the news broke of Sven Goran Eriksson appointment as the new Director of Football at League Two club, but then we heard� money was involved, so, it wasn't such a shock anymore.

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The 17th FIFA Under-20 World Cup begins in Egypt on Thursday as 24 countries compete for the right to be named the best youth side on the planet. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Diego Maradona, Marco van Basten and Luis Figo who all made an impression in previous tournaments, 504 young hopefuls have gathered in Egypt in an attempt to showcase their talent to the watching world, and no small amount of scouts. Click to continue reading...

FIFA's Under-20 World Cup starts on September 24th from Egypt, the third time the tournament's been held on African soil.
Can one of the African countries involved make their way into the final?
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For once there is a Toronto FC story that has no negative spin attached to it nor the nagging suspicion that there must be something evil lurking behind it. The Designated Player signing of Canada's most talented national team member, Julian De Guzman, is truly great news for the team and supporters alike in a year where good times have been rare. Click to continue reading...

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Enfiiiiim, the Champions League draw has been made.... and holy Mother of Kun, it screams IRONY! Real have been grouped with Milan (and hence, the "What-is-Kaka-going-to-do-at-the-San-Siro" theories have started) while Barca will face Inter in a game where Ibracadabra and Eto'o go head to head in a mind-blowing game of Futbol Swap.

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It's one of those days.

Why should we fight it? Our inbox is full of football players in various states of undress and we need to do the right thing.

Sharing is caring, after all. News of any real variety may have to wait.

To those of you at work that need to

a) remain employed;

b) are getting tired of your co-workers thinking you.

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It's one of those days.

Why should we fight it? Our inbox is full of football players in various states of undress and we need to do the right thing.

Sharing is caring, after all. News of any real variety may have to wait.

To those of you at work that need to

a) remain employed;

b) are getting tired of your co-workers thinking you.

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So Luis Figo and his ferosh family arrived in Roman Calderon's Ibiza yesterday to enjoy a little bit of a retreat on a fancy yacht.� Well, ya'll know he recently retired from club football and would like to spend the rest of his days looking good for mujers like my mum.

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El sueco, ex-seleccionador de México e Inglaterra ahora es "Director de Fútbol" del club más antiguo del mundo, el Notts County de la League Two de Inglaterra (Liga Dos).

La League Two viene siendo la Cuarta División de la isla británica, ya que arriba de esta se encuentra la Laeague One, la Coca-Cola Championship y luego la Barclays Premier League.

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Notts County Director of Football Sven Goran Eriksson wants to bring former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira and former Real Madrid winger Luis Figo to the League Two club before the transfer window closes. Eriksson has been told by the club owners that money will be no object to get an A-list signing from Italy or Spain. Click to continue reading...

"Bobby Robson became the heart that English football wore on its sleeve." The words are a touching epitaph from the beginning of David Lacey's tribute to Sir Bobby Robson in this morning's Guardian, after the footballing great passed away yesterday. But they only do him partial justice. Best known in England for successful spells as a player then manager at Fulham, West Bromich Albion, Ipswitch Town and Newcastle and for his eight years at the helm of the English national team his feats overseas often go undocumented, or at best overlooked.

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It is testament to his achievements in his career that sadness at the death of Bobby Robson will reach far beyond the boundaries of his beloved North-East or even the shores of Great Britain. Robson's skills as a player and manager as well as his gentle and welcoming manner, meant he was respected and much loved across the footballing world.

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Liedson na selecção: «Está a ser tratado», diz MadaílPresidente da Federação agradece disponibilidade do jogador. Gilberto Madaíl disse que o processo de naturalização de Liedson «está a ser tratado», naquilo que depende da Federação. O presidente do organismo agradeceu de resto ao avançado do Sporting o facto de se ter disponibilizado para vestir a camisola de Portugal. Click to continue reading...

OK, so Barcelona were parading new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the Camp Nou, and everything seemed to be going swimmingly until at 0.42 on this video when an insane person decided to stand up and start making some noise. This is not normally a problem but if you're wearing a Real Madrid shirt then chances are you are a tad mentally challenged or simply in desperate need of a good punching.

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Assisti hoje, representando a FPF, � apresentação do projecto "Football Dream Factory", do qual Luís Figo e Luiz Felipe Scolari são os principais rostos. Parece-me um ideia interessante e capaz de ajudar � promoção de novos talentos.Ver aqui Click to continue reading...

El diario The Sun se caracteriza por armar rankings de jugadores más feos, más elegantes, etc. En esta oportunidad hicieron un ranking con los diez mercenarios del fútbol mundial. En el puesto número cinco aparece el único jugador argentino, Carlos Tevez, quien pasó este verano del Manchester United al City.

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The Red Bull season landscape is barren of positivity. The only area that can bring promise and hope for 2009 is the CONCACAF Champions League, and even that seems to be a long shot if recent performance is any indicator. More and more, as weeks become months, Bulls fans only have the end of the season to look forward to.

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Now that we have a fair bit of money from the Adebayor sale, we should turn our attention to strengthening our defense and buy a quality holding midfielder. We missed out on Felipe Melo who signed with Juventus.

Our attention should be focused on getting Miguel Veloso from Sporting Lisbon.

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"mas Chico é nome de escritor ruim"

Na sua primeira entrevista sobre "Leite Derramado", Chico Buarque abre a porta de casa e do novo romance. "Making of" de um livro, de um músico, de um escritor e de um herói brasileiro, não necessariamente por esta ordem

"Esqueçam os olhos, o sorriso, a classe e o charme.

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Remember back when players would never (or almost never) think of signing for an arch-rival?

Those days are long gone now as money talks more loudly than loyalty and players no longer rule out any potential destination. Former Liverpool legend Michael Owen to Manchester United?

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Remember back when players would never (or almost never) think of signing for an arch-rival?

Those days are long gone now as money talks more loudly than loyalty and players no longer rule out any potential destination. Former Liverpool legend Michael Owen to Manchester United?

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Former Inter boss, Roberto Mancini revealed that he had been under pressure from Massimo Moratti to put certain players in the starting line-up. Even though he did not disclose any names, Italian media speculate that Recoba, Adriano and Figo are the players in question.

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Jose Mourinho made his press conference debut for 2009-10 season, as always he get the headlines with his words, opinions, and jokes. One of Mourinho's priorites was reduce his squad memebers to stand on 23 to 25 squad players but his plan till now didn't work well as only (Figo, Crespo, Cruz, Jimenez, and Bolzoni) [. Click to continue reading...

"To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." (Newton's Third Law)

Flashback to the summer of 2000 and in the wake of Florentino Perez's first dramatic ascension to Real Madrid's presidency, Barcelona was prized away from the heart and soul of their post-Cruyff side, Luis Figo.

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If Luis Figo has seriously been approached, things are a lot worse than I ever imagined. Bear in mind I was imagining quite bad things when Jermaine Pennant's name was being mentioned without a comedy effect chuckle in an I almost had you kind of way.

Figo looks like an old man and has been playing like one for the last couple of years.

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