Referee Abdul Malik made a brave decision to carry on the match despite the heavy downpour (as pictured above) that started prior to the start of this live televised game.
Frankly, this fixture would have been a title decider perfectly fit for this season's finale, but it wasn't the case after all. Click to continue reading...

Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda has been the talk of the town (or should I say country) in Holland as he attracted a lot of attention with his impressive performances for small Dutch club VVV Venlo. His goals, assists and superior technical skills haven't gone unnoticed with clubs like Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton thought to be keen on the Japanese player.

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* Espanyol have named Ivan De La Pena (seen above with Nakamura!) as their new captain following the death of their beloved captain, Dani Jarque. The experienced midfielder has played for Barcelona, Lazio and Marseille.

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The Dinho is muito feliz at Milan.

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LA LIGA ESPAÑOLA VUELVE A SER EL CENTRO DE ATENCIÓN

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Fichajes como Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic o Nilmar aumentan el nivel · Incorporaciones exóticas como la de Nakamura expanden la imagen de nuestro campeonato · La permanencia de otras figuras, elemento fundamental para mantener el nivel. Click to continue reading...

The Espanyol Barca derby may prove to much more interesting with former Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura joining Espanyol. He was unveiled today in front of 6000 fans. He said he would have to be mentally and physically faster to compete in the more demanding Spanish league.

We can expect a duel between Nakamura and Iniesta although the Japanese at 31 years of age is off his peak while Iniesta continues to grow into one of the world's best attacking midfielders.

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Nakamura's no Ninja warrior, but he's ready to become Espanyol's guerrero! / via AFP

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Espanyol's new player Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊輔) got a rock star welcome during� his official presentation in Barcelona on July 13, 2009 as hoards of the club's fans turnout out to see its new signing. Japan international Nakamura, 31, signed with Espanyol last month for an estimated annual wage of 1. Click to continue reading...

Everyone is excited about Espanyol signing Shunsuke Nakamura. The fans who nearly rioted when he arrived at the airport are calling him their Galactico and the media are comparing him to Cristiano Ronaldo. Normally, professional footballers love this kind of ego-wanking adulation, but Nakamura, former Scottish Player of the Year with Celtic, would like everyone to calm the hell down.

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Esto no podía pasar en otro lado, más que en el lejano oriente. No lo veo sucediendo en países como Argentina y mucho menos en México.

Resulta que tras el fichaje� de Shusunke Nakamura al Espanyol de Barcelona, ha provocado una crisis muy fuerte en el club nipón al grado que Masaharu Saito se ha comprometido a rebajarse el sueldo en un 50 por ciento.

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Spanish Football has another superstar Football player for nextseason, the "Japanese equivalent" of Cristiano Ronaldo, midfielderSHUNSUKE NAKAMURA has signed for two years with RCDESPANYOL.The Japanese player comes from Scottish Club GLASGOW CELTIC &comes "free" after finishing his contract at the Scottish team. Click to continue reading...

Congrats to the Lakers, I guess. Looks like Del Piero and his man bag caught some of the hoops action.
Let's do some links:

• A Marta bobblehead? [The Offside]
  
• 5 good, 5 bad. [Center Holds It]
  
• Nakamura spurns Japanese club for Espanyol? [ESPN]
  
• Grass coming to BMO.

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Former Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura looks ready to move to Spanish club Espanyol after negotiations with Japan's Yokohama Marinos faltered.
According to News of the World, he will sign a two-year contract with the Barcelona-based outfit estimated at £23,000-a-week with image rights included. Click to continue reading...

Reports out of Japan have midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura ready to sign with J-League club Yokohama Marinos this week.
His agent, Robert Takuda, recently spoke with the local Japanese press.

"I'm not allowed to go into detail about the discussion process, but the initial talks (with Yokohama) were very positive and we are moving in the right direction.

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Soccer City FC has been covering this for some days now -- Is Celtic's Nakamura Leaving? -- and it appears, according to the Japanese international's agent, that Nakamura could leave Celtic for La Liga side RCD Espanyol.
The free-kick specialist is free to leave Celtic next month as his current contract runs out. Click to continue reading...

It appears to be a possibility as the midfielder looks destined to return to Japan at some point in his career. -- Read On at Vital Celtic -- Can Yokohama Marinos afford Celtic's Nakamura? Click to continue reading...

I love the Old Firm Derby. Without really caring who wins you know how it is I usually pull for Celtic, for four reasons:

1. Nakamura blows my mind.

2. They're always exciting in the Champions League (see Man Utd and #1; also, remember the Dida Tumble?)

3. The hoops. In the words of my favorite blogging cartoon cat, they're stone-cold unquestionable.

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Rarely a game in the Scottish Premier League would've been so one sided as the game between Celtic and St Mirren was today. The homeplaying team won with a smashing 7-0. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink didn't start the match, but he missed a penalty after already 30 minutes and failed to score any other goal. Click to continue reading...

Dalian Shide Siwu 1 Bi Jinhao 24′ SAFFC 4 John Wilkinson 2′, Faizal Aziz 22′, Aleksandar Duric 33′,78′ SAFFC -Shahril- -Hafiz- -Faizal- -Bennett- -Shaiful- -Fukasawa- -Latiff- -Wilko- -Jamil- -Ashrin- -Duric- Attendance: 709 Woodlands Wellingtion 0 Gombak United 2 Ruhaizad Ismail 43′, Theerawesin Seehawong 55′ Woodlands -Che Omar- -Jerry- -Azmi- -Dronca- -Anaz- -Azlan- -Nakamura- -Ismadi- -Sazali- -Park- -Fadzu- Gombak -Fadhil- -Faizal- -Bah- -Jaslee- -Sevki- -Ruhaizad- -Theerawesin- -Shafuan- -Ridhwan- -Emmanuel- -Fazli- Attendance: 1,556 Click to continue reading...

0 - 1 Nakamura 19'
0 - 2 Endo (pen) 44'
0 - 3 Nakamura 85'
1 - 3 Isa 87'
2 - 3 Tanaka (Autogol) 89'
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Picture Source: BBC Celtic's Paul Hartley and Dundee United's Francisco Sandaza both scored their first-ever goals for their clubs as United and Celtic share the points in a tough, but entertaining game at Tannadice. Having most of the possession, Celtic scored first on fifty minutes as Hartley drilled home Nakamura's lay-off from the [. Click to continue reading...

Surprisingly, the Japanese are not yet assured of a place in the next round but with this live online and radio commentary World Cup 2010 qualifier between Thailand and Japan live it should be assured by the end of the game, as long as they do not play as poorly as they did last week away. They might be treated to the same kind of ploy in this live online streaming match against Thailand and that is to try to exploit their surprising lack of pace in the side. Click to continue reading...

Ah, International friendlies, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. On Wednesday about half the countries of the world are participating in potential FIFA ranking boosters as they steal countrymen from their clubs and send fans into worrisome frenzies about whether or not their star players will return unscathed. A lot of the matches have the potential to be quite entertaining. Click to continue reading...

Ah, International friendlies, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. On Wednesday about half the countries of the world are participating in potential FIFA ranking boosters as they steal countrymen from their clubs and send fans into worrisome frenzies about whether or not their star players will return unscathed. A lot of the matches have the potential to be quite entertaining. Click to continue reading...