La Spanish Liga continued today with Round 11 & its six scheduledgames.(photo: efe)MALLORCA continues proving its home ground is a stronghold withanother good win other ALMERIA 3-1. The man of the match wasCASTRO for Mallorca who put in two goals (48th & 94th min), with his team-mate VICTOR scoring the other goal in the 89th min. Click to continue reading...

Bolivar Liberators, State Championship game

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So Werder Bremen thrashed Freiburg 6-0 last night in the Bundesliga (See, they don't even need Diego aka Survivor Contestant No. 91255 these days). As for Hugo Almeida, we've not heard from him for a while so it was finally nice to see the Portuguese striker helping himself to a double.

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ATLETICO DE MADRID went to DEPORTIVO & fell again in their owntrap. The Madrid team lost the match in the 95th min to a penaltythat leaves them dangling at the bottom of the table. The Club has enter a worrying spiral that fans hope they can pull themselves outoff.(photo: Aguero end of game)SERGIO AGUERO put Atletico ahead with a brilliant individual goalin the 3rd min, but slowly Deportivo Click to continue reading...

We need to get this bloody image of Daniel Agger from our minds, pronto! Quick, Pippo Inzaghi... do something! Anything....

Anyway, all you ferosh futbolitas have probably heard of the epic show from Italy called Chiambretti Night. Well, their exotic dancers have been known to serenade the likes of Mourinho and Ancelotti 'live' on Botox Berlusconi's TV network as music plays in the background.

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The voting for the 2010 National Soccer Hall of Fame closed on Thursday evening, and while I was able to squeeze my ballot in just under the deadline, it was far from an easy decision to make.

There were 24 names on the ballot.

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You know that baby wanted a photo with Martin Palermo... but his family stopped Veron's sleek black ride instead as it drove up to Estudiantes' training ground last week. The baby's got the "Papa, you lied. We were supposed to go to Boca's training ground, dammmit!

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How is this guy one of the best regarded soccer writers in America? He's sure as hell not a good interviewer:

SI.com: Without being too self-conscious about it, I wanted to ask you what you thought of my book, The Beckham Experiment?

I mean, honestly. And check out the picture Wahl posted on twitter:
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So he's not exactly the world's favourite man right now, but Titipo Henry has officially joined The Dona's recreational volleyball club after his handball against Ireland. Ok, instead of calling him a hypocrite like everyone, let's sit down and have a drink.

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Thierry Henry helped France into the World Cup with a handball that won't soon be forgotten in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter).

Here's Henry's Diego Maradona impression:

We'll take part of the blame for jinxing Henry by running the above photo with the Wednesday Commentary post, but in the end, the French star cheated and won't live it down any time soon.

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Thierry Henry helped France into the World Cup with a handball that won't soon be forgotten in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter).

Here's Henry's Diego Maradona impression:

We'll take part of the blame for jinxing Henry by running the above photo with the Wednesday Commentary post, but in the end, the French star cheated and won't live it down any time soon.

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Once we've stopped tittering, we'll try to write a caption for this photo of Michael Owen and Anderson waiting to board the Manchester United team bus on November 7th. It may be some time before we're capable. Click to continue reading...

Once we've stopped tittering, we'll try to write a caption for this photo of Michael Owen and Anderson waiting to board the Manchester United team bus on November 7th. It may be some time before we're capable. Click to continue reading...

On an international break Tuesday, this qualifies as noteworthy all Austria's Paul Scharner has to do now is suffer disfiguring burns on one side of his face and he'll be a Batman villain.

[Photo: Reuters]

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Well after Worky posting that wonderful photo of one of my all time favourite players, I felt we couldn't leave it at that. So, being a little indulgent, I wanted to share with you my reminiscences of a great Newcastle United footballer (and gorgeous guy), one of the best exports to make it out of [. Click to continue reading...

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Two of the U.S. Under-17 national team's top prospects are inching closer to European moves, while a third is edging closer to an MLS deal.

Manchester City and Real Madrid have stepped up their bids for U.

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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time with TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.

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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time with TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.

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Are you a Chelsea fan through and through like me and I don't mean a glory hunter, but a real life-long, die-hard fan? Well I am looking for you this week. I am looking for a Chelsea fan out there to be featured on the site as my new Fan Focus. All you have to do is head over to this page and answer the questions along with a photo of you and email them to me chelseadaftmail (at) gmail (dot) com and you will be featured. Click to continue reading...

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MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League Address on Monday and covered a wide range of topics, from expansion to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Designated Player rule.

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MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League Address on Monday and covered a wide range of topics, from expansion to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Designated Player rule.

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U.S. men's national team midfielder Jose Francisco Torres will not play in Wednesday's friendly against Demmark after has been excused from the U.S. team's camp.

Torres was one of four new players called in to the U.

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U.S. men's national team midfielder Jose Francisco Torres will not play in Wednesday's friendly against Demmark after he was excused from the U.S. team's camp for personal reasons.

Torres was one of four new players called in to the U.

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The U.S. men's national team played without several star players and still managed a respectable performance in a 1-0 loss to an underwhelming Slovakia.

Marek Hamsik's penalty kick provided the difference, and also changed the tone of the match as Slovakia played like a team content with a 1-0 victory.

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The U.S. men's national team played without several star players and still managed a respectable performance in a 1-0 loss to an underwhelming Slovakia.

Marek Hamsik's penalty kick provided the difference, and also changed the tone of the match as Slovakia played like a team content with a 1-0 victory.

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The Philadelphia Union unveiled the uniform it will wear in 2010. Here it is:

Don't like the photo? Here's a graphic of the jersey:

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What do you think of the jersey? Like it? Hate it?

Share your thoughts below.

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This is the jam Deco is using to get his adrenaline pumping for Portugal's World Cup qualification playoff match against Bosnia tomorrow. I think.

[Photo: AP]

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According the Sports daily "AS", REAL MADRID General Director JorgeValdano has given clear instructions to Coach Pellegrini; stop rotatingthe team & begin establishing a "prototype" 11 team.This has two implications:1. the below photo is the team we should be seeing from now on, withthe only difference that Cristiano Ronaldo will take the place of Marcelowhen he returns from his ankle injury. Click to continue reading...

Noted world leaders Fat Ronaldo and Israeli President Shimon Peres meet at a hotel in Sao Paulo. Fat Ronaldo discusses how he forgot to wash his upper lip. And how he ate his necktie on the way over.

[Photo: Getty]

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Los Angeles Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez was named the winner of the 2009 Rookie of the Year Award on Thursday, beating out Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei and D.C. United forward Chris Pontius for the honors.

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Welcome to the latest installment of Your October Questions Answered, where we take your reader-submitted questions and try to offer up our best responses and opinions to those questions.

This batch of questions covers everything from Brian McBride's potential return to the U.

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I just read this bit in the Boston Herald about how our Taylor and his brother (who knew there were two of 'em?) where in this crazy near-death experience in Chicago this week; the driver of a cab they were in had a heart attack as they approached an intersection and hit a wall. And just to make it all weirdski's, this isn't the first time the Twellman Brothers --which sounds like a C&W band-- have been in a crash & bang situation. Click to continue reading...

If ever there was a photo to sum up the way this season has gone for Liverpool, it would most certainly be the one inserted in this article: a photo of David Ngog diving through the air with the greatest of ease in a moment that I now consider to be comedy gold. I'm through [...] Click to continue reading...

In the spirit of the World Cup season, allow Ballackwurst and co' to present to you with the new German national team kits. It seems to set in well on the shoulders, don't you think? Lieblich! Bastian Schweinsteiger is all "meh" in this photo below, but they all secretly love the extra space on the left to show off the arm muscles, so do not fear!

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U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies has been released from the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington some four weeks after being involved in a deadly car crash.

"I would like to take the time to thank everyone who has dealt with me in the Hospital Center and NRH for really putting in the time to help me get better as a person and as an athlete," Davies said in a statement released on his behalf.

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