Sido Jombati extended his hand, and with a warm smile on his face said, 'My name is Sido.'
I couldn't help but laugh. I had just contacted him a few days ago to tell him what a big fan I
was, and to request an interview with him for this blog. I certainly knew who his name. I was to
learn, though, that Sido is as unassuming as he is friendly.
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Wayne Rooney contributed what looked like a good all round performance for Man Utd vs Blackburn
on Saturday, featuring some nice link play and a sweet sweet goal which he swept home to make it
2-0 (around 4:10 in the above video).
I saw about 15 minutes of the game live, and there was also a magic little
inside-of-the-foot-with-back-to-goal pass that somehow didn't make the Match of the Day cut.
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The Offside 03 November @ 07:00 PM EST
Something to read while you watch St Pauli's Deniz Naki rile up the Hansa Rostock fans. It all
ended with water cannons... Did you renew your Ebbsfleet United subscription? (Pitch Invasion)
Maicon's agent not a True Blue(Dirty Tackle) Who do you trust: Bloggers or lubricant salespeople?
(France Offside) Cape Verde vs Portugal.
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Port 03 November @ 06:16 PM EST
FC Porto got a late goal in the 84th minute from striker Falcao to go on to defeat APOEL 1-0 in
Champions League action. The goal by Falcao clinched a spot for Porto in the Round of 16 with two
games remaining in the Group Stage. FC Porto will now look to fine tune their game in the next
couple of rounds of play and look to fight Chelsea for the Group Title.
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A little lunchtime viewing for you all...Let's begin with ESPN's MLS playoff first leg wrap, just
in case you missed some of it.Yesterday we saw the MLS Goal of the Year nominees, and now it's time
to run down the Save of the Year candidates.As always, we look back at MOTD2's 2 Good 2 Bad.We got
back to ESPN to talk Champions League for two glamour teams in a pickle: Liverpool and Real
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Uma história de Carlos Mesquita escrita para Todos Somos
Portugal.
A bem do ecletismo desportivo uma história curta duma modalidade
pouco referida, a caça desportiva.
Lê-se no Público que o lince-ibérico que veio de Jerez de la
Fronteira para Silves "matou um coelho, o que revela instinto de caça".
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Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell is certain that a win over Benfica in Thursday night's Europa
League fixture will boost Everton's confidence. The Toffees currently lie in 13th in the Barclays
Premier League table, and Rodwell believes that the side could be ready to turn the corner.
"We feel good about the performance against Villa but not about the result," said Rodwell.
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Começa hoje em Espanha, o Mini-Torneio de Apuramento para o Campeonato da Europa Sub/19. O
calendário é o seguinte:
03.11.09 - 18.00 h - Portugal/País de Gales
05.11.09 - 16.00 h - Portugal/Macedónia
08.11.09 - 12.00 h - Espanha/Portugal
Apuram-se os dois primeiros classificados para o Torneio de Elite.
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Port 02 November @ 06:27 PM EST
Academica earned their first win of the season over Guimaraes to move to within one point of four
teams as they try to exit the cellar of the portuguese league. Academica's Sougou gave his team the
lead on a penalty kick and then Eder added to the league as Academica went on to the 2-0 victory
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Port 01 November @ 09:20 PM EST
Sporting have falling back a few spots in the Portuguese Superliga after drawing today against
Maritimo. Sporting looked to cement their fourth place spot but after the draw with Maritimo
coupled with Rio Ave and Nacional victories, Sporting now sit tied in sixth spot in the league.
Sporting opened the scoring in the second half after Matias Fernandez scored but Manu brought the
game back to
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Abordagem muito correcta deste assunto feita ontem no DN, pela escrita de Céu Neves. Só é pena
que alguns dos nossos políticos só se lembrem disso quando pretendem tirar partido pessoal ou
partidário da situação. Sugiro a leitura integral do artigo.
"Primeiro estudo sobre o fenómeno diz que este desporto fez mais pelas comunidades portuguesas
no estrangeiro do que as associações, a tradição ou a língua.
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Port 31 October @ 06:22 PM EST
Braga continued their dominance of the top Portuguese clubs with a hard fought 2-0 victory over
Benfica to move back into top spot in the Portuguese Superliga. Hugo Viana opened the scoring for
Braga in the first half on a penalty kick and Paulo Cesar scored in the second as Braga handed
Benfica its first loss of the campaign and it was also the first time Benfica has been held off the
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Port 31 October @ 11:53 AM EST
Portuguese clubs Benfica and Braga get set for a first place clash tonight at the Estadio Axa.
Benfica and Braga currently sit atop the Portuguese Superliga (Liga Sagres) with 22 points a piece
after eight weeks of action. Benfica have been on fire in the league winning seven straight
encounters and outscoring their opponents by a margin of 29-4.
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Port 31 October @ 09:50 AM EST
FC Porto opened Week 9 in the Superliga (Liga Sagres) with a draw against Belenenses. The teams
battled to a scoreless first half before the visitors opened the scoring when striker Lima scored
early in the second half when he slipped the ball past Helton. Ernesto Farias then replied for
Porto in the 64th minute when he volleyed the ball over the Belenenses' keeper.
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Não se trata de orgulho ferido, nem de mau perder. Politicamente correcto seria estar quieto, mas
sinceramente não posso deixar de comentar e negativamente, os prémios da CDP. Sem querer
obviamente comentar a justeza de muitos dos prémios que foram atribuídos, não posso deixar de
lamentar que prémios desta dimensão sejam atribuídos online, deixando a grupos de pessoas
organizadas, a possibilidade de decidirem algo que nem sempre é representativo dos maiores
sucessos dos atletas portugueses.
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Futbolita 30 October @ 11:52 PM EST
Our eyes!!
Sálvanos! Our friends here want you to pay attention to the
Crease on
the Grease in this picture .... can you see it? Many of you
chicas may be
wondering why we had to put you through the pain of
Greaseano Watching two
weekends in a row.
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With Rangers getting closer and closer to almost becoming Leeds United, maybe its time for both
Celtic and Rangers to run away from the Scottish Premier League and head for greener pastures.
Rangers 's club's bankers Lloyds are owed £30million by the end of the campaign. With a TV
contract that is nothing to celebrate the only way that they maybe be able to meet the payment is
to sell half of the first team.
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Fabrizio Miccoli has really become the undisputed leader of Palermo. The diminutive fantasista,
or il Romario del Salento as he is so aptly nicknamed, has been putting in great
performances this season and had a great year last season, and it looks like he has finally found a
place to show all of his talent.
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Futbolita 30 October @ 12:27 AM EST
Ei futbolitas, many of us may be familiar with the louco Brazilian CQC
gang (even Felipe Andreoli officially knows how much nós
adoramos!) In case you happen to be living under Fabio Capello's rock, it's a
politically-incorrect current affairs programme that stands for 'Caiga Quien
Caiga'.
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Foto: Francisco Paraíso
Cristiano Ronaldo: 'Não sou o salvador da pátria'
Real Madrid vem sofrendo com a ausência de seu principal jogador
Afastado do time do Real Madrid por causa de entorse no tornozelo direito, o meia-atacante
português Cristiano Ronaldo se mostrou contundente durante um ato publicitário na capital
espanhola:
- Não sou o salvador da pátria.
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It's a little-known fact that Hulk, star of Portugal and selected to the Brazilian national team
for the first time yesterday, once played for Japanese team Consadole Sapporo. Supporters made a
banner for Hulk in his Japanese and Brazilian kit.
Photo credit: Sasakei on Flickr, via the Pitch
Invasion Photo Pool.
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Now that Argentina has qualified to the World Cup ensuring the presence of star player Lionel
Messi, barring any injury or outlandish suspension, how does one evaluate the comments made
by FIFA President Sepp Blatter? Prior to the decisive qualifiers which yielded Argentina's
qualification to South Africa as well as Portugal's opportunity to do so through a two-legged
playoff clash with Bosnia & Herzegovina, Blatter declared that the World Cup will not be affected
if Messi or Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo were missing.
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Não está fácil para o atleta, para o clube e para a Selecção
Nacional. Os prazos encurtam-se.
Al Real Madrid tampoco le llegan buenas noticias de la enfermería.
Cristiano Ronaldo se ha sometido este miércoles a nuevas pruebas para comprobar la evolución de
su lesión de tobillo.
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Here's the thing : seeding in football - or any other sport for that matter - is a fair and
reasonable thing to do.Otherwise, you might end up with a World Cup 2010 qualification group that
consisted of Germany, England, Spain and Russia. And, yes, while that may be more exciting than the
World Cup itself, it's not unreasonable to keep the best teams apart in order to ensure a thrilling
and
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Todos sabemos que em alguns jogos de futebol os nervos andam por ali solta. Todos sabemos que
existe uma relação "especial" entre Manuel Machado e Jorge Jesus. Mas o que todos também
sabemos, é que era perfeitamente evitável este nível de discussão pública. Não lhes fica bem,
e seria exigível um comportamento mais adequado aos responsáveis técnicos de duas equipas bem
posicionadas na nossa Liga e que representam Portugal na Liga Europa, portanto, clubes com
responsabilidades acrescidas.
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Unser Sommermärchen im Jahr 2006 war schon sehr geil. So etwas kann man nicht mehr vergessen, um
so besser, wenn es in knapp 2 Jahren eine Fortsetzung davon gibt. Im Jahr 2011 nämlich gastiert
der Frauen-WM-Zirkus in Deutschland und auch dann soll es wieder viele schöne multikulturelle
Feiern in ganz Deutschland geben.
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Javier Saviola is in great form with Benfica, scoring goals in Europe and in
Portugal.
Two more goals yesterday in Benfica's 6-1 win over Nacional.
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Port 26 October @ 08:53 PM EST
FC Porto have suffered an injury blow as right back Jorge Fucile was injured in Sunday's matchup
against Academica. The Uruguayan suffered a muscle rupture in his right thigh and at this time it
is uncertain what time the rightback will miss if any.
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Port 26 October @ 06:47 PM EST
Benfica continue their roll in the Portuguese Superliga with another crushing defeat of a
portuguese side. This time the team to feel the wrath of the Eagles was Nacional da Madeira who
went down to an embaressing defeat 6-1. Oscar Cardozo had the hat trick scoring goals in the 17th,
48th and 89th minute the latter two on the PK, while Saviola chipped in a brace in the 40th and
61st minute.
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Depois de os Sub/17 terem vencido o seu grupo de qualificação para o Torneio de Elite da UEFA,
têm lugar esta semana mais um significativo conjunto de actividades:
FUTSALJogos de Preparação
27.10.09 - Pavilhão de Tondela - 20.30 h - PORTUGAL/BRASIL
28.
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Port 25 October @ 05:19 PM EST
FC Porto have gained ground on Superliga leaders Braga after their 3-2 victory over last place
Academica. The goals in this matchup all came after the 65th minute mark when Porto jumped to a 2-0
lead on goals by Mariano Gonzalvez and Ernesto Farias in a two minute span at the 65th minute mark.
Academica cut the lead to one when M.
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Port 24 October @ 06:22 PM EST
Sporting Braga's perfect run in the Portuguese league has come to an end in the most unlikely of
places, Rio Ave. The home side came out quickly in the game and took an early lead when Joao Tomas
scored in the 9th minute. Braga then scored an equalizer when defender Evaldo put in the marker in
the 34th minute.
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Port 24 October @ 09:09 AM EST
Belenenses and Olhanense opened Week 8 of the Superliga (Liga Sagres) with a scoreless draw. The
long layoff from action looked to be a big part of the game as both teams looked a tad rusty. Week
8 will continue today with Braga looking to maintain their perfect run to the season against Rio
Ave
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"Surpreende-me, também, que os velhos e incondicionais defensores
do Estádio Nacional não se lembrem da existência desse palco para a realização deste jogo.
Afinal, em que ficamos? Será que o Estádio Nacional só serve de handicap para as
equipas de Lisboa, e que é por isso o palco obrigatório para a realização da Final da Taça de
Portugal?
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Futbolita 23 October @ 09:42 PM EST
So Your Lady of perpetual Grease is enjoying a feet massage and earning
£16000 a minute, just by just sitting there and being a Douche.
Ok, não se zangue, he's just recuperating and according to los
blancos, he's focused on "getting rid of (his) bone edema (injury) by lymph drainage, a
process used to alleviate the damaged zone.
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