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Our other site, Free Live Sports TV, will be providing live coverage (video streaming) of several matches from the top European leagues including La Liga, Turkish Super League, and the Scottish Premier League. The links for the matches are below.

Rangers v Kilmarnock LIVE Scottish Premier League Saturday, November 21, 2009 15:00 GMT, 10:00 EST

Besiktas v Fenerbahce LIVE Turkish Super League Saturday, November 21, 2009 18:00 GMT, 13:00 EST

Deportivo La Coruna v Atletico Madrid LIVE Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) Saturday, November 21, 2009 17:00 GMT, 12:00 EST

Tenerife v Sevilla LIVE Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) Saturday, November 21, 2009 17:00 GMT, 12:00 EST

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According to Birmingham's official website, Birmingham boss Alex McLeish admitted that the club is currently working on signing one or two players this January. He said,

"The owners are looking through lists just now but sometimes it's not that easy .

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There's very little that surprises us here at Inside Left Towers these days. When we first heard SFA Chief Executive Gordon Smith blithely announce only days after he sacked his national team manager that those pariahs of the Scottish game, Alan McGregor, Barry Ferguson and Kris Boyd would be eligible for selection by any [. Click to continue reading...

For some reason, it seems like ages since last had a round of club football, but we're sure happy that it's back on the agenda this weekend, because, well, this has been another particularly stressful week in the constantly varying Scottish football landscape. Most friendlies are futile. These days they serve only as an excuse to increase [. Click to continue reading...

After seeing his first league action of the year two weeks ago, DaMarcus Beasley will hope to get another opportunity off the bench for Rangers who host Kilmarnock on Saturday at Ibrox Stadium. Click to continue reading...

For the first time in his professional career, Maurice Edu has had to sit out an extended period of time due to injury which has made the Rangers midfielder even hungrier to return to action. Click to continue reading...

After an embarrassing string of results, George Burley's reign as Scotland manager has come to an end, costing the SFA an estimated £300,000 after he recently signed a contract extension.

The vast problems with Scottish football are not down to George Burley. Granted he hasn't had the most fruitful of terms in charge, but give him some credit, he was better than Berti Vogts.

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On the pitch and among the fans, Celtic and Rangers may be the fiercest of football rivals. When it comes to the business end of things, namely the mission to maximize their financial potential by fleeing the Scottish Premier League, the Old Firm pair are partners in crime. Like any good rivalry, Celtic and Rangers need each other.

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About a week or so ago, I wrote two articles on this site about the perilous state the Scottish game finds itself in. Back then, I bemoaned the fact that the game north of the border was being haunted by events on and off the field, from financial troubles to crowd troubles, from declining standards [. Click to continue reading...

Kayla Mitchell scored her 28th and 29th goals of the season as the women's soccer team from the Colorado School of Mines defeated Regis University 2-1 on Thursday in Durango. The victory marked the first time Mines has won in the NCAA tournament.

The Orediggers (18-4) will play Fort Lewis College at 1 p.

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Phil Gartside's plan to revolutionise the Premier League (any personal gain from which to him or his club Bolton Wanderers would, of course, be entirely coincidental) has failed, for now. The issue of relegation from Premier League Two can be stored away for another day (in December 2010, to be precise), and Bolton Wanderers can get on with the small matter of avoiding the relegation that Gartside is so scared of.

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This week the Premier League rejected a proposal by the Bolton chairman to include Celtic and Rangers in a two-tiered Premier League with the Guardian saying that 14 clubs voted against it.
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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Insane video taken Rafik Saifi of the Algerian national team as their bus is attacked by rock-throwing Egyptian fans. [Goal]

Rangers not happy with their "moronic" fans. [STV]

Even when wearing a dress that went through a broken shredder, Abbey Clancy still looks hot.

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Turns out Alex Ferguson isn't above punishment from the FA after all. Manchester United's manager was handed a two-match bantoday for the next two Premier League games as a result of criticizing referee Alan Wiley a few weeks ago. Ferguson will remain in the stands for league matches against Everton and Portsmouth.

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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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Big Story
The headline story in this piece on the Premier League's consideration of Bolton chairman Phil Gartside's proposals for restructuring the league focuses on the nix put on the idea of Rangers and Celtic joining the Premier League, with that immediately ruled out now and forever.

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Like leaves fall from the trees in Autumn, it seems every year some chairman in the Premier League wants to try and get the Old Firm into it. This time Phil Gartside, the Bolton Chairman once again tried to get the League to agree to invite Rangers and Celtic in to the fold. Thankfully, the request has been voted down.

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The Premier League has rejected a plan to bring Celtic and Rangers into English football's top flight. Click to continue reading...

The big news for the Premier League today is that Premier League clubs have rejected a proposal to admit Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers into the English top flight.
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A sign of the times I suppose:

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is ready to let QPR have two players on loan - as part of a massive bid to land wonder kid Raheem Sterling.

Hughes and his team are so desperate to get the 14-year-old boy genius that they have told Rangers they can have a couple of their fringe men plus £1 million to sign him now.

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CSKA coach Luboslav Penev suspended a bunch of players on the team recently for late-night partying.
Then the team went over his head and reinstated the guys.
Penev subsequently resigned and the team is not honoring it.
Craziness.
Now some links:

• New Anfield naming rights?

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They hate being lumped together. Which is as good a reason as any for writing about them together.And, yet again, it's an article that I don't really want to write. Another article about how the sections of idiots that both Rangers and Celtic have in their support are making numpties of us all.On Wednesday night Rangers fans got involved with police in Romania. Click to continue reading...

Rangers kept pace with eternal rival Celtic, as forward Kris Boyd led the way at Ibrox Stadium. Click to continue reading...

2009 has not been the kindest year to DaMarcus Beasley, but the midfielder's appearance in Rangers' 2-1 victory on Saturday was a step in the right direction.

Beasley came off the bench at halftime in Rangers' league match against St. Mirren, marking the first time Beasley has seen the field in league play this season.

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This week from the tipster I'm looking at
the weekends fixtures and finding some value.

This weeks accumulator is:...

Man City to beat Burnley
Arsenal to beat Wolves
Blackpool to beat Scunthorpe
Newcastle to beat Peterborough
Celtic to beat Falkirk
Rangers to beat St Mirren
MK Dons to beat Macclesfield
Shrewsbury to beat Staines Town

Available at 13-1

As our bet of the week.

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Aside from the Manchester United scalp, Liverpool are winless since late September - a feat Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish hopes won't be remedied when his side take on Rafael Benitez's Reds on Monday evening.
McLeish, however, empathises with Benitez over the situation that has engulfed Anfield.

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Twice a year, Phil Gartside lays bare his most inner fears. Bolton Wanderers may some day be relegated from the Premier League, and Phil doesn't like the idea of that. He is scared that they will relegated and that they won't be prepared for life back in the Footbal League. He's right to be.

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With an average attendance of 48,750 last season, Newcastle United are the 18th best supported team in Europe. In England only Manchester United, who top the whole league, and Arsenal manage to beat Newcastle's average attendance, although Celtic managed 9th and Rangers managed 16th. Given the mess we were in last season and the fact that there [. Click to continue reading...

They must fall. And so four games in, the Champions League contenders and pretenders have been separated fallen into place for the group stage which, a few spots aside, could've been drawn up in August by a blind chimp and his serf, a man who tans. Breaking down the likelies, unlikelies, and those who are already [. Click to continue reading...

Rangers supporters were involved in a half-time disturbance at the Ghencea Stadium in Bucharest.

Fans were seen on TV destroying seats and challenging match stewards.

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Arsenal virtually booked their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, while Liverpool and Rangers' hopes continue to hang in the balance. Inter Milan staged a dramatic comeback win in Kiev while Rubin Kazan once again frustrated Barcelona.
Lyon 1 - 1 Liverpool
Lopez strikes at the death
Richard Williams Column
Player Ratings
Dynamo Kiev 1 - 2 Inter Milan
Late goals gain priceless victory
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Rubin Kazan 0 - 0 Barcelona
Blaugrana frozen out in Russia
Fiorentina 5 - 2 Decrecen
Viola cruise
Arsenal 4 - 1 AZ Alkmaar
FÃ bregas Masterclass
Player Ratings

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Champions League View: Bayern Munich and Liverpool FC could get 10 points and still not qualify.

An entertaining set of Champions League games threw up some unexpected results, great games and the odd ninja (but not a very effective one). Almost all of the big names have a chance to reach the knockout stages, even though the likes of Bayern and Liverpool have made it very, very difficult for themselves.

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Wednesday's Champions League match between Rangers and Unirea Urziceni ended with a 1-1 draw after two late goals in Bucharest, but the real action was in the stands, where Rangers fans clashed with CS gas wielding stewards. Says Rangers chief executive Martin Bain on the club's official website:

"Obviously the behaviour of some of the fans inside the stadium was unacceptable and no-one likes to see that

"However, what was equally unacceptable was the fact that Rangers came to this stadium with representatives from UEFA and Unirea a number of weeks ago and arranged for the four turnstiles to be open to give access to our supporters.

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The UEFA Champions League wrapped up match day four on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 with eight matches. There were some key matches as teams are needing results with only the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage. Here's a recap of all the matches along with video highlights.

UEFA Champions League Recap Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Liverpool failed to win and their chances of advancing out the group stage took a major hit.

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