Stuff to read while you try to pay for your Big Mac with weed....... The return of a golden Slovenia. (Guardian Unlimited) A look back on German sports sponsorship. (ESPN) The best England XI that couldn't get any love. (The Spoiler) Bulgarian VP doesn't seem to think their Prem players are up to snuff. Click to continue reading...

Slovenia scored two goals in one minute to run out 2-0 winners at home against Nigel Worthington's Northern Ireland. Milivoje Novakovic gave Slovenia the lead in the 84th minute, and Zlatan Ljubijankic doubled it seconds later to end NI's hopes of coming out of Maribor with something. As many as nine players were booked in the [. Click to continue reading...

Group 3 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Slovenia are meeting  Northern Ireland Saturday October 11th. Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here   Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today   Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Click to continue reading...

England will play friendly internationals against Slovakia and Slovenia at Wembley in 2009. Fabio Capello's side will face Slovakia on 28 March, three days before the home World Cup qualifier against Ukraine. Slovenia will be England's opponents on 5 September ahead of the Group six match against Croatia on 9 September. Click to continue reading...

Croatia's Niko Kranjcar took a hit in their last game against Slovenia and went into surgery for his ankle on Wednesday. He has not been listed for September's qualifiers and is likely to miss October's games as well. Slaven Bilic has reported that Kranjcar will be on crutches for at ... Click to continue reading...

A couple Polish guys did and got kicked off the national team.

I don't know much about Poland national team, but I'm guessing with World Cup qualifiers on the schedule, it needs all the players it can get.

But sometimes guys just have to party. As these three did. With some journos at a hotel. Click to continue reading...

Leo Beenhakker presented today a list of players that will compete for Poland in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and San Marino. As expected, Artur Boruc, Dariusz Dudka and Radoslaw Majewski were not included after their alcohol adventures in Ukraine. The biggest news is the call up for the Polish league's top goalscorer Pawel Brozek.

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Not the sort of emotions I expected from the friendly against Ukraine. Artur Boruc, Dariusz Dudka and Radoslaw Majewski are banned from the team as a result of late night drinking after the game. They won't play in our World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and San Marino.

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The respective U21 sides of Finland and Sweden had nothing between them as their friendly match in Turku drew to a close, and the result - one goal for each - reflected the proceedings quite well. The hosts started the game well, with Tomi Petrescu, Perparim Hetemaj, Berat Sadik and Tim Sparv all causing trouble to [. Click to continue reading...

Always makes me laugh, no sooner does the Premiership season kick-off, we have a plethera of midweek International 'Friendlies.'Personally I would prefer the 2nd game of the Premiership season on a Wednesday night... especially after Chelsea's superb performance against Portsmouth last Sunday. So for your delight here is a complete list of 'friendlies' taking place throughout the World this Wednesday evening: England v Czech Republic (8. Click to continue reading...

International friendly match: Slovenia are meeting Croatia Wednesday August 20th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's no 14. Theo Walcott has been selected in a England Under 21 squad set to take on Slovenia Under 21's next Tuesday. Stuart Pearce has selected a side full of England first teamers with the likes of Micah Richards, Tom Huddlestone and Gabriel Agbonlahor looking to get a run-out. Pearce said: "It is a very strong [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's no 14. Theo Walcott has been selected in a England Under 21 squad set to take on Slovenia Under 21's next Tuesday. Stuart Pearce has selected a side full of England first teamers with the likes of Micah Richards, Tom Huddlestone and Gabriel Agbonlahor looking to get a run-out. Pearce said: "It is a very strong [. Click to continue reading...

Fox Soccer Channel has announced its TV schedule for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches, scheduled this September. The matches that will be shown in the United States are: Hungary v Denmark, Saturday, September 6, 1:30pm ET Ukraine v Belarus, Saturday, September 6, 4pm ET (tape delayed) Russia v Wales, Wednesday, September 10, 11am ET Macedonia v Holland, Wednesday, [. Click to continue reading...

The Foxes are training in some secret location in Slovenia apparently.

There will be a friendly match but all held behind closed doors.

There is some discussion on the fan website about the delights Slovenia has to offer, including, it would seem, some 'party girls' and copious amounts of alcohol. Click to continue reading...

Finally, we have group G and arguably the biggest match of the day as the Dutch travel to Romania. Both countries sit atop their group table with 20 points, though the Romanians have the tie-breaker due to overall goal difference. The Netherlands will be missing their number one, Edwin Van der Sar, and striker Dirk Kuyt, while Romania is seemingly fully fit. Click to continue reading...

Netherlands vs. Bulgaria, 1430 EST
Amsterdam Arena - Amsterdam

A win here for the Dutch puts them in a decent position to advance. Playing at home and having one of the best squads in the world, you've got to think they'll pull it off, but with the Oranje, you never know. They were unimpressive in their recent loss to Switzerland, but it was only a meaningless friendly. Click to continue reading...