According to a report in the Madrid newspaper El Pais, Maradona has a business
relationship with Gabriel Heinze's brother who owns a marketing business that promotes sporting
events and represents sports figures.
Maradona is a client of Heinze's brother. The company has a business deal with Maradona in which
they handle promoting the "Maradona brand".
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Dirty Tackle 11 November @ 04:51 PM EST
Japan are in South Africa for a friendly on Saturday and while they're not going to the lengths
that Germany are falsely rumored to be for the World Cup, they are taking precautions that are a
bit worrisome for a country about to host one of the world's biggest sporting events.
Team media director Ichirota Fukushi tells The AP:
"The players are free to go to the beach in front of the hotel, but we've told them not to go
out after dark.
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Sir Alex Ferguson made some scathing remarks about an official after a recent ManU match. I'm
not going to repeat the remarks or even the official's name (because I don't think it's worth it.)Â
The crux of the matter was :Â Sir Alex thought that the official wasn't "in shape" to referee a
Soccer match of that caliber.
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You know, soccer, there are codes of conduct in this world. One of them is that if you want to
end a relationship with someone you supposedly care about, you deal with them honestly. You don't
promise excitement and entertainment only to bore the hell out of them. But of course, that's what
you did with me, and I'm not real happy about it.
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There have been a few stories rattling around the blogosphere lately about how the cratered economy
has decimated fans' ability to pay ever-spiraling ticket prices for professional sporting
events.
Yesterday the always biting Field of Schemes linked to Wright Thompson's experience in the absurd
seats at Yankee Stadium, and highlighted an interesting statistic from the piece:
A recent poll discovered an unsettling trend emerging for the first time.
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The work to get the Wizards stadium built out at the Legends continues to move ahead, and today we
find out that the Wizards and OnGoal have "sweetened" the deal for the STAR Bonds that would help
finance the building of the stadium. According to the KC Business Journal, the Wizards, OnGoal, and
Cerner have made some changes to their request to the state in hopes of getting the STAR Bonds.
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This past weekend, I made it to another football stadium, this one Parc des Princes in Paris,
France. The match was perhaps the biggest of the weekend in Ligue Un as Paris St.-Germain hosted
Olympique Lyon.
I purchased the ticket a few months ago, as soon as the schedule was released, and had to pick
up the ticket from the French equivalent of a will call window.
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Wendy Parker decides to take a crack at the WPS issues we've all been talking about:
But demanding that a fledging league like WPS shoulder the burden of advancing such
things like an anti-rape movement is absurd. WPS has had enough difficulty launching during a
recession, experiencing lower-than-expected attendance figures and attracting corporate
donors.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
FIRSTLY apologies for the lateness of this post. FP was up all night watching the Champions League
clash between Arsenal and Celtic.
Happy to report though, that my time wasn't wasted and, thanks to two pieces of luck, Arsenal got
the result they needed.
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SoccerLens 03 August @ 12:31 PM EST
With the recent news of England's successful Rugby World Cup bid, it would appear that another
part of what is fast becoming known as ‘The Golden Decade of Sport' has fallen into place. The
thought of an Olympic Games and RWC may be enough to excite most sports fans, but for many the big
one is still the 2018 Football World Cup bid.
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INTRODUCTION
Mr Ammar Sachak served his six-month internship with TODAY, the local free daily, under the pen
name - "AS Dwight".
During his time with the paper, the 19 years-old from Melbourne covered mainly S.League football
and did some stories on the local sporting scene as well.
In this Q & A session, Ammar shared with us his insights and opinions on local sports scene during
his time in Singapore.
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Jean Baudrillard: "Democracy is... based on equality before the law, but that is never as radical
as equality before the rule."
The English Disease is what the Native Australians called it.
Well, not the Indigenous Australians actually but the right wing Murdochratic press.
The English Disease referred to active trades unionism by pommies who settled Down Under.
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ITV are lobbying the government to ensure that all World Cup and European Championship
qualification matches involving the 'home' nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
be added to the list of sporting events that is protected for 'free-to-air' broadcasters such as,
well, them.Obviously, if this were to happen, it would diminish FIFA and UEFA's ability to profit
from such
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On Sunday I went to the final round of matches in Group C at the University of Phoenix Stadium in
Glendale. It really is quite a facility. I've been there for three different sporting events (NFL
football, college basketball, and soccer), and I participated in a behind-the-scenes tour of the
stadium last year, so I've seen the UP stadium from a variety of perspectives.
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Ever wondered why Betfair is the biggest online betting company? Did you know
that Betfair is the biggest online betting company? Most people recognise the names William
Hill and Ladbrokes due to the strong presence they have on our high
streets.
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The phrase ‘there are lies, damned lies, and statistics, popularized by Mark Twain the author
of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is often used when governments try to reinforce weak arguments
with statistics. Not so when it comes to soccer betting.
A guide to football betting describes how you can use vital statistics to predict the outcome of
football matches so that you win more than you lose.
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For the sake of showing both sides to the story, I'd like to reprint in full the Timbers Army's
response (courtesy of Finns Wake) to the OregonLive piece I linked to in an earlier post today. I'm
certainly not taking sides on the issue, I just feel compelled to share both views on this.
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Rome will mount a huge security operation to try to avoid trouble at this month's Champions League
final and prove UEFA were right to award the showpiece to the city. Manchester United and Barcelona
will meet at the Stadio Olimpico on May 27 in one of the world's biggest annual one-night sporting
events.
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News about the Arena Football League (AFL) not playing its 2009 season is unsettling and a surprise
to many (at this time, statements from the league website are still evolving). The league
appeared to be in good shape. Evidence suggested that the league was stabilizing. For 8
home games, each of the 17 teams in [.
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Gooner Talk 18 August @ 10:28 AM EST
There are myriad annual sporting events: Wimbledon, The Six Nations, The British Open Championships
and of course the Barclays Premier League. Internally, The Premier League has it's own
idiosyncratic, yearly occurrences and every Arsenal fan's personal favourite is the Gunners 4th
place prediction.
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The sporting security authorities suffered a blow on Tuesday, when it was announced that Javier
Castrilli, 'El Sheriff', Subsecretary of Sporting Events Security, had resigned from his post.
Disagreements with Aníbal Fernández, the Minister of Justice and Security, led Castrilli
to feel that, 'the most healthy and least traumatic option [for me] was to resign.
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Only Time Time Will Tell went on line Nov. 4, 2006 at 9:58 p.m. blasting Mark Jones for the way
called a football game. Almost two years later, the Only Time Will Tell Crew has attended countless
sporting events and watched millions of hours of events on television, the crew has decided to go
mobile.
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Scott Wolf looks at the adjustments overseas players have to make in MLS from the perspective of
the Galaxy's foreign contingent.
Dunno about you, but Abel Xavier's criticism of the tactical awareness of U.S. players might
hold more water if he could still, y'know, play defense.
In a related story the L.
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*The U.S. Women's National Team is playing Norway right now. The truly fanatical can follow
along on MatchTracker here.
*The Revolution plays the Galaxy Friday marking the first time former Los Angeles defender Chris
Albright has played his old team since his trade to New England.
"I was kind of hurt by it.
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ESPN Deportes' exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the Germany-Spain EURO 2008 Final on Sunday,
June 29 was one of the highest-rated sporting events on Spanish-language television so far this
year. The EURO2008 final delivered a 10.08 Hispanic household coverage rating (357,000
households) and delivered 647,000 Hispanic viewers.
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Nice right? Unlike some of the Nike adverts from a few years ago, all of this is actually supposed
to be real, un-altered footage. And if that is the case someone needs to sign Frenchman Remi
Gaillard ASAFP. Just let stand at the edge of the 18 and have at it...with his accuracy he's gotta
hit at least 20% of his tries.
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WalkOn 01 July @ 10:04 PM EST
1:0
I think that they were better over the 90 minutes and they
fully deserved the win. I think they played better.
- NEW YORK RED BULLS FORWARD
JUAN PABLO ANGEL
After losing 4-0 in East Rutherford last month no one expected Columbus to dominate this match like
they did for the full 90.
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WalkOn 01 July @ 10:04 PM EST
1:0
I think that they were better over the 90 minutes and they
fully deserved the win. I think they played better.
- NEW YORK RED BULLS FORWARD
JUAN PABLO ANGEL
After losing 4-0 in East Rutherford last month no one expected Columbus to dominate this match like
they did for the full 90.
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WalkOn 01 July @ 10:04 PM EST
1:0
I think that they were better over the 90 minutes and they
fully deserved the win. I think they played better.
- NEW YORK RED BULLS FORWARD
JUAN PABLO ANGEL
After losing 4-0 in East Rutherford last month no one expected Columbus to dominate this match like
they did for the full 90.
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WalkOn 21 June @ 11:46 PM EST
Stefani Miglioranzi scored the game-winner. (Greg Bartram/MLS/WireImage.com )
2:1
"I don't care how we played. I don't care what
it looked like. A win is a win, and we are very
happy." - Crew coach Sigi Schmid.
I could agree with Sigi more, after playing a lot of beautiful football we finally have a down game
and end up getting the result.
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WalkOn 21 June @ 11:46 PM EST
Stefani Miglioranzi scored the game-winner. (Greg Bartram/MLS/WireImage.com )
2:1
"I don't care how we played. I don't care what
it looked like. A win is a win, and we are very
happy." - Crew coach Sigi Schmid.
I could agree with Sigi more, after playing a lot of beautiful football we finally have a down game
and end up getting the result.
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WalkOn 20 June @ 02:15 PM EST
Looking at the Big Soccer pregame thread 48% of Crew Nation thinks we're going to win this one:
Win by two or more goals - 16.30%
Win by one goal - 31.52%
Tie - 19.57%
Lose by one goal - 18.48%
Lose by two or more goals - 14.13%
I personally voted for
win by two or more goals as I think we're a stronger club than the
team that visited KC last month not to mention that the Wizards are with out MLS leading scorer
Eddie Johnson.
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WalkOn 20 June @ 02:15 PM EST
Looking at the Big Soccer pregame thread 48% of Crew Nation thinks we're going to win this one:
Win by two or more goals - 16.30%
Win by one goal - 31.52%
Tie - 19.57%
Lose by one goal - 18.48%
Lose by two or more goals - 14.13%
I personally voted for
win by two or more goals as I think we're a stronger club than the
team that visited KC last month not to mention that the Wizards are with out MLS leading scorer
Eddie Johnson.
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