El diario británico The sun, ha dado a conocer que el mediocampista inglés Frank Lampard se lesiono durante su viaje a Qatar, donde el sábado jugará la selección inglesa un partido amistoso contra la selección de Brasil.

Aparentemente, la culpa sería de la Federación Inglesa de futbol (FA).

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Injury problems. Shoddy defending. Indifferent form. His burgeoning interests off field. Rio Ferdinand's season has been on the wane.

It was on display against Ukraine and since then it has gotten worse. A struggling Rio futilely pulling on Fernando Torres jersey in the Liverpool match as the Spanish striker blasts the ball past Van Der Saar.

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Come in number 11 Marseille youngster Hatem Ben Arfa had a nasty wardrobe malfunction at the weekend. Preparing to come on as a substitute, Ben Arfa stripped off his tracksuit to reveal that he was masquerading as team-mate Mamadou 'Pixie Lott' Niang. Cue much hilarity and a quick sprint for the kitman to reunite Ben Arfa with [. Click to continue reading...

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Sick of those damn strikers getting all the glory? Make like Chacarita defender Mariano Echeverria and steal a pass, sprint up the pitch, pass to yourself, then go top corner on the keeper.

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"I had come from Man United with the slippers, dressing gowns and heated floors. All of a sudden I was getting changed in a tent, chasing ducks off the training pitch and cleaning up their mess. And they leave a mess like dogs, believe me."
Steve Bruce fondly recalls the day he left United to join Birmingham. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool FC defender Jamie Carragher has warned champions Manchester United that they will be facing a wounded animal at Anfield on Sunday.
Liverpool FC host their biggest rivals fresh from a Champions League disaster against Lyon last night, their fourth defeat on the trot and sixth of the season. Click to continue reading...

Well the first serious blow to Real Madrid came, frustratingly, in a World Cup Qualifier over last weekend.� And I'm sure by now you have heard that Cristiano Ronaldo will be out for some significant time thanks to Portugal using the injured player due to their desperate position regarding a World Cup birth.

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We may be only eight games into the new Premier League season but after Chelsea's 2-0 win over Liverpool yesterday, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has said that the title is Chelsea's to lose.
Ancelotti said after the game: "This season depends only on us now, we're top of the table and we prepare for the next games with determination. Click to continue reading...

Well, last night was a whole lot more fun than Saturday wasn't it? Until about the 60th minute when that old familiar feeling started to creep in and no matter how hard you fought it, the thought 'this has 1-0 Olympiakos written all over it' started battering around your head. Well, it did in mine at least.

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Cristiano Ronaldo entered the Real Madrid record books last night, becoming the first player to score a goal in each of the four opening fixtures in La Liga, and what a goal it was. In just the 2nd minute of the game, Ronaldo received the ball on the half way line, his first touch being a flick to cut inside, and then he proceeded to sprint down the pitch, evading the tackles from 2 or 3 Villarreal defenders, before shooting low and hard into the corner of the net from just outside the 18 yard box.

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The bad thing about having a "real job" is that I don't blog about the beautiful game as much as I'd like. There is a silver lining though, I get to ignore lots of� topics that are only marginally interesting to me and rather focus on some more interesting theories.

I decided to sit down for a few minutes and think about an article that for blogger standards is ancient (August 26) but that struck a chord for me.

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And it had all begun quite encouragingly. Sitting back away from home and soaking up the pressure just isn't the Tottenham way, so right from the off we took the game to that lot, giving as good as we got in the first half. Jenas, Hudd and Palacios weren't far off with their long-range efforts, and there was a gorgeous through-ball from Sergeant Wilson to free up Defoe in the early stages.

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Heather Nosky is a guest blogger in my college soccer guest blogging series that will be happening this fall.� The series is a way for my Online Soccer Academy players and readers to see what it's like to be a college soccer player and share in some of these players' experiences.

Heather is a special guest member in my Online Soccer Academy and just started her freshman year at Louisiana State University in Shreveport; an NAIA College in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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The actions of a remorseful man Emmanuel Adebayor was apologetic personified after his crazed sprint to celebrate his goal for Manchester City in front of Arsenal's supporters. But he is not going to let the terrible guilt he feels deep down inside get in the way of a bit of training ground banter. Having found the net [. Click to continue reading...

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the big man's celebration was his willingness to sprint the length of the field. No Arsenal supporter had ever seen him track back to his own half and yet, here he was, giving it the Hulk Hogans to a cacophony of boos and flying burgers. It would appear shock caused the collective dropping of instruments to hand, as one unfortunate City steward was knocked unconscious. Click to continue reading...

The Aztex start their sprint to the end of the season tonight, Wednesday, September 2. First, a trip to Canada to face the Vancouver Whitecaps, then a quick hop down to Miami for another match Saturday.
Vancouver is currently 7th in the table, sitting comfortably in the final playoff spot, 7 points up from Miami, the next closest rival. Click to continue reading...

It's been a while since I last updated you on the fortunes of London's premier and, at time of going to press, only football club for fans of Olympique de Marseille, Celtic and Liverpool. That's mainly due to actually being busy with actually turning up to training sessions.

Yes, believe it or not, as long as it took to get going it's now a weekly fixture in the calendar of many.

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For those concerned of my recent whereabouts don't worry, I'm back. There was nothing mysterious about my disappearance. I wasn't kidnapped or tortured although you could say being on holiday with the missus for a fortnight is like being kidnapped or tortured!
Anyway I'm fresh, revitalised and peeling more than a ripe banana. Click to continue reading...

In our second to last installment of "The Laws of Soccer 101″ before our Final Exam, I wanted to address the second appendix-like rule tacked into the rulebook that is not actually characterized as a "Law". I guess the fact that this short provision is not a "Law" is a technicality though, because I am speaking about the "Technical Area.

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Ever wondered who is the fastest player in the top tier, well wonder no more!

THEO WALCOTT is the Premier League's answer to sprint superstar Usain Bolt.
Manchester United fan Bolt hit a top speed of 24.04mph as he won two golds at the World Championships in Berlin.

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Usain Bolt's 9.58 second 100m dash has given rise to a healthy debate of sorts here about who the fastest football player on the planet might be.The following data is about a year old and it gives the sprint parade top 10, commissioned by Nike and put together by Opta Sportsdata (the first figure is to the ball, the second with it).

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Out of the 09-10 Predictorship blocks faster than a Jamaican in a pair of smokin' Pumas... a streak of blue shoots up the table in a premature sprint for the silverware. Jill Taylor's Dartmoor Rovers plunges through the tape with a mighty 10 points followed closely behind by the fragrant ‘boys in blue' Dave Taylor [. Click to continue reading...

This is a marathon not a sprint.

After witnessing Rafa Benitez's Liverpool side conducting a rather frightening opening day performance It seems very relevant to bear one thing in mind. There are still another 37 games to go. As the good book say's in big bright friendly letters, the good book being The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Don't Panic!

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I know it was only the first game of the season. I know it's a marathon not a sprint. I know we have to show consistency. I know all this but by fuck I am going to gloat, yes I am. Not for 10 years have we scored 6 in a league game (away I think), not for many-a-year have we entered a league season with so much uncertainty hanging over a team Wenger has had unwavering belief in.

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Yura Movsisyan left tonight's Chicago game with a rotator cuff injury, and although Real played tough defense against the Fire for 75 minutes, one defensive lapse and a Chicago goal was all it took for the Fire to earn full point and Real to go home with nothing. Chicago has played well defensively of late, and a good defense means you don't have to put a lot of points on the board to win.

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The technology world's attention shifted to Sprint-Nextel this week with the company's announcement that it would hand off management of its wireless and wireline networks to Ericsson. Some time around or after September, 6,000 Sprint employees will begin working the system under the Swedish mobile maker's supervision, the new partners say.

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Everyone today did game preparation, except for me since I have a few more days before my game. I did a high intensity training session. The workout started out with a good warm up. I walked 20 yards from the corner flag toward the goal then I turned on a diagonal, jogging forward 20 yards, then turned and ran backwards to the sideline. Click to continue reading...

I've just watched the England under-21's vs Germany under-21's final and I have to be honest; England were smashed more than a plate at a Greek restaurant.
It was embarrassing at times and it just confirms to me what I've always believed. England, at all levels, aren't as good as most of us English people think we are. Click to continue reading...

How often, then, do cup winners get lucky? Ahead of tomorrow night's European Cup final in Rome it's a question worth asking ourselves, because there is a tendency, in cup finals, for those moments of good fortune to be critically important. In this respect, cup competitions are very different to league seasons.

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Fastest man on the planet gives Cristiano Ronaldo sprint tips Most Premier League defenders would probably argue he doesn't really need them, but Cristiano Ronaldo has received some speed advice from triple Olympic goal medalist Usain Bolt. The Jamaican sprinter had promised to meet up with his Manchester United heroes for sprint lessons and kept his [. Click to continue reading...

I wasn't very good until the fifth grade when I got exceptionally fast. I played and excelled at recreational soccer which was only twice a week but never tried out for the challenge, teams a decision I regret. So I never really developed soccer skills. I could dribble and sprint around most [. Click to continue reading...

"His problem is that when he runs he leans forward, and when he reaches his peak he loses his balance and falls over.
Sometimes he needs to slow down, and he also needs to sprint more upright.
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MySpace, the world's most popular social network, and Sprint (News - Alert) have entered into mobile web partnership that would make it easy for Sprint phone customers to link to a free version of the online social network. Sprint would be the first U.S. wireless carrier to link to the free MySpace Mobile Web site [. Click to continue reading...