Elizabeth Lambert's demolition job on BYU's strikeforce is in heavy rotation on the intertubes today:
ESPN's coverage of the event appears to be pretty evenhanded, focusing on "Julie Foudy, tell us in your vast, infinite wisdom: how the fuck wasn't Lambert sent off?" Overall, not too different from ESPN's usual coverage of sports with a niche following - wait until something bizarre like this happens and put it in rotation. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has urged the club's owners to make funds available in order to secure the transfer of David Villa from Spanish Primera Division side Valencia.
Villa was courted by both Barcelona and Real Madrid during the summer but while the Blaugrana eventually opted to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan, Los Blancos signed Karim Benzema from Lyon. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United season ticket holder, Andy Cole, has praised our strikeforce today, claiming that Wayne Rooney is ready to fill Cristiano Ronaldo's boots and that Dimitar Berbatov is 'elegant'.

"Rooney has started the season really well," said Cole. "He's ready to step into Ronaldo's shoes.

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"Sir Alex Ferguson would have us believe he is quite happy with his squad going into their defence of their Premier League crown," said Stan YSB Collymore. "Yet I still think United look a lot weaker than last term following the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez. Federico Macheda and Danny Welbeck, as I said recently, are a pair of strikers for the future.

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There are some things in life that are nigh on guaranteed, and Charlton limping out of the League Cup to a Division Four team is certainly one of them. The defeat sadly came as no surprise to seasoned Addicks, particularly given the weakened nature of our starting eleven.

However, unless you were one of the 323 foolhardy souls who made the trip, there is little to get overly despondent about.

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Last season Perspiura's three pronged strikeforce of Alberto Goncalves, Ernest Jeremiah and Boaz Solossa tormented clubs across Indonesia as they powered their way to the ISL title. But now, with the new season just a couple of months away coach jacksen Tiago is in need of a whole new attack.
Imports Goncalves and Jeremiah received three year bans from Indonesian football after their role in the fracas that interupted the Copa final in June while Boas will be on national team duty for Asian Cup qualifiers and possibly even the SEA Games which means he may not be available until January 2010, halfway through the season. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn Rovers enter the first full year of the Big Sam era.� He's already put his stamp on the team - Samba as a lone center-forward anyone? - and this year should see further consolidation.� They start the season injured with Nelsen, Samba, Gallagher, Emerton, Grella, Dunn, and Reid in various states of crocked. Click to continue reading...

Football365 | All The News | Football News | BEYE MAKES VILLA SWITCH
The news over the last days made it seem that Beye was a done deal at Hull which seemed like a great signing to us here at the blog.� The news that Villa have swooped in and made him theirs comes as a bit of a shock but has to be considered an excellent move none-the-less. Click to continue reading...

In years gone by, I've attempted to provide a separate preview for all of the A-League clubs prior to the season. This time, with ten teams now taking part and the various pre-seasons being played out a little more obscurely, it's a tough ask, so herewith a quick ramble about the whole lot on the eve of A-League Mark 5. Click to continue reading...

There's only one thing worse than playing in a 3-0 defeat – not playing in it. So it's not the result against Espanyol that should give anyone cause for concern ahead of the new season – it's the fact that Jamie Carragher might not have one of his main defensive partners alongside him to take on Tottenham's strikeforce a week on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

In this update i would like to report on the latest recruits to join txuri urdin this summer so far.
Firstly the man to replace the departed Castillo in the left back position will be Alberto de la Bella who signed from Sevilla Atletico. The full back spoke this week of his surprise in San Sebastián at the passion the fans in the street have for the club and the fact the entire city has a massive desire to be in the top flight again. Click to continue reading...

Remember the days when it looked as though Chelsea's reign would last forever more? They were an efficient machine, powered by the mighty captaincy of John Terry with all the arrogance in the world provided by Jose Mourinho. When we beat them 1-0 in 2005, during a season where they would go on to finish eight points above us in the league, we had Richardson, Bardsley and Rossi on the bench, whilst they had Gudjohnsen, Carvalho and Wright-Phillips.

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There is nothing football supporters enjoy more than a talking point, something to stir debate, boil the blood and argue about. In honour of this noble pursuit I decided to compile two teams made up from the best English players ever to grace the Premier League and pit them against the best foreign XI.

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Manchester City is delighted to announce that agreement has been reached with Carlos Tevez over a proposed move to the City of Manchester Stadium.

Personal terms with the 25-year-old have been concluded and the deal has been ratified by the Premier League and the Football Association.

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Ever since Patrick Vieira left Arsenal for Juventus, in the summer of 2005, there has been a void in Arsenal's midfield enforcer role.

Sure, Gilberto Silva helped clean things up for a few years, and the 2007-08 form of Matthieu Flamini was a revelation for Arsenal supporters. However, seeing both of those players depart in the same offseason, was a little too much for Arsenal to handle, and the results showed that.

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Middlesbrough striker Tuncay Sanli would welcome a move to Liverpool after claiming he was being tracked by the Anfield outfit.
The Turkey international captain is expected to leave the Teessiders in the summer after Gareth Southgate's side were relegated from the Premier League last month. Click to continue reading...

Serie A will get a major lift when the brilliant Diego starts pulling the strings for the "Old Lady" of Juventus. Here are some highlights of the dazzling skills and strengths of Diego Ribas da Cunha for your enjoyment, specially created by Ctheoson.
The closest I have seen to the great Diego Armando Maradona. Click to continue reading...

So we all know in American sports there are statistics for everything. On base percentage, field goal percentage, runs batted in, how many times a player blows his nose at half-time, etc. Soccer as a whole is relatively new to statistics, and especially Italian calcio. Up until a few years ago assists weren't even recorded.

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Real Madrid are ready to use highly-rated striker Alvaro Negredo as bait in their attempt to lure Liverpool into parting with Xabi Alonso.
Speculation over Alonso's future has intensified with Florentino Perez yesterday confirmed as Real Madrid president for the second time after no other candidate put themselves forward for election before the May 31 deadline. Click to continue reading...

Adriano aka Favela StrikeForce has announced his desire to play for the selecao - if Dopey and Jorginho decide to call him up again.

"For friendship's sake, I hope that Ronaldo gets called up again. The Brazilian selection is important, but I have to work hard to return.

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A poor Copa Libertadores for Argentine clubs didn't get an awful lot better on Thursday night. Boca Juniors claimed two away goals and were ahead for most of the second half thanks to their Palacio & Palermo strikeforce. Missing Juan Román Riquelme through injury though, they failed to finish their hosts off in the second [. Click to continue reading...

Boro's strikeforce looks even healthier now after Graham Westley added Yemi Odubade to his list of strikers as he aims to replace Steve Morison for next season. Earlier in the week, Westley brought in Charlie Griffin from Salisbury on a free transfer after his contract had expired and has been quick again to move for the pacy Odubade.

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Liverpool v. Arsenal
Stadium: Anfield Stadium, England
Competition: English Premier League
Date: 21 April 2009
Kickoff: 20:00 GMT, 15:00 ET

Second-place Liverpool will host fourth-place Arsenal in a key Premiership clash! Soccerlens will be bringing you the action live!

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As I 'chased the stream' on Saturday (a relatively new phenomenon), I did reflect on the nature of watching the Arsenal these days: if you can't see it, you can probably hear it; if you can't hear it, then you can read it on Twitter or online.

I ended up on Twitter and got the gist of things well enough.

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It's Easter Weekend, a key moment in the season; from here teams can put together spectacular runs of form and pull clear of relegation, push into a European spot, even clinch the title; or likewise plummet inexorably downward, unable to save themselves. Who will do what? And who will be the key players involved?

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Barcelona took a giant step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League tonight as they thrashed Bayern Munich 4-0 at the Nou Camp.

Barca's rampant strikeforce did the damage in a completely one-sided first half.

The Catalans raced into a two-goal lead within 12 minutes as Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o struck early on.

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Executive chairman Peter Storrie has defiantly insisted under-fire manager Tony Adams' short and turbulent stay at Fratton Park is not on the line. Storrie's declaration may sound like a predictable call to arms but the bare facts tell a different story. Since former Arsenal and England captain Adams was promoted from the shadow of Harry Redknapp 21 games ago, he has presided over just four wins in all competitions. Click to continue reading...