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George Graham may have managed both Arsenal and Spurs and won trophies for both clubs, but if you
were to ask him who he holds a torch for the answer would most definitely be Arsenal. He has been
speaking to the Mail on Sunday about the game today and he thinks that Spurs are the [...]
Arsenal Tottenham games are always spicy affairs, but today it has a little extra spice attached
because of a certain striker called Emmanuel Adebayor. Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has already
expressed his concerns about player abuse now it is the time of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
Redknapp and Wenger both expect Adebayor to cop his [.
Great Potential For Next Season by Eddie Bingham After regularly hunting down various articles
concerning Arsenal transfer updates and rumors, I have been made ever more hopeful at the prospect
of finally filling that dusty trophy cabinet at the Emirates. And while my ideas for next season's
starting XI go slightly against the typical Wenger [.
Esteban Cambiasso's goal against Serbia and Montenegro during World Cup 2006 was the
culmination of an amazing 25-man passing move culminating in the combative midfielder slammed the
ball home with aplomb.
This summer, In The Stands will trail through the football archives and bring together
the greatest goals and moments in football history as wet your appetite for the upcoming new
season.
The emotional rollercoaster of the last couple of seasons have been almost too much to bear for
most Arsenal supporters. Can you still remember the joy of Adebayor's goal 6 minutes from time
against Liverpool in the Champions league 2008 after an outstanding break by Walcott? Can you
remember the deep disappointment when Gerrard and [.
The Manchester United starting XI for Saturday's UEFA Champions League final against
Barcelona has been leaked.
According to The Sun United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has opted for the same starting XI
which trounced German side Schalke 2-0 at the Veltins Arena in the first leg of their semi-final
clash in April.
DOHA, Qatar Qatar has welcomed an investigation into alleged corruption in its victorious 2022
World Cup bid. The 2022 host nation said the evidence put forward so far was false, unsubstantiated
and coming from a whisteblower who is probably a former employee "with a significant axe to grind."
Qatar has been on the defensive [.
LONDON, England Roberto Mancini saw Manchester City clinch automatic qualification to the group
stages of the Champions League and immediately demanded a fresh injection of cash. Arsene Wenger
saw his side's season end on a low-key note with a draw against Fulham and promptly heaped more
frustration on Arsenal fans by admitting the club [.
COMMERCE CITY, Colorado Toronto FC gutted out a valuable scoreless draw on the road Sunday at
Dick's Sporting Goods Park as the Colorado Rapids failed to take advantage of their first home game
in three weeks. Goalkeeper Matt Pickens was a bright spot for the Rapids, who earned a draw for the
third straight [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester City have swooped to snatch Celta Vigo starlet Denis Suarez from
under the noses of Barcelona. Celta's chairman Carlos Mourino has confirmed that the Spanish
Under-17 midfielder will move to Eastlands for an initial fee of €1 million which could rise to
€3m depending on appearance- and performance-related clauses in the [.
SEATTLE, Wa.—Jeff Parke scored on a header off Tyson Wahl's corner kick in the third minute of
second-half stoppage time to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on
Saturday night. Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller made three saves for his third shutout of the
season. Wahl's corner kick from the right [.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbus native and former Crew defender Eric Brunner came back to haunt his old
team on Saturday night, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 Portland victory at JELD-WEN Field. The
second-half goal — a header off a free kick in the 46th minute — helped Portland maintain their
dominance at home [.
TURIN, Italy — Luigi Delneri confirmed on Saturday that as expected he would not be Juventus
coach next season after he failed to guide them to either a trophy or barring a miracle a place in
European competition next season. The 60-year-old who arrived this season after a successful spell
with Sampdoria where he [.
LONDON, England Less than three months ago Arsenal were in sight of an unprecedented quadruple. Now
that number – four – is again within sight but with an entirely different connotation. If
Manchester City win at Bolton on Sunday they will finish third, even if Arsenal win,
simultaneously, against Fulham.
MANCHESTER, England Javier Hernandez has capped a phenomenal debut season for United by scooping
the prestigious Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year Award. The accolade is voted for by fans across
the world on the club's official websites and honours United's best player in the 2010/11 campaign.
Chicharito, who has scored 20 goals [.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Corona has been dropped from the national
squad to defend next month's CONCACAF Gold Cup after television cameras caught him headbutting the
trainer of a rival team during the league playoff semifinals. Corona, who plays for Mexico City's
Cruz Azul, was involved in a fight between [.
TOKYO, Japan Costa Rica has accepted an invitation to replace Japan in the Copa America, the soccer
championship of South America. Japan withdrew Tuesday because of problems forming a team following
March's earthquake and tsunami. Costa Rica will send a team of players mostly under 23, with five
older players.
BARCELONA, Spain Barcelona defender Eric Abidal admits his recent battle against a liver tumour,
when he feared he might never play football again, has left him with a different view about his
priorities in life. Abidal underwent surgery in March following the discovery of the tumour, and it
was not known when the France [.
Debate continues to rage as to whether or not Pep Guardiola's class of 2010/2011 are in
fact the best football side ever....Rolly investigates.
The stats themselves, courtesy of FC Barcelona.net do much to give weight to this
claim. Such a subjective term can only demand statistical evidence from which a conclusion can be
garnered.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Raul Tamudo's second-half goal lifted Real Sociedad to a 1-0 win over
Mallorca on Monday in the Spanish league. Under gusting winds and rain, both teams had difficulties
creating clear-cut scoring chances in the first half at Anoeta stadium. Sociedad was the better
team after the restart, and Tamudo rose up [.
LEYTON, England Leyton Orient's players will be jetting off to Las Vegas after hitting the FA Cup
jackpot by securing a £1 million replay against Arsenal. Jonathan Tehoue grabbed a dramatic
89th-minute equaliser for the East London club to give Orient a 1-1 draw with Arsenal that earns
them a replay against Arsene Wenger's [.
NYON, Switzerland — AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso was banned by UEFA for four matches
Monday after he head-butted a Tottenham coach at a Champions League match. UEFA's disciplinary body
"ruled that Gattuso had assaulted the Tottenham assistant coach Joe Jordan after the match," the
European football authority said in a statement.
ROME, Italy — Claudio Ranieri has resigned as Roma coach following Sunday's disastrous 4-3 defeat
at Genoa, despite having led 3-0. It was the club's fourth defeat in a row and Ranieri then told
Italian news agency Ansa he had decided to quit. "I've always thought about the good of Roma and
after a game [.
LONDON, England Arsenal were held to an embarrassing 1-1 draw by Leyton Orient in the FA Cup fifth
round after the League One (third-tier) side snatched a last-gasp equaliser at Brisbane Road on
Sunday. Arsene Wenger's team had enjoyed a famous 2-1 win over Spanish champions Barcelona in their
Champions League last 16 first [.
GUATEMALA CITY = The vice president of Deportivo Xinabajul in Guatemala has been shot to death by
unidentified gunmen after receiving threats related to the squad's poor performance. National Civil
Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez says no suspects have yet been detained in the killing of Carlos
Noe Gomez.
NEW YORK, NY Consistent with US Club Soccer's goal of providing a vehicle through which clubs can
offer life-long soccer to their members, the organization has announced the formation of the
National Adult Leagues U-20 Division. US Club Soccer's National Adult Leagues is a program
comprised of high-quality, competitive and low-cost local leagues for [.
MELBOURNE, Australia The Melbourne Victory soccer club has angrily denied claims its fans are
violent, amid criticisms from police and the state government. A senior Victorian policeman on
Friday said members of the force were reluctant to volunteer to work at Melbourne Victory soccer
matches because of violence among the team's supporters.
SANDY, Utah — Real Salt Lake unveiled its updated logo to the media on Thursday, which includes a
star above the shield signifying the club's 2009 MLS Cup championship. The logo will be featured on
this year's uniforms beginning next Tuesday when RSL travels to Columbus to take on the Crew in a
CONCACAF Champions [.
RENTON, WASH. The Seattle Sounders FC announced today that it has extended the contract of
midfielder Osvaldo Alonso through the 2014 Major League Soccer season. Alonso, voted the team's
most valuable player in 2010, is entering his third year with Sounders FC. Per club and Major
League Soccer policy, no further terms of the deal [.
LONDON, England Holy Mount Zion of England's all-Jewish Maccabi Southern Football League has been
suspended for league play after allegations were made that the team was using non-Jewish players.
According to England's The Jewish Chronicle, the team has been under suspicion for using non-Jewish
players after complaints had been made to the league by [.
LONDON, England A British judge will rule Thursday whether Liverpool's former American owners can
sue in the United States over the enforced sale of the club to the Boston Red Sox ownership group.
Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. claim that an "epic swindle" by Liverpool directors and the club's
lenders led to a [.
WIGAN, England — Ivan Klasnic fired Bolton Wanderers to a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic in their FA
Cup fourth-round replay at the DW Stadium on Wednesday. Owen Coyle's side can look forward to a
fifth-round trip to Fulham this weekend thanks to Croatian striker Klasnic's second-half winner.
While Wanderers' Wembley bid remains alive, Wigan [.
FIORENTINA, Italy — Inter Milan kept up their title challenge with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at
Fiorentina on Wednesday. An own goal from Michele Camporese gave the champions the lead before
Manuel Pasquale's cross trickled over the line to restore parity. But Giampaolo Pazzini struck the
winner from close range to keep Leonardo's team in [.
PARIS, France Former France coach Raymond Domenech has broken his silence over the World Cup
debacle, labeling the players "stupid brats" for going on strike at a training session to make "a
laughing stock" of their country. Domenech's bitter six-year tenure as France coach ended after
last year's World Cup in South Africa and [.
VALENCIA, Spain — Veteran Spain striker Raul Gonzalez enjoyed a successful return to his
homeland scoring a vital equaliser as Schalke managed a 1-1 first leg draw against Valencia at the
Mestalla stadium on Tuesday to gain the edge in the Champions League last 16 tie. Roberto Soldado's
sixth Champions League goal had put Valencia [.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has dedicated his sensational winner
against Manchester City to his club's fans. Rooney knows some United supporters have become
disillusioned with the England international since he handed in a transfer request following a row
over the club's perceived lack of ambition.
BOLTON, United Kingdom — Daniel Sturridge kept up his impressive scoring record for Bolton to
inspire a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Everton in the Premier League on Sunday. The England
under-21 forward scored for the third straight match since joining on loan from Chelsea on transfer
deadline day, smashing home a swerving finish in the [.
PARIS, France — Marseille and Lyon both came from behind to breathe new life into their title
challenges on Saturday, with OM beating Sochaux 2-1 and OL overpowering derby rivals Saint-Etienne
4-1. Andre-Pierre Gignac was the match-winner for Marseille at Sochaux, as the defending champions
secured a victory that took them up to second place [.
LONDON, England At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal kept the pressure on United with a comfortable win
against Wolves. Van Persie put Arsene Wenger's team ahead in the 16th minute with an emphatic
volley from a Cesc Fabregas cross. Wolves had ended United's 29-match unbeaten run last week, but
they are back at the bottom [.
LONDON, England — Former Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has been appointed head coach of West Brom,
the Premier League club confirmed Friday. West Brom, who fired Roberto Di Matteo earlier this week,
hired Hodgson just over a month after he was sacked by Liverpool. Hodgson, 63, was voted English
football's manager of the year last [.
