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Sunday, 22 November, 2009

The death of Hanover goalkeeper Robert Enke will take centre stage as the Bundesliga resumes after his tragic death.

Hanover will have little respite as they visit Schalke on Saturday.

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Author Randall Barfield sends us 10 questions from his Little Soccer Quiz Book.

See how many you get right >>

1. Sir Alex Ferguson is boss of which UK team?
2. In what city is the Santiago Bernabeu stadium located?

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Dave Kitson of Stoke City has become the second striker to join Middlesbrough on loan since the appointment of Gordon Strachan. It is hoped that Kitson will provide additional competition for places up front, following the recent arrival of Marcus Bent on loan, and will be reunited at the Riverside with his former Reading strike partner Leroy Lita.

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This fairy tale story had to come to and end at some point and it did on Sunday night when Nigeria's golden eaglets were humbled 1-0 by Switzerland in Abuja.

Nigeria who were looking to emulate their west African counterparts Ghana who won the U-20 World Cup in Egypt in October however had to taste the bitter pill of defeat in their own home stadium.

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More points for Fluminense but has their run come to late?

Wins for São Paulo and Flamengo left them in 1st and 2nd place respectively with just three games to go in the Campeonato Brasiliero.

53,000 turned up at the estádio Morumbi as São Paulo took on Vitória in on Saturday.

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Arsène Wenger called him a cross between Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp the other week. And that's quite something. Henry was top scorer in the Premier League for 4 seasons and the regarded as the best foreign player ever in the EPL. Dennis Bergkamp was God. If a coach says Click to continue reading...

Fairly good week for goals, as only one game finished 0-0 (Catania-Napoli, but ask Takayuki Morimoto about that). The top scorer table is still wide open, as Di Natale started strong but now has cooled off so he remains at 9, while Hamsik is second with 7 and that's impressive for a midfielder.

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by JAMES CURTIS With 10 minutes left on the clock and Arsenal 4-0 up at Molineux, a friend asked me who I thought was man of the match? Arsenal were scoring at will once again so you'd think it would be easy to pick a star man.

There were plenty of rewarding individual performances.

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"He picked me again." "Should have picked me though." "Idiot."
So here it is, I'm putting myself out on the line. More vulnerable than ever. Almost 12 weeks down, 26 to go. While we still have 70% of the Premier League season remaining, I'm in the midst of my worst "Captaining" stretch in 5 years, and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar misfortune or has in the past? Click to continue reading...

Defender Glen Johnson may be struggling to be fit for Liverpool's home clash with Birmingham on Monday but he is convinced he is part of a squad good enough to turn around recent disastrous form.
The England man is still a major doubt with a calf injury that kept him out of the midweek Champions League draw in Lyon, and he is not expected to be fit to face the midlanders. Click to continue reading...

Adriano has been doing really well since returning to Brazil and getting his head back together. So well, in fact, that people are even using his image on their products. Unfortunately, those products are drugs.

From the Corriere dello Sport:

Now that Adriano is back in Rio de Janeiro and is the top scorer in the Brazilian championship with Flamengo, he's so popular that his picture is even selling packets of drugs.

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Nicklas Bendtner believes nothing will stop him from becoming one of the best strikers in the world. In this interview Nicklas talks about his ambitions in the future, and how it is important to be confident within yourself. Many people forget Nicklas Bendtner is only 21, not many 21 year olds have achieved what this young man has done.

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Jamie Carragher admits Liverpool are paying the price for letting Nicolas Anelka leave the club.
The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million. Click to continue reading...

Catalan giants try to annoy Gunners in a whole new way.

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Barcelona's copycat chase of two of Arsenal's Under 18 starlets has been stepped up with Barça represenatives making formal offers for both Benik Afobe and Chukwuemeka Aneke to visit their Catalan base for talks.

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Veteran pinpoints big failing.

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Jamie Carragher: Liverpool should have signed Nicolas Anelka

The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million.

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Liverpool fear Steven Gerrard may require an operation to solve his troublesome groin injury.
Gerrard will be absent for Liverpool again on Saturday as he struggles to recover from the problem he suffered in England's World Cup qualifying defeat by Ukraine almost three weeks ago.
The 29-year-old has managed only 25 minutes of action since then — in last week's Champions League loss to Lyon at Anfield, when he aggravated the injury and limped off. Click to continue reading...

United have once again been linked with January moves for Valencia's star men, David Villa and David Silva. The future of both Spanish Internationals was the focus of much media attention over the summer with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Liverpool keeping tabs on the situation to name but a few.

Valencia managed to hold on to their prized assets in the summer but as their financial troubles show no sign of letting up, it looks increasingly likely they will lose one if not both in the winter.

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Luigi Del Neri believes Sampdoria's match at Juventus on Wednesday evening will provide a true indicator as to their potential.
Inter are set to welcome their top scorer Diego Milito back to the starting line-up for Thursday's game against fourth-placed Palermo with the Argentinian having shaken off a thigh injury. Click to continue reading...

There is no doubt that on his day Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the most talented footballers in the world but often he is criticised for being lazy and unproductive so his transfer to Barcelona was met with doubt by some Barcelona fans. However the Swedish striker has played well since his move from Inter Milan and has been a stand out player in a Barcelona shirt this season.

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Sunday Seah was top scorer for Persiwa a couple of years back. Not bad for a goalkeeper! No I understand, after a year in the Indonesian Premier League he has found his way to Myanmar where he has joined the Delta United.
Also read on a message board that coach Ken Worden Terengganu will also be moving to Myanmar to coach South Myanmar United once the Turtles' Malaysia Cup endeth the run. Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham capped off a remarkable late season surge with his second Bundweiser Golden Boot award as the League's top scorer. Cunningham had 17 goals in 2009, one better than the last time he won the Golden Boot in 2006. His '09 run included scoring in six straight games. MLS Golden Boot Winners 2009: 17 goals – Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas) 2008: 20 goals – Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy) 2007: 20. Click to continue reading...

Ancelotti makes January transfer plans...just in case!

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CHELSEA are considering an £18m move for Napoli's attacking midfielder Marek Hamsik as they prepare for a spending spree that could top £30m in the January transfer window — potentially their final opportunity to invest in new players until the summer of 2011.

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Quarter final first legs tonight. Favourites Selangor take on Terengganu at the Shah Alam Stadium and in my humble opinion could be in for a hard night. And that piece of wisdom is based on 90 minutes watching the team known as the Turtles beat Johor 4-2 earlier in the month. Their assistant coach Mohamad Nik is warning them against losing concentration. Click to continue reading...

Gerrard needs to inspire his squad to a victory.

Liverpool go into tomorrow's match with Lyon having just received some good and bad news.

The Red's talismanic skipper, Steven Gerrard has been cleared to play after he had sat out the game against Sunderland with a groin injury.

Unfortunately Fernando Torres misses his second consecutive game although there is hope that he could feature against Manchester United next weekend.

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Joint top scorer with 15 goals in the Campeonato Brasileiro (national league, which has 8 rounds remaining), 16 goals in the Campeonato Mineiro (local State championship), 4 goals in the Copa do Brasil (Brazilian cup) not a bad tally for Atlético Mineiro's Diego Tardelli. Add to this his recent call up to Brazil and it's not much of a surprise that the player is being linked with a possible move to Manchester City (though who isn't these days?

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Blanco to the rescue again
Now that the Hex has drawn to a close, we know the three teams that are moving on to South Africa, and which one still has some work to do. CONCACAF always gets a bad rap, from within and without, in regard to its level of play. Regardless, this has been the most competitive hex since its inception in 1998: 5 teams were still alive with 2 matches to go. Click to continue reading...

A Petkovic brace sinks the leaders

Two goals from Flamengo's Petkovic ended Palmeiras' unbeaten run in the Palestra Itália and cut their lead at the top of the table to just four points.

The Greens dominated for most of the first-half but an excellent dribble and finish by the veteran Petkovic put Fla ahead.

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I can't just let Vermy be the top scorer, can't I

It was the 7th consecutive win on the trot for Arsenal Football Club since the double losses to both Manchester clubs. It was not the best of performance from the boys. Exciting and seemed to be cruising, then almost immediately allowed Birmingham back into the game until the 3rd goal arrived.

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We're finally back! And just in time for Barca's first match in two weeks, following the international break. The boys head out to a clash with Valencia that's got us pretty excited, particularly about facing David Villa, the Liga's current top-scorer, who has been confirmed to participate tonight after doubts had been circulating about wether he'd be able to make it because of injury. Click to continue reading...

Ghana wins the 2009 Egypt Under 20 World Cup, Ghana is the first African team to win the trophy, and certainly will not be the last. Against a tough Brazil side, Ghana was able to defend well after losing Daniel Addo in the 37th minute because of a red card. Ghana held out until the penalty shootout, where goalkeeper Agyei brilliantly saved Teixeira's penalty, helping Ghana reach the famed trophy. Click to continue reading...

Now that the championship season is well underway I thought it would be fitting to give you a list of the ten top players who have set alight the championship this season. The quality of the championship is phenomenal these days and has become a training ground for top up and comers, as well as one of the most entertaining leagues in the world.

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One of the most remarkable things about this season so far apart from the painful fact that we trail the scum in the table, is the fact our central defender Vermaelen is top scorer. Now is the fact that we have had thirteen different players score goals in the Premier league a good thing or something to worry about?

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Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have both surprisingly spoken out about the controversial issue of football players earning every penny of their astronomically large salaries.

When the starting salary for a nurse is £20k a year, a teacher is £21k a year and a police officer is £22k a year, it's hard to argue that John Terry deserves £160k a week!

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Player's agent tries hard to convince Wenger to sign his client.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is keeping an eye on Bayer Levekusen striker Stefan Kiessling and is keen to sign the hitman in January.
The German striker has grabbed six goals in eight matches in the current campaign and is current on course for the Golden Boot award in the Bundesliga scoring charts.

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The FIFA U-20 world cup has been taking place in Egypt for the past 2 weeks and tonight we will know two semi-finalists. Korea face off with Ghana while Italy play hungary.

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Ghana is the sole remaining African team and they will have a lot of pressure on their shoulders when they play the Koreans.

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