EA Sports' FIFA franchise strives for realism, to approximate the experience of being a footballer or managing a club. When you see the gaudy, arcade style interface of FIFA 10 for the Wii, you realize this will be a very different game.

Creating for the Wii constrains developers.

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Like sex, football sells. For the good, but usually for that bad as you will see in 10 swift steps. Please take into consideration that there are thousands more, but for now there is one question I need to ask you What's the French for Va, Va Voom?

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Sorry for not posting this on Saturday, but it's been a busy weekend preparing for my trip to Las Vegas this week to attend a search marketing conference. Nevertheless, drumroll please, here are the winners of the copies of FIFA 10 and The Manager book by Barney Ronay:

• FIFA 10 winner: Bernard Cahill
• FIFA 10 winner: Peter Edmiston
• FIFA 10 winner: Marc Shepherd
• The Manager winner: Dave Griffiths

Congratulations to each one of you.

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I'm leaving on Monday for a trip to Las Vegas for a search marketing conference, so I want to wrap up the EPL Talk contests before I leave in order to mail the packages and to make some football fans very happy. So today, if you're lucky enough to be reading this, you have the opportunity to win one of three copies of FIFA 10 we're giving away and a copy of the book by Barney Ronay named The Manager.

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For the past week, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 the new video game from EA as well as soccer books. I just took a look inside the treasure box and I still have several copies of FIFA 10 that I need to give away as well as Barney Ronay's book, The Manager. So even if you don't win today, be sure to keep on checking back each day for your chance to enter and win the contest.

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For the past three days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books.

Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was JD Thomas.

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For the past two days, we've been giving away a copy of FIFA 10 the new video game from EA. In the next few days to next couple of weeks, we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days as well as football books.

Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was Patrick Keating.

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Yesterday we debuted our new FIFA 10 contest where we'll be giving away a copy of the game on random days within the next two weeks as well as football books.

Yesterday's winner of FIFA 10 was TJ Brustowicz. But if you want to try and win a copy of FIFA 10 for yourself, go ahead and enter today's contest.

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During the next two weeks, we'll be giving away copies of FIFA 10 the new game from EA as well as three different football books as prizes, so be sure to keep on coming back each day to see when the next contest is announced.

Today, for the first time, we'll be giving away a copy of FIFA 10 to one lucky person who correctly answers the following trivia question and sends his or her answer in by the deadline of 5pm ET/9pm UK time on Monday, October 26, 2009.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

The day many American soccer fans have been waiting for has finally arrived, the day FIFA 10 makes it to the United States.

The world reknown EA Sports soccer game hit stores across North America on Tuesday, and United States soccer gamers are now finally able to get their paws on the latest installment in the FIFA series.

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Once again the battle between EA and Konami will be fierce, as football gamers on PC (as well as PS, Wii and XBox) will get to play and decide which among the 2, FIFA Soccer 2010 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, will be better. FIFA has improved since FIFA 2009, with new AIs, better visuals and [...] Click to continue reading...

What happens when you fuse a widely enjoyed form of Japanese entertainment with one of the biggest music genres America has ever seen? Throw into the mix a cosy venue and 200 people ready to test their rapping skills.
The end result? Hip Hop Karaoke -- in Southend, this Thursday night (27th). Click to continue reading...

The Crew defense dammed up the Rapids offense and the difference in the game was a couple of inches between the two keepers. Late in the first half Cory Gibbs committed an unnecessary (and admittedly, somewhat ticky-tack from what we could see on TV) foul near the top of the box. Chad Marshall lined up the free kick and put it on net. Click to continue reading...

Por Howard Roark
Dios rara vez es justo. De hecho, Dios rara vez es. Pero ayer, por mucho que cueste creerlo, lo fue.

La derrota de España ante Estados Unidos en la tierra de Mandela escocerá durante un tiempo, dolerá a los fanáticos, a los incapaces de mirar el cesped prescindiendo de sus instintos más primarios.

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Fans heading to Soldier Field - and because of heavy traffic, you definitely should - will have the opportunity to enjoy the the pre-game festivities at the Budweiser Beer Garden from 3-7 p.m.in the Southwest lawn located outside of Gate 0. In addition to Bud and Bud light, there will be plenty of great food available for purchase. Click to continue reading...

Um, I guess I could blame it on the fact that my teams have been shit this week. And also on the fact that I've been busy cleaning (my parents were here for the weekend) and now I've got this brand new bike, which will take up some time. It could also be that my Wii is finally hooked up again. Or that I just plane forgot to post. Click to continue reading...

This Sunday, Paul Gascoigne appeared on Match of the Day 2 as a pundit/guest. This was part of a triumvirate of televisual appearances. One in which perhaps we have seen a refreshing look a man we have all been seriously worried about, a man all who love football deeply care about and one we are worried that could be another George Best happening in front of our eyes.

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In the attempt to make video games even cooler, Nintendo has decided to tap up...Harry Redknapp. Alright, not really. They're trying to say that Wii is fun for the whole family, and who better to display that than the Redknapp clan? Exactly. Though the English advertising ploy isn't exactly congruent with their German counterpart, which [. Click to continue reading...