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/ 4558 days agoPartizan Fans Set Stadium On Fire
The fiery Serbian derby between Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade bore a closer resemblance to a Rage Against The Machine music video than a soccer match today after Partizan fans literally set the stadium on fire. The crazy Partizan fans ignited several fires on the concrete terraces around the stadium. Fire trucks were brought […]
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/ 4559 days agoPremier League Saturday: Nov. 2, 2013
With UEFA Champions League matches returning on Tuesday and Wednesday, that means that the clubs competing in that tournament (i.e. the top clubs) play today in order to rest up before their important European matches. As a result, there are eight matches scheduled today with Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal in action. The […]
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/ 4559 days agoAsmir Begovic Scores After 12 Seconds to Become Only Fifth Goalkeeper Ever to Score In EPL [GIF]
Stoke City goalkeeper Asmir Begovic became only the fifth goalkeeper in Premier League history to score a goal today, joining the elite ranks of other scoring goalkeepers Peter Schmeichel, Tim Howard, Brad Friedel and Paul Robinson. Here are two camera angles showing Begovic's incredible goal:
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/ 4559 days agoMontreal Impact Set to Name Alessandro Nesta As New Coach, Says Report: Nightly Soccer Report
Montreal Impact are set to name Alessandro Nesta as their new coach, according to a report tonight by Grant Wahl. The Italian centre back, who has been capped 78 teams by his country, retired from playing soccer last month after spending his final two seasons of his footballing career with the Canadian MLS side. Current […]
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/ 4559 days agoCommentators for NBC’s Premier League Matches This Weekend: Gameweek 10
Here’s the line-up of commentators for gameweek 10 of Premier League matches on US television across the NBC Sports Group networks this weekend: Saturday, November 2: Newcastle vs Chelsea, 8:45am, NBCSN; Steve Banyard and Jim Beglin Fulham vs Man United, 11am, NBCSN; Gary Taphouse and Tony Gale Hull vs Sunderland, 11am, Premier League Extra Time; […]
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/ 4559 days agoRecent TV Viewing Audience Numbers Offer MLS A Ray Of Hope
NBC Sports Network is doing everything it can to pump up TV ratings for its coverage of Major League Soccer. The network is showing some matches on free-to-air television. They're putting Arlo White back in the lead commentary booth this weekend (and putting stand-in Steve Bower in charge of commentating this weekend's Premier League matches). […]
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/ 4560 days agoGary Neville and Jamie Carragher Analyze How David Luiz Is Changing Defending in the EPL [VIDEO]
Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher recently sat down on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football to analyze how defending has changed in the Premier League from when both of these English footballers were being coached compared to more modern defenders such as David Luiz and Jan Vertonghen. Neville argues that the Premier League clubs should incorporate […]
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/ 4560 days agoWatch Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Back-Heel Goal Immortalized In a Flip Book [VIDEO]
After Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a spectacular back-heel goal for Paris Saint-Germain against Bastia in Ligue Un two weeks ago, a video has been created that uses a flip book to immortalize Zlatan's beautiful flick. Is it better than the flip book that was created to showcase Thierry Henry's goals for the New York Red Bulls? […]
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/ 4560 days agoSore Losers and Classless Montreal Impact Out of MLS Playoffs After Finishing Game With 8 Men [VIDEO]
Players from the Montreal Impact in MLS were described by TV commentators as "sore losers" and "classless" for the way they ended their MLS playoff hopes last night after losing 3-0 to the Houston Dynamo in a fiery match where three Impact players were red carded. Nelson Rivas, Andres Romero and Marco Di Vaio were […]
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/ 4560 days agoJoe Hart Dropped By Manchester City For Clash With Norwich: Daily Soccer Report
Joe Hart has been dropped by Manchester City for tomorrow's clash with Norwich City, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper. Costel Pantilimon will start in goal for City after making an impressive performance against Newcastle United in the Capital One Cup midweek. While Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini remained coy in his press conference interview […]
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/ 4560 days agoSepp Blatter's Bizarre Address to Oxford University: Full Speech [VIDEO]
Last week, FIFA President Sepp Blatter spoke for 45 minutes to the Oxford Union at Oxford University in England. During the discussion, Blatter impersonated Ronaldo and compared him to a commander, blamed the UK media for misrepresenting him, called himself a Robin Hood, said that FIFA was not against goal-line technology, and defends his role […]
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/ 4561 days agoCardiff City's Head Of Recruitment Being Investigated By UK Immigration Over Visa Issues
Cardiff City's head of recruitment, Alisher Apsalyamov, is being investigated by the immigration office in the United Kingdom regarding issues with his visa, according to Sky Sports. Apsalyamov, the controversial figure who is a friend of Vincent Tan's son and was promoted to become the temporary head of recruitment at Cardiff before the previous head […]
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/ 4561 days agoWatch Tottenham Players Get Terrified By Halloween Prankster Kyle Walker [VIDEO]
Tottenham Hotspur have joined in the Halloween fun by convincing defender Kyle Walker to wear a mask and costume so he can prank his teammates. Several Tottenham players and coaches got pranked including Emmanuel Adebayor (yes, he's still alive), Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe, Sandro and Steffen Freund. But my favorite of all of them is […]
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/ 4561 days agoGareth Bale Scores Brace While Ronaldo Scores Hat Trick In 10 Goal Thriller: Nightly Soccer Report
In mid-week action in La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Sevilla 7-3 in an entertaining game where Gareth Bale scored two goals, while Cristiano Ronaldo got a hat trick. Judging by the two goals by Bale, he's back to his best although the goal from the free kick was fortunate. Here are all of the goals […]
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/ 4561 days agoDraw Announced for Capital One Cup Quarter-Final Matches
The draw for the quarter-finals of the 2013-14 Capital One Cup has been announced. Leicester City vs Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur vs West Ham United Stoke City vs Manchester United Southampton/Sunderland vs Chelsea The matches will be played during the week of December 16. Tottenham Hotspur had to come back from being 2-1 down to […]