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John Powell

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Top 4 Transfer Targets for Liverpool This Summer

Liverpool’s collapse in this season’s Premier League title race will haunt fans for a long time in the future. After Steven Gerrard’s unfortunate slip that allowed Demba Ba to race through on goal, giving Chelsea the advantage at Anfield, the title was back in Manchester City’s hands. Last Monday’s 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace all […]
Valerio Pennicino

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Ciro Immobile is Dortmund's Ideal Replacement for Robert Lewandowski

Borussia Dortmund is looking to replace senior forward Robert Lewandowski, who will join Bundesliga’s rivals Bayern Munich this summer. The German giant’s likely number one target is Torino forward Ciro Immobile, the Serie A’s top scorer. The 21 year-old striker scored 22 goals with Torino this year, but he is co-owned with FC Juventus. Borussia […]

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Pinball Wizard Jack Wilshere Hits the Jackpot For England In New Nike World Cup Ad [VIDEO]

England's pinball wizard Jack Wilshere is ready to unleash his skills at World Cup 2014, as well as risking everything on the pitch as can be seen in the video below where Super Jacky Wilshere scores a goal against the odds. The video is part of a three-part series released thus far, which also features […]

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NBC Scores Big with 31 Million Total Viewers of 2013-2014 Premier League Season

NBC’s presentation of the 2013-2014 Premier League season reached a total of 31.5 million viewers, including almost 5 million for their coverage of Championship Sunday. For the first time ever all 380 matches were shown on live television, 196 matches shown on NBCUniversal networks and 184 were shown on Premier League Extra time TV packages […]

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Blue Moon Rising: Is This The Start of a Dominant Era for Manchester City?

As the curtains falls on the 2013/2014 Premier League season, many fans and pundits have been left to catch their breath after what has been an enthralling year packed with drama at both ends of the table. The battle for the title and to avoid relegation went right down to the wire in a season […]

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Ambiguous Rules Could Lead to World Cup Controversy Involving USMNT, Portugal and Ghana

FIFA has drawn the ire of fans for issues off the pitch surrounding the World Cup. However, because of ambiguous tiebreaker rules, that focus could shift to the field of play in Brazil. Under very particular circumstances, a three-way tie could lead to confusion and more criticism for the governing body. The problem arises in […]

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Listen to the Unofficial USMNT World Cup 2014 Song Entitled 'Bet They See Me Now (USA Soccer Mix)'

Former soccer player Kwame Darko has released a song entitled "Bet They See Me Now (USA Soccer Mix)," which is in support of the US Men's National soccer team who will be heading to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Darko, who played for the University of Maryland soccer team in college, was born and raised […]

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Top Contenders for the FIFA World Cup 2014 Golden Ball Trophy

The World Cup is inching ever nearer, and there are plenty of betting markets for punters to get involved with over the month long tournament. A lot of focus will be on the Golden Ball winner (player of the tournament) with the best players in the world vying to join a list of winners that […]

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Manchester City Home Shirt for the 2014-15 Season: Leaked [PHOTOS]

Photos of Manchester City's home shirt for the 2014/15 season have been leaked on the Internet. The Premier League champions will be wearing a new sky blue shirt with navy blue trim. The biggest differences in the shirt design are the unusual collar design (which is being termed a Johnny Collar). Inside the back of […]

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Roberto Martinez Interview: Everton Boss Believes Premier League B Teams Will Improve English Football [AUDIO]

Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes the way to improve England's national team is to introduce a Premier League "B" Circuit. The idea of this "B" league is tentatively titled League 3 and has the backing of FA Chairman Greg Dyke. Martinez believes that B teams can work in England "100 percent" and states the reasons […]
Rob Tringali

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New York Red Bulls Still Searching For An Identity

There are teams that have stars. You know them. You watch them. Their names are synonymous with their clubs. Real Madrid and Ronaldo; Barcelona and Messi, just to name two. Last year when the Red Bulls announced their lineup just after the National Anthem and moments before the match officially started, only the first names […]

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ESPN Adds Classic World Cup Games to Programming Schedule

With the World Cup only a month away, ESPN is bringing even more coverage with the combination of re-airing of classic World Cup matches as well as friendlies, which will air on ESPN Classic. Along with the games, ESPN Classic is scheduling repeats of their 30for30: Soccer Stories series. Here's the updated schedule of World […]

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Netherlands Name 30-Man Provisional World Cup Squad

On loan Premier League defenders Karim Rekik (Manchester City) and Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea) headline Louis Van Gaal’s 30-man Netherland World Cup preliminary squad. While the exclusion of Gregory Van der Wiel got the most headlines, the willingness of Van Gaal to give Dirk Kuyt and Rafael van der Vaart one last go in the […]

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WATCH Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Dribble Past Monster In New World Cup Ad From Nike [VIDEO]

Arsenal and England attacking midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain stars in a new video from Nike featuring commentary from Clive Tyldesley. In the video, The Ox has to dribble past a creature with tentacles as he tries to score for England against Brazil. It's the second in a series of videos from Nike. The first one features […]

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Why Samir Nasri's Omission From France's World Cup Squad Makes Sense

Samir Nasri’s omission from the France World Cup squad caused great surprise among many fans and pundits during the past 24 hours. However, for a nation that has had its share of player revolts and theatrics over the course of the last four major tournaments, head coach Didier Deschamps cannot be faulted for his desire […]