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/ 5182 days ago

Inter Milan Home Shirt for 2012-13 Season: Leaked Photo

Inter Milan's home shirt for the 2012-13 season will retain its traditional colors of blue and black stripes, according to a leaked photo. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the new design features a rounded collar, black sleeves, and the famous colors of Internazionale Milano. The Inter Milan crest features the gold star above it, while […]

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/ 5182 days ago

Inter Milan Away Shirt for 2012-13 Season: Leaked Photo

Inter Milan's away shirt for the 2012-13 Serie A season will be an orange-red color with blue trim, according to a leaked photo on the Internet (pictured above). The beautifully designed shirt from Nike features a rounded collar, blue trim and orange-red shirt. The Inter Milan crest features the gold star above it, while a […]

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/ 5183 days ago

Chelsea to Face Benfica in UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final

The draw for the quarter-finals of the 2012 Champions League was made this morning. Premier League's only representative, Chelsea FC, will face Benfica of Portugal, to be played March 27/28 and April 3/4. The path to the final has also been announced. If Chelsea beats Benfica in the quarter-finals, Chelsea will play the winner of […]

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/ 5183 days ago

Tactically Speaking: POR 3:1 PHI

The first ESPN2 match of the season turned out to be a rainy affair from Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, as the Timbers overcame an early second half deficit to put away the Philadelphia Union, 3-1. The hosts began in a compact 4-4-2 diamond formation. New signing Kris Boyd paired up top with Jorge Perlaza. The […]

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/ 5183 days ago

Al Jazeera Sports Network Wins US TV Rights to La Liga

La Liga Talk is reporting that Al Jazeera Sports Network has won the US TV rights to La Liga, beginning with the 2012-13 season, according to a source. The shocking news means that GolTV's flagship league will no longer be shown on the Miami-based network. Al Jazeera Sports Network's acquisition of La Liga rights comes […]

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Al Jazeera Sports Network wins La Liga US TV rights, says source

EXCLUSIVE: Al Jazeera Sports Network has won the US TV rights to La Liga, beginning with the 2012-13 season, according to a source. The shocking news means that GolTV's flagship league will no longer be shown on the Miami-based network. Al Jazeera Sports Network's acquisition of La Liga rights comes hot on the heels of […]

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/ 5184 days ago

Shocking CCL QF Conclusion – Seattle Trounced, Galaxy Upset

There are always two sides to every story – in this case, with the knockout stages of the CONCACAF Champions League, there are two stories inside both legs. And in the case of two of Major League Soccer's perennial strongest finishers, there were no storybook endings. Seattle 3-7 Santos Laguna After a solid 2-1 first […]

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/ 5184 days ago

Who Leaked the Confidential Hillsborough Disaster Documents to the BBC?

BBC Radio 4's programme World At One today reported it has received confidential documents from the Hillsborough Disaster. The leaked papers reveal that top ranks of Merseyside Police misinformed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that drunken Liverpool supporters caused the Hillsborough Disaster. The Taylor Report ruled that the main reason for the disaster was the failure of […]

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/ 5184 days ago

EPL and MLS Neck And Neck In Monday's TV Ratings Battle On ESPN2

Despite an embarrassingly low viewing audience of just 82,000 Sunday for MLS's debut on NBC Sports, MLS got a boost Monday with a much more respectable viewing audience of 337,000 for ESPN2's live coverage of Portland Timbers against Philadelphia Union, which was slightly higher than the viewing audience for Monday's 4pm ET game between Arsenal […]

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/ 5184 days ago

The Secret Behind Roberto Di Matteo's Success at Chelsea

What is Roberto Di Matteo doing at Chelsea that Andre Villas-Boas wasn’t doing? The pundits can analyze it until they’re blue in the face but the answer is quite simple. Di Matteo is using common sense. While AVB tinkered and toyed, the established veterans became unsettled, which ultimately disrupted any sort of continuity at the […]

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/ 5184 days ago

After Chelsea's Dramatic Win Against Napoli, Is the Premier League Still The Best in the World?

Chelsea won in a blaze of glory Wednesday night to become the EPL’s only representative in the last eight of the UEFA Champions League. That is a shocking state of affairs for a global sporting brand that considers itself to be the biggest and best show in town. Can we really say that the Premier […]

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/ 5185 days ago

Premier League and La Liga US TV Rights Up For Bidding In 2012

In the past few years, FOX Soccer has been accumulating an ever-growing number of TV rights deals to bring most of the best soccer leagues in the world to a US audience. FOX Sports winning the bids to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments was a crowning achievement. But it's quite possible […]

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/ 5185 days ago

FOX Soccer Plus Wins US TV Rights to Scottish Premier League

FOX today announced that its FOX Soccer Plus network has won the US and Caribbean TV rights to the Scottish Premier League through 2013-14. The agreement with SPORTFIVE International secures the SPL TV rights for the remainder of the 2011-12 season through the end of the 2013-14 campaign. The first Scottish Premier League game on […]

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/ 5186 days ago

Greatest Premier League XI Of All Time: From 1992 to 2012

Different fans have different takes on the greatest Premier League XI of all time. Since its inception in 1992/93, the English Premier League has gone from strength to strength, establishing it as one of the best leagues in the world. Many top players from all around the world have graced the league over the years […]

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/ 5186 days ago

MLS Debut On NBC Sports Scores Disappointing 82K Viewers

NBC Sports kicked off its first season of MLS TV coverage Sunday with only 82,000 viewers and a 0.07 rating. Embarrassingly, there were nine outdoors (fishing and hunting) TV shows that day that had larger viewing audiences, according to TV Sports Ratings. It was a case of good news and bad news for NBC Sports. […]