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Barcelona, Madrid The Most Popular Clubs In Europe

Premier League say what? The Premiership lovers will talk to people about how their league is the best around but it seems like they aren't talking anymore. When a fan hears that their team is the biggest, a sense of pride emerges.

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Barca-Pool Give England A Spanish Lesson

Spain chewed England up and spit them out. There was no other way that the game could be put. It was ironic to have done it to Fabio Cappello's team in Spain. The home side was simply a machine and there was no doubt that they are the best team in the world.

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Chelsea Players Play Blame Game and Other Premier League News

It took a couple of days, but the rift in the Chelsea dressing room seems to have finally made it out onto the public forum of the press. It all had to start with John Terry, doing his best to absolve his blame in Scolari's sacking by saying he was behind the manager 100 percent, […]

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Same Scoreline: Different Story

2-0. The scoreline which rings so familiar in US-Mexico clashes was again repeated tonight. But this game was different. Firstly, Mexico with a virtual "B" attacking squad thanks partly to suspensions and injuries and also to the stubbornness of El Tri's manager was playing with a foot tied. This allowed the US to maintain greater […]

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Premier League Clubs Can't Afford to Be Patient With Managers

The firings of Tony Adams by Portsmouth and Big Phil Scolari by Chelsea brought the total number of clubs that have changed managers this season to seven, and the number of managerial changes to eight. That turnover rate seems quite high and quickly cycling managers seldom leads to success. It would seem that managers […]

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Plastic & Artificial pitches – 25 years on & we're still no closer to beating the weather!

Last Saturday was another frustrating day as for the second time in four days (& the third time in a month) Crystal Palace's Championship fixture was called off – not due to Peaches Geldof's pending divorce, Michael Phelps being pictured purportedly smoking marijuana from a bong or that 'idiot' Gordon Brown…........no you guessed it, it […]

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United States v Mexico Live and Online

CONCACAF World Cup Qualification begins the home stretch tonight as round one of the hexagonal begins and what a clash to start out with. The weather is miserable, but not cold in Columbus and the United States only have Mexico to contend with. Can the United States get off on the right foot? Will this […]

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Possible Upsets In the FA Cup?

The 5th round of the FA Cup gets underway this Saturday and Sunday and the question is will there be any upsets or will it be business as usual? Watford v Chelsea – Vicarage Road Just last week I would have said there was no chance of Watford pulling an upset but I’m not sure. […]

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MLS Gives a Friday Deadline on Beckham Deal

The LA Galaxy and AC Milan have until Friday to work out an agreement to see where David Beckham will play for after the March transfer date. With the start of the MLS season coming quickly it will be nice to have this finally come to an end so it won’t distract the Galaxy as […]

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Is There Something Morally Wrong With The Madrid Credit?

Ronaldo Practicing With Portugal (Reuters) It is hard to separate the difference between the bubble that is football at its highest level and the reality of the world right now. I read Spanish news everyday and the headlines are very similar to those here in the United States. Apparently Real Madrid were the affected by […]

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Spain vs England On U.S. TV

Today's friendly between Spain and England will unfortunately not be on U.S. TV. Instead, Setanta Premium has the rights to the game and will be showing the match nationwide at select pubs. Coverage starts at 4pm ET. To find a venue closest to you, use Setanta's Venue Finder. In the UK, the game will be […]

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New 09/10 Arsenal Away Shirt: Design Mockups

Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2009/2010 season will reportedly be hunter green, reminscent of their away shirt from the 1982-83 season. Manufactured by Nike, here are two design mockups of what the shirts may look like courtesy of Football Shirts and designer Whitey. The design mockups show two possibilities. One, a more modern design. […]

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Doodle of the Day: Feb. 11, 2009

Barca will place this ad on the Argentine jersey for today´s friendly ¨Abidal, injure Leo and find youself another team- FCB¨

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Hiddink to Chelsea And Other Premier League News

For Chelsea fans, this is another case of 'here we go again'. The Chelsea international manager merry-go-round continued Tuesday after Roman went all guns blazing after the man who has been managing the national team of his birth. Despite all the media reports of Avram Grant, Frank Rijkaard, even the team of Giofranco Zola and […]

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Serie A Team Of The Week – Week 23

Week 23 of the Serie A was loaded with great drama & theater. Udinese & Juventus both got game winners in 2nd half injury time. Fiorentina got 3 points from Alberto Gilardino in the 89th minute and Chievo & Siena gave their fans heart palpitations with late goals to salvage a point. However, the Team […]