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/ 4635 days agoCompetition from Edinson Cavani Pushes Zlatan Ibrahimovic Towards His Best
Edinson Cavani’s move to from Napoli to Paris St. Germain was one of the surprise moves of last summer’s transfer window. The Parisians, after all, already had a world-class striker in Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Having the two of them in the same side seemed almost like trying to cram two lead guitarists into the same group. […]

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/ 4635 days agoCardiff City vs Swansea: The South Wales Derby Takes the Premier League’s Center Stage
There’s a first time for everything. The Football League in England was founded in 1888, and since its inception there has never been a matchup in the top flight between two clubs from Wales. There are nine Welsh clubs competing in the English football league system and only two have ever won a major honor […]

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/ 4635 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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/ 4635 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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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 days agoWhy Wenger’s Arsenal Are The Unquestionable Premier League Title Favorites
Following Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea in the League Cup on Tuesday, we read analysis far and wide about how the Gunners title credentials had been unmasked by the result. These theories gained traction among many analysts during the course of this week, but they were laughable. Bashing Arsene Wenger has long proven to be […]

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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 days agoChelsea Are Cruising Under Jose Mourinho And Ready to Pounce When Arsenal or Liverpool Slip Up
It’s always wise to point a camera at Jose Mourinho. Train a camera on the man, and he’ll pay you back with some remarkable scenes. Such was the case on Sunday as a revived Fernando Torres pounced on a cataclysmic piece of defending from Manchester City and their beleaguered goalkeeper Joe Hart to score and […]

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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 days agoTop 5 Must-See Soccer Matches: Nov. 1, 2013
The top-class soccer is enjoyably relentless at the moment. Trawling through this weekend’s contests, I had another dilemma on what games to select for our weekly must-watch selection. So much so, that I’ve included a few honorable mentions this week. Some great games in their own right, and contests that might take your personal fancy! […]

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/ 4636 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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/ 4636 days agoLa Liga Roundup, Gameweek 11: Real Madrid Hit Seven as Barcelona Lead The Pack
Barcelona maintained a one-point lead at the top of La Liga after the midweek games in Spain. Barca won comfortably at Celta Vigo while Real Madrid hit seven against Sevilla and Atletico Madrid won at Granada. Barcelona coach Tata Martino made five changes from the side that won El Clasico last Saturday as his side […]