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Chelsea vs Basel and Benfica vs Fenerbahce, Europa League Semi-Finals: Open Thread

Chelsea are one step away from reaching the 2012-13 Europa League Final if they can overcome Basel today at Stamford Bridge. With a 2-1 aggregate lead thanks to a last gasp goal from David Luiz, Chelsea will want to improve defensively to prevent the Swiss side from getting a crucial away goal (or more) against […]

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Gareth Bale Will Stay At Tottenham Hotspur Next Season, Says Andre Villas-Boas

Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas says that Gareth Bale will be at the club next season no matter where Spurs finish in the league this season. This contradicts what Villas-Boas said last week when he claimed that Tottenham would have to finish in top four to keep Bale. In Tottenham's press conference today, Villas-Boas said: […]

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Norwich City Are Coming to America This Summer On Pre-Season Tour

Norwich City will play three friendlies in the United States this summer as part of their pre-season tour. The Canaries will be joining Chelsea, Manchester City and Stoke City who have already announced pre-season matches in the United States this summer. Chris Hughton's side will fly to California on July 15. On July 18, they'll […]

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After Final Nail In Coffin From Gus Johnson, FOX Soccer Will Not Be Missed

With NBC Sports Network announcing their Premier League coverage plans for next season, the end is near for FOX Soccer. Next season will see the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, CONCACAF Champion’s League and the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments shown on the new FOX Sports 1. FOX Soccer will become FXX, a […]

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What Happened to Southampton FC’s Former Home, The Dell?

Southampton Football Club are often complimented for their state-of-the-art facilities, including the 32,000 seater St Mary's stadium, but what ever happened to The Dell, the Saints' former home between 1898 to 2001? The mid-1990s was when the people of Southampton knew The Dell wouldn’t be around for much longer, the club chairman at the time, […]
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Is This Liverpool's Away Shirt for the 2013-14 Season? [PHOTO]

After Liverpool unveiled their new home shirt for the 2013-14 season yesterday, a lot of anticipation has been building for the upcoming launch of their away shirt. While we don't know for sure whether the above photo is in fact the design for Liverpool's away shirt for 2013-14, it's plausible that it could be. The […]

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The Green Machine Defeats Portland Timbers 10-9, Star Player Atticus Lane-Dupre Scores 4 Goals [VIDEO]

PORTLAND, OR — May 1st, 2013 — The Green Machine soccer team defeated MLS side Portland Timbers yesterday with star player Atticus Lane-Dupre scoring four goals to send the crowd of more than 3,000 into a frenzy. Eight year-old Atticus was the man of the match with an incredible performance in front of a packed […]

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Gareth Bale Named Player of the Year By Football Writers' Association: The Daily EPL

Gareth Bale has been named Player of the Year by the Football Writers' Association, beating Robin van Persie and Juan Mata to the award. It's Bale's third award this season after recently winning the PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year awards. There were also a wide range of votes […]

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Liverpool Don't Want Europa League Place Via UEFA Fair Play League: The Nightly EPL

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says he doesn't want his side to play in the Europa League as a result of the UEFA Fair Play League; Instead, the Northern Irishman wants Liverpool to qualify the old-fashioned way by earning it through their league position. Here are tonight's Premier League news headlines: Liverpool do not want Europa […]

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Liverpool Unveil Home Shirt for 2013-14 Season: Official [PHOTOS]

Liverpool have unveiled their new home shirt for the 2013-14 season. The kit was launched at midnight UK time and is designed and manufactured by American apparel company Warrior. The new kit features a simple but attractive red shirt with white trim. The Liverpool home kit is a modern take on the 1984 version, worn […]

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Newcastle United Threaten to Ban The Telegraph From Club Due to Negative Publicity

Following up on what has been an awful two weeks for Newcastle United after getting thrashed by Sunderland and Liverpool, the Tyneside club is now getting bad press off the pitch as well as on it. According to a fellow colleague of his, Telegraph reporter Luke Edwards has been banned by Newcastle United because Edwards revealed that […]

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Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Match Highlights, UEFA Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Leg

Barcelona had a herculean task ahead of them to overturn a 4-0 deficit from the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich, and the cards were stacked against them before kick-off when it was announced that Lionel Messi would be benched for the match. Without Messi, this was a tired and […]

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69% Of Tweets About Gus Johnson’s Barca-Bayern Commentary Were Negative

How well did Gus Johnson commentate on the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg between Barcelona and Bayern Munich that was shown live on FX today? According to Tweetfeel, a sentiment analysis tool that measures positive and negative messages on Twitter, 69% of the tweets posted about Gus Johnson were negative. A real-time search of […]

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Barcelona vs Bayern Munich, UEFA Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Leg: Open Thread

Barcelona enter their home cauldron of Camp Nou today on a mission impossible, to try to overturn a 4-0 deficit to advance to the final of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League Final. If Barcelona wins on aggregate today, it'll be one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the Champions League against a team […]
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Is This Tottenham Hotspur's Home Shirt For The 2013-14 Season? [PHOTO]

Is this Tottenham's home shirt for the 2013-14 season? A photo has been leaked on the Internet that shows a Tottenham home shirt that's designed by Under Armour. The new Spurs home shirt shows a navy blue and gold trim, but the most prominent feature of the shirt is the navy blue sash that's on […]