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Revolution Keeper Reis Has Surgery on Left Knee
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis has had surgery on his left knee. ...
Boxx Goes First to Saint Louis in Dispersal Draft
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) -- Midfielder Shannon Boxx has been selected first by Saint Louis Athletica in the Women's Professional Soccer disperal draft. ...
Goal: Nani Elevates His Play in Match Shown in 3-D
Manchester United’s Nani displayed a showman’s timing by having a breakout game In the first sporting event televised in 3-D. ...
Roundup: Egypt Beats Ghana 1-0, Earning African Cup Title
Egypt won the African Cup of Nations for the third time in a row after substitute Mohamed Gedo scored in the 85th minute, earning a 1-0 victory over Ghana. ...
Soccer Roundup: Derby County Ends Nottingham Forest’s Streak
Rob Hulse scored in the 78th minute as Derby County ended Nottingham Forest’s 19-game unbeaten streak. ...
Women’s League Shutters Popular Los Angeles Team
Women’s Professional Soccer, which is preparing for its second season, said it had decided to fold the Los Angeles Sol. ...
Soccer By Ives
Arsenal's fading title hopes will be on the line on Sunday as the Gunners take on first-place Chelsea in the match of the weekend. Arsenal is fresh off a 3-1 thumping against Manchester United, while Chelsea looks to rebound after dropping points to Hull City at mid-week American soccer fans...
Donovan has chance to erase bad Liverpool memories
When Landon Donovan takes the field for Everton against Liverpool on Saturday (7:30am, ESPN2), he will be doing more than playing in the most important match he's played in since going to England on loan. Donovan will also be looking to exorcise some demons against the same team he faced...
Terry removed as England captain, Ferdinand likely new skipper
According to multiple reports out of England, John Terry has been removed as captain of the English national team. The news isn't much of a surprise considering the number of revelations emerging about Terry (the latest being an apparent attempt to rent out the Wembley Stadium luxury box he is...
Americans Abroad: A Look Ahead
By FRANCO PANIZO Landon Donovan has enjoyed a good run of form since joining Everton five matches ago, impressing against the likes of Arsenal and Manchester City, but this weekend provides him with his biggest challenge yet. Donovan will get his first taste of the Merseyside derby, as Everton and...
Friday Kickoff: Torres injured, Terry-Capello meeting scheduled and more
By FRANCO PANIZO The list of injured U.S. national team players just keeps getting longer and longer. Jose Francisco Torres is the latest U.S. international to go down with an injury after it was revealed Torres picked up a hamstring strain that will keep him sidelined for the next one...
Orozco, Ching among 23 named to USA camp roster for El Salvador friendly
Recently-signed Philadelphia Union defender Michael Orozco and Houston Dynamo striker Brian Ching were among the 23 players chosen for the upcoming training camp roster for the U.S. men's national team match vs. El Salvador in Tampa on Feb. 24. The camp squad is made up entirely of MLS players, with...
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Roma Will Go Far Under Claudio Ranieri - Juan (Goal.com)
Juan is confident of success under 'Tinkerman'......
Esperance's Khaled Korbi Suspended For Two Matches (Goal.com)
The defensive midfielder pushed a ball boy and was sent off during his club’s last match....
Manchester City Boss Roberto Mancini: I Would Sign Inter's Mario Balotelli (Goal.com)
The Italian coach wants Balotelli at Eastlands......
Tunisia's Chaouki Ben Saada Regrets African Cup Of Nations Participation (Goal.com)
The Tunisian midfielder was worried about his club while he was in Angola....
Algeria To Face Ukraine In May - Report (Goal.com)
The Fennecs will play a friendly against Ukraine in preparation for their World Cup opener with Slovenia in June....
Pick Your Milan Team (Goal.com)
Milan clash with Bologna. Goal.com invites you to pick your starting XI......
World Football Daily
Friday’s Show, February 5th, 2010
WFD closes the week off strong with quite the line-up. To begin with, we are happy to bring our Premium Subscribers a special treat. Steven and Kenny come in early to record a special skype video segment with Jason and Randy Sklar. The Sklar Brothers cover the lighter side of...
Thursday’s Show, February 4th, 2010
The week is almost thru but World Football Daily is staying strong. The first half of the show is all yours. Callers, Skypers, emails and tweets, get stuck in and shape the discussion with your voice. If you are getting tired of hearing about the John Terry issue, then swing...
Wednesday’s Show, February 3rd, 2010
Today on World Football Daily, the boys continue the John Terry debate/scandal, among other things. In the first half of the show, Steven and Kenny call up Nick Szczepanik from the Times Online. Nick joins the show from his Florida hotel room as he was sent from his...
Tuesday’s Show, February 2, 2010
Today on World Football Daily we give our premium members our first, of a three part series, video on our trip to the Arsenal supporters group in Los Angeles. Also for our premium members, we have chief football writer Neil Ashton, from the News of the World. He gives his...
Monday’s Show, February 1st, 2010
The boys of World Football Daily come back from quite the weekend. Staying busy to bring our subscribers the content they want to see, you can expect to see a Production Meeting from the end of last week, as well as the first segment of a three part series with...
Benitez looks ahead to Mersey derby
Liverpool managed to pick up a vital three points in their push for a Champions League spot with a 2-0 victory over relegation-threatened Bolton. Anfield boss Rafael Benitez admitted his side were fortunate to secure all three points on Saturday, but is now targetting victory in next weekend’s Merseyside derby. The...
Off The Post
John Terry holds up very prophetic copy of The Sun
It was The Sun wot done it The thought that John Terry’s extra-marital affair was all a desperate ploy to create more publicity for the now ex-England skipper hadn’t crossed our minds… until now. Here is JT on the front cover of The Sun to signal him agreeing to write a column...
Win tickets to all England’s group games
Win tickets for you and a friend to be at every England World Cup group game Sign up to Wrighty’s XI and you and a friend could be going to the World Cup in South Africa, with Category 1 tickets for every England group game. ...
Video: Wayne Rooney is as quick as Cristiano Ronaldo
Proof that chubby ginger people can be fast too The race might sound as unlikely as the Cristiano Ronaldo v Bugatti, but the results are equally surprising. Spotted on 101GG ...
Aston Villa player banned for selling Carling Cup final tickets on Facebook
You have been touted by Nathan Baker. Tout him back? Aston Villa have banned youngster Nathan Baker from attending the Carling Cup final after he was caught selling his ticket allocation on Facebook. The 18-year-old, currently on loan at Lincoln City, was flogging the tickets - which were supposed to be...
Northampton offer a free holiday to anyone who buys a season ticket
A good deal or a load of Cobblers? Northampton have launched a deal offering a free week’s holiday for fans who buy season tickets. Supporters who their tickets before March 5 will be offered a week in self-catering accommodation in Spain or Tenerife. The deal does not include flights, but the League...
Premier League Name Translator: #9 Alexander Diamond
Cutting through the exotic monikers of Premier League imports so you can judge the player, not the name This is precisely the reason why OTP has set up the Premier League Name Translator. West Ham splash out a reported £6 million to bring in an Alexander Diamond from Livorno when they...
Live Football
Last time these two squads faced off for the Cup, Rangers came out on top. Now St. Mirren will try to fight the odds and beat Rangers, and they’ll hope new signing Rory Loy will be given the OK to play against Rangers, who loaned him to St Mirren. As for...
Villa has a better record against top teams than Tottenham, so it’ll be great to see who gets the best of who in this one. Another great duel to watch will be Jermain Defoe, the striker who’s been on fire lately, facing the best defense in the EPL so far. Tottenham’s...
Both of these squads need to regain form, otherwise they’ll be looking at problems down the road – relegation problems. While Sunderland will probably play Benjani and Hutton, two new faces to the squad, Wigan won’t have such luck, as Marcelo Moreno is still waiting for his international clearance. Victor...
Both of these teams are sitting in the middle of the table, and neither will want to lose points – especially to the other. Stoke is still struggling to score and have only one win in 9 games. Both Fayes are unlikely to play in this match, as both are...
The last thing that Portsmouth needs right now is to face the reigning champions but, truth be said, the last thing Portsmouth needs right now is to be playing at all. The club has lost money and players in the transfer window, and the club’s fourth owner this year doesn’t...
This sold-out derby is a classic in English football, and it’s classical tone is that of indiscipline. It’s the fixture with the greatest number of red cards in the whole EPL, and it’s indiscipline that tends to be the decisive factor in clashes between these two teams. Liverpool take the honors...
World Cup Blog - Euro 2008 Championships
Greeks Abroad Update: Can Sotiris Kyrgiakos And Georgios Samaras Shine In South Africa?
It’s been a while since I’ve graced the Greece WCB and as you can imagine, I’ve had a fair bit of time to reflect in my no doubt much-lamented absence. Aside from pondering about the meaning of life (which went hand in hand with finally giving up on Football Manager 2010...
Eljero Elia's spectacular 2009
He's the sensation of the Bundesliga. Eljero ist weltklasse. The 22 year old looks back at four defining moments of 2009. Hamburg, January 2009. HSV plays against Bayern Munich. Twente player Elia is watching in the stands... "HSV had invited me over to watch the top fixture against Bayern. From the first...
With the lack of news (well, at least 100% credible news), I'm gonna start posting videos and other entertaining tid-bits to keep stuff rolling on the blog. Expect goals of the week, great domestic performances from Azzurri player or hopefuls, and Music Mondays (since I know a few of you...
Next Sunday (Feb-7) we will know our adversaries qualifying for the Poland-Ukraine Euro 2012. As current 7th in UEFA's ranking we are seeded in the first pot and even if we do avoid some very potent soccer powers there are still a couple of monsters lurking in pots 2 and 3. Seeding...
Torsten Frings has been officially excluded from the German national team for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Aside from an extended summer vacation, Frings can look forward to likely never adding to his 79 appearances for the national team. Although this decision has been a long time coming...
Anyone Have a Grain of Salt... or a Whole Bag?
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2010/02/03/1774307/world-cup-2010-italy-coach-marcello-lippi-picks-16 It's goal.com. It's a rumor. It's unconfirmed. And at the same time, not unexpected....
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Ronaldo hoping for shorter ban
La Liga: Cristiano Ronaldo is hoping Spain's disciplinary committee will halve his two-match ban ...
Armband given to fortunate Rio Ferdinand as the next in line | Kevin McCarra
Rio Ferdinand will give John Terry a reminder of what he has lost but the new man has had problems of his ownJohn Terry has lost the England captaincy but it has not gone far. The Chelsea defender will endure an additional punishment whenever he turns his head in an...
Super Bowl supersedes not-so-super dad
Forget the nonsense about the former England captain, just enjoy the New Orleans Saints in the Super BowlDad of the year, you say? With the collapse of the John Terry super-injunction some small news story crept into one or two of the sports sections during the week regarding the then...
O'Neill: Villa's England contingent facing vital games
• Manager backs players to make it to South Africa• Gabriel Agbonlahor bidding to emulate Peter WitheMartin O'Neill believes Aston Villa's next two fixtures offer an opportunity for the sizeable England contingent within his side to press their claims to be part of Fabio Capello's World Cup plans. Villa face...
Ancelotti backs Terry as Chelsea captain
• Manager has 'no interest' in players' private lives• 'We need Terry to play against Arsenal'Carlo Ancelotti is to stand by John Terry, his captain at Chelsea, despite seeing the defender stripped of the England armband last night, after expressing amazement at the furore whipped up this week by allegations...
Third would be no disaster for Arsenal, says Wenger
• Frenchman questions value of winning the Carling Cup• Even defeat at Chelsea will not end Gunners' title aspirationsArsène Wenger has risked antagonising his club's supporters by saying that finishing third in the Premier League would not be a disaster and, in an apparent dig at Manchester United and Aston...
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Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has hailed the fitness levels of new loan signing Alan Hutton, who has moved to Wearside from Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the season. The 25-year-old Scotland international has only started three games since the beginning of December, but Bruce has no concerns over Hutton's readiness. He...
Athletic Bilbao prodigy Javi Martinez has brushed off media reports linking him with a move to Premier League big-spenders Manchester City. The 21-year-old is seen as a star of the future and has been in exceptional form for the Basque side this term. With his form continuing to raise attention, the Citizens...
Borussia Dortmund striker Mohamed Zidan's father has claimed that a number of Premier League teams are keen on his son's services. The Egypt international impressed at the Africa Cup of Nations last month, helping his nation claim the sought after prize for a third consecutive time. On the power of his fine...
Everton's French striker Louis Saha has signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at Goodison Park until the summer of 2012. The 31-year-old has scored 21 goals in 55 appearances for the Toffees since his arrival in the summer of 2008, having shrugged off a number of injuries which blighted...
Hull City manager Phil Brown is delighted with the way teenage midfielder Tom Cairney has settled into life in the Premier League with the Tigers. The 19-year-old has started in City's last two games, which ended in draws with Wolves and leaders Chelsea, and Brown was left impressed by the youngster's...
Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has confirmed that he may make a second bid to sign Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko next summer. The 28-year-old Russia international came close to heading to St Andrew's last month, before a deal fell through due to a difference over the player's valuation. McLeish told reporters:"We...
Everyone's Blog Posts - Dynamo Planet
A conversation on the state of MLS/US and a look forward
Recently, Playtherapy (in between his rounds of Football Manager 2010) and I have been having a conversation on the state of the league and the future. Here is that conversation, which hopefully can bring some more comments and additions from everyone else. The conversation began with Playtherapy talking about the...
NEW POSSIBLE DYNAMO STADIUM SITE: THE GALLERIA AREA?
Check this out, courtesy of ABC13. Big up also to the Dynamo Supporters' Alliance.... The new question now is, well, which stadium site would be most likely to be developed: Downtown or the Galleria? It's very likely that the answer to that will be coming within the next 60-90 days (inside...
WORD ON THE STREET: MLS CUP 2010 WILL BE AT RED BULL ARENA
It is about to become as official as a referee with a whistle: Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey will be home to MLS Cup 2010. The 25,000+ facility, whom is expected to be the jewel of MLS this year will be displayed for the final and biggest game...
If you've not seen this yet, you should. Landon Donovan starring in a Mexican Lottery commercial. They loves our Landycakes south of the border something fierce!...
SBI sez: Holden offered BIG contract to stay put
Soccer by Ives correspondent Franco Panizo is reporting that MLS has offered our man Stuart a big contract to keep him from moving to Europe, reportedly "ten times his current salary." Check out the story here:…...
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“After much thought, I have made the decision that it will be best for me to take the captaincy away from John Terry. “As a captain with the team, John Terry has displayed extremely positive behaviour. However, I have to take into account other considerations and what is...
by Greg Seltzer for Soccer365 Energized by his first U.S. Men's National Team cap, rebro playmaker Alejandro Bedoya has returned to his day job in Sweden ready to join in a championship chase. In 2009, the Behrn Arena crew became stronger as the season wore on and nearly worked...
Andrey Arshavin admits Arsenal don't have the class to match title rivals Manchester United and Chelsea. The dimunitive Russia international says the Gunners will never be champions while they have to rely on him as a makeshift centre forward.Arsenal news found this 27 hours ago on dailymail.co.uk Find...
Team mates ArshavinDirty Tackle - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports found this 36 hours ago on youtube.com Find more top football news, videos, and blogs on FootballBlips: Other, Andrei Arshavin...
Italians amused and bewildered by English hypocrisy over John Terry | Tom Kington
The relaxed attitude to footballers' private lives in Italy means England's moral dilemma over John Terry is hard to fathom Italian sports journalists struggled to stifle their laughter this week as they followed the John Terry affair, and sought to explain why England is dumping...
Bradley Calls 23 Players to Training Camp on Feb. 10 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named 23 players to the training camp roster that will gather on Feb. 10 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.TheOriginalWinger.com found this 39 hours ago on ussoccer.com Find more top football news, videos,...
The Second Half
John Terry has been stripped of the England captain's armband following talks with coach Fabio Capello on Friday, according to reports.......
Super-sub Mohamed Gedo scored the only goal five minutes from time to help Egypt defend their African Nations Cup crown with victory over brave Ghana.......
Robinho seals Santos loan switch
Manchester City forward Robinho is to rejoin Santos on a six-month loan after the two clubs reached an agreement on the deal on Thursday.......
Rooney Sends Manchester United to Carling Final
Wayne Rooney headed Manchester United to Wembley with an injury-time winner to beat Manchester City at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening.......
Angry Ronaldo protests his innocence
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo has voiced his anger at the two-match ban he received for his dismissal in the 2-0 win over Malaga.......
Bradley: Donovan Switch Could Be Key to England
Landon Donovan's loan switch to Everton could aid USA when they tackle England in this summer's mouthwatering World Cup showdown.......
Arseblog
Right, plenty to talk about this morning so let me get me grumble out of the way first. Yesterday, in his interview with the official site, Arsene Wenger said we were 'very, very close' to signing somebody on the final day of the transfer window, but obviously didn't. You know, I'd...
Early Chelsea team news, George Graham + Arsecast 149
Good morning all and a happy Friday to you. This week seems to have really dragged, no midweek football after a weekend defeat isn't necessarily a good thing. All the focus now will be on Chelsea though. Arsene's press briefings will take place today, no doubt the United game will be...
Almunia and Bendtner try some confidence boosting
Still pretty quiet as we prepare for Chelsea on Sunday. There's more crap this morning about Barcelona - this time they want Cesc and Eboue! Talk about hitting us where it hurts. Losing Cesc would be bad, but Eboue too? Worst. Summer. Ever. As I said the other day though this...
Wellington boots Dagenham and Redbridge
As Arseblog brought you the news of Wellington's signing before anyone else, I thought you well informed folks might be interested in his performance in a behind closed doors friendly against Dagenham and Redbridge today. The young Brazilian was outstanding by all accounts having a hand in all three Arsenal goals...
Oh hope, why must you tease me so?
Well, I have to admit I fully expected Chelsea to go to Hull and turn Phil Brown from glowing orange to Avatar blue, such would be the thumping they would inflict. Instead a 1-1 draw means that if we beat Chelsea on Sunday we'd be within three points of them. If...
United fallout continues as Barcelona's press vultures circle
Well, the transfer deadline came and went with nothing happening at Arsenal. It wasn't really any surprise. If the manager was going to buy somebody he'd have done it before now. The United defeat wouldn't have made him think 'Oh goodness, I DO need a player or two after all'....