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The €480,000 shot

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:56:00 +0000

At halftime of the Xerez v Barcelona match on Wednesday, a man named Miguel Ramon Rubio won €480,000 for scoring a goal from midfield. And holy crap was he lucky to score — that sucker looked like it was going to die well before it reached the line but it somehow just kept going and ...

BrooksPeck posted 9 hours ago from dirtytackle.net

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World Cup Draw Today at 1:00 Eastern

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:09:00 +0000

That's right, Charlize Theron will have the footie world's balls in her hands today as she co-hosts the World Cup 2010 draw. The action is being covered in a live text format by all of the big news sites. The BBC coverage has plenty of content and updates quickly. The pots from which the 8 ...

Ibracadabra posted 71 minutes ago from nevercaptainnickybutt.blogspot.com

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World Cup Finals Draw

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:34:00 +0000

Around 17oo GMT we will start discovering who plays whom in South Africa this summer. The eight groups will choose one country from each pot as below. Pot 1 (Seeds) : South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England Pot 2 (AFC, OFC & CONCACAF) : Japan, South ...

Soccerphile posted 13 hours ago from soccerphile.blogspot.com

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101 Great Goals

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:49:51 +0000

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and ... found this 29 hours ago on 101greatgoals.com

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FIFA Organising Committee approves Final Draw procedure

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:05:00 +0000

The FIFA Organising Committee approved today the procedure for the Final Draw of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa , which will be held in Cape Town on Friday 4 December. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (which you can see by clicking on the link to the ...

Football rankings found this 2 days ago on fifa.com

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Will FIFA suspend Henry?

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:14:14 +0000

The controversial handball by Frenchman Thierry Henry is still causing shockwaves despite much of the sparks and debates calming down after FIFA ruled out any possibility of replaying the match. In addition, FIFA obviously refused to grant Ireland an extra spot in South Africa. Adding the ...

epltalk posted 42 hours ago from worldcupbuzz.com

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Mock World Cup Draw

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Mock World Cup Draw: South Africa: 2010 I hope you'll indulge me here, we're straddling on the outskirts of what we do here at La Liga Weekly, but since La Furia Roja are the number one team... Looking to advertise on our site? Want to send us your comments? You can reach us at, ...

serieaweekly posted 44 hours ago from laligaweekly.com

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Video Wednesday

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:54:00 +0000

I've been trying to find a good quality clip of Charlie Davies' ESPN Sunday interview, but no dice. However, a Du Nord reader hooked up a makeshift webcam version to fill the online void. We also have a brief interview with AGF attacker Jeremiah White about his future with the club.Today, I have ...

MokumBoy posted 41 hours ago from noshortcorners.com

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Real enjoy ironic applause

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:27:03 +0000

Real Madrid misfit Gago was late for training yesterday and when he turned up, all his teammates and even manager Manuel Pellegrini gave him a rousing round of ironic applause . Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso must have been quietly reconsidering just how happy the squad was to see him show up for ...

BrooksPeck posted 43 hours ago from dirtytackle.net

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World cup seedings announced

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:54:00 +0000

The pots for Friday's World Cup draw are out. The surprise is that October's FIFA rankings were used as the basis for seeding teams in Pot A, instead of the previous formula, a complicated metric based largely on performances in previous World Cups. For my boys*, the Netherlands, this is great ...

blogdumpster posted 45 hours ago from oot-football.blogspot.com

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Atletico Madrid Season Needs Flores Formula

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:02:14 +0000

Atletico Madrid have lurched from one crisis to the next this season. Just what has gone wrong at the La Liga club? And can new coach Quique Flores fix it?

JKarlsson posted 2 days ago from insidefutbol.com

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Top 5 First Half Euro-Lollygaggers

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:41:00 +0000

It's very simple. Some clubs in Europe simply aren't getting the expected job done. I believe Durham Bulls manager Joe Riggins said it best (with slight alterations by me):Skip: You guys. You lollygag the ball around the midfield. You lollygag your way down the wing. You lollygag in and out of ...

MokumBoy posted 2 days ago from noshortcorners.com

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Laporta enjoyed Barca’s win

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:13:04 +0000

Barca president Joan Laporta sat beside Real Madrid president Florentino Perez during his side’s El Clasico win on Sunday, so he had to be somewhat respectful during the match. But as the picture above shows, he apparently partied his balls off afterwards — popping bottles like ...

BrooksPeck posted 3 days ago from dirtytackle.net

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A few things...

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:07:00 +0000

Busy, busy, busy...#1 - New Philly forward Alejandro Moreno doesn't sound too happy about leaving Columbus.Meanwhile, The Always Sunny Gang (I will be pushing this nickname for them, by the way) also officially has a new keeper in Chris Seitz.#2 - K.C. Wizard and Nebraska Furniture Mart ...

MokumBoy posted 3 days ago from noshortcorners.com

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Jornada 13: Weekend Results in La Liga

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:41:00 +0000

La Liga Weekly Presents: -->--> La Liga Results Team of the Week: Athletic Bilbao beats no-manches Hugo Sanchez's Almeria squad with a bombs away series of set pieces. Los leones are... Looking to advertise on our site? Want to send us your comments? You can reach us at, ...

serieaweekly posted 3 days ago from laligaweekly.com

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Ronaldo-injuring wizard finally revealed…

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:57:22 +0000

…way too much. Good Lord. He says those belly scars were made during his spells, but they look like the kinds of cuts you get from fighting with a hobo over a can of peas. Yes, this is Pepe — the “wizard” who claims to have been the reason behind Cristiano ...

BrooksPeck posted 6 days ago from dirtytackle.net

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Randoms: Classico/GolTV/Q & A/US Bits

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:55:00 +0000

Barcelona!Some unforeseen circumstances prevented me from watching El Classico live on Sunday afternoon but I was able to spend an unusually lovely early Monday morning catching up.Definitely a big win for Barca to move them back to the top of La Liga, but playing at home this is a game they ...

ARotberg posted 4 days ago from ifischi.blogspot.com

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Who likes goals?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:49:00 +0000

I have started working on three totally unrelated Top 5 Lists. One will migrate to S365, but not the first one. That will drop here some time in the next 36 hours, and it will be covering the Euro-clubs that have unexpectedly stunk up the joint during the season's first half. And lemme tell ya: ...

MokumBoy posted 4 days ago from noshortcorners.com

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Monday Morning Papers 11/30

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:16:00 +0000

Marca Cheats: They lasered CR9 and Pepe. Undesirables in the Camp Nou, furious spectators, camouflaged in the tiers, savoured the Clasico by lasering Real Madrid players. FCB 1-0 Real Madrid... Looking to advertise on our site? Want to send us your comments? You can reach us at, ...

serieaweekly posted 4 days ago from laligaweekly.com

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Saturday Morning Papers: El Clasico from opposing sides

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:52:00 +0000

Marca.com In The Divan of Olga Viza, Michael Laudrup says: Barca aren't as much the favorites as they were two weeks ago. Benzema: Exclusive Interview: "It will the game of my life. I... Looking to advertise on our site? Want to send us your comments? You can reach us at, ...

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