Category: Football

Pressure On Manchester United To Beat Fulham At Craven Cottage

| December 19, 2011 | 0 Comments

It’s Premier League match time for the second week running at Craven Cottage in match week 17 when Fulham host Manchester united on Wednesday, December 21, 2011. To find out what time the match between Fulham and Manchester United is due to kick off, take a look at the EPL schedule. Fulham are coming off [...]

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Can Arsenal Beat Manchester City? Wenger Says They Can

| December 18, 2011 | 0 Comments
Can Arsenal Beat Manchester City? Wenger Says They Can

Arsene Wenger is among a minority that think Arsenal can beat Man City when the sides clash at the City of Manchester in match week 16, on Sunday, December 18, 2011. Brave words from the Arsenal manager, one would imagine, considering that Arsenal were ravaged 8-2 by the other Manchester club not so long ago. [...]

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Barcelona Batter Santos To Lift World Club Cup

| December 18, 2011 | 0 Comments
Barcelona Batter Santos To Lift World Club Cup

Spain’s Barcelona thrashed Brazil’s Santos 4-0 to establish themselves as the world’s best club team, in Japan, on Sunday, December 18, 2011. Lionel Messi with a brace of goals. Xavi and Cesc Fabregas scored for the champions in what was a one-sided contest. Messi gave his side the lead on 16 minutes after a one-two [...]

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UEFA Champions League: Basel Expulsion Will Revive Manchester United Campaign

| December 18, 2011 | 2 Comments
UEFA Champions League: Basel Expulsion Will Revive Manchester United Campaign

Manchester United’s Champions League campaign could be back on track with the threat of expulsion hanging over FC Basel, following FIFA’s threat to ban the Swiss FA over the Europa League dispute involving Swiss club Sion. Were Basel to be thrown out of the tournament, UEFA is expected to review which team would replace them [...]

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FIFA Threatens To Ban Switzerland Over Europa League Dispute

| December 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Soccer’s governing body FIFA issued a statement on Saturday threatening to suspend Switzerland over the legal case involving first division club Sion. FIFA have given the Swiss FA a deadline of Jan. 13 to resolve the issue, according to FIFA’s statement. If the deadline were not to be met, it would mean automatic suspension of [...]

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African Cup Of Nations: Captain Eto’o Handed 15-Game Ban By Cameroon

| December 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Cameroon captain Samuel Eto’o has been banned for 15 matches after the Cameroon football federation (Fecafoot) held the player guilty of inciting his team-mates to refuse to travel to Algeria for a friendly international, in November. Fecafoot’s website stated, “Samuel Eto’o, in his role as captain, incited his team-mates to refuse to travel to Algeria.” [...]

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Police Arrest Sunderland Stars Bendtner, Cattermole

| December 17, 2011 | 0 Comments
Police Arrest Sunderland Stars Bendtner, Cattermole

Northumbria police have arrested Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole and striker Nicolas Bendtner after they went on a car-wrecking spree last week. The incident happened on Stowell Street, in close vicinity of St James’ Park, the home venue of Sunderland’s arch-rivals, Newcastle United. On the night, Cattermole and Bendtner are said to have been at a [...]

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Win Against Siena Will Push AC Milan To Top Of Serie A

| December 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

AC Milan can hope to scale the summit of Serie A, albeit temporarily, with a home win against Siena who travel to Milan’s Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Saturday, December 17, 2011. Coming into the game, the champions are on an unbeaten run of nine league matches and have more wins this season than any other [...]

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Manchester City To Clash With Champions Porto In Europa League

| December 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

Manchester City have been drawn to face title holders Porto in the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League, in the draw held at the UEFA headquarters, in Nyon, Switzerland. In another knock out match, Manchester United are due to play Ajax Amsterdam. Incidentally all four teams were in the Champions League and dropped [...]

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Champions League Round Of 16 Draw Pits Arsenal, Chelsea Against Tough Rivals

| December 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

The UEFA Champions League draw for the knock out round of 16 is out. English clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, have been pitted against tough Italian clubs. While Arsenal are set to clash with AC Milan, Chelsea will be up against Napoli who showed Manchester City the exit atthe group stage, from the European tournament. AC [...]

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