Category: UEFA

Scottish Premier League Preview: Rangers Vs St Johnstone

| February 24, 2011 | 0 Comments

Kick Off:- 15:00 GMT, Saturday 27 February 2011 Ibrox Park, Glasgow Rangers need a victory so badly following their heavy defeat to oldest rivals Celtic last time out. No-one in serious football circles is saying that that defeat was terminal for their title challenge, but it certainly did some damage. Rangers will obviously be looking [...]

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Scottish Cup Preview: Rangers Vs Celtic

| February 5, 2011 | 0 Comments

It’s an age-old cliché in Scottish football that form tells you nothing about how this particular fixture will go. If that’s true for league meetings between these two giants of Scottish football – and it is – then it’s doubly true for this Cup game at Ibrox Park between Rangers and Celtic, scheduled for Sunday, [...]

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Champions League Preview: Manchester United Vs Valencia

| December 6, 2010 | 0 Comments
Champions League Preview: Manchester United Vs Valencia

Old Trafford will play host to Valencia in the Group C encounter of the UEFA Champions League between Manchester United and Valencia, on Tuesday, December 7. The cancellation of their Premier League game against Blackpool on Saturday has left Manchester United rested ahead of the crucial game that could decide who would head Group C [...]

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Premier League History: How It All Began

| November 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

In relating the history of the Premier League, I am all too aware that this is a closer look at the origins of what has turned out to be a phenomenon in the contemporary sporting arena. For the uninitiated, the English Premier League (EPL) is a top flight league for association football teams, in England. [...]

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Premier League Breaking News: Rooney Wants To Leave Man Utd

| October 18, 2010 | 0 Comments

Wayne Rooney has informed Sir Alex Ferguson that he does not wish to renew his contract with Manchester United, thereby ending recent speculation as to Rooney’s intention to leave the club. Rooney is said to have fallen out with United’s boss, and the star striker’s decision could impact the performance of the club in the [...]

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EPL Team Profile: Wolves

| September 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

The formal name of the club is Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. The squad also answer to the nicknames of ‘Wolves’ and ‘The Wanderers’. Founded in 1877 as St Luke’s, the squad train at the Molineux Stadium, their home venue, which has a capacity of just over 29,000. The club is owned by Steve Morgan, and [...]

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EPL Schedule: List of Referees For Next Match Week

| August 18, 2010 | 0 Comments

A football referee’s job is not an easy one. If you have any doubt on that score, all you have to do is refer to the case of Babak Rafati, the Bundesliga referee who attempted suicide, in the 2011-12 season. No matter how good a referee might be, he is eventually accused of favouring one [...]

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Chelsea Preview: Will The Blues Remain The Fashion This Season?

| August 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

Chelsea pride themselves in being global entertainers more than anything else. And more than anything else, the Premier League champions would like the tag of European champions, in keeping with their multi-national self-image. Especially the European Cup title that has eluded them. In the last four years, Chelsea have entered one Champions League final and [...]

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No Bull! NY Bulls Snare Thierry Henry In Multi-Year Contract!

| July 15, 2010 | 0 Comments

Major League Soccer side New York Bulls have weaned France striker Thierry Henry away from Barcelona, by getting him to sign what they describe as a multi-year contract. Henry will play Tottenham in a friendly on July 22, in the US, to mark the beginning of his tenure with the Red Bulls. Henry had a [...]

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Spain Vs Germany Semi Final Referee Viktor Kassai: A Closer Look

| July 7, 2010 | 0 Comments

Hungary’s Viktor Kassai did not feature in the initial shortlist of referees drawn by Cricinfosite, for the semi-finals and final of the World Cup. The reason why we did not consider him was his relative youth. At 35, he is among the youngest referees on duty at the World Cup. But when we heard that [...]

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