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Champions League 2012-13: Round of sixteen draw

| December 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

The battle lines have been drawn as the Champions league moves to the knock-out stages. The top two teams from each of the eight groups waited with bated breath as the draws were announced. The process was conducted with two seeding pots: the group winners and the group runners-up. The group winners include Paris Saint-Germain [...]

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Euro 2012 Quarter-final Preview: Germany Vs Greece

| June 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Germany will be overwhelming favourites to cement their place in the semi-finals, when they take on Greece in the second quarter-finals of Euro 2012 at Gdansk on Friday, June 22nd. Greece who sneaked through to the last eight stage will be hit badly by the absence of Giorgos Karagounis who scored the match winner in [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Russia Vs Greece

| June 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Greece who are the bottom of Group A take on group leaders Russia, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, raising the prospect of an entertaining game in which Dick Advocaat’s wards are likely to attack from the starting whistle to put their qualification past the group stage beyond doubt. Also, topping the group would assure them [...]

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Celtic Favourites in What Could Be Last Ever Old Firm Derby

| March 25, 2012 | 0 Comments
Celtic Favourites in What Could Be Last Ever Old Firm Derby

Rangers and Celtic meet on Sunday in what could be the last ever Old Firm derby, with the visitors to Ibrox 21 points clear of their old Glaswegian rivals. Rangers’ financial woes have driven them into administration and in the process the Ibrox side have been penalised 10 points leaving the way clear for Celtic [...]

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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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UEFA Europa League 2011-12: Rennes Vs Celtic Preview

| October 20, 2011 | 0 Comments
UEFA Europa League 2011-12: Rennes Vs Celtic  Preview

French Ligue 1 team Rennes are set to host Scottish Premier League giants Cerltic in a Group I encounter, in the Europa League, on Thursday, October 20, 2011. This will be the first ever meeting between these sides. Both teams have one point each, from two games played, with the Scottish side bringing up the [...]

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UEFA Europa Cup 2011-12: Wisla Krakow Vs Fulham Preview

| October 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

Fulham are set to travel to Poland on Thursday, October 20, to clash with Wisla Krakow, in a group K match of the Europa Cup. Wisla have lost both their group games played so far and are at the bottom of the group, while Fulham with four points from two games are second behind FC [...]

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Euro 2012 Qualifier: Ireland Vs Armenia Preview

| October 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ireland are set to host Armenia, in Dublin, in their last qualifer to the play-offs for the Euro 2012 finals to be held next year in Ukraine and Poland. Ireland and Armenia are currently placed second and third in their group B, and this game will help decide which of these teams finishes second behind [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011: Semi-finals Line Up, Schedule & Match Times

| October 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Rugby World Cup 2011: Semi-finals Line Up, Schedule & Match Times

The absence of any pressure of expectation on France, in apparent disarray, after losing to Tonga in their pool game, worked in Les Bleus’ favour as they beat England, on Saturday, to advance to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals. The French prevailed over the 2003 world champions, by a score-line of 19-12 at Auckland’s Eden [...]

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Rugby World Cup 2011 Quarter-final Preview: Ireland Vs Wales

| October 5, 2011 | 0 Comments

Celtic cousins, Ireland and Wales, are scheduled to meet in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup, in Wellington, on Saturday, October 8, 2011. Before the tournament started, neither team was fancied by observers as capable of going very far, and between the sides, they have had just one semi-final appearance at the world cup, [...]

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