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Tottenham Hotspur fought back at Villa Park this evening to claim a well deserved draw. The North Londoners replace rivals Arsenal in third place; if only for a night. Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring early on in the first half and a brave fight back from Spurs then ensued leading to ...
Soccer
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
Age – 21
Club – Real Madrid
Position – Forward
Nationality – French
Karim Benzema is the latest in a flurry of signings by the reinvigorated Spanish giants, Real Madrid. Benzema joins world class attacking players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, which in a sense makes his task to ...
Soccer
Real Madrid
Lyon
With Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea all competing today, yesterday’s spotlight at the top of the table was on Manchester United. The Champions faced bottom side Portsmouth - a fact which was reflected by the scoreline.
Anything other than a win for the Red Devils against Portsmouth would ...
Soccer
Portsmouth
Chelsea
Manchester United
The majority of those who follow Spanish football are often quick to claim that La Primera Liga is more than just a two-horse race. But when the fixtures computer generated its precious list back in July, there was just one date that was the focus of the world’s attention.
On Sunday November ...
Soccer
Real Madrid
Chelsea secured top spot in the Champions League group stage as they defeated Porto courtesy to a close range Nicolas Anelka header. The win continues the Blues impressive run, both in front of goal and protecting their own. Carlo Ancelotti’s men must now look forward to a super Sunday showdown ...
Soccer
Chelsea
Arsenal
The current season is just 13 weeks old but it has already been quite an eventful campaign for Bundesliga new boys Mainz. Promoted as 2.Bundesliga runners-up last term, Mainz have experienced both the highs and lows that come with top flight status, all before the winter break. The season ...
Soccer
Bundesliga
When Werder Bremen sold Diego to Juventus in the summer of 2009, there was an unusual sense of tranquillity amongst the supporters considering their club had just sold its star player. That air of calm around the terraces of the Weserstadion was due to the fact that most people felt that Bremen ...
Soccer
Bundesliga
Werder Bremen
Olympique Marseille have this week received a sanction to play an upcoming Ligue 1 match behind closed doors. This follows the events during the meeting with Monaco at the Stade Velodrome in Week eight of the French season.
A match behind closed doors is the final decision of the ...
Soccer
Looking back to the last time that Manchester United were on the wrong end of the score line at Old Trafford in the Champions League you have to go back as far as 2005. On the pitch that night was a 19-year-old Wayne Rooney and a 20-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo who carried the future hopes of the ...
Soccer
Manchester United
Champions League
Managers are always the first to take the flack for any hazardous circumstance that results in a poor run of form.
Sometimes this blame is correctly rubber-stamped, and a club does indeed have the right to demand of the manager their minimum expectation of achievement. However more often, a ...
Soccer
Portsmouth
Two teams with contrasting form will be in action on Saturday as Manchester City host Hull City at Eastlands. But it is the visitors who find themselves with momentum, having gone unbeaten in November with wins over Stoke City and Everton and a draw with West Ham, whereas the Blues stumble from ...
Soccer
Manchester City
Having already beaten Chelsea, Liverpool and drawn with Manchester City, Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham provide the next tough test for Martin O’Neill’s Villans. The Villa manager will want his team to respond after last weekend’s disappointing draw against Burnley, particularly in front of their ...
Soccer
Aston Villa
There was an air of inevitability surrounding Paul Hart's dismissal. His post match interviews were beginning to sound like a stuck record and his “we deserved more” line has become something of a catchphrase for the former Nottingham Forest boss. It must be said that Hart has served the club ...
Soccer
Portsmouth
Now this writer’s name isn’t Earl, but he does know that if you do bad things in football, then bad things are likely to happen to you. Liverpool’s failure to hold onto good results against Lyon as they entered stoppage time both at Anfield and in eastern France is the reason why the Reds found ...
Soccer
Liverpool
Lyon
Once rated as the future of England’s defence, Jonathan Woodgate has seen his international aspirations shattered by injuries over the years. Having worked hard to return from a string on physical woes, the 29-year-old is now focussed on establishing himself in the Tottenham team. Whilst he ...
Soccer
Tottenham Hotspur
"What is important is that if you want to be petty in life you look at what others do. If you want to be big in life you look at your own performance.” The midweek result was exactly what the professor ordered as Arsenal cruised to victory, putting the weekend defeat firmly behind them. The ...
Soccer
Arsenal
Newcastle defender Steven Taylor believes that Newcastle’s battling qualities have stemmed from a happy and content dressing room. Those qualities were evident in Monday night’s victory over Preston, as they were able to grind out a narrow victory, despite being unable to hit the heights they ...
Soccer
For 67 minutes, it didn't feel so. The Whites were troubled far more in the win against Blackburn on Wednesday night than they were in defeat to Birmingham on Saturday. The scoreline however, disagrees with this statement.
“Back to winning ways,” declared most newspapers yesterday morning, ...
Soccer
Fulham
In the wake of their 9-1 destruction by Tottenham on Sunday, Wigan’s players decided to refund the fans who made the long trip to London.
The gesture has received widespread approval and praise, serving as an antidote to those who argued players and clubs were losing touch with the common ...
Soccer
Wigan Athletic
With Match day five now submitted to memory, qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League is already assured for only a number of clubs. Bordeaux, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Lyon, Manchester United and Arsenal have passed difficult group tests to take their place in the business end of the ...
