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England Equal U-20 Un-winner Record!
By recording a 0-0 tie against Mexico last Friday, their lucky 13th game without a win, England have equalled Mexico for the dubious title of “team-playing-most-games-without-a-win-in-the-U-20-tournament- finals”! Moreover, England’s progression into the final 16 knock-out stage despite the complete absence … Continue reading
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England in U-20 Battle of Un-winners!
England go into their third U-20 Group F game in Colombia tomorrow having failed to win in any of their 12 games since their last win at the 1997 Malaysia U-20 tournament. Failure to win their game tomorrow against Mexico … Continue reading
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Roast Turkey
Associated Press reports that following a probe into match fixing in Turkey which has seen over 30 people, including Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim, charged and Emre Belozoglu, the Turkish national captain, questioned by Turkish prosecutors, the Turkish Football Federation has … Continue reading
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United Play Halle Berry?
Rumours are flooding the internet that Manchester United’s poor performance in the Champion’s League final against Barca Saturday was in part due to a last-minute injury to talented Ecuadorian striker Valencia who saw his place in the team taken by … Continue reading
Barca Destroys United 3 -1 ! What was Sir Alex thinking?
Who could have predicted that! For a clearer picture of just what a humiliation it was for both United and the Premier league, check out the BBC’s match statistics. Barca had 68% possession against United’s 32% !! The only time you … Continue reading
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The Cricket World Cup
With all the allegations of Pakistani match fixing in Cricket in the press over the past year, it would be interesting to know what the odds on Nederlands scoring over 290 in their World Cup match opener against England was, … Continue reading
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England’s Disgrace – What the FA were they thinking?
England went out to Germany, again. We’re now so used to that outcome that most football pundits will have been preparing their explanation for England’s failure as soon as Germany was confirmed as our knock out round opponents. That said, … Continue reading
Kaka sending off bites Coast!
Strange as it may seem, the refs appalling decision to penalise Kaka for the temerity to defend himself against the Ivorian Coast player who, apparently, deliberately ran into him, may well end up punishing the Ivorians more than Brazil. With … Continue reading
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South Africa’s French miracle?
Down and almost certainly out after last weeks 3-0 defeat at the hands of Uruguay, suddenly things are looking a lot rosier for a South African team preparing to face a French side at a historic low, assuming the French … Continue reading
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