Monthly Archives: October 2010

UEFA Champions League: Thriller At The San Siro, Manchester United And Barcelona Get Victories

The top sides all held serve today as Inter, Lyon, Manchester United, and Barcelona all secured victories. Inter appeared to be on their way to an easy victory after going up 4-0 before it reached forty minutes, but a second

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 31 Preview

The final weekend of the season is upon us and the playoff teams are set, but their seeding is still up for grabs including the battle for Supporter’s Shield. San Jose and Chivas USA each have two games this week

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Real Salt Lake 3, Cruz Azul 1: Salt Lake’s Paulo Impresses

Real Salt Lake came into this game needing a win in order to top Group A of the CONCACAF Champions League. They fielded a weakened squad with a number of injuries and suspensions, but it didn’t matter as they defeated

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Real Madrid 2, AC Milan 0: Ronaldo Shines While AC Milan Have Work To Do

This was the high profile match in the Champions League this round and in some ways it did not live up to its billing as two early goals a minute apart from Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil settled the game

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Wayne Rooney Wants To Leave Manchester United

This rumor had been building ever since Wayne Rooney had come out and said that he was not injured and could have played in the past few United games, despite Sir Alex Ferguson saying that the striker had an ankle

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UEFA Champions League: Arsenal Rout Shakhtar And Roma Suffer Home Loss To Basel

It was another day dominated by the top clubs in the Champions League. Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid all got victories. Real Madrid got a solid victory over AC Milan. Roma suffered the shock result as they fell

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CONCACAF Champions League: Group Stage Round 6 Preview

The final round of the group stage is here. There are a couple of spots left up for grabs, but the most interesting match-up may be between two teams already into the knockout round. Real Salt Lake hosts Cruz Azul

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UEFA Champions League: Group Stage Round 3 Preview

Champions League is in Round 3 which is the first leg of the home and away series that are in the middle of the group stage. The top matches this round are in Group A where Internazionale hosts Tottenham and

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European Leagues Round-Up

It was a nice return to club football this weekend. On the continent, most of the top teams got victories. Here is a recap of the results from the top leagues on the continent. Spain: Atletico Madrid 2, Getafe 0

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Premier League: Gameweek 8 Round-Up

It was a good weekend for Arsenal and Manchester City as they secured wins while Manchester United and Chelsea were held to draws. Chelsea clearly missed Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba in their scoreless draw against Aston Villa. Manchester City

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