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World Cup Day 3: Recap And Thoughts

Half of the teams have now played and there was finally the first blowout of the tournament as Germany defeated Australia 4-0. There were also three red cards with one in each game including the first straight red card for

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World Cup: Day 3 Preview

Tomorrow, we are onto Day 3 of the World Cup. We will get to see the second half of Group C as well as the highly competitive Group D. Here is my preview for tomorrow’s games.

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World Cup Preview: Algeria

The third team in Group C is Algeria. They qualified in a playoff match against their hated rival Egypt. The Algerians are a team that likes to attack and are anchored by physical defenders. Here is my preview.

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International Friendlies Galore This Week

This is the last international date on the FIFA calendar before the end of the club season. This means this is the final chance for a lot of these fringe players to make their case as to why they should

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Weekly List: World Cup Power Rankings

This is the start of something that I want to do on a weekly basis and generate a list of the week because lists are great at generating discussion. If you have any suggestions, leave me a comment or write

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Best XI and Recap

I enjoyed my first time watching this tournament and with it finally over to take a look back and give some remarks on the tournament as a whole. The obvious sour points to this tournament was the Togo team shooting

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Nigeria Finish Third

This was a bit of a dull game even though there was not much to lose for either team. A 55th minute goal by Victor Osofor Obinna was the difference as Nigeria took third place over Algeria with a deserved

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: 3rd Place and Finals Preview And Predictions

It is a bit sad that this tournament is coming to an end. It has been really enjoyable. I will have some more reflections on this tournament as a whole after it officially finishes this weekend, but it is time

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Ghana and Egypt advance to the finals

The finals are set with Ghana and Egypt both advancing. Ghana were fortunate as they have been throughout the knockout stages as they were bombarded by Nigeria but got a goal from a corner through Asamoah Gyan, who has really

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Semifinals Previews And Predictions

The tournament picked up with the quarterfinals as some of the big names have fallen as well as the hosts of the tournament. Three of the games went into extra time and the other game was only decided by one

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