Premier League action Manchester City

Manchester City declare title ambitions during first weekend of Premier League campaign

 August 12, 2015   John Welsh

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During a weekend of Premier League action when most of the pre-season favourites for the title struggled to claim maximum points from their opening fixtures, only Manchester City demonstrated their true qualities via an emphatic 3-0 victory at West Brom on Monday evening. The fact that Manager Manuel Pellegrini chose not to select leading striker […]

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PSG French Ligue 1

PSG defeat of Lille highlights the current gulf between two recent French double winners

 August 11, 2015   John Welsh

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Having won the French Ligue 1 title for the past three seasons and become the first team to complete the domestic treble during the previous campaign, Paris Saint-Germain were paired against 2011 doubles winners Lille for the start of the 2015-16 term. Yet the outcome of the game on Friday evening suggests that PSG are […]

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Messi head-butted AS Roma

Lionel Messi Gets Furious Attracts Bad Publicity

 August 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. In a rare show of raw emotions, Messi head-butted AS Roma defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and barely missed the red card in an international friendly game at Camp Nou on Wednesday. The incident comes close on the heels of another bad […]

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Premier League preview

Months of drama anticipated as Premier League 2015-16 campaign begins

 August 6, 2015   John Welsh

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With the onset of the 2015-16 Premier League campaign imminent, there has much transfer activity over the past few weeks as the 20 football club overhaul or strengthen their squads with the title, Champions League qualification places and the preservation of top flight status’ all at stake in the coming months. Chelsea are the team […]

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Di Maria transfer

Di Maria transfer dealings raises issues concerning money circulating in football

 August 4, 2015   John Welsh

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That Manchester United are willing to sanction the transfer of a footballer for approximately £45 million to Paris Saint-Germain when only last summer the club paid Real Madrid almost £60 million for the same Angel Di Maria arguably suggests a lack of respect for money in the current financial climate. The Argentinian was affected by […]

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Fiji Make Football History

Fiji Make Football History But New Zealand Miss Rio Berth on a Technical Breach

 August 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Papua New Guinea New Zealand fielded an ineligible player in their match against Vanuatu on 10 July 2015. This was brought to the notice of Oceania Football Committee, who declared that New Zealand has forfeited the match against Vanuatu and therefore Vanuatu proceeded to the final. It was a […]

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Ronaldo

Real Madrid Take Second ICC Title in a Week after 22 Penalties at Shanghai Against AC Milan

 July 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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After winning the Australian phase of the 2015 ICC final against Manchester City on July 24, 2015, Real Madrid traveled to China and defeated Inter Milan 3-0 on July 27. Since AC Milan had already beaten Inter Milan 1-0 on July 25, Real Madrid and AC Milan entered the final of the three-team China phase […]

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The Competitive Global Expansion of Football’s International Champions Cup as Real Madrid and PSG Steal 2015 Honors

 July 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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In just three years since American billionaire Stephen M. Ross conceived the idea of International Champions Cup (ICC) Football, the tournament has grown in popularity with the global soccer community and football clubs in Europe and North America. The organization of the ICC events is interesting because beginning with the 2013 inaugural year, there have […]

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World Cup 2018 qualification draw

UEFA section of World Cup 2018 qualification draw affected by suspicious FIFA rankings

 July 28, 2015   John Welsh

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At the conclusion of the weekend qualifying draw for the World Cup to be staged in Russia during 2018, the UEFA section provided some rather intriguing groups with Spain and Italy paired amongst others in Group G while Netherlands will play two games against France as they seek a successful outcome from Group A. Yet […]

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2018 Football World Cup

Bells Have Started Ringing For 2018 Football World Cup in Russia

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a little over 24 hours from now, the first important official event of 2018 FIFA Russia World Cup will unfold in Saint Petersburg’s historic Konstantin Palace. The grand show will be attended by such luminaries as Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Forlan, Fabio Cannavaro, Samuel Eto, Oliver Bierhoff, Rinat Dasaev and Alexander Kerzhakov. These iconic footballers […]

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