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UEFA World Cup groups reveal the stronger European teams

 September 11, 2013   John Welsh

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With the final set of fixtures earmarked for October, the UEFA World Cup qualifying groups are rapidly gathering shape as the stronger European teams build seemingly impregnable leads at the head of their tables. Although Spain need to win their remaining two home fixtures to qualify, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Italy are also reinforcing their […]

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Transfer window circus not a great advert for football

 September 4, 2013   John Welsh

When the official transfer window closed at 23:00 GMT on Monday 31st August 2013, it followed a crazy night of transfer speculation, deals and blame accusations. The entire charade of last-minute offers and negotiations was played to a combined media and twitter audience and begs the question as to whether we need such a window. […]

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Football transfer fees remain high despite Eurozone problems

 August 27, 2013   John Welsh

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At a time when the Eurozone in general has just emerged from recession, but with some member states still struggling with negative growth, football transfer fees show no sign of abating and if anything, transactions during the summer have eclipsed previous seasons. While protests at the expenditure on stadiums and infrastructure abounded in Brazilian cities […]

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A wave of uncertainty greets the new Premier League season

 August 15, 2013   John Welsh

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Rarely has a Premier League season commenced against a background of so much uncertainty and speculation, with so continual attention being devoted to the transfer possibilities of Wayne Rooney, Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez in particular. With the welcome return of the football action, maybe it is now time to concentrate on which team might […]

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Palace lead candidates in Premier League survival battle

 August 14, 2013   John Welsh

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While the race for the Premier League title often dominates the headlines, the fight to avoid relegation into the Championship can realise its fair share of drama. With three matches remaining last season there were as many as eight teams still needing points to avoid a bottom three placing, and there could be several contenders […]

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First Impression(FIFA World Cup 2010 – Review(Group Stages)) Part 2

 June 26, 2010   Prathamesh Dalvi

In the previous post we looked how groups A to D panned out. By the time I am writing this post, the group fixtures in the remaining four groups(E to H) have finished and  the picture of “Round of 16″ is crystal clear. Group E: Almost, all of us would have expected Holland to cruise […]

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First Impression(FIFA World Cup 2010 – Review(Group Stages)) Part 1

 June 24, 2010   Prathamesh Dalvi

Finally the long wait was over and the most awaited sporting event in the world kicked off in South Africa . What a start this has been!!. Yes, the first round of matches were a bit sedate in nature,but the teams could be forgiven for this as they had to acclimatize with the tough conditions.But all […]

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The Cup of Dreams – (FIFA World Cup Preview) Part 2

 June 10, 2010   Prathamesh Dalvi

In the previous post we looked at  “The Usual Suspects” when it comes to picking the favourites for a FIFA world cup. But strangely this time around,its “The Underachievers” who will head into the tournament as the front-runners. Spain are bookmakers’ favourite this time around and we shouldn’t be surprised by that, should we?  At […]

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The Cup of Dreams – (FIFA World Cup Preview) Part 1

 June 8, 2010   Prathamesh Dalvi

When South Africa won the bid to host 2010 world cup, many eyebrows were raised. People  (especially the Europeans) were uncertain about the infrastructure and facilities that need to be provided by “The Rainbow Country”.But the South Africans showed the world that how much love the African continent has for “The Beautiful Game” by completing […]

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UEFA Champions League Review: Meet the friends

 March 2, 2010   Prathamesh Dalvi

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The  UEFA Champions League is back and how!!!!. With new avtar,  Round of 16 matches  were played over the period of two weeks which meant more matches were available for viewing and some of the matches were just perfect for the advertisement of what I feel is the best football competition in the world. Of […]

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