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Match Day 2 Champions League – Groups E, F, G, H

Date September 29, 2009

Liverpool faced defeat for the first time in eleven Champions League group stage matches against Italian club Fiorentina. Liverpool were humiliated away from home by two first half goals from Fiorentina’s 19 year old striker, Stevan Jovetić. Liverpool also failed to score for the first time in 24 Champions League matches.
Champions Barcelona continues their unbeaten [...]

Match Day 7 in Ligue 1

Date September 28, 2009

Bordeaux and Lyon continued their unbeaten run this season with wins over Rennes and Toulouse respectively. Bordeaux lead the league table with 19 points while Lyon sits on second position with 17 points. Bordeaux was put ahead in the 23rd minute by a diving header from 27 year old Brazilian winger Wendel. At that point [...]

Today in Premier League

Date September 26, 2009

Cheslea faced defeat for the first time this season at the JJB stadium playing against Wigan Athletic. Wigan opened score in the 16th minute with a header from Bramble. Chelsea equalized two minutes into the second half with a goal from Drogba but Wigan’s attempt to score in the 52nd minute saw Petr Cech bringing [...]

Juventus draw away from home

Date September 25, 2009

Old lady of football; Juventus lost their top spot in the Serie A following a draw with Genoa at their away game. The match started well for Juventus as they drew first blood in the 5th minute with a goal from Iaquinta. The world cup winning Italian footballer’s powerful strike from outside the box towards [...]

Inter regain top spot in Serie A

Date September 25, 2009

Inter players pleased their boss Jose Mourinho who was serving a touchline ban by defeating Napoli at home. Mourinho was red carded in Inter’s last match against Cagliari and was also fined €15,000 for protesting the referee’s decision.
As such, Mourinho was not with his team during the match against Napoli. The scoring started early in [...]

Big Four through

Date September 24, 2009

The renowned big four of the Barclays Premier League are through to the last 16 of the League Cup. Liverpool and Arsenal were already through the previous night, while Manchester United and Chelsea joined them the following tonight.
United were playing newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford in front of 51,000 supporters. Sir Alex Ferguson [...]

Scottish Premier League

Date June 11, 2008

Scottish Premier League: Who said Scots could only play Rugby ?
Scottish Premier League, presently known as Clydesdale Bank Premier League, is the most important football event in Scotland.
The tournament started in 1998 with 10 teams participating in it. The number of participating teams increased from 10 to 12 in the year 2000. This tournament is [...]

Women Football in England: The future is bright

Date June 10, 2008

Women Football in England: The future is bright for them
Football has always been the most-watched game in England over the years. Although women football has never had the hype that is enjoyed by men football, but the football association of UK are trying their best to make it famous.
Although women football in England dates back to [...]

Barclays Card Premier League: Where Champions go toe-to-toe for attaining glory

Date June 7, 2008

Barclays Card Premier League: Where Champions go toe-to-toe for attaining glory
Football is a sport that has huge popularity across United Kingdom. There is a great deal of excitement and passion associated with the game in the people of this nation. With a large number of football clubs playing in the country, it is not surprising [...]

Unmatchable Passion for the game

Date June 5, 2008

Unmatchable Passion for the game
Soccer is amongst the popular games in UK and people living across the nation are crazy for the game. The country hosts number of tournaments, in which several teams participate for making a statement.
Barclaycards Premier League is the most popular of all the tournaments that takes around the nation. It is [...]