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Cassano becomes Italy's lynchpin for Faroe Islands test Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 6:53PMMILAN: For so long seen as the bad boy of Italian football, Antonio Cassano came of age in Italy's opening Euro 2012 qualifying win over Estonia and he will again be their focal point for today’s game with the Faroe Islands.
Antonio Cassano becomes Italy's lynchpin Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:48PMFor so long seen as the bad boy of Italian soccer, Antonio Cassano came of age in Italy's opening Euro 2012 qualifying win over Estonia and he will again be their focal point for Tuesday's game with the Faroe Islands.
PREVIEW-Soccer-Cassano becomes Italy's lynchpin for Faroes test Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:06AM* Cassano quickly becoming Italy's main man
PREVIEW-Soccer-Cassano becomes Italy's lynchpin for Faroes test Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:04AMFor so long seen as the bad boy of Italian soccer, Antonio Cassano came of age in Italy's opening Euro 2012 qualifying win over Estonia and he will again be their focal point for Tuesday's game with the Faroe Islands.
IT'S A HOLE NEW WORLD, ROONEY Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:53PMFINALLY something came off for Fabio Capello, transferring a training ground masterplan to Wembley's magnificent new surface.
England 4 Bulgaria 0: The Papers Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:05AMA mixed bunch here - journalists either saw a performance of verve and hope or a deeply-flawed 90 minutes against a terrible side. We're guessing that you pretty much see what you want to see...
The Alfa Romeo MiTo finally lives up to the fantasy Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:47AMCIAO BELLA: The Alfa Romeo MiTo is a gorgeous, fun, fuel-efficient $22,000 import, packaged in Italian style and grace. ( Alfa Romeo )
Premier League - Early Doors: Transfer dreadline day Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:04AMAs transfer fever subsides for another year, Early Doors rounds up the good, the bad and the indifferent from deadline day.
The Fiver | Incredible Scenes; and Misanthropes | Simon Burnton and Tom Lutz Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:24PMClick here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm(ish), or if your usual copy has stopped arriving GROUNDHOG DAY It's national Bloke in Car Park Day 2010 (summer editiion), and across the country gentlemen have been donning their suits and taking to their nearest tarmaced surface for a full day of not-doing-anything-really thrills. Here at Fiver Towers we've been backing this ...
Gerrard: England deserve to be booed Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 9:08AMSteven Gerrard believes England deserve to be jeered by supporters during Wednesday's friendly against Hungary - and the Three Lions captain admitted he would join in if he was in the stands at Wembley.
The Joy of Six: Breathtaking one-twos Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:17AMFrom Sunderland's G-Force of Marco Gabbiadini and Eric Gates to Glenn Hoddle's masterpiece against Manchester United, we remember six of the most breathtaking give-and-goals of all time NB: for the purposes of this article we have used the strictest definition of "one-two": i.e. that the return pass must be played first time. This rules out such gems as Junior against Argentina in 1982 , and ...
World Cup Soccer Fantasy Challenge Winners Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 12:19PMThe World Cup is over and Spain walked away with their first-ever Cup. But the true glory is reserved for the winners of the FasterSkier World Cup Soccer Fantasy Challenge. We asked FasterSkier readers to submit their World Cup soccer squad, consisting entirely of cross-country skiers. The responses were excellent, with a combination of wit, thought, [...]
Fabio left red-faced by Capello Index: England boss demands removal of player ratings Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 9:36AMFabio Capello's standing as England manager fell to an all-time low on Saturday night after the controversial online player index which bears his name published humiliating ratings for his World Cup squad.
Arsenal's New Season Looms As Cesc Helps Spain Win the World Cup Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:41AM At last the World Cup is over and we can get back to reality and the upcoming football season. It's a gloriously sunny day here in Dublin and I'm nursing a post World Cup final barbecue hangover. I was one of the few people supporting the Dutch at that barbecue but to be honest the best team won. Howard Webb showed the rest of the world what us Arsenal fans already knew about his ability as a ...
World Cup final: New Dutch masters mix idealism with industry | Richard Williams Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 4:41AMHolland's Bert van Marwijk has not ditched Total Football so much as installed winning as a priority above style One way of looking at this World Cup final is to see it as Holland versus Holland. The team in the orange shirts are the Dutchmen. But the team labelled Spain are actually the ones playing Dutch football, the true heirs to a distinctive philosophy transmitted over a period of more ...
Pedro soars as 'mascot' turns master Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 9:37PMThe rise of the tricky Barcelona winger to become a vital player for club and country owes more to skill than luck When the final whistle blew on Wednesday night's historic semi-final victory over Germany, Spain's players could not be happier. Well, most of Spain's players. There was one exception: disappearing down the tunnel, Pedro Rodríguez was still furious with himself. He had been ...
The Adjudicator: World Cup final Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 10:55PMThe Adjudicator isn't sure what football fans will remember most from the World Cup - the vuvuzelas, the Jabulani, Paul the octopus - but I have a feeling it will be me, the great A.
Euro RSCG Scores Balabala Biz Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 10:38AMExpanding its footprint in Asia, Havas' Euro RSCG has won a review for the estimated $3-4 million ad account of children's clothing brand Balabala. The agency's office in Shanghai will handle the business.
The Joy of Six: refereeing controversies Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 9:26PMCrowds regularly question referees' parentage – here are six World Cup occasions when they may have had a point 1) Uruguay 6-1 Yugoslavia (1930) Uruguayan referees may not be flavour of the month with England at the moment, but Fabio Capello's rabble can count themselves lucky: at least they didn't get four goals disallowed by one of them. That's what happened to Bolivia in Montevideo in 1930 ...
Carry on Capello Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 7:51PMDecision to keep England manager 'was no surprise'
World Cup Paper Round: England laments Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 2:51AMShould he stay or should he go? Fabio Capello's future as England manager, if he has one, is the main talking point of the UK's papers.
The Adjudicator: NRL R17 Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 12:37AMWith just five games on the NRL radar in round 17, The Adjudicator has already tipped six teams to get the better of the bye - an unpredictable opposition on its day.
Holland stays hopeful Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 11:26PMRobin van Persie has assured Dutch supporters there is more to come from the Dutch team
Time for a new chapter to be written Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 2:21PMA rivalry spanning 80 years has given us some of the greatest contests of all time. Expect another instalment on Sunday Forget the nonsense because the players surely will. Wayne Rooney and Mesut Ozil are not looking at each other and seeing maps of the Ypres salient or images of a ruined Dresden. The only worthwhile consideration this weekend is that England versus Germany almost always ...
'A contest that burns into the memory' Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 2:21PMA rivalry spanning 80 years has given us some of the greatest contests of all time. Expect another instalment on Sunday Forget the nonsense because the players surely will. Wayne Rooney and Mesut Ozil are not looking at each other and seeing maps of the Ypres salient or images of a ruined Dresden. The only worthwhile consideration this weekend is that England versus Germany almost always ...
HANS UP IF YOU THINK ENGLAND WILL WIN Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 4:54PMFINALLY Fabio Capello has caught on, delivering a speech to his players worthy of a World Cup stage.
Capello picks his penalty five Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 3:44AM• Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Milner and Barry in line • England practise penalty-taking every training session Fabio Capello has decided who his penalty takers will be for a potential shoot-out in Sunday's second-round match against Germany, with England confident they can buck the recent trend and prevail should the game end in spot-kicks. The Italian, unlike some previous England managers, has ...
Football's most one-sided rivalry is back Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 3:42AMGermany have been in 11 major tournament finals since 1966 – England have made it to two semi-finals One of the many splendours of modern technology is that it is able to transmit round-robin witticisms to those who might otherwise find themselves short of an aperçu at the most opportune of moments. Consider the embarrassment averted this morning at Port Elizabeth airport, when the BlackBerry of ...
Domenech's France betray heritage Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 3:41AMLes Bleus' 2-1 defeat to South Africa ended a 2010 World Cup campaign that has let down the heroes of the France 98 victory La fin . Let the discredits roll. Let Les Bleus depart the total shambles that they are. Their World Cup 2010 experience has been so unfathomably awful, it is hard to know where to begin with the inquest. A poll conducted by Canal Plus split the blame pretty evenly between ...
Disaster looms but Spain won't change Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 3:41AMThe favourites are determined to win their crucial game against Chile tonight playing in their usual attractive manner How fragile the consensus turned out to be. It should never have come to this. Not only were Spain favourites, they were also presented as football's enlightened ones. They were supposed to go into tonight's final group game against Chile with qualification already secured in ...
John Leicester: Le Meltdown — France's World Cup players act like brats Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 1:26PMIt would be easy to tritely argue that the full-blown insurrection by France's World Cup players shows that the long-admired...
Le Bleus act like brats Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 1:52AMIt's easy to argue the insurrection by France's SWC squad shows their spirit of revolution is alive - and refusing to practice free-kicks.
Le Meltdown: France’s players act like brats Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 1:31AMJOHANNESBURG (AP) — It would be easy to tritely argue that the full-blown insurrection by France’s World Cup players shows that the long-admired French spirit of revolution is alive, well and refusing to practice free kicks in a field in South Africa.
World Cup Group A and Sunday: France in shambles after latest WCup rift Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 6:41PMKNYSNA, South Africa (AP) — France's World Cup ambitions lay in ruins Sunday after public rifts erupted between players, coaches and national officials over Nicolas Anelka, who was thrown out of the squad for insulting team coach Raymond Domenech.
Le Meltdown: French team act like brats Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 5:36PMIt would be easy to argue that the full-blown insurrection by France's World Cup players shows that the long-admired French spirit of revolution is alive.
World Cup 2010: Wayne Rooney's woes reflect the despair of all England | Paul Hayward Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 7:12AMAgainst the world's 30th-best nation England were an apology for legitimate World Cup contenders in Cape Town this evening An anomaly Wayne Rooney was eager to correct was that he had picked up more red cards at World Cups than he had scored goals. Sendings-off led successful strikes 1-0 as the Premier League's best player arrived in South Africa hoping to justify the extravagant praised piled ...
Paul Hayward: The end of the Domenech era Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 9:29AMThe Gallas and Henry generation is over for France and Laurent Blanc will look to Benzema and Ribéry to lead the new one France's enfeeblement at this World Cup is more chameleon than karma. In Dublin they laugh that Les Bleus are being punished for the double Thierry Henry handball that sent France to South Africa ahead of the Republic of Ireland, but the cause is less faith-based, unless you ...
France quit on the job to end an era Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 9:29AMThe Gallas and Henry generation is over for France and Laurent Blanc will look to Benzema and Ribéry to lead the new one France's enfeeblement at this World Cup is more chameleon than karma. In Dublin they laugh that Les Bleus are being punished for the double Thierry Henry handball that sent France to South Africa ahead of the Republic of Ireland, but the cause is less faith-based, unless you ...
World Cup blog – day eight: discuss today's stories Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 8:04AM• Relive Slovenia 2-2 USA just for the hell of it • David James set to replace Rob Green for Algeria • Relive Germany's 1-0 defeat to Serbia with Rob Smyth's MBM • Follow Sean Ingle on Twitter . • Relive the action with our Twitter replay interactive • In pictures: Galleries of the best action in South Africa Welcome to day eight of the guardian.co.uk's daily live World Cup blog, wherever you ...
Sneijder says Champions League beats World Cup Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 8:03AM• Quality of football 'better' in European Cup • Dutch have become more pragmatic Wesley Sneijder, the Holland attacking midfielder, has criticised the quality of the football played at the World Cup to date and said it suffers by comparison to the Champions League. "So far the favourites didn't show what they are capable of and only Germany really impressed," said Sneijder who won the European ...
Germany reap rewards of youth culture Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 8:01AMJoachim Löw has revitalised his squad with a fresh, bold multicultural approach When Sami Khedira and his Under-21 team‑mates held aloft the European Championship trophy last summer, after humbling England 4–0 in the final, they dreamed of changing the face of German football. Little did they know that their opportunity would come so quickly. After Euro 2008, Joachim Löw, the Germany manager ...
Torres, Iniesta fit to face Switzerland Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 12:01AMStriker Fernando Torres and influential attacking midfielder Andres Iniesta are fit to play against Switzerland in Spain's opening World Cup match, coach Vicente Del Bosque said on Tuesday.
WORLD CUP 2010: Spain ride in to save the World (Cup) Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 7:37PMNo country is under more pressure to succeed in South Africa than Spain. Not Fabio Capello's England, not Brazil, not the defending champions Italy. Nobody.
Torres, Iniesta fit to face Swiss Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 2:42PMEuro 2004 champions will be a full strength for World Cup opener
World Cup 2010 - Torres and Iniesta declared fit Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 1:20PMFernando Torres and Andres Iniesta are fit to play against Switzerland in Spain's opening World Cup match, according to Vicente Del Bosque.
World Cup 2010: When England play, it's not 'them and us'. It's 'we' | Clive Tyldesley Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 9:11PMAccusations of bias lose their sting when the Three Lions play in a World Cup. I hope the USA are hammered tonight More than a decade and a million cliches ago, I commentated on the second leg of the England v Scotland Euro 2000 play-off. A couple of minutes into the game, I noticed that my co-commentator, Ron Atkinson, was referring to England as "we" and "us". It didn't sound "right ...
Finding a soccer culture Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 6:57PMUnited States takes its rightful place on world soccer stage
Germany run riot, duo edge victory Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 6:22PMA rampant Germany delivered a bold statement of intent with a 4-0 defeat of Australia, while Slovenia and Ghana eked out wins over Algeria and Serbia respectively.
Football widow? Who me? Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 4:07PMCity women refuse to mope over their men deserting them during the World Cup. They’ve got a host of plans to put their free time to good use.
I want to reach the final, says Gerrard Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 7:15AM• 'We have to prove to people we are a good side' • Stage set for Rooney to be England's main man The World Cup has scarred Steven Gerrard. From the groin surgery that denied him an appearance at the finals in Asia eight years ago to Ricardo's penalty save in the fateful shoot-out four years later, the tournament has brought him only regret. Now, as the focus fixes rather more on another Scouse ...