Mar
10
Balotelli heading for World Cup?
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As Italy manager Marcello Lippi gets ready to decide his squad for the 2010 World Cup, a big question is whether he will pick controversial Inter Milan player Mario Balotelli. To be fair, perhaps it is not very correct to call the young striker “controversial”, as all that he has done is try to play [...]
Feb
23
Ashley Cole fined almost half a million
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The big scandal surrounding John Terry’s extramarital affair has barely died down, but Chelsea now have another tabloid storm to face with news that their injured left-back Ashley Cole not only cheated on his wife, but used the club to help him cover it up.
Cole’s transgressions are attracting the big tabloids, because he is married [...]
Feb
17
Cabanas was set to join Premiership club
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The agent of Salvador Cabanas revealed the player was on the verge of joining Premiership club Sunderland before he was shot in the head outside a bar in Mexico. The move, which would have taken the Paraguayan striker across the continent from Mexican club America in January fell through after the shooting, and for a [...]
Feb
14
Ronaldo missing his “family” at United
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If you thought the biggest transfer saga of the last two years was dead and buried, think again. Christiano Ronaldo might have gotten his long-awaited dream move to Real Madrid last summer, but that hasn’t stopped him from yearning for the impossible again—namely, a return to his “family” Manchester United.
He told newspaper News of [...]
Feb
10
Brazilian star player Kaka finally received some good news concerning the groin injury that has nagged him for a while now in Spain. It had recently been revealed that he had a chronic problem that would not go a way for the rest of his career, but now it appears that the situation is not [...]
Feb
2
Robinhio Arrives In Helicopter
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Brazilian side Santos unveiled their new loan signing Robinhio in quite the spectacular fashion—by having him land in the center of the football pitch in a helicopter. To top it off, he was presented to the Santos fans by Pele, who is the club’s most famous player. Robinhio seemed delighted to be there, but the [...]
Jan
31
John Terry holds on to Chelsea captaincy
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John Terry looks set to continue as captain of Chelsea, despite the recent scandal that threw his private life in the spotlight. Reports are the father of two had an affair with the girlfriend of then-teammate Wayne Bridge, but a media gag prevented the information from spilling out into the public until now.
The reason why [...]
Jan
26
10 Interesting Facts about Van the Man
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As can be expected, Ruud van Nistelrooy’s arrival at Hamburg has sparked quite the media frenzy in Germany. He chose to come to the Bundesliga instead of a return to the Premiership because, as he said, he “needed a new challenge”, and it will be interesting to see if he can hit top form again [...]
Jan
22
E piccolo, Beckham
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“Beckham is small.”
This is what Italian TV personality Elena Di Cioccio proved with one of the most memorable stunts in the history of soccer (and probably television.) The blond Le Lene presenter decided to check the theory that David Becham’s trousers house a rather enormous set of genitalia; his wife, a former Spice Girl, has [...]
Jan
20
Happy Ronaldinhio back to his best
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AC Milan star player Ronaldinho has been in top form lately, reminding everyone of the type of football he played in the 2004/2005 season when he was crowned FIFA World Player of the Year. Recently he scored a hat trick against Siena in a Serie A match, and netted two in Milan’s major win over [...]