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The dream, ambition, and aspiration of any football player is to play for both his country and to feature regularly for his club. But the truth is that not many players achieve this dream because of one problem or the other including fitness, skill and…
Van Persie to return in time for meaningless International friendly!
The Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie hasn’t played for the Gunners for the last seven weeks since he injured his ever-problematic ankle in the match against Blackburn at the beginning of the season, but he is expected to recover in the next coupl…
England blow it and Wilshere is wasted on the bench
The Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere helped the England U21s to beat Romania in the U21 play-offs on Friday, but was robbed of the chance to celebrate with his team-mates because he was promoted to the England senior team for yesterdays game.
But even …
Dalglish – Jack Wilshere is one of England’s best players
The Liverpool legend Kenny Daglish reckons that the Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere should definitely be lining up for Fabio Capello’s England side when they face Montenegro on Tuesday night, and believes he has earned the right to be considered…
Russian legend says “Arshavin plays on his own”
The Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin is captain of Russia, and led them to a crucial win over the Republic of Ireland this week, but a legend of the Russia side that won the European Championships, Viktor Ponedelnik, doesn’t think he is passion…
Nasri and Chamakh full of praise for Laurent Blanc
After being left out of the World Cup squad, the Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri looks like he is set to be a regular for France now that Laurent Blanc has taken charge. Nasri has nothing but praise for his new international boss and intends to become t…
Pearce confirms that Wilshere will join full England squad today
The Arsenal midfielder helped the England U21’s take a slender 2-1 lead over Romania ahead in the play-off for a place at the Euro U21 Championship in Denmark this summer, but he won’t be there for the return leg on Tuesday.
Wilshere must h…
Robbie Keane – Arshavin still has to prove himself in England
The Republic of Ireland are set to face Russia in the European Championship Qualifiers tonight, and although Andrei Arshavin’s team are expected to be favourites to win it, their recent home defeat against Slovakia has left them desperately needi…
England U21 v Romania U21 preview and Predict the Score competition
There are three young Arsenal players in the England U21 squad to face Romania on Friday and it is an extremely important match for Stuart Pearce’s team. It is the first leg of the European Championship play-offs, which is why both Kieran Gibbs a…
Adidas Football Boots – A Great Success at the World Cup
The Adidas f50 Adizero has been a huge success in this year’s World Cup Soccer tournament with players who sported this brand of boots scoring a whopping 41 goals. It helped Adidas lift the branding trophy.
Some of the senior marketing executives of…
Mexico v Spain highlights – Villa saves World Champions in last minute
The World Champions Spain put out a makeshift team for this meaningless friendly and nearly paid the price when they went behind to an excellent goal from Javier Hernandez, but luckily substitute David Villa popped up in the last minute (as usual) to save the day.
“In the end we got the draw and we could [...]
Van Persie blames Howard Webb for Holland’s defeat!
Everybody in the world is in agreement that Spain fully deserved to beat Holland in last nights World Cup Final, but Robin Van Persie, along with a few other Dutch players, think that Howard Webb was instrumental in the Spain win, especially in the events leading up to Spain’s winning goal.
Van Persie was especially scathing [...]
Xabi Alonso – The World Cup Final is even better than Liverpool beating Milan in the Champions League Final
The ex-Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is so excited about being in the World Cup final, and believes that it will even be a better experience than when Liverpool came from 3-0 down to beat AC Milan in the Champions League Final in Istanbul a few years ago. He plays for Real Madrid now, but there [...]
Fabregas – Spain winning is more important than me playing!
The Arsenal and Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas has been getting used to sitting on the bench while his projected future team-mates at Barcelona play in every game at the World Cup.
Although he says he is “desperate” to play, it is far more important that his country wins the game than if he gets any [...]
Ashley Cole is only England player in David Beckham’s Team-of-the-Tournament
The England Ambassador David Beckham has picked his “best team” from all the talent on show at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and he only thinks that one England player was good enough to be rated in the top XI, Chelsea’s Ashley Cole!
Here are Beckham’s choices, courtesy of Yahoo! Sport:
1. Fernando Muslera (Uruguay) [...]
Ashley Cole is only England player in David Beckham’s Team-of-the-Tournament
The England Ambassador David Beckham has picked his “best team” from all the talent on show at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and he only thinks that one England player was good enough to be rated in the top XI, Chelsea’s Ashley Cole!
Here are Beckham’s choices, courtesy of Yahoo! Sport:
1. Fernando Muslera (Uruguay) [...]
Van Marwjik – Van Persie will come good in the Final
The Dutch manager Bert van Marwjik believes that Robin Van Parsie has been gradually improving since he arrived at the World Cup, and he is convinced that the Arsenal striker will carry on improving as Holland approach the Final against Spain.
“Robin has really improved during the last few matches and I still have a lot [...]
Spain v Germany World Cup highlights
This may have not been the most entertaining game from a purists point of view, but it was certainly a brilliant tactical battle between two technically excellent teams.
Spain seemed to be in control for most of the first half, but the Germans were always willing to attack in numbers when they got a chance to [...]
Fabregas gets all-clear to play after bone scan
The Arsenal and Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas was at the centre of an injury scare on Monday when his right leg, which he broke last season, gave him a lot of pain after training with the Spanish squad.
As a result the Spain medical team undertook to give his leg a full scan, and have [...]
David Beckham prepares to speak to the World about England’s World Cup nightmare!
England’s official football ambassador David Beckham is going to make himself available to answer questions from fans on the global website Yahoo! next week.
Over 90 minutes next Wednesday an interview with Beckham will be beamed live via video linkup on Yahoo Answers to England and 20 other countries worldwide, and all the questions will be [...]
Fabregas – I just want to play!
The Arsenal and Spain midfielder has only been used as a substitute at the World Cup so far, and is desperate to get some playing time as his country faces Germany in the World Cup tomorrow.
Fabregas said: “All I want is to play football. It’s the semi-final of the biggest tournament in the world and [...]
Torres – Germany are the most exciting team, but Spain can still beat them!
The Liverpool and Spain striker Fernando Torres thinks that the semi-final between Spain and Germany is worthy of being the World Cup Final, and he thinks that, although Germany have played brilliantly so far, Spain can still beat them to reach the Final.
“I am very proud,” he said. “It is the first semi-final for Spain [...]
FIFA agree to consider goal-line technology – and apologise to England!
The FIFA president Sepp Blatter has agreed that the errors made by the referees at this World Cup have been ‘deplorable’ and has made an official apology to both England and Mexico for the goal decisions that changed their respective games.
He has also said that the question of goal-line technology will be discussed again later [...]
Germany v Argentina extended World Cup highlights – Class from Klose!
This was billed as the most even match so far in the World Cup, but Argentina, with Messi, Tevez and Higuain leading the attack, were made favourites to overcome the “inexperienced” Germans.
But they were completely blown away by the youngsters of Germany, although Miroslav Klose could hardly be called young! Argentina were shocked when Muller [...]
Uruguay v Ghana extended World Cup highlights
Ghana carried the last hopes of Africa in the first World Cup in their continent, and the stadium was full of screaming supporters, but Uruguay were still favourites to progress to the next round.
Ghana started slowly and dourly defended in a very tight first half, until in the last kick of the half Sulley Muntari [...]
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