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Posted by admin | August 12th, 2010
It’s one of this year’s most anticipated title launches. EA SPORTS has just announced that FIFA 11 will hit the stores on Sept. 28 in North America and Oct. 1 in Europe and Asia with Kaka as the global cover athlete. The 28-year-old Brazilian football hero and Real Madrid midfielder will be the centerpiece of [...]
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Posted by admin | July 29th, 2010
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott is “really looking forward” to running out against AC Milan and Celtic in the Emirates Cup.
Walcott, 21, has been an ever-present for the Gunners throughout the summer tour of Austria after being snubbed by England for the World Cup. The next stage of their preparations begins this weekend with the four-way [...]
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Posted by admin | July 12th, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The first foul of the 2010 World Cup final was committed by a spectator who ran onto the field Sunday night and tried to grab the golden World Cup trophy, which was on display on a pedestal in the moments before the players from Spain and the Netherlands [...]
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Posted by admin | July 8th, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -Spain qualified for the World Cup final for the first time ever after an enthralling 1-0 semifinal victory over Germany Wednesday, setting up a match against The Netherlands to delight football purists.
Veteran central defender Carles Puyol soared high above the German defense in the 73rd minute from a corner to [...]
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Posted by admin | July 5th, 2010
Stephen Brunt
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA www.theglobeandmail.com
They will be remembered as the quarter-finals that turned a World Cup upside down, and in many ways finally turned it on.
Brazil. Gone Argentina. Gone.
Africa. Gone – when it came down to Ghana, the last great hope of the continent left standing, gone in the most [...]
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Posted by admin | June 29th, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As Brazil was dismantling Chile, a couple of fans delighted the crowd by parading around the stadium with two giant gold replicas of the World Cup trophy.
Another three games like this and Brazil could be hoisting the real thing — yet again.
With an impressive mixture of symphony-like teamwork and standout individual [...]
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Posted by admin | June 28th, 2010
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton remains in the lead in the battle for the F1 2010 drivers’ championship following his runners-up spot finish in Valencia.
Hamilton now has 127 points, extending his advantage over his McLaren team-mate, Jenson Button, who is his nearest rival, from three points post-Canada to six ahead of next month’s [...]
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Posted by admin | June 21st, 2010
Brazil advanced to the second round with a 3-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Sunday at Soccer City with two goals by the recently somnolent forward Luis Fabiano — one assisted by two handballs on the same play.
Many complain that Brazil’s current style lacks creativity, but the team is not [...]
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Posted by admin | June 6th, 2010
Despite a difficult season with Real Madrid, the playmaker tells Fernando Duarte he can inspire his country to a sixth World Cup in South Africa
The image of a sulky Kaká leaving the Santiago Bernabéu pitch during Real Madrid’s inglorious exit from last season’s Champions League at the hands of Lyon said far more than a [...]
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