ESPN Ropes in The Rights of La Liga

By Aditi | July 11, 2009 4:02 pm |

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ESPN left behind the disappointment of not being able to get the rights for the UEFA Championship league games by purchasing the rights from GolTV to televise a good number of matches of Spain’s La Liga. La Liga is a huge hit on the Spanish language television. GolTV broadcasts 24-hours of soccer from across the world and has been telecasting games from the Spanish League from several years.

Real Madrid’s new acquisitions, Ronaldo and Kaka have only added to the charm of La Liga. The telecast of the matches would be shared on the ESPN family network. 360.com would show around 114 games while ESPN Deportes gets 95 and ESPN2 will show around 20 matches. The deal is set to increase the distribution chances of Deportes and also help GolTV to get a good return on its investment.

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US Aiming To Create History

By Aditi | June 30, 2009 5:47 am |

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US aiming to create history The United States Men’s national team is all set to create history in the on-going Confederation Cup when they take on Spain, which is ranked as the world’s number one in the semifinals. Being in a group which had Brazil and Italy, the U.S. team has certainly managed to surprise quite a few people. However, it would be a tough test for them as they play against Spain who have ousted 15 teams in a row and have not been defeated for as many as 35 matches.

The last meeting of the two teams was in U.S. where Spain won 1-0. The U.S. team owes its success to Bob Bradley who has certainly transformed the entire team. Although the Confederations Cup semifinal is important, U.S. team must be relishing the thought of making it to the ultimate level-the World cup.

The confederation Cup is surely proving a great launching pad for the United States team before the 2010 World Cup. The team is almost certain to play two more games depending on the result against Spain for either 1st or 3rd place. The Spain team looks in great form and in the right frame of mind. They defeated New Zealand by 5-0 in their opener and easily came over Iraq and South Africa to reach the semis.

The United States team therefore has to pull up its socks and come up with something very special in order to keep their hopes alive in this tournament. This is the best chance for the team to create history.

Rangers win SPL title race

By Aditi | June 19, 2009 6:36 pm |

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SPL title race finally came to an end with Rangers beating up their arch rivals Celtic. An unbelievable 3-0 win at the end for Rangers against current champions Celtic came as a surprise for everybody. The first victory in four years was incredible. The winning team at one point of time was considered highly pedestrian as they once were 7 points behind their old firm rivals. Striker Kris Boyd came out with striking colours by being the SPL top scorer with his 31 league goals. Even though the manager Walter Smith dropped keeper Allen McGregor and long-serving captain Barry Ferguson, the luck favoured Ranger’s.

With their remarkable win over the other teams, Rangers has created a niche for themselves in the Champions League. Not only this, the club’s exhausted funds will also see a boost with 6 games in group stages in their stride. They will also be able to eliminate the memory of their early exit in Lithuanian minnows FBK Kaunas.

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Chelsea Likely To Face Disciplinary Action

By Aditi | May 14, 2009 12:41 am |

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Chelsea Likely To Face Disciplinary Action The Champions league witnessed match between Chelsea and Barcelona at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. UEFA has received delegate’s and referee’s report. Not only this, they are also in the process of collecting additional evidence so that they can decide on the disciplinary action against Chelsea. The result will be declared next week. While the London club faces the charge of being unable to control its players, the four Chelsea players are charged individually for pestering Norwegian referee Tom Henning Overbo and for comments post match.

Player Diddier Drogba argued with the referee in tunnel and on the pitch. He is likely to face the sternest action. When fourth penalty appeal was turned down by the referee, Michael Ballack ran 40 yards to confront with him. He was given a yellow card for the same. Skipper John Terry criticized Overbo and will be charged for this. The fourth player is Chelsea full-back José Bosingwa. He is convicted of calling the referee a thief who was bought. Jose has no doubt apologized for commenting like this.

The controlling body might ban Drogba to play some matches. However, they will be taking video evidences for their decision. Referee Overbo is out of England after the match is not commenting anything on the incident as asked by UEFA. Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink tried to question referee’s decision but was of no use. The UEFA spokesman said “We never comment on the performance of the referee.” We all are waiting for a fair decision from UEFA’s general secretary David Taylor as we all believe that the chaotic scenes have disgraced Champions League.

Arsenal 2-0 Victory over Middlesbrough

By Aditi | May 2, 2009 7:44 am |

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Arsenal won the match against Middlesbrough with a score of 2-0 at the Emirates. They continued to be on 4th position in Premier League table. Lady luck smiled on the center forward player Theo Walcott in seventh minute of the match when he took the Fabregas pass and took it out wide with the help of Robert Huth. The easy 2-0 victory was good enough to boost up the confidence of the team. After few thundering open exchanges, Arsenal Cruise was finally able to score one in the 25th minute.

The ball went from Russian playmaker Andrey Arshavin who is in form to Fabregas who further stroked the ball to Nicklas Bendtner. While they were playing with the ball, Arshavin passed it on to Fabregas and he dashed into the net. Bendtner got in between Brad Jones, the Boro keeper, and Fabregas but it was of no use. Replays showed that Boromanager Gareth Southgate was furious after the goal but was helpless.

Before the half hour mark, Bendtner used his upper arm to clear the corner. Gareth Southgate was fuming again when the penalty was shut down. Boro tried to take the stride in second half but Arsenal was still being dominating. The 67th minute of the match saw the second goal from Arsenal. By this time Middlesbrough team was little discouraged but they cannot let the other team augment the goal difference. Their defending became harsher. Brad Jones saved the shots on 72nd and 79th minute from Bendtner and Samir Nasri. With this defeat the chances of Middlesbrough survival seemed slim as they are on 18th position.

Sir Alex Ferguson Expresses anger

By Aditi | April 25, 2009 12:06 pm |

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alex2 Sir Alex Ferguson found himself caught in war of words with Rafael Benitz, the Liverpool manager. He expressed his fury before the semi-final match of FA Cup between Everton and Manchester United. Everton which has won the cup nine times was named a small club by Benitez. Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce also complained against the bad behavior of Rafael Benitz during the 4-0 defeat at Anfield. When Liverpool scored the second goal, Rafael indicated as if the game is over.

Ferguson also did not like the way Benitz dismissed Blackburn when Liverpool gained the second goal against them. He said that Everton is not a small club, it’s a big one. According to Sam Allardyce, the entire gesture was very unfortunate. The war of words took a furious turn when Ferguson said that Arrogance is one thing. You cannot forgive contempt, which is what he showed Sam Allardyce last weekend. To this Allardyce said that the game is hard enough without a fellow manager making an undermining gesture.

“Arrogance is one thing. You cannot forgive contempt, which is what he showed Sam Allardyce last weekend,” Ferguson said.The whole incident appeared rude to Blackburn boss and considered it humiliating and disrespectful. With football being the most prestigious and old game in the continent, such a gesture is a disregard to the honor of game.

Arsenal Update

By Jason | October 18, 2008 2:47 pm |

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To show that they can make a transfer or two, Arsenal decided to revamp their midfield by adding French International, Samir Nasri. He had originally spent his whole career including his youth careeer with Olympique Marseille. With Marseille he was primarily used as an attacking midfielder but could see other roles with Arsenal or possibly the same.

Arsenal has truly revamped its midfield with this addition. The likes of Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie, Denilson, and Rosicky had already been on the midfield depth chart for Arsenal. By adding Nasri, Arsenal can go in many different directions in their strategy and give them a deeper bench as all of these very talented players can not take the pitch together.

All in all, I like this move by Arsenal because it was one of the most cost effective moves in the Premiership. Arsenal spent 12.7 million pounds on Nasri which is very cheap considering that the likes of Chelsea and Man U spent more, at times double, to revamp their respective sides.

Manchester United Update

By Jason | October 18, 2008 2:38 pm |

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Over the Summer Transfer season, Man U decided to add another striker to the mix in Dimitar Berbatov. Berbatov spent his last season with Tottenham Hotspur and now that he is with Man U, he has a decent shot at a number of different honors and the ability to participate in a number of different tournaments. One sure-fire tournament is the Champions League that should be exciting for a player that has spent time with a middle-running Premiership club.

Sir Alex Ferguson now has a lot of depth at the striker position in returning players Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney. Tevez is used primarily as the second striker while Ronney is used as the primary striker. Berbatov will probably not start over either player as they are incumbents, but he should receive a fair amount of minutes through substitutions and to give either of the aforemetioned a rest. Man U opened up the bank for Berbatov by shelling out 30.75 million pounds.

Chelsea Update

By Jason | October 18, 2008 2:28 pm |

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A move that the Blues made over this last transfer window was a move for defender Jose Bosingwa. By adding a player of his caliber, Chelsea has truly fortified its defense against the toughest opponents. Returning starters, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, and Ashley Cole will welcome Jose as the right-back.

The transfer costed Chelsea a pretty penny, 16.3 million pounds, which is a pretty large amount, however, Jose is worth every penny. This gives Petr Cech more assurance that he will see less shots on goal and better protection coming from the right side of the pitch.

The signing of Bosingwa signaled the closing of the checkbook for Chelsea as they had already opened it to acquire midfielder Deco.

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ESPN Ropes in The Rights of La Liga

US Aiming To Create History

Rangers win SPL title race

Chelsea Likely To Face Disciplinary Action

Arsenal 2-0 Victory over Middlesbrough

Sir Alex Ferguson Expresses anger

Arsenal Update

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