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Match of the weekend: Burnley v Preston

sunit — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:32:45 GMT

Premier League fans might debate this article given whathappened between Everton and Manchester United on Saturday afternoon yet theNpower Championship match between Burnley and PrestonNorthend on a
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Fabio Capello must play Rooney against the Swiss

sunit — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:12:37 GMT

georgia, 'times new roman', 'bitstream charter', times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "> Despite negative revelations about his private life, Wayne Rooney has travelled with the England
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France need to be patient with Laurent Blanc

sunit — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:05:45 GMT

Two losses in his first two matches as the new French manager and former World Cup winner Laurent Blanc is under immense pressure even before he has settled into the job that is presently the tough
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The Socceroos: First from Asia to qualify for South Africa 2010

sunit — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:06:07 GMT

Australia became the first team from the Asian region and only the second in the world after the Netherlands to book a place at next summers World Cup in South Africa. Participating for the
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A look at one of England's future stars

sunit — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:34:14 GMT

Considered to be one of Englands finest talents, Theodore James Walcott is still a work-in-progress when it comes to attaining regular England and Arsenal place. Highly regarded by the English medi
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A look at the first European team to qualify for South Africa 2010

sunit — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:58:43 GMT

With almost a year left to the showpiece football event in South Africa, the Dutch national side has achieved a unique distinction of being the first side from the UEFA zone to qualify for South Afr
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Arsenal: A look at a club full of tradition

sunit — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:54:40 GMT

Arsenal: A clubs history draped in English folklore Ask anyone in this football mad world about Arsenal football club and you will readily find people of all nationalities and castes spea
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A look back at England's 2006 World Cup campaign

sunit — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:29:23 GMT

England under Sven Goran Eriksson was a football team that had the potential to eclipse the 1966 World Cup performance but eventually crumbled under intense media speculation and lack of big
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A sneak into Premier League Classic match archive

sunit — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:44:00 GMT

Manchester United are kings of comebacks yet this prestigious tag could not have scripted a better come from behind win for the Red Devils since the Premier Leagues inception when Sir Alex F
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Dennis Bergkamp: A true legend

sunit — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:54:34 GMT

If Ryan Giggs is worth 20 millions, Bergkamp is worth a hundred. --Marco Van Basten Hes(Dennis Bergkamp)the messiah. We told him to get us into Europe when he joined and thats exactly
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A look back at the Premiership weekend

sunit — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:31:01 GMT

As the season heads into the last laps, things are getting a bit clearer around the top and the bottom of the league table. With one game left to complete another enthralling Premier League
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I'm missing Michael Owen

sunit — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:39:10 GMT

Who could ever forget the goal against arch rivals Argentina at Saint Etienne on a tearful world cup 1998 pre-quarter final night! England were left heartbroken by the dreaded penalty shooto
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A look back at the Premiership weekend

sunit — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:32:05 GMT

As the premier league takes a week long break courtesy of international football, let us take this opportunity to look back at last weekends premier league results and analyze the weeks lose
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Arsenal gains end season momentum

sunit — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:59:40 GMT

For the past week or so all the talk of the world was concentrated on Liverpools amazing victory over Manchester United and it got accentuated this weekend with Uniteds second successive los
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Rafa signs new deal to end speculation

sunit — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:13:31 GMT

What a fantastic week for Liverpool! It all started with a massive Champions League pre-quarter final win against European immortals Real Madrid followed by the genocidal dismantling of Worl
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Arsenal set sights on Bojan Krkic

sunit — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:59:03 GMT

It has emerged from some media reports that Arsene Wenger is tracking Barcelonas teenage sensation Bojan Krkic for a summer move to the Emirates stadium. The youngster is highly rated in bot
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Final score: Manchester United 1 Liverpool 4

sunit — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:24:01 GMT

A dream scoreline for the Merseysiders but what a blow to Uniteds pride. The title is still for Sir Alex Fergusons men to win yet there is a feeling that Liverpools amazing win at the Theatre of Drea
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Arshavin's promising debut too late to save season

sunit — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:34:31 GMT

Arsene Wenger is an admirable figure, not only at Arsenal, but right through the football world yet there is something about this man during tough times when one feels that the French manager is way
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Mamadou Sakho-A player for the future

sunit — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:07:12 GMT

Paris St. Germains teenage footballer Mamadou Sakho is being tracked by many of Europes top clubs including the likes of Real Madrid and Arsenal. The French U-21 international, of Senegalese descent
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Benitez's 'Madrid link' a way to unsettle Liverpool

sunit — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:04:08 GMT

One has to feel really sorry for Rafael Benitez as the Spaniards future is always under severe media surveillance. The Liverpool manager has a knack of taking on the press with an unorthodox approac
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Win against Cardiff can restore Arsenal's credibility

sunit — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:00:50 GMT

The FA Cup remains the only hope for Arsenal to win a silverware this season. I say this because the Premier League is out of reach for the Gunners and the Champions League remains uncertain with a
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Eduardo's return from injury delights Bilic

sunit — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:11:39 GMT

Eduardo Da Silva is a fit man again. Although the talented Brazilian-born forward is lacking match fitness after a year long layoff from the horrific leg injury suffered playing for Arsenal at Birmi
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Arsenal stars consider leaving Emirates

sunit — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:35:00 GMT

As the North London derby ends in an entertaining goalless draw at White Hart Lane, prospective dark clouds have gathered over the futures of some of Arsenals star players at the Emirates stadium. T
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A look at the North London derby

sunit — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:20:55 GMT

Football derby matches are always exciting right around the world given the bitter local history attached to the games but few are as exciting and enthralling as the North London derby between Totte
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Quaresma is Chelsea's stop gap solution or is it?

sunit — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:05:21 GMT

Portuguese attacking winger Ricardo Quaresma had hoped to make it big in Italy when countryman Jose Mourinho signed him from FC Porto for a massive 15 million pound at the start of the 2008/2009 sea
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Nolan set to be Newcastle's inspiration

sunit — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:31:00 GMT

Newcastle United has achieved a major success in the winter transfer market by signing midfield dynamite Kevin Nolan from Bolton Wanderers on a four and a half year deal worth around four million po
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Russia enters race to host 2018 FIFA World Cup

sunit — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:13:33 GMT

The bid to host the coveted 2018 FIFA World Cup has taken a new turn with Russia entering the fray with a brave last moment bid last week that could well act as a spoilsport for Englands chances in
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Eduardo's return is set to boost Arsenal

sunit — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:19:02 GMT

As Arsenal continue their intense negotiations to bring in Andrei Arshavin, Croatias valiant Gunner is continuing with his intense rehabilitation programme to return to Arsenals first team since rec
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Bellamy could prove to be a huge success story at Eastlands

sunit — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:27:27 GMT

While negotiations are ongoing between Manchester City and AC Milan officials over the proposed Kaka transfer in the northern Italian city, City have made a useful acquisition in the form of Craig B
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Bidding for Kaka is City's biggest achievement!

sunit — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:55:01 GMT

As Arsene Wenger has put it, Manchester City are not living in the real world by offering AC Milan a mammoth world record fee of 107 million pound for the services of the Brazilian maestro Kaka in t
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India resume international duty with a loss

sunit — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:35:27 GMT

Not playing for sometime did have an effect on the Indian national team as they went down 2-1 to Hong Kong at the Hong Kong stadium yesterday in their first international clash of 2009. Check more
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Rise of Aston Villa under Martin O'Neill

sunit — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:08:27 GMT

Aston Villa are a club of great heritage and tradition yet for reasons beyond reasonable logic, the Birmingham powerhouse have been for years the greatest underperformers of English football until n
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Are Milan keen on utilising the Beckham brand?

sunit — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:54:30 GMT

It was not a dream debut by any means last night, yet David Beckhams on and off field image has given Italian giants AC Milan plenty of opportunities to cash on the worlds most famous football brand
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Villa juggernaut roll on

sunit — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:13:23 GMT

Aston Villa has climbed to provisional third place in the Barclays English Premier league following a tense 2-1 win over Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion in an early kick-off at a freezing Villa
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Benitez launches scathing attack on Fergie

sunit — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:37:05 GMT

In a bid to counter Sir Alex Fergusons usual mind games, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has launched a massive verbal attack against the charismatic Manchester United coach at a press conference p
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A look at India's most promising young footballer

sunit — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:11:18 GMT

Following on from my very first article on Indian football yesterday this piece of blog looks at the promising talent of one of Indias up and coming sportspersons. Sunil Chetri is currently on the s
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A quest to awaken the 'sleeping giant'

sunit — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:08:33 GMT

This particular article may seem to be a bit surprising to some of the readers, specially from Europe and America, yet as an Indian it is my duty to make a section of the football community understa
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A sneak preview of FA Cup fourth round

sunit — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:07:31 GMT

As usual this years FA Cup has already produced some giant killing feats across the country with some notable headlines being grabbed by the likes of Nottingham Forest, Hartlepool, Torquay and South
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Sacking Mark Hughes would not solve City's problems

sunit — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:31:33 GMT

Championship strugglers and former European champions Nottingham Forest earned the result of the evening when they humiliated Manchester City 3-0 at Eastlands on a busy FA cup third round Saturday a
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Steven Gerrard arrested for nightclub assault

sunit — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:31:47 GMT

How life can change in an instance! Just ask the great Steven Gerrard of Liverpool Football Club. Having inspired the Reds to a thumping 5-1 win over a hapless Newcastle side at St. James Park that
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Arshavin and Alonso on Wenger's radar

sunit — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:43:50 GMT

As Arsenal count the loss incurred by the serious injury to influential club captain Cesc Fabregas, Arsene Wenger may finally be forced to do away with his policy of unnecessary transfer expenditure
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Newcastle to chase Craig Bellamy in January

sunit — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:17:53 GMT

Football Fancast columnist Ray Mahon feels that Joe Kinnear should set his sights tobring back former player Craig Bellamy to St.James' Park. Is he suggesting a potential replacement for Michael Owen
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Tough Champions League draw for English clubs

sunit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:03:57 GMT

Manchester United fans still remember the iconic and celebratory Old Trafford touchline sprint of Jose Mourinho in 2004 when the self-proclaimed special one, in charge of FC Porto en route to Champi
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Roy Keane: The next Arsenal manager?

sunit — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:25:40 GMT

With question marks hanging over Arsene Wengers future at his beloved Arsenal football club due to lack of silverwares over the past few years, why not talk about a prospective successor at the Emir
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Mystery surrounding Arsenal's 2008-2009 performance

sunit — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:50:27 GMT

After watching Super Sunday it frustrated me as an Arsenal fan. It was nearly midnight when I prepared to get to bed and bid adieu to a hectic yet thoroughly enjoyable last day of the week. Enjoyabl
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Arsenal need to conquer inconsistency

sunit — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:18:53 GMT

Sundays moral boosting 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge has given Arsenal fans some early Christmas cheers although it has to be said that the North Londoners must now back up this come from behind win ov
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Arsenal should sign Podolski

sunit — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:42:44 GMT

According to the German media, talented Bayern Munich and German international striker Lukas Podolski has made his mind clear about leaving the Bundesliga champions during the winter transfer window
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William Gallas has gone too far

sunit — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:34:56 GMT

William Gallas much publicized public outburst following Arsenals humiliating home defeat to an outstanding Aston Villa side last week has come as a surprise to the Arsenal fans and ofcourse Arsene
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Nothing to moan about fixtures Sir Alex

sunit — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:26:13 GMT

Oh dear! Look now who is complaining about unfavourable match fixtures! Manchester United boss Sir Alex Fergusson has, unfortunately, complained about a dubious fixture list straight after the des
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Chelsea back on top as Tottenham's resurgence continues

sunit — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:21:42 GMT

Nicolas Anelka struck twice in each half to propel Chelsea to the top of the Premier League on goal difference at the expense of Paul Inces Blackburn Rovers on a rain-soaked Lancashire afternoon. Th
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United gunned down by a depleted Arsenal

sunit — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:50:32 GMT

All the critics that doubted Arsenals ability to see off big matches have been silenced on Saturday as a rejuvenated injury-hit side from North London stung the champions Manchester United at a rain
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