1. Ibrahimovic Keeps PSG Alive as Barcelona Lose Lionel Messi to Injury

    Blaise Matuidi's deflected strike in injury time rescued a 2-2 draw for Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona and kept French hopes alive after a pulsating end to their Champions League quarterfinal first leg...

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  2. Hottest Strikers Up for Sale This Summer and Where They Might Go

    The closer we get to the summer transfer window, the louder the speculation surrounding the biggest names and where they might end up...

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  3. Ba and Cech the Difference as Chelsea End Manchester United's Double Dream

    With two moments of Chelsea brilliance went Manchester United 's Double dream at Stamford Bridge in a 1-0 defeat. A season that in late February was flirting with a treble is now reduced to a routine march to Premier League title No...

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  4. World Football's 7 Deadliest Sins

    We've all seen the movie Seven , in which the gruesome murders of seven victims are justified by their committing one of the deadly sins. This is the world football version...

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  5. Pele to Zico to Beckham to Ronaldo: Evolution of the Free-Kick Masters

    An audience of millions sucks in breath; defenders hurriedly assemble on the command of their goalkeeper; attackers whisper a plot for their downfall. All the while, the ball lies perfectly still and the crowd is hushed...

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  6. Why World Cup 2014 Could Be the Attacking Feast Brazil's Reputation Demands

    The last four World Cups have delivered diminishing returns in goals scored. There were 171 at France 1998, 161 at Japan and South Korea 2002, 147 at Germany 2006 and just 145 last time out in South Africa...

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  7. Mexico vs. United States: Live Google+ Hangout with KickTV's Jimmy Conrad

    Bleacher Report will be hosting a live Google+ hangout at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday to preview the vital World Cup Hexagonal stage qualifier between bitter rivals Mexico and the United States...

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  8. World Cup 2014: Do European Teams Have a Chance in South America?

    Germany staffer and PR man Oliver Bierhoff believes it will be "almost impossible" for his team to win the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. "It is a really big mountain," he told reporters on Monday, as per ESPNFC ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 1 month ago 7,246 reads 90 comments

  9. Mexico vs. United States: Submit Google+ Hangout Questions for Jimmy Conrad

    The United States will enter the imposing Azteca Stadium on Tuesday night to take on great rivals Mexico in a vital World Cup qualifier. To preview the match (kick off 8:30 p.m. ET), Bleacher Report will welcome KickTV host and former U...

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  10. Sir Alex Ferguson's Most Infamous Feuds

    Sir Alex Ferguson has been in charge at Manchester United for over a quarter-century, during which time he’s won countless trophies and indulged himself in countless feuds...

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  11. West Ham's Olympic Stadium Move Is the Premier League Deal of the Century

    West Ham United will relocate to the London Olympic Stadium for the 2016-17 season, moving into a renovated 54,000-capacity, state-of-the-art facility at an initial outlay of just £15 million, according to the BBC ...

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  12. Mario Balotelli Scores a Screamer for Italy vs. Brazil: Video

    Italy's international friendly against Brazil looked to be going the way of the 2014 World Cup hosts, who led 2-0 at halftime through goals from Fred and Oscar...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 1 month ago 18,733 reads 14 comments

  13. Analyzing Lionel Messi's Record-Breaking 18-Game La Liga Scoring Streak

    Lionel Messi can't do anything without breaking a record these days. His latest feat is a run of 18 consecutive goal-scoring La Liga matches, dating back to Barcelona's win at Mallorca in November 2012...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 1 month ago 10,658 reads 21 comments

  14. All Hail Jose Mourinho, Football's Great Provocateur

    Another day, another batch of dynamite sticks set fizzing by the great provocateur, Jose Mourinho . For all the Balotellis , Zlatans and Joey Bartons in this world, there is ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 2 months ago 5,392 reads 38 comments

  15. Early 2014 World Cup Favorites

    The 2014 World Cup is fast approaching its one-year-to-go mark. Brazil’s stadia are being readied, and by the close of 2013, we’ll know the identities of all the qualified nations...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 2 months ago 26,921 reads 230 comments

  16. Michael Owen Lit Up the World, but He Never Delivered on the Promise of 1998

    I was in a crowded bar in Corsica, France. Glenn Hoddle's England, gleaming in white, were up against a gnarled Argentina team cast as their would-be executioners...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 2 months ago 6,194 reads 22 comments

  17. Breaking Down the Champions League Quarterfinals

    The Champions League quarterfinal draw was made on Friday, at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland. Arguably the tie of the round will see runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern ...

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  18. Predicting the Champions League Quarterfinals

    The draw for the Champions League quarterfinals took place on Friday lunchtime, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland...

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  19. Does Champions League Failure Suggest a Premier League in Decline?

    Arsenal's Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich, along with Manchester United's defeat to Real Madrid, has prompted a predictable rush to diagnose the Premier League as being in decline...

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  20. Bayern Munich Beaten by Arsenal; Labor to Lacklustre Away-Goals Victory

    The Bayern Munich who bulldozed Arsenal at the Emirates were nowhere to be seen at the Allianz Arena. Gone were the rampaging, runaway German-league leaders, and in their place ...

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  21. Breaking Down Lionel Messi's Match-Winning Turn for Barcelona vs. AC Milan

    They said AC Milan had found a way to stop him. They said Italian teams were his Kryptonite. They were wrong...

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  22. Watch GIFs of Lionel Messi's Two Goals Against AC Milan

    Lionel Messi was accused of being a passenger in the first leg of Barcelona's Champions League last-16 tie against AC Milan . The best player in the world took just five minutes to offer a riposte in the return...

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  23. Greatest Comebacks in UEFA Champions League History

    Arsenal and Barcelona will attempt to recover two-goal deficits in the second legs of their Champions League last-16 matches this week...

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  24. Barcelona vs. AC Milan: Live Champions League B/R Google+ Hangout

    In a first for our world-football coverage, Bleacher Report will be hosting a live Google hangout in the buildup to Tuesday's Champions League clash between Barcelona and AC Milan...

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  25. Coutinho's Creativity Shows Rodgers Is Building on His Liverpool Foundation

    Philippe Coutinho has started just three games for Liverpool , but the young Brazilian midfielder has already shown enough to suggest his injection of flair is a glimpse of the future at Anfield...

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