1. Fun Fact Grab Bag: 41 World Football Random Fun Facts You May Not Have Known

    Or you might have. I can't honestly predict what you know or don't know. Anyway, with all the transfer gossip and Champions League excitement and the holidays coming up, we thought ...

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  2. 25 of the Most Insanely Genius Goals Ever Scored in World Football

    There are plenty of reasons we watch football. We watch football to support our teams. We watch football for the entertainment. For the drama. For the stories. We watch football for the spectacular, show-stopping goals...

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  3. World Football Does the 12 Days of Christmas

    It's that magical time of year again. Snow is covering the ground (at least in places substantially far enough from the Equator); sleigh bells can be heard in the distance; crazed shoppers are pepper spraying each other...

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  4. 25 Hilarious and Outrageous World Football Moments from 2011

    With the end of the year comes year-end list-icles. It's an inevitability of the Internet, like cat videos or poor grammar. Tonight's list is about pure entertainment, on and off the pitch...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 7,549 reads 8 comments

  5. World Football Power Rankings: The 25 Teams To Watch in Europe Right Now

    It was certainly an exciting week in world football with the Champions League Round of 16 being determined with quite a few surprises, along with some surprising results and new top contenders in some domestic competitions...

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  6. 50 of the Dirtiest Players in World Football History

    The holidays are a time for giving and love and good vibes, which is why today, we will be saluting the game's dirtiest fighters...

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  7. UEFA Champions League: Ranking the 16 Teams Heading to the Knockout Stage

    It's (about to be) the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas, New Year's Eve (although does it ever live up to anyone's expectations?), the January transfer window and the major ...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 7,852 reads 13 comments

  8. UEFA Champions League: The Top 18 Goal-Scorers Left in the Competition

    The last 16 teams in the Champions League have been announced to much fanfare, with some surprise early departures and new emerging dark horses. And along the way, there have been plenty of massive golazos worth tweeting home about...

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  9. 20 Uniforms That Absolutely Bombed in World Football

    We've done quite a few lists recently dedicated to the best and worst of world football fashion. We've talked distinctive kits, worst fashion statements and more. Today, we give you 20 uniforms that absolutely bombed...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 12,200 reads 16 comments

  10. World Football's 15 Biggest Villains of 2011

    2012 is just around the corner, which means an Olympics, a Euro tournament, the Champions League knockout stages and the end of the world (according to the Mayans and some people somewhere with a basement full of canned beans and tinfoil hats)...

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  11. El Clasico Countdown: Picking a 2011 Real Madrid-Barcelona Combined Starting 11

    There comes a magical time twice every football season—sometimes twice in the case of tournament play—where two of the greatest footballing dynasties come together to wrestle for La Liga supremacy, bragging rights and civic pride...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 4,266 reads 5 comments

  12. UEFA Champions League: Basel vs. Manchester United Live Blog

    It all comes down to this. After Wednesday's matches, we will have the 16 teams who will advance to the Champions League knockout stages. So far, the qualified teams include Zenit St...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 1,764 reads 5 comments

  13. Manchester United: What the Red Devil Supporters Want for Christmas

    Christmas is coming, and all over the land, Red Devil supporters are writing their letters to Santa, or Father Christmas, or Papa Noël—or whichever magical holiday being brings toys and cheer to all the good little children...

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  14. Sócrates: Highlights from the Brazilian Legend's Career and Legacy

    This week, still reeling over the loss of Wales coach Gary Speed, the footballing world has suffered another great loss...

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  15. World Football Power Rankings: The 25 Teams to Watch in Europe This Week

    Another weekend of football has passed and with it came the emergence of new game-changers, rising stars and the start of another week where anything can happen...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 10,447 reads 7 comments

  16. UEFA Euro 2012 Draw: Predicting the Winners and Runners-Up of the Group Stages

    It's December, and we're already anxious for summer. That's because the tournament draw for Euro 2012 has been announced, officially marking the groups for what usually ends up being ...

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  17. January Transfer Window: Five Reasons David Villa Could Go to Liverpool

    So maybe it's a long-shot. Perhaps it's a pipe dream. It's one of the crazier, more popularly-discussed bits of transfer goss that's made its way around this here website prior to the January transfer window...

    Lindsay Eanet Written by Lindsay Eanet about over 1 year ago 7,927 reads 18 comments

  18. Liverpool vs. Chelsea: 5 Things Each Team Learned in the Carling Cup Clash

    For the second time in nine days, Liverpool vanquished Chelsea , this time in the semifinals of the Carling Cup...

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  19. Liverpool vs. Chelsea: Rating the Reds in the Carling Cup Clash

    What a night for Liverpool . Kenny Dalglish and his Red men can go home happy after a 2-0 Carling Cup semifinal win over Chelsea —their second win over the Blues in nine days—and ...

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  20. EPL Transfers: One Key Foreign Player Each Team Could Go After

    Christmas is coming, and so is crunch time in the English Premier League. With the January transfer window around the corner, teams are looking to make those necessary tweaks to put themselves in good position to finish strong...

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  21. World Football Power Rankings: The 25 Teams to Watch in Europe Right Now

    Can't decide who to watch next weekend? First of all, lucky you, having so many channels at your disposal or a friendly pub nearby...

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  22. Beautiful Game, Bad Sports: 20 Footballers Who Did Wrong by Their Teammates

    In the footballing world, you have some seriously larger-than-life personalities, and with that comes big egos, serious clashes and sometimes, feuds and brawls that can seriously bring down performances for club and player...

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  23. Gary Speed: Highlights from His Illustrious Career as Player and Manager

    The world of football is still in shock this week over the sudden passing of former Premiership footballer and Wales national team coach Gary Speed , found dead yesterday at the age of 42...

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  24. American Samoa and More Upsets from Bottom-Ranked International Football Teams

    It's in the DNA of the sports fan to love the underdog. It's why movies like Rocky and Rudy exist, to feed that ever-present part of our brain that makes us want to get up and ...

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  25. January Transfer Window: One Thing on Each Major Club's Wishlist

    Christmas is coming, and after Christmas is the January transfer window, and crunch time in both league play and Europe. As such, you can bet the big clubs will be making their lists and checking them twice...

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