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In three days time on January 10th the world will learn which of the three Barcelona midfield maestro’s shortlisted for the 2010 Ballon d’or will walk away with the prize.
In an exceptional year for both club and country Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta have achieved more in terms of winning trophies than a [...]

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This is the Castrol Index Team of the 2010 FIFA World Cup using Castrol Performance data to support the findings:

Goalkeeper
Manuel Neuer, Germany
Invaluable in Germany’s third place finish, Neuer made 22 saves during the tournament, at a rate of nearly four per game. Only Ghana’s Richard Kingson made more saves (24). He only [...]

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According the the Castrol Performance data, Spain should take their chances at goal from distance in the World Cup 2010 final in South Africa, as the stats show that Holland goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg has been guilty of conceding most goals (3) in the finals from shots taken from outside the box.
Stekelenburg has conceded five goals [...]

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Chelsea have had their transfer ban suspended pending a final decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport  (CAS) following an appeal against the sentence handed out by FIFA over the clubs dealings in the Gael Kakuta affair with French club Lens.
CAS said that the sanctions would be stayed until a final decision is reached [...]

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Manchester United have decided to get tough with French club Le Havre who have continued to make allegations against the Premier League champions regarding inducements to teenager Paul Pogba’s family in order to sign the player.
United are adamant that they have done nothing wrong and have today told the French club to put up or [...]

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