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USA 1-3 Italy (Group B)
In the final game of the first round of the group stages in the Fifa Confederations cup, World champions Italy took on the USA in South Africa last night. Surprisingly, it was USA who had most of the early possession in the game, looking comfortable enough to take the game to [...]

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This Saturday sees the second of England’s friendly fixtures in 2009, as Fabio Capello’s men take on Slovakia who are currently ranked 53rd in the world by FIFA, the international governing body of football.
This must be seen as a dress-rehearsal for England, with a World Cup qualifier against Ukraine just around the corner. As Fabio [...]

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The latest FIFA International football standings announced today, see the England football team move four places up the league to share tenth position with Portugal and passing France on the way, who drop down one place to twelfth in this months figures.
This will be seen as a welcome boost for England manager Fabio Capello as [...]

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With a fantastic show by the GB Team at the Beijing Olympics drawing to a close, and Kevin Pietersen offering a much needed boost as the new England Cricket captain and all-round cricket messiah (even though he’s actually South African),  it’s a shame a similar lift hasn’t been forthcoming from the England football team.
England Manager [...]

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has followed UEFA president Michel Platini by poking his nose into the ongoing Cristiano Ronaldo affair.
Blatter, like Platini says that Ronaldo should be allowed to join Real Madrid if he so desires, but I wonder what their perspective would be if Manchester United were the club making overtures towards Real Madrid.
My [...]

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