Buzzin Football Blog

England manager Fabio Capello will name his first squad this afternoon, for the upcoming friendly against Switzerland. But one name that will not be included is that of David Beckham.
Capello has apparently spoken to Beckham by phone and explained that the midfielder will not play a part in the game that would win [...]

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Barcelona’s world class striker, Samuel Eto’o became the top scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations as Cameroon beat Sudan 3-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2008 competition.
Two goals from Eto’o took his tally to 16 goals and breaks the Ivory Coast’s Laurent Pokou’s record of 14 goals set way [...]

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A group of Liverpool supporters will launch a website today to see if there is enough interest to place a serious bid to buy-out the US businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks in an attempt to allow fans of the club to run Liverpool FC.
This is not as wild a scheme as it may seem [...]

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After a tight-lipped press conference on Monday, Kevin Keegan has stated the surprise appointment of Dennis Wise as the Newcastle director of football is a good move.
But Keegan made it clear that he is in charge by telling BBC Radio Five Live:
“It will work very well. Dennis reports to me - the chain is established.”
Keegan [...]

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The West Coast of Africa was celebrating yesterday as Nigeria, also known as the Super Eagles, beat Benin 2-0 with goals from Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel and Everton’s Yakubu to qualify as runners up in Group B. They will play Ghana in the quarter finals on Sunday.
Chelsea’s Didier Drogba was among the goalscorers as the [...]

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