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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 14: Olivier Giroud of Arsenal celebrates scoring the opening goal with Theo Walcott (R) and Aaron Ramsey during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and West Ham United at Emirates Stadium on March 14, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Arsenal teams up with great passing to take lead before halftime

Seeing this play unfold before our very eyes, it very much looked like Arsenal was destined to score here. The brilliant passing from Olivier Giroud to Mesut Ozil to Aaron Ramsey back to Giroud just turned West Ham inside out and they went 1-0 up before West Ham knew that hit it. Just simply a […]

HOUSTON, TX – MARCH 13: A Houston Dynamo fan snaps a photo on the field of Kaka #10 of the Orlando City SC during their game against the Houston Dynamo during their game at BBVA Compass Stadium on March 13, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

PIC: Houston fan runs onto field to take selfie with Kaka

In last night’s Houston Dynamo/Orlando City game, a fan ran onto the field during the game to take a selfie with Kaka. Kaka not only obliged, but he put his arm around the fan and had some fun with the guy before he was inevitably taken away by security. With Kaka’s pregame speech last week […]

2014-15 Europa League Round of 16 starts today

If Champions League action took place Tuesday and Wednesday, that means Europa League is sure to happen on Thursday. The Europa League Round of 16 starts today and there are some pretty good matchups taking place today. Just like in Champions League, England is struggling to perform and Everton is the only team alive. Countries […]

OSAKA, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 12: Diego Forlan attends a news conference on joining Cerezo Osaka of J. League at Nagai Stadium on February 12, 2014 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images)

Diego Forlan Retires from International Duty

(Translation: The theme of this conference is to announce my retirement from the Uruguayan National Team.)   Last night, it was announced that Diego Forlan would be retiring from international duty with Uruguay. While Forlan’s star has certainly waned in the last few years, moving from Atletico Madrid to Inter Milan to Internacional in Brazil […]

2018 World Cup Qualifying has officially begun

We still have over three years until the 2018 FIFA World Cup and qualifying has begun for the event. Sure, teams likely to make it will not start qualification for at least another year but 12 teams in Asia have started the long journey to the World Cup. The first stage of Asian World Cup […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 11: Thiago Silva of PSG handles the ball whilst jumping against Kurt Zouma of Chelsea to concede a penalty during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, second leg match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge on March 11, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

VIDEO: After Zlatan was sent off, Chelsea and PSG battled in Champions League action

So, that Chelsea/PSG game was something? The two teams put out a classic display. That’s not to say that both teams played extremely well because they didn’t but two teams struggling at times and playing well at times can also make for a great game. The game went from 0-60 instantly when Zlatan Ibrahimovic got […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 11: Zlatan Ibrahimovic of PSG walks off the pitch after receiving a straight red card for his tackle on Oscar of Chelsea during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, second leg match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge on March 11, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Zlatan Ibrahimovic sees straight red against Chelsea

Well Jose Mourinho has no right to criticize referees for being against him now. Zlatan Ibrahimovic got sent off for this tackle on Oscar when it appeared that both were simply going for the ball. Oscar lived up to the award that bears his name and rolled around like a five year old throwing a […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – APRIL 01: Bayern Munich fans show their colours during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final first leg match between Manchester United and FC Bayern Muenchen at Old Trafford on April 1, 2014 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Shakhtar sees red and Bayern on their way to UCL Quarters in first FOUR minutes

Shakhtar Donetsk had a chance to upset Bayern Munich today but they may have in fact lost it before everyone on the field had a chance to break a sweat. Oleksandr Kucher of Shakhtar tackled Mario Gotze from behind in the box to draw the PK in the third minute. It wasn’t a very serious […]

WARRINGTON, ENGLAND – MARCH 10: Former South Yorkshire Police Chief David Duckenfield arrives to give evidence at the Hillsborough Inquest at the specially adapted office building in Birchwood Park on March 10, 2015 in Warrington, England. Mr Duckenfield, who was a chief superintendent in South Yorkshire Police in 1989, was the match commander on the day of the FA Cup semi-final where 96 Liverpool fans died on April 15, 1989. He will attend the Hillsborough Inquests from today until March 14. (Photo by Dave Thompson/Getty Images)

After 26 years, Chief Superintendent Duckenfield admits to lies in Hillsborough disaster

Former Chief Superintendent and Match Commander during the Hillsborough disaster David Duckenfield has admitted to lying about what happened during the disaster after almost 26 years. According to the Liverpool Echo, who has summarized the ongoing Hillsborough inquests over the past year, the main lie he admitted to was reporting that Liverpool fans had rushed […]

MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 10: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (L) of FC Schalke 04 overtakes goalkeeper Iker Casillas (R) of Real Madrid CF during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Real Madrid CF and FC Schalke 04 at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 10, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

Schalke makes Real Madrid sweat in a Champions League classic!

Talk about irony. In Champions League play today, the game everyone thought would be a close game wound up being a 4-0 Porto blowout of Basel. The game everyone thought was already over before it started resulted in Schalke stunning Real Madrid and came within a goal of eliminating the defending champions. Schalke took it […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – MARCH 09: Nacho Monreal of Arsenal celebrates scores the opening goal during the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on March 9, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Arsenal schools Manchester United defense, United answers right back to equalize

We had a rather exciting few minutes at Old Trafford in the FA Cup Quarterfinal. After about 25 minutes of 0-0 action, both teams opened up the scoring in very different ways. Arsenal scored in a beautiful sequence that left Nacho Monreal wide open in the 26th minute. The amount of space that United gave […]

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