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North Korea's failed World Cup footballers undergo public ma...

England's failed footballers should count themselves lucky that their ignominious World Cup exit was met with little more than a public mauling by the media. Their counterparts from North Korea, who lost all three of their group game [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Wayne Rooney named player of the year by Football Writers' A...

Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has been voted the 2010 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association. The 24-year-old topped the poll of journalists with just over 80% of a record number of votes cas [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Portsmouth deny Iain Dowie happy return to football manageme...

Iain Dowie was credited with coining the word “bouncebackability” when he was the manager of Crystal Palace between 2003 and 2006. He and the Hull City squad he inherited last week will need to show plenty of that quality in [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Irish Rethinking Football Independence

Calling the state of college sports the most unstable he has seen in 29 years, Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said Tuesday that the Irish were considering giving up their football independence.Although Swarbrick stressed tha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Coventry defender Hall content with ugly football

Coventry City defender Marcus Hall says he is happy to play ugly football if it means the club continue their push up the Championship.City's win at Peterborough at the weekend was their fifth in six matches, pushing them up to eight [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Football news round-up

Mikel Arteta was the star of Everton’s 5-1 victory over Hull City in the Premier League, scoring twice in a crucial win for David Moyes’ side. Landon Donovan and Jack Rodwell also hit the net while Hull’s Richard Garcia [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Saints Won Because They Played Desperate, Hungry Football

There's something incongruent when you hear the line, "New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl Champions", but it's no fluke.The team that was vying with the Chicago/St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals for the title of most inept, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

One dead, nine hurt in attack on African football stars

Gunmen shot at buses carrying Togo's football team to the African Nations Cup in Angola, leaving one dead and nine wounded, but organisers insisted the tournament would go ahead. Two players were among the injured, while a driver was killed [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

College Football Picks South Carolina vs NC State Live Onlin...

College Football Picks South Carolina vs NC State Live Online Streaming Odds - This is a game the host N C St Wolfpack have had circled for a year now, as they were embarrassed by the Gamecocks 34-0 in Florence last [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Football star Ronaldo needs time to adapt to Real: coach

Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini says Cristiano Ronaldo needs more time to adapt to his new club after the Portuguese winger failed to impress during his side's trouncing of Rosenborg on Monday in the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy. "C [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Syracuse to play home football games at new Meadowlands Stad...

Rutgers dispelled rumors on Monday that it was hoping to open the 2010 season with a home game against UCLA at the new Meadowlands stadium. As soon as that report was quashed, however, another report -- this one confirmed -- surfaced sayi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Kick-off crazy for the football

Finally the big kick-off is here as Premier League football returns for a new season and Metro has enough to satisfy even the most hardened footy nut: Fantasy Football: Win a slice of £50k with the best free fantasy football game a [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Fantasy football millionaire offers draft tips

If you're looking for fantasy football draft-day strategy and advice, forget the experts and gurus. What you really need is the brain and work ethic of Shane Schroeder, a 31-year-old corrections officer from Fort Collins, Colo., who's done [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Maryland Terrapins 2009 College Football Odds - BCS Odds 201...

2009 College Football Odds: The Terps had their second winning season in the last five years in 2008, going 8-5 and finishing third in the ACC's Atlantic division with a 4-4 conference record. Maryland capped off Head Coach Ralph Friedgen's [...]