A look at the winners and losers in week three of the English Premier League. Winners Wigan Athletic It had been a terrible start to the season for Roberto Martinez. Two hammerings and a trip to White Hart Lane, scene of last years 9-1 thrashing. Not many Latics fans would have approached Saturday’s game with […]
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Sevilla, who reached the last 16 of the Champions League last season, were handed a shock playoff defeat by unfashionable Braga on Tuesday Portuguese side Braga held a 1-0 lead following the first leg and goals from Matheus after 31 minutes before Lima, a 27-year-old Brazilian forward, scored three minutes after coming on as a […]
Brago shocked Sevilla in the Champions League play-offs as a hat-trick from Lima allowed Braga to win 4-3 against Sevilla in Spain and progress 5-3 on aggregate. Braga held a 1-0 lead following the first leg and goals from Matheus after 31 minutes and Lima after 58 minutes, three minutes after he came on as […]
A look at the winners and losers in week two of the 2010-2011 Premier League Season Winners Gareth Bale Another brilliant performance by the best left footed player in the Premier League. Chelsea Played two, won two. Scored twelve and conceded none. When Roman Abramovich hired Carlo Ancelotti last season, one of his mandates to […]
UEFA has announced the 12 nominees for the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. The award will be presented during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 26 August. The nominations are decided by the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the knockout stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League. […]
UEFA has announced the 12 nominees for the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. The award will be presented during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 26 August. The nominations are decided by the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the knockout stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League. […]
The Premier League season kicked off this weekend and that means that it is time for another edition of Premier League Winners and Losers. Winners Chelsea Written off a week ago by many pundits after losing to Manchester United in the Charity Shield, the champions showed the sort of form on Saturday that won them […]
Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich after penalty kicks to win a pre-season friendly at the Allianz Arena, a testimonial game for the German club’s honorary president Franz Beckenbauer. Madrid won the shootout 4-2 after the game had ended goalless. Holger Badstuber missed the best opportunity to break the deadlock in only the eighth minute when […]
What a day it was for Blackpool fans. After waiting all summer, the team that everyone has tipped to get relegated, went to Wigan and thrashed Wigan 4-0 to move top of the Premier League for a couple of hours. This was a great performance by Blackpool who were dominant from the start with Gary Taylor-Fletcher […]