Champions League Final Preview, and Moyes axes Phelan from United backroom staff
2 HRS AGO - Quote of the day: ”Weaknesses?” Maybe that is a question for Dortmund. I don’t Expand
2 HRS AGO - Quote of the day: ”Weaknesses?” Maybe that is a question for Dortmund. I don’t think we have any weaknesses at all.” Thomas Müller, Bayern Munich Runner-up: “If this would be the only final in my life it’s the perfect place against the perfect opponent. If I die in 60 years and that’s the only final I go to, it’s [...] Collapse
Ecuador: Barcelona beat Quito 1-0
12 HRS AGO - Barcelona Guayaquil 1 – Deportivo Quito 0 (Campeonato Ecuatoriano, May 24, 2013) Ariel Expand
12 HRS AGO - Barcelona Guayaquil 1 – Deportivo Quito 0 (Campeonato Ecuatoriano, May 24, 2013) Ariel Nahuelpan won it for Barcelona with the only goal of the game, controlling and finishing well under pressure. Collapse
High kick! Javier Chila (El Nacional) sent off for follow-through karate kick on Ariel Nahuelpan
13 HRS AGO - This is what you call a ‘follow through’. El Nacional’s game against Barcelona Expand
13 HRS AGO - This is what you call a ‘follow through’. El Nacional’s game against Barcelona SC in Ecuador’s Serie A was a bit heated. El Nacional’s Javier Chila went to clear a loose ball, but as he swung back, Barcelona’s Ariel Nahuelpan jumped in two footed. By the looks of it, Chila swung his leg karate-style by [...] Collapse
Robin van Persie sends Arsenal fan Piers Morgan pictures celebrating Man United title
19 HRS AGO - When Robin van Persie said he was moving from Arsenal to Manchester United to win trophies last Expand
19 HRS AGO - When Robin van Persie said he was moving from Arsenal to Manchester United to win trophies last summer, one of his biggest critics was Piers Morgan. The CNN talk show host was vociferous in his criticism of van Persie leaving his beloved Arsenal and continually referred to him on Twitter as “Van Pursestrings.” Agree with [...] Collapse
The Tweets after Arsenal reportedly agree terms to sign Swansea defender Ashley Williams
21 HRS AGO - Although yet to be officially confirmed by either Arsenal or Swansea, the Gunners have reportedly Expand
21 HRS AGO - Although yet to be officially confirmed by either Arsenal or Swansea, the Gunners have reportedly agreed terms with the Welsh outfit to sign centre half Ashley Williams on Friday. Should the transfer come to fruition, Arsenal will have beaten out the likes of LIverpool for the 28-year-old Welsh international. Figures between £8-10 million have been banded [...] Collapse
Awesome! The new Jurgen Klopp song: Kloppo You Rockstar!
1 DAY AGO - Last night we brought you the 2011 song “I wanna be like Jurgen Klopp.” And, it Expand
1 DAY AGO - Last night we brought you the 2011 song “I wanna be like Jurgen Klopp.” And, it appears the love for Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp may have hit fever pitch ahead of the Champions League final against Bayern Munich on Saturday night. German comedian Matze Knop, who was responsible for the song that went viral [...] Collapse
Team sheets: Chelsea v Manchester City
1 DAY AGO - Demba Ba headed Chelsea in front after a fine assist from Juan Mata. Against the run of play, Expand
1 DAY AGO - Demba Ba headed Chelsea in front after a fine assist from Juan Mata. Against the run of play, Cesar Azpilicueta doubled Chelsea’s lead from the spot after more final play from Juan Mata Hart and Rusnak sporting the new City kit in America Collapse
Hoffenheim beat Kaiserslautern 3-1 to boost hopes of Bundesliga survival
1 DAY AGO - Hoffenheim 3 – Kaiserslautern 1 (Bundesliga relegation/promotion Play-off, first leg, May Expand
1 DAY AGO - Hoffenheim 3 – Kaiserslautern 1 (Bundesliga relegation/promotion Play-off, first leg, May 23, 2013) Robert Firmino scored twice within the first half hour to give Hoffenheim a 2-0 lead. Mahamadou Idrissou pulled one back for Hoffenheim. Sven Schipplock ensure a two goal cushion, 2 minutes after coming off the bench. Collapse
Awesome! Jurgen Klopp pop song – ‘I wanna be like Jurgen Klopp’
1 DAY AGO - The two German giants, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, are set to appear at Wembley on Expand
1 DAY AGO - The two German giants, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, are set to appear at Wembley on Saturday night for the Champions League Final and it seems every neutral is a Dortmund fan. 101GG has also been sucked in this season by the Dortmund story. The fans, the players, the beautiful football. But, possibly the greatest [...] Collapse
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Colon separate the men from All Boys, Velez beat Quilmes with Ferreyra double
3 HRS AGO - Colon 2 – All Boys 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 24, 2013) Emanuel Gigliotti (pen) Expand
3 HRS AGO - Colon 2 – All Boys 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 24, 2013) Emanuel Gigliotti (pen) and Facundo Curuchet scored the Colon goals. Velez Sarsfield 2 – Quilmes 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 24, 2013) A Facundo Ferreyra double won it for Velez. Collapse
NUTS! 11-year old OWNS opponent with awesome nutmeg trick
12 HRS AGO - This video comes with no description apart from the age group of the teams playing, so details are Expand
12 HRS AGO - This video comes with no description apart from the age group of the teams playing, so details are a little thin on the ground. The fact is though, this is an awesome nutmeg trick! NUTS! Collapse
Official: Rafael Benitez is the new manager of Napoli
14 HRS AGO - Grazie di cuore per i tanti messaggi d’auguri! Per quanto riguarda l’allenatore, nulla Expand
14 HRS AGO - Grazie di cuore per i tanti messaggi d’auguri! Per quanto riguarda l’allenatore, nulla ancora di ufficiale. Ancora un po’ di pazienza #ADL — AurelioDeLaurentiis (@ADeLaurentiis) May 24, 2013 Rafael Benitez is an ‘interim’ no more. Two years after his unceremonious sacking from Inter Milan, Benitez is on his way back to Italy, to the south [...] Collapse
Coke Zero’s terrific mash-up video ahead of the CL final: Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich
20 HRS AGO - It’s the 50th year of the Bundesliga, and Coke Zero are making sure everyone knows about it. Expand
20 HRS AGO - It’s the 50th year of the Bundesliga, and Coke Zero are making sure everyone knows about it. Earlier in the year Coke Zero launched a brilliant marketing campaign highlighting some of the league’s finest moments during the last 50 years in which the global soft-drinks manufacturer mashed-up older and newer clips throughout the years of German football to [...] Collapse
German website 11Freunde produce a quality, alternative trailer for the Champions League final
21 HRS AGO - With over a quarter of a million YouTube views in the past 48 hours, the people at German website Expand
21 HRS AGO - With over a quarter of a million YouTube views in the past 48 hours, the people at German website 11Freunde have a viral video on the hands. Adopting a new approach of mashing up some of the internet’s most famous videos with random footage of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in action, 11Freunde’s Champions League final trailer is [...] Collapse
The last 9 meetings between Borussia Dortmund & Bayern Munich [Video round-up]
1 DAY AGO - Saturday’s Champions League final between German rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich Expand
1 DAY AGO - Saturday’s Champions League final between German rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich marks the tenth time the two have played each other in the last three years. Since March 10, 2010, in nine games, Bayern Munich have won 2 matches, Borussia Dortmund have won an impressive 5 and they have drawn twice. Having dominated the [...] Collapse
Jose Mourinho has told Chelsea he wants Malaga starlet Isco at Stamford Bridge [AS]
1 DAY AGO - Spanish newspaper AS claims today that a three way battle is emerging for Malaga’s young Expand
1 DAY AGO - Spanish newspaper AS claims today that a three way battle is emerging for Malaga’s young playmaker Isco with Chelsea now joining the race along with Real Madrid and Manchester City. Isco is believed to be Real Madrid’s primary target this summer after a fine campaign for Malaga but Jose Mourinho has already told Chelsea to move for [...] Collapse
Team sheets: Tottenham v Jamaica
1 DAY AGO - Tottenham XI: Friedel; Walker; Dawson; Caulker; Naughton; Livermore; Dembele; Holtby; Sigurdsson; Expand
1 DAY AGO - Tottenham XI: Friedel; Walker; Dawson; Caulker; Naughton; Livermore; Dembele; Holtby; Sigurdsson; Defoe; Mason. Jamaica XI: McCallum; Gordon; Powell; Woodbine; Virgo; Taylor; Williams; Daley; Hue; Mattocks; Lynch. Collapse
Utrecht claim vital 2-0 away win at Twente, in fight for Europa League
1 DAY AGO - FC Twente 0 – Utrecht 2 (Europa League Play-off Final first leg, May 23, 2013) Former Expand
1 DAY AGO - FC Twente 0 – Utrecht 2 (Europa League Play-off Final first leg, May 23, 2013) Former Swansea player Cedric Van der Gun gave Utrecht the lead. Edouard Duplan was on hand to take advantage of a terrible goalkeeping mistake to double Utrecht’s lead. Collapse
A Roma youth team player executes one of the sickest rabona-esque nuts you’ll ever see
1 DAY AGO - Prepared to be amazed. An incredible piece of footage has emerged from a youth tournament in Expand
1 DAY AGO - Prepared to be amazed. An incredible piece of footage has emerged from a youth tournament in Italy, Torneo Maiorano, in a match between Roma and Cagliari. An unnamed Roman attacker picked up possession on the far right touchline, and when a Cagliari player quick bore down on him to try and rob him of the ball, the youngster produced and [...] Collapse
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101GG visits the groundbreaking adidas lab and get an interview with Michael Ballack
10 HRS AGO - Adidas invited a host of journalists to their ‘adidas lab’ on Friday to witness first Expand
10 HRS AGO - Adidas invited a host of journalists to their ‘adidas lab’ on Friday to witness first hand the future developments taking place within football. So 101GG took the chance to pop down to London and see exactly what the fuss is all about. There were some pretty amazing things on show, such as their new lightweight [...] Collapse
Transfer Madness! Monaco sign Porto’s James Rodriguez & João Moutinho for €70 million
15 HRS AGO - Acuerdo con el FC Porto de Moutinho y Rodríguez asm-fc.com/fr/actualites/… — ASM FC – Expand
15 HRS AGO - Acuerdo con el FC Porto de Moutinho y Rodríguez asm-fc.com/fr/actualites/… — ASM FC – OFFICIEL (@ASMFC_MONACO) May 24, 2013 BOOM! In the middle of all the heated debate surrounding Monaco’s legitimacy to play in Ligue 1 next season due to the special fiscal regime in the Principality, newly-promoted Monaco have gone and pulled off the [...] Collapse
Borussia Dortmund put a sun-lounger & bath towel by Buckingham Palace & Westminster
21 HRS AGO - Credit to Borussia Dortmund for making fun out of themselves using a classic German stereotype. Expand
21 HRS AGO - Credit to Borussia Dortmund for making fun out of themselves using a classic German stereotype. BVB’s social media department have offered Londoners a reason to get behind their side, by circulating a couple of images which show Borussia have a sense of humour. Latching on the widespread notion that vacationing Germans get up at the crack [...] Collapse
Fabio Coentrao’s days at Real Madrid are numbered, Chelsea favourites for €18m swoop
1 DAY AGO - Three newspapers in Iberia, Marca, ABola and O Jogo, all agree that Fabio Coentrao’s days at Expand
1 DAY AGO - Three newspapers in Iberia, Marca, ABola and O Jogo, all agree that Fabio Coentrao’s days at Real Madrid are numbered. Quotes, initially circulated by Portuguese paper O Jogo, claim that Coentrao have admitted his time at the Santiago Bernabeu is up. The left-back is reported to have said: From the first day I do not think I was [...] Collapse
Fan Footage: Gareth Bale attempts an overhead kick in Tottenham’s 0-0 draw with Jamaica
1 DAY AGO - Tottenham finished their 2012/2013 campaign with a friendly in the Bahamas on Thursday night with Expand
1 DAY AGO - Tottenham finished their 2012/2013 campaign with a friendly in the Bahamas on Thursday night with Jamaica. A strong side put out by Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas secured a 0-0 draw with the Reggae Boyz in what, by all accounts, was an exciting encounter. Star man and reported Real Madrid transfer target Gareth Bale was introduced just [...] Collapse
Hold the Back Page – Bayern or Borussia?
1 DAY AGO - In the final regular podcast for a while, Neil Sherwin is joined by Ger McCarthy, Willie Gannon Expand
1 DAY AGO - In the final regular podcast for a while, Neil Sherwin is joined by Ger McCarthy, Willie Gannon and Michael Orr to talk Premier League, the Champions League Final, NYCFC and Ireland's friendly against England next week. Collapse
Alejandro Chumacero (The Strongest) scores Pele-esque overhead kick from outside the box v Wilstermann
1 DAY AGO - This overhead kick is an absolute beauty. It comes with the scores at 0-0 in the 68th minute, Expand
1 DAY AGO - This overhead kick is an absolute beauty. It comes with the scores at 0-0 in the 68th minute, between The Strongest and Wilstermann on Wednesday night. In Bolivia his goal has quite aptly been compared to the great Pele. Having to backtrack his run after a defender headed away, Alejandro Chumacero threw himself acrobatically into [...] Collapse
Football Weekly Extra: will Bayern or Dortmund win the Champions League?
1 DAY AGO - It's an all-German final at Wembley. Will Dortmund or Bayern prevail? Also, we look ahead to the Expand
1 DAY AGO - It's an all-German final at Wembley. Will Dortmund or Bayern prevail? Also, we look ahead to the Championship play-off final and mull over Tony Pulis's Stoke sackingJames RichardsonIain ChambersRaphael HonigsteinBarry GlendenningGregg Bakowski Collapse
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