[AMERICANS ABROAD] Five players called up for Wednesday’s U.S. national team game against the Netherlands were in action on Saturday in European action. GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan, Sunday (Aston Villa vs. Man. United, League Cup final) Marcus Hahnemann, 90 minutes (Wolves, 0-1, at Burnley, English Premier League) Tim Howard, Sunday (Everton at Tottenham,English Premier League)
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EPL television to go 24 hours a day
The NBA has its own channel. So do the NFL, NHL and MLB. The English Premier League is set to launch 24-hour channels broadcasting across the world next season, a league executive familiarwith the details reported. The EPL’s goal is to provide a continuous feed of programing for broadcast rights holders outside Britain to form […]
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Bankrupt Portsmouth enters fight for survival
Andrew Andronikou, the administrator appointed to oversee the business affairs of Portsmouth, the first English Premier League club to go bankrupt in themiddle of the season, can’t guarantee Pompey will survive, but he plans to cut the club’s expenses to the bone and promises to inform police of any financial irregularities he discovers. Andronikou hopes […]
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Longdenville cricketers and the 2018 World Cup
What do Trinidadian cricket and England’s 2018 World Cup bid have in common? Longdenville Cricket Club will be the site of a clinic for T&T soccer coaches put on by Frenchman David Ginola, an ambassador for England’s 2018 World Cup bid. David Dein, England 2018’s international president, the bid’schief executive, Andy Anson, and the director […]
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Americans battle for Wembley duty
In one corner, there’s Brad Friedel: the Aston Villa starting goalie, 38 years old, winner of the English League in 2002 with Blackburn. In the corner,there’s Friedel’s backup, fellow American Brad Guzan, only 25 but the starter in every round of the League Cup. Guzan has been a huge factor inVilla’s march to the final, […]
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If John Terry were a man …
The fallout from the scandal involving former England captain John Terry continues as revelations of Terry’s affair with former teammate Wayne Bridge’s ex-partner has some believing it will wreck England’s World Cup chances by “dividing“ the England squad.
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Everton outclassed and ousted
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With Landon Donovan “an anonymous figure,” according to BBC’s game report, Everton fell 3-0 at Sporting Lisbon and waseliminated from the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) 4-2 on aggregate. Everton’s American keeper Tim Howard was beaten from close-range, on a deflected shot, and rounded on abreakaway but also made two great saves […]
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Everton crushed in Europa League
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Everton suffered its worst loss since the arrival of Landon Donovan on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy,falling to Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, 3-0, in the second leg of their Europa League series and exiting the competition in the round of 32. The loss would have been worse but for a great game by […]
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Altidore takes nothing for granted
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] About the only sure thing in the U.S. attack is that Jozy Altidore will be one of the strikers atthe World Cup in South Africa. But he isn’t taking anything for granted. Nor is he counting out his friend, the injured Charlie Davies. “If I amselected,” Altidore said in a satellite television […]
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England keeper recalls 1950 U.S. loss
With the USA and England facing each other in their 2010 World Cup opener, recollections of their previous World Cup clash — a shocking 1-0 U.S. win in 1950 — continue to stream in. This timeit’s England goalkeeper Bert Williams, who is now 90 years old. “It’s been 60 years,” said Williams, who was beaten […]