Articles tagged with "russia"
Eschewing the Transfer Market for an All-World Coaching Staff
By chris | September 18th, 2008If your beloved club was to be bought out by anbajillionaire, would it be better to spend insane transfer fees on a number of players ...
Russia - Wales World Cup qualifying match
By blackjack | September 10th, 2008After a very impressive Euro 2008, expectations for Russia's World Cup efforts have increased radically. In the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign Wales ...
CSKA Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow match preview
By j | August 29th, 2008A fatigued CSKA Moscow squad, many who were exhausted from international duty for Russia, let a golden opportunity get away from them last week as ...
Darren Bent Gets Some Company
By Daryl | August 27th, 2008Looks like Spurs are going to splash some of that incoming Berbatov cash on a certain Russian who impressed at Euro 2008. But it's not ...
The Story Behind Arshavin's "Slavery"
By chris | August 21st, 2008A couple weeks ago Andrei Arshavin's agent went on a bit of a tirade, joining the masses suffering from skewed perception and labeled his client ...
Roman Pavluchenko injured in Russia's friendly
By j | August 20th, 2008Leading up to this Saturday's Spartak Moscow versus Dynamo Moscow critical match, the mid-week International friendly was an issue with both clubs. Unfortunately Spartak has ...
Daily Dose: 08.11.08
By chris | August 11th, 2008Stuff to read while you get paid in Homer Simpson money..... Various methodologies of keeping players. (SoccerLens) SWP sets up an academy to help kids become overpriced ...
An Ode To Hyperbole
By chris | August 7th, 2008Andrei Arshavin, like Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafinha and Lionel Messi (since freed by his captors), is a slave. Held against his will by his rich vodka-drinking ...
Olympiacos in deep (with) Dudu
By Peter Katsiris | August 4th, 2008Both CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos have confirmed that Brazilian play maker Dudu Cearense will make the move from Russia to Greece in the coming days. ...
Spontaneous flurry of transfers
By Peter Katsiris | August 4th, 2008*** Notice name change? It is still me, Takis, I just changed my display name to my actual name -- Peter Katsiris -- for future ...
Photo of the Day: Field of Dreams
By Laurie | July 9th, 2008This is Russia coach Guus Hiddink, playing football with visually impaired kids in S. Korea at 'Hiddink Dream Field II' in Pohang, S. Korea. ...
More Overpriced: Adebayor or Arshavin?
By chris | July 8th, 2008As with every summer, a few names have dominated the headlines and transitioned from transfer story to full on midday soap opera. You've got The ...
FIFA 09 - FIRST LOOK - Platform Specific Options
By Dave Martinez | July 3rd, 2008UEFA Euro 2008 looks to be only an appetizer leading up to the grand unveil of FIFA 09, which will be PLATFORM SPECIFIC. Wii Players Rejoice. And ...
Andrei Arshavin - the Next Token Russian at Chelsea
By Daryl | July 3rd, 2008Looks like Andrei Arshavin is being lined up as the new Golden Boy at Chelsea. It's no secret that the Russian facepuller/playmaker - twice brilliant ...
Euro Report: Expansion Talk and Spanish Breakthrough
By Ian Rose | June 24th, 2008We're back with another report, now that the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 are over and it's down to the final four. Daryl Grove joins ...
Best Football-Related Disclaimer/Retraction Ever
By Laurie | May 13th, 2008This was a little tidbit from today's Daily Mail: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH In our article 'Abramovich snaps after Russia blow it against Israel' 21 November 2007, we reported ...
"Quarantine" for British fans Heading to Moscow?
By Laurie | May 8th, 2008Last month before the France-England friendly in Paris, I had the thrill of being sardined into a Metro train heading out to the stadium as ...
Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Though there's still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though ...
Episode 20: Champions League Semifinal Preview
By Ian Rose | April 22nd, 2008It's the most wonderful time of the year ... perhaps not, but it's pretty damned close. European football seasons, both domestic and continental, are ...
Racism Alive and Well at Torpedo Moscow
By Daryl | April 3rd, 2008Efforts to kick racism out of Russian football took a bit of a blow this weekend when FC Vityaz Podolsk's Cameroonian fullback Jerry-Christian Tchuissé was ...
Don't Have Guus To Kick Around The Rumor Mill Anymore
By chris | March 25th, 2008(Go here to check out that ingenious pic full size.) Not too long ago you couldn't hear the name "Guus Hiddink" without hearing "Chelsea FC" somewhere ...
The Russian Premier League is Back (with Thom Yorke on vocals)
By Daryl | March 18th, 2008Here are all the goals from Russian Premier League, which kicked off this past weekend. First up is the historic Terek Grozny vs Samara Kryliya ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Let's Dance
By chris | March 17th, 2008Saturday Roma 2 - Milan 1: For the Giallorossi faithful, and probably some neutral observers, this one's going directly into the vault as one of the ...
Russian League Commences Today
By chris | March 14th, 2008'Tis the start of a new season in Russia today, with a historic game being played in a place you wouldn't expect. Terek Grozny took ...
9 Reasons Livorno Loves Lucarelli
By Marco | January 16th, 2008As we all know by now (Thanks to Martha and Francesco ) Lucarelli is going to Parma. He's not coming back to the little Tuscan ...
Murky Machinations in Moscow
By Martha | November 27th, 2007Thanks to England's defeat by Croatia and their own 1-0 victory over dire Andorra, Guus Hiddink's Russia slipping into Euro 2008, and there was much ...
New World Power, Same As The Old World Power
By chris | November 20th, 2007Y'all ready for this? Sitting down? In what can only be considered one of the greatest upsets in recent centuries, a Fox Soccer Channel commentator ...
Russia is a tough country for Soccer Streakers
By Bob | October 31st, 2007What better way to show your support for the lads than to brave the blizzard and bare your breasts? English Russia has a series ...
The wild Vagner Love rumor...
By Magnusson | October 18th, 2007According to Tutto Mercato, the first name Eric Gerets gave his new bosses when he took over at the Commanderie was that of brazilian phenom ...
Joe Cole, John Terry and Frank Lampard have their Man Parts Cursed
By Bob | October 17th, 2007In the run up to England's Euro 2008 match in Russia on Wednesday there was a lot of talk about the danger England's players faced ...
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