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Brendan Rodgers' freeflowing football pays dividends at last at Reading

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Reading 0 2 Blackpool 0 1

Jermain Defoe ties Premier League record for goals in a single match

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

• Tottenham fall short of repeating biggest margin record • Wigan equal mark for most goals conceded in a game In scoring five times against Wigan, the Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe tied a Premier League record held by Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole. Shearer put five past Sheffield Wednesday playing for Newcastle in September 1999 and Cole did the same for Manchester United against Ipswich...

2012 Euro’s Seeding Set

Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

The draw for the 2012 Euro’s in Poland and Ukraine will not be held until February 2010, but UEFA has already conformed the seeds for the draw. With the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland all in Pot Three, the likelihood of England drawing one of them is 38%. We could also see a repeat of the World-Cup playoffs games between the Republic of Ireland and France. Euro 2012 qualifying...

• 2012 Euro’s Seeding Set - Champions League Tickets

Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 9 - Nov. 15: New direction edition

Joystiq (Free subscription) | yesterday

If you haven't noticed, just about every foreign sales post we do somehow references football (or, as our primitive North American minds have designated it, soccer) -- including the post you're reading right this hot second . The terrifically named, PSP-exclusive J. LEAGUE Football Club Tsukurou! 6 Pride of J took top honors in the Japanese charts this week, pushing the portable platform to a first-place...

• Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 9 – Nov. 15: New direction edition - Hctor.com

The Sweeper: MLS Cup Highlights League’s Opposing Forces

Pitch Invasion (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Sweeper covers the MLS Cup, Jermain Defoe's goal-addiction, and what a constitutes a proper handball. Related posts: The Sweeper: Champions League Cash Bonanza Revealed Who made how much in last year's Champions League, and how much money is in it this year?... The Sweeper: Shootouts to return to MLS regular season? Real Salt Lake's owner Dave Checketts revives a really bad idea.... The Sweeper:...

Keep The Faith, Guys!

Cat Scratch Reader (Free subscription) | yesterday

You guys are great --- you really are. I've been reading through the comments you left in my last post and it makes me feel thrilled to hang out with all of you. I fully intend on coming over here to talk football as often as possible. Thanks for having me ;-) One of the comments I feel I need to respond to ASAP came from PantherPride . I'm sure a lot of you are feeling the same way he is. Here's what...

In what seems like a shocking move...

A Travers Adventure (Free subscription) | yesterday

In what seems like a shocking move these days, I completed a book that i read for pleasure, Why England Lose by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. The book is an attempt to apply some of the principles of the book, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, (a book which made our top 7 books of 2007 with the review that it's 'A fascinating, highly entertaining but flawed business book about baseball. It is dripping...

Best of the (basketball) net: Soccer, Serbia, Sergio and Sherri edition

BallinEurope (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

hat were we reading at the BallinEurope virtual offices this week? Glad you asked! Here’s a handful of stories on all matters Euroball for your perusal. Happy reading, everyone! One to watch, possibly: Serbian import Darko Cohadarevic of Texas Tech. Hey, did you know the Major League Soccer (America’s, ahem, top fútball league) championship goes down today [...]

Weekend Mug (of tea)

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

You may want to put down your owls before reading this post.... As you've probably figured out, I'm the third and final weekend editor to make a debut post here on BCB. You may know me from my many comments and parenthetical remarks. My weekend mugs are tea, preferably lychee-flavored, to keep me awake while I finish this post full o' links. The Arizona Fall League season is over and the Peoria Javelinas...

Championship: Reading 2-1 Blackpool

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Reading manager Brendan Rodgers watched his side claim their first home win since January, as the Royals beat Blackpool 2-1, and then proclaimed that the feeling was like "winning the World Cup". While Rodgers may have to stretch his imagination to empathise with those who have reached football's pinnacle, that the Royals had not tasted success at the Madejski Stadium since 27 January –...

Saturday 11/21 (Very) Quickie

Dan Shanoff (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

First : Stop reading here (but come back after!) and check out my late-breaking Teblog guest-post over at Yahoo's Dr. Saturday college football blog, about the most important context for today's Florida game: Life AFTER Tebow . (Believe it or not, Florida's annual cupcake game in mid-November has been marked by really notable events: Tebow's breakout in 2006, Tebow going "20/20" in 2007 and...

The Simple Pleasure of the Bundesliga and Papers Gradually Return to Normal

We All Live In A Toblerone World (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Like most people I have a set of tabs that open in Firefox when I log on and the first one I generally look at is the Guardian Football homepage . Finally it seems that the stories on "that handball" are either reducing in numbers or, at the very least, disappearing slowly down the page. One of the truly annoying things about the blogs and comment pages is that certain people seem to think...

This is it! Some news for Friday the 20th

du Nord (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

So this is what it comes down to after: hundreds of games, tears, fears, and anger. Boredom, crappy internet feeds, reading thousands of blog posts, pictures, drama in the stands, cheering, cursing, giving the one finger salutes, yelling at homer announcers, and listening to podcasts; you’re head is full of MLS, and that’s just fine because Sunday we’ve got the final, and then you...

Lesser known soccer fact 01

Heavenly Worldliness (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

I'm reading a book about soccer at the moment (more another time). En passant I've noticed one or two little known soccer facts. #1 Did you know that Ryan Giggs dad is a black man? Danny Wilson, a Welsh man with West African (?) roots, was a rugby league player. It's also worth noting that Giggs has played in every Premier League season so far, scoring at least once in each season but fior the present...

Reading vs Blackpool Live CocaCola Championship

Free Live Sports TV (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Coca-Cola Football League Championship Watch live streaming commentary and live online TV telecast Coca-Cola Football League Championship match between Reading vs Blackpool WATCH NOW LIVE LINK Match Preview: Reading vs Blackpool Sat 21 November Kick Off: 15:00 UK, 16:00 CET.

Brazilians enjoying Argentina's World Cup struggle

olena34rxo | 09/29/2009

SAO PAULO – Argentina's struggles are giving as much joy to Brazilians as their own team's secured World Cup berth and 11-match winning streak. While Brazil easily clinched a spot in next year's tournament in South Africa, Argentina was in danger of missing out on soccer's biggest showcase after three consecutive losses — including a home defeat to Brazil last Saturday. A day after Brazil defeated...

Brazilians enjoying Argentina's World Cup struggle

clarine012v5 | 09/28/2009

SAO PAULO – Argentina's struggles are giving as much joy to Brazilians as their own team's secured World Cup berth and 11-match winning streak. While Brazil easily clinched a spot in next year's tournament in South Africa, Argentina was in danger of missing out on soccer's biggest showcase after three consecutive losses — including a home defeat to Brazil last Saturday. A day after Brazil defeated...

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