Articles By M. A. Umair (531)

Team of the World Cup

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Nov 15 2011

This is not a list of our favorite players from the World Cup. If it were, it would’ve been quite different to say the least. Taking a look at the…

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Spain ‘behind the doors’ celebration pictures

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 13 2010

The 2010 World Cup champions Spain celebrated the first star over the emblem. Here are a few images from their dressing room in Soccer City. Also a couple of images…

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World Cup Brazil 2014 Logo Launched (Video)

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Dec 22 2021

Brazil has launched its logo for the 2014 World Cup finals and the Brazilian president Luiz Inacio da Silva has stressed that his country has a ‘tremendous responsibility’ to match…

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Manchester United US Tour Squad

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 12 2010

Alex Ferguson will be taking a 22-man squad for United’s tour of the US. Players too old to play in the World Cup, including Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs…

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Stats 101: Netherlands vs Spain

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 10 2010

Netherlands and Spain are similar because not only that neither have ever been crowned a world champion but also because time and time again have been related to beautiful football…

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Schweinsteiger ‘humbled’ by the Spanish

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 9 2010

The Spanish really rubbed their victory in Bastian Schweinsteiger’s face as he was giving an interview. Poor guy.

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Germany v Spain: Historic excellence vs pure talent

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 7 2010

Historically, there’s no comparison between Germany and Spain. Except for 1930, 1938, 1950 and 1978 Germany has been right up there in the final stages of the World Cup. Three…

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Uruguay’s ultimate test: Netherlands

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 6 2010

Uruguay have not been tested by a tough opposition in the 2010 World Cup so far. Their test was to come from France in their opening game but we all…

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Football Headshots

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 5 2010

Headshot is a lethal blow to the head killing your opponent in one shot in real world and video games alike. When it comes to football, headshots don’t cause causalities…

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Rooney, Gerrard are afraid of fans

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Feb 29 2012

A:3K was bringing a one of a kind event for the football fans involving Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, David Villa, Cesc Fabregas and of course England’s own Steven Gerrard and…

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Movie star footballers

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Dec 17 2021

A life of a footballers is not much inferior than that of a rockstar. From awfully huge wages to their sexual activities getting closer to hypersexuality (a.k.a. nymphomania). And just…

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Germany 4-1 England – Video Highlights

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 27 2010

Germany 4-1 England 2010 FIFA World Cup 27 June 2010 Alas, history doesn’t always repeat itself. The “Golden Generation” of English football met the ruthlessly efficient Germans and it all…

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Barcelona to tour Asia in pre-season

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 25 2010

FC Barcelona’s pre-season program has been scheduled and revealed. Barca’s official website revealed the plans and pointed out that the club will travel more than 25,000 kilometers for the pre-season…

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Maradona loves his players but not “that” way

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 25 2010

We have all seen how the Argentinean boss Diego Maradona shows his affection to his players by hugging and kissing them over and over again. It’s natural if it raises…

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Zizou-zela – Vuvuzela meets Zinedine Zidane

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 22 2010

Rants about Vuvuzela being a pain in the… ears has been on since the Confederations Cup last year. It annoyed me in the beginning too but since the 2010 World…

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