Month: January 2010

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Andy Brassell looks at the best of the action from Europe and concentrates on AC Milan’s 3-0 win over Juventus at Turin, Mutu’s future and the competition for Benzema at club and country levels.

Two players supposedly very close to hanging up their boots in the summer helped put Italy’s Old Lady in a retirement home last night. Alessandro Nesta, the 33-year-old with the…

Inter rallied late to pull off a late comeback to sink Siena 4-3. Walter Samuel and Wesley Sneijder scored late on as Mourinho’s unbeaten home record remained intact.

New Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini did not seem to think twice about bringing French midfielder Patrick Vieira back to the Premier League to help his new Sky Blues side…

Birmingham City v Manchester United English Premier League St Andrews Saturday, 09 January 2010 Kickoff: 17:30 GMT I had a feeling the match wouldn’t turn out well from the offset;…

For the mathematicians out there you’ll instantly recognise the numbers 11 and 23 as ‘prime numbers’, meaning of course that they are only divisible by themselves and 1. For the…

Get a map of Africa and study the west coast of the continent. You’ll notice that between Angola and South Africa is the country of Namibia. Squint a bit closer…

Milan playmaker Ronaldinho believes he is enjoying life more in Italy compared to times at Barcelona as he aims for Scudetto and Champions League glory.After a shaky first season last year, the Brazilian has seized the opportunity this term and has con…

Blues boss Alex McLeish could name an unchanged line-up for the ninth successive league match while Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to ring the changes after the FA Cup exit to Leeds.

The bad weather may have put the freeze on Arsenal’s title charge, but the Gunners will be confident of keeping the pressure on leaders Chelsea by taking maximum points against Everton on Saturday.

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has declared that he expects next summer’s World Cup in South Africa to be the best ever finals tournament and he also believes his team has what it takes to go all the way to glory.The Real Madrid forward insisted th…

Following Vieira’s dramatic return to the Premier League with Manchester City, Paddy Power have backed the Frenchman 13/2 to score his first goal for the club on Monday against Blackburn….

The 27th edition of African Cup of Nations will kick off on Sunday in Angola with the hosts taking on Mali. Ivory Coast are under enormous pressure to finally deliver the…

Only a few months ago, the Scottish Premier League appointed Neil Doncaster as the Chief Executive to replace Lex Gold who was a long-serving member. With numerous call-offs in the…

Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg return with their first podcast of the new decade and it’s not one to miss. The duo debate the start made by Manchester City’s new…

Gunmen opened fire with machine guns on a bus carrying Togo’s football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, wounding several players. Officials say the shooting occurred in…

Patrick Vieira and Sol Campbell were two key parts of Arsenal’s successes in the early part of the 2000s, and after both moved on to other pastures (Vieira’s was greener,…

Much like one of the festive season’s now ubiquitous pantomimes, Serie A’s return from a winter break had everything; villains, heroes, a dose of magic, the absurd and some inexplicable…

This is the first time that Indonesia failed to qualify for the final round of the Asian Cup since 1992. And it is not going too well with the Indonesian…

With Alex Ferguson having celebrated his 68th birthday, punters are speculating as to whether or not he will keep to his promise to retire before his 70th. Paddy Power’s odds…

Even though the January transfer window sees far less action than the summer transfer window, that doesn’t mean that this month will be without plenty of headlines involving big clubs…

In the Premier League, Chelsea are 15/8 to finish on top on 31 December 2010 with current champions Man Utd ranked second at 9/4. Click here to bet and get…

The 2010 World Cup looks set to be the biggest betting event of the year with the Three Lions well placed at 11/2 to emerge victorious. If John Terry lifts…

Nemanja Vidic’s postion at Manchester United would seem to be in jeopardy. Like Ronaldo, and even Alonso at Liverpool, this is one of those media stories that has appeared and…

Bayern Leverkusen remain unbeaten at the top of the Bundesliga at the winter break. But with so much football still to play and a resurgent Bayern Munich, anything could happen in the second half of the season.

Arsenal really do look like they are getting the gestalt. Last year, the line on them was that they lacked the reinforced steel behind Cesc Fabregas in midfield. Mathieu Flamini…