Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Setanta loses 09-10 Premier League matches as ESPN and Sky prepare bids

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jun 19 2009

The Premier League has terminated its license agreement with Setanta Sports for 09-10 Premier League matches after Setanta failed to meet the Friday deadline for making payments due to the…

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Real Madrid Firesale: Sneijder, Huntelaar, Robben, Diarra, Van der Vaart and Ruud for sale

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jun 16 2009

The other shoe has finally dropped. Real Madrid have put up nine players for sale, including their whole Dutch contingent. Joining Heinze, Saviola and Mahamadou Diarra on the transfer list…

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The 2009 U-21 European Championship in Sweden

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jun 19 2009

Watch the U21 Euro 2009 live here. The 2009 European Under-21 Championship will take place in Sweden from 15 June to 29 June. While it’s expected to be overshadowed in…

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The 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Oct 11 2021

Watch the 2009 Confederations Cup live here. The 2010 World Cup promises to be the biggest World Cup ever in terms of Internet coverage – live or otherwise. It may…

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Manchester United accept £80m Ronaldo bid from Real Madrid

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jun 13 2009

Manchester United have accepted a world record transfer bid of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. The decision was taken after Cristiano Ronaldo again requested the move and after…

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Ancelotti leaves Milan for Chelsea job

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jun 2 2009

Update: Chelsea have announced that Carlo Ancelotti will take over as manager in a 3-year deal. Carlo Ancelotti’s contract at AC Milan has been terminated by mutual consent and technical…

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Sunderland want Wigan to get relegated next season

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  May 26 2009

By some accounts, Sunderland should have been relegated this season. They didn’t, and with Ellis Short due to complete a full buy-out of the north-east club, the Black Cats are…

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08-09 Champions League Semifinals Preview

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  May 5 2009

This year’s Champions League semifinals have a familiar look to them – after all, three of these teams also featured in the English FA Cup semifinals earlier this month and…

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The Experiments Are Over: Bayern Munich Sack Klinsmann

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 28 2009

Bayern Munich’s season has been a difficult one (and not just in the league) and after losing at home to Schalke hastened the inevitable. Jürgen Klinsmann has been sacked after…

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Manchester United 5-2 Tottenham – All The Goals

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 1 2009

The article below refers to a previous United-Tottenham game. To watch the latest United-Tottenham game, click here. Manchester United went into half time 2 goals down to Tottenham but a…

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Can Roy Keane Take Ipswich To The Premier League?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 24 2009

He’s back. Yes, as most of you would have heard yesterday, Roy Keane is back in football management, taking over at Ipswich and given the remit of getting Ipswich promoted…

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West Ham: the first recession casualty in the Premier League?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 17 2009

The Guardian reckons that West Ham will be taken over by the banks who have control of Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson’s various assets. Some people see this as the inevitable outcome of…

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Premier League makes a play for global domination

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 17 2009

The Guardian (so I only read them and the BBC, shoot me) have a report saying that Richard Scudamore and Peter Kenyon are tacitly backing Mohamed Bin Hammam’s bid for…

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Who Will Host World Cups 2018 and 2022?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Mar 28 2009

11 candidates have made official bids to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Nine of the candiates are interested in staging the tournament in either 2018 or 2022,…

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England’s squad for Slovakia and Ukraine

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Mar 23 2009

England are in pole position to qualify from Group Six for the 2010 World Cup and they’ll move one step closer to that target when they beat Ukraine at Wembley…

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