Articles By M. A. Umair (173)

Can Ramires improve Chelsea?

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Aug 5 2010

The 23 year old Benfica midfielder, Ramires, has now signed an £18.2 million deal with the London club Chelsea. He signed with the Portuguese giants for £6.2 million from Cruzeiro…

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2010 Emirates Cup Preview

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 29 2010

The fourth version of the Emirates Cup kicks off this Saturday, 31st July 2010. The tournament is hosted by the Premier League club Arsenal and the format of the tournament…

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Menezes’ Brazil squad will have only four players from 2010 World Cup

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 27 2010

For the upcoming friendly against the USA on August 10th, the new Brazilian coach Mano Menezes announced his first squad. Surprisingly, there will be only four players in the squad…

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Should back-up goalkeepers get winner’s medals?

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Sep 23 2010

A couple of days ago, David Hytner raised a very interesting case for the second and third choice goalkeepers. Premier League regulation states that the winner’s medal will be awarded…

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Top World Cup Transfer Targets

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jul 13 2010

Now that the World Cup is over and the players are returning home for a couple of weeks of vacation and then joining their respective clubs for training and the…

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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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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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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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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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Brazil vs Ivory Coast – When flair and power collide

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 20 2010

Brazil got off to a good start earning all three points from their opening fixture against Korea DPR a.k.a. North Korea. Ivory Coast, on the other hand, kept level with Portugal.

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Italy vs New Zealand: Can Marchetti fill Buffon’s gloves?

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 19 2010

The Group F is perfectly balanced at the moment with all teams having drawn their opening game and scored one goal each.

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Cameroon vs Denmark – Eto’o vs Bendtner?

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Dec 8 2021

Cameroon and Denmark have both lost their opening games to Japan and Netherlands respectively. Although FIFA ranks Cameroon (19) over Japan (45) but on the day the Samurai Blues got one up on the Indomitable Lions. And well, Netherlands is just a better team than Denmark – the Danes were lucky to get out of it with just a 2-0 loss in my opinion.

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World Cup Ads: Hit or Miss?

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jun 21 2010

A week to go to the World Cup and all our media is overflowing with relating themselves with the biggest tournament in football by all means possible – overflowing to…

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Concave PT+ & Metatarsal Injuries

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Nov 18 2011

As the modern football leans more and more towards speed and agility, football shoes manufacturers have made the shoes lighter and lighter. Synthetic uppers have been introduced to reduce the…

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Nike vs Adidas – Buying football shoes in 2010

Author image M. A. Umair  •  Jan 11 2022

The two leading brands in world of sports goods manufacturers, Nike and Adidas. These two have been fighting for dominance very hard for the past decade or so and in…

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