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Updated Mar 16, 2011 1:29 PM ET
Barcelona midfielder Xavi has hailed Eric Abidal's mental strength and positive attitude ahead of his liver operation.

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Barca announced the news about Abidal's tumour on Tuesday night and the 31-year-old defender will go under the knife on Thursday.
Messages of support have been pouring in for the France international and Xavi said: "It's the worst moment I've experienced in a dressing room. It's a very sad day for all of us. These are difficult times for him and his family."
Abidal met his Barca team-mates at training this morning and Xavi heaped praise on the former Lyon player for his attitude, saying: "He's always been an example for the dressing room, not only football-wise, but of attitude. Mentally he is one the strongest people I've met and this is going to help him a lot.
"When he came into training we gave him all the encouragement in the world. His mood surprised us, he's almost given us more encouragement than we have him, that shows his mental strength.
"He is an example of positivity. He told us to continue as always and that on Saturday we beat Getafe. We will try to dedicate a victory to him and his family."
Abidal joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2007 and has been capped 52 times by France.

 

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Barcelona denounces radio's doping claims

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Updated Mar 14, 2011 1:16 PM ET
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Barcelona on Monday denounced allegations by a Spanish radio station report which linked the club ''to doping practices.''
Cadena COPE claimed late Sunday that Barcelona rival Real Madrid has asked the Spanish football federation to take drug testing in the league ''more seriously'', saying it doesn't understand how ''doctors with questionable reputations'' can be associated with the Catalan club. COPE, which also said Madrid considered the league's drug testing to be ''a joke'', did not name which doctors Madrid was referring to.
However, Spain's sports minister Jaime Lissavetzky said Madrid had not made any such request as of Monday.

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Barcelona demanded ''immediate rectification'' from COPE.
''FC Barcelona wishes to publicly express its total indignation at these unfounded references which link the Club to doping practices and to condemn such attitudes,'' the two-time defending Spanish champion said in a statement on Monday.
''FC Barcelona wishes to let it be known that its legal department is studying possible legal action to defend the club's honor, alongside that of its coaching staff, players and medical staff and is prepared to take such action to its final consequences.''
Madrid did not comment on the COPE report.
''Whoever says we're using banned substances is playing with fire,'' Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique was quoted as saying. ''We have nothing to hide. I'm inside the locker room and I know what we take.''
Valencia also threatened COPE with legal action after it claimed Operation Puerto doctor Eufemiano Fuentes worked with the club when it won league titles in 2002 and 2004.
''Valencia has never worked with, been associated with or sought direct or indirect counsel with Mr. Eufemiano Fuentes,'' the club said on its website.
Fuentes was the doctor at the heart of the Operation Puerto case, which implicated over 50 cyclists following raids in May 2006 that netted steroids and blood doping equipment. In December he was implicated in Operation Galgo, an investigation into doping in Spanish athletics.
Last week, he joined the medical team of third division Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
In separate cases during 2008 and 2009, courts in Madrid and Barcelona previously found French newspaper Le Monde guilty of defamation for linking both clubs to Fuentes.






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  • 3/14/2011 10:03:23 PM
  COPE has come out with an apology for the incident and have claimed that someone from within Real Madrid provided them with false information. It could get messy, as everyone will now be pointing the finger at each other, but the sad thing is that the follow up apology won't get reported as much and people will not see the outcome. Guilty in the court of public opinion without having a trial.
  
• Report Abuse SpidermanItalia
  
  • 3/14/2011 7:51:34 PM
  Kesse you a Fener fan?
  
• Report Abuse Rea1Mad
  
  • 3/14/2011 7:17:23 PM
  Poking at Pique is always a fun thing to do. With his heavy lids, extra short forehead, and Neanderthal facies, you really have to wonder if he knows anything.
  
  But there is nothing new in the rumors that Barca dopes. I hear it weekly on the sites I frequent. Saying it out loud on the radio doesn't make it true or false. Spanish sport has a long and sordid history of doping, and it's a hot topic. When we suddenly see Universidad in secong place in La Liga, we'll know who takes the second most performance enhancing substances.
  
• Report Abuse meshkin_makari
  
  • 3/14/2011 5:54:36 PM
  knowing the name of the pill your taking doesnt mean you know what its made of, having said that when ur the best team in the world everyone is looking for something to knock you down
  
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  • 3/14/2011 5:25:01 PM
  haha, Pique saying he knows what they are taking is like saying u know exactely what your accountant do.. is easy to be misguided by an unethical doctor or accountant.. just saying..
  
• Report Abuse kickingit
  
  • 3/14/2011 4:18:53 PM
  Pique said, "i know what we take". i'm sure he does but what is it? i know what i take but the law doesnt need to know about it.
  
• Report Abuse Rea1Mad
  
  • 3/14/2011 12:36:31 PM
  Here comes the media heaping more dirt on Real Madrid.
  
  "However, Spain's sports minister Jaime Lissavetzky said Madrid had not made any such request as of Monday."
  
• Report Abuse marcbarca
  
  • 3/14/2011 12:36:09 PM
  This is an easy call. This story is here so youassume could try to break his 'consecutive posts' record in the arguement he will be having with himself later on this thread.
  

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Kevin Pietersen set to be fit for Sri Lanka Test after hernia surgery

• England batsman expected to be fit for Test in May
• Injury forced Pietersen to leave World Cup early

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• guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 March 2011 12.02 GMT <li class="history">Article history
  
  Kevin Pietersen has had successful surgery on a hernia injury. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA England expect Kevin Pietersen to be fit for the start of the Test series against Sri Lanka in May after confirming his operation for a hernia injury on Tuesday was a success.
  Pietersen was forced to leave England's World Cup campaign early due to the injury and was replaced in the side by Eoin Morgan. After a period of recuperation, the batsman will start a rehabilitation programme with Surrey CCC, in conjunction with the England team medical staff.
  "Kevin underwent a successful, routine operation with a hernia and an area of weaknesses repaired on the left side while a small hernia was identified and repaired on the right side," said the ECB's chief medical officer, Dr Nick Peirce.
  "Kevin will now undergo a relatively brief period of rest before beginning a rehabilitation programme with Surrey CCC under the guidance of the England team medical staff. His return to first-class cricket will be determined once he commences his rehabilitation programme but we expect him to be fully fit in time for England's first summer Test starting 26 May."
  "Once Kevin's hernia injury was identified we knew he would require an operation and the surgeon's findings further underline the seriousness of the injury," said England's team director, Andy Flower.
  "We're pleased Kevin has undergone a successful surgery and can shortly begin his rehabilitation programme with a view to rejoining the England team in time for our first Test match of the summer against Sri Lanka."
  
  

 

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Mourinho ready to steer Madrid to European success

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Jose Mourinho just may be the coach to steer Real Madrid back to European glory after ''The Special One'' returned the nine-time winners into the Champions League quarterfinals following a seven-year absence.
Madrid eased past Lyon 3-0 on Wednesday to take the two-legged series 4-1 on aggregate and overcome the last-16 hurdle for the first time since 2004.
Mourinho said beating Lyon for the first time in eight meetings was the first step toward titles - but the Portuguese coach stopped short of saying this was the year Madrid was going to secure its 10th European Cup.
''These are little achievements, this is just another step. You win each of these steps and in the end you end up victorious,'' Mourinho said from the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, where the team is 22-0 since his arrival. ''Titles aren't produced from obsession, they also come from work, continuous work, collective work.
''Titles will come. If they don't come this year they'll come next year.''
The former Chelsea manager, who joined Madrid after ending Inter Milan's 45-year wait for a European Cup, stayed on track to becoming the first coach to win European Cups with three different clubs after also triumphing with FC Porto in 2004.
Mourinho's love for the European competition was revealed again Wednesday as he tried to explain how things have changed at Madrid since he replaced Manuel Pellegrini, who exited at this stage last season to Lyon.
''I don't know what I brought (with me) because I don't know how things were before,'' Mourinho said. ''I love ties, I love difficult opponents and this great competition. I feel happy and comfortable and I think the players feel it too. So to be in the quarterfinals is normal.''
Eight coaches have led Madrid since it reached the 2004 Champions League semifinals, where it eventually succumbed to Monaco. Since then, it had fallen at this stage to Juventus, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AS Roma, Liverpool and Lyon.
''One day we had to go through and it seems normal for us to advance,'' Mourinho said. ''We were better than our rival and we played better. I'm relaxed rather than euphoric because for me this is normal. Madrid is too big a club not to be there.''
Mourinho's players spoke about the importance of the triumph.
''Those of us who have been here longer have been carrying this weight,'' said goalkeeper Iker Casillas, the only remaining player in the squad to have advanced past this stage.
Karim Benzema continued to blossom under Mourinho as the France striker took his season goal tally to 20 with his second-half score, which came after Marcelo calmed nerves with his opener before the break. Angel Di Maria added the third.
Now, Madrid awaits a matchup with either Inter, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Schalke, Shakhtar Donetsk or biggest rival Barcelona, which it trails by five points in the league race and will meet in the Copa del Rey final on Apr. 20. Playing Barcelona in the next stage would set up an unprecedented four ''clasicos'' over a 16-day period as the pair also meet in the league on Apr. 16.
And while drawing Schalke would return former striker Raul Gonzalez to the Bernabeu, Mourinho was clear on who he would like to avoid come April.
''I prefer to avoid Inter and Chelsea because emotionally it's difficult to play against your people, your friends,'' he said. ''But if it has to be it will be. Playing Chelsea will not be easy but if it has to be it will be. Brothers against brothers and life continues.''

 

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Pakistan players and agent accused of spot-fixing head for court

&#8226; Four suspects to face City of Westminster magistrates
&#8226; Danish owners of Croydon Athletic defend purchase of club

• Matt Scott
• The Guardian, Thursday 17 March 2011 <li class="history">Article history
  
  Mohammad Amir, left, Mohammad Asif, right, and Salman Butt are to appear before City of Westminster magistrates. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Mazhar Majeed will appear before City of Westminster magistrates on Thursday in connection with the Pakistan spot-fixing inquiry, along with the three cricketers under suspicion, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.
  As well as working as the trio's agent, Majeed's other sporting interest was Croydon Athletic football club, where his family were, until four months ago, the controlling shareholders. The new 51% owners are a Danish consortium, Fodboldselskabet, which says its shareholders met in an online football forum. "The main reason our shareholders are involved in Fodboldselskabet is their sincere interest and admiration for English football," a spokesman for the consortium told Digger.
  Croydon are an interesting choice. Second from bottom in the Ryman Premier league, they have been investigated by the Football Association for alleged financial irregularities. Their manager and several players quit earlier this season after going unpaid and the former chairman, Dean Fisher, was jailed for three years last July for a £500,000 fraud in which he diverted his employer's cash into Athletic, before Majeed's involvement there.
  Then, last October &#8211; little more than a month after the spot-fixing allegations emerged &#8211; Croydon's then chairman, David Le Cluse, committed suicide.
  Fodboldselskabet, which had reportedly sought to buy the now defunct Chester City from Stephen Vaughan, said: "Croydon Athletic offers a great opportunity for growth through an economically responsible business plan and co-operation with the local community and fans."
  It refused to discuss what it paid for its 51% stake in Croydon &#8211; the other 49% belongs to Majeed's sister-in-law, Jenna Manji &#8211; nor would it discuss the inquiry into Majeed's alleged activities. But as Fodboldselskabet faces a Herculean labour in turning round the luckless club, perhaps it helps that the Croydon and Fodboldskabet chairman, Palle Katring-Rasmussen, was Denmark's Mr Universe in 2008.
  Fifa's pricey payday
  You do not have to be an executive-committee member, or one of its "key management personnel", to do well out of Fifa. As revealed in this column yesterday, if you were one of those 30-odd people you would have shared in a £20.3m pot of cash last year. But if you were one of Fifa's 380-odd other employees, you would also have been sharing in £48.2m worth of annual pay.
  Shared out equally between all of Fifa's employees, this would amount to £125,000 each. So either everyone at Fifa House is on a six&#8209;figure salary, or a lucky few (among them the "key management personnel", who include the general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, the HR director, Christina Collenberg, the finance director, Markus Kattner, the marketing director, Thierry Weil, and the development director, Thierry Regenass) are taking a hefty slice of the pie. Of course, we do not know which because, as Fifa says, that is a "private" matter.
  Free run for Ridsdale
  Peter Ridsdale's formal appointment as executive chairman of Plymouth Argyle last week came the day the club laid off 16 staff. But the administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, told Digger that unless a buyer is found Ridsdale will not receive a penny from his position. Ridsdale worked as a "football consultant" during the dying days of the old regime, too, in what is also understood to have been an unpaid position. So if Guilfoyle and Ridsdale do not ensure the club's survival, the latter will have done four months' work for nothing.
  Pay up, say Pompey
  The purchase by Chris Akers, Vladimir Antonov and Roman Dubov of Leaders In Football, announced on Tuesday, may explain why the trio have apparently missed a couple of deadlines imposed by Portsmouth's owner for proof of funds in their bid to takeover the club. Digger hears that their Convers Sports Initiatives group was asked to provide evidence of their finances by the end of February, without any response. A second deadline, last Friday, also passed unanswered. However, CSI's purchase of Leaders in Football, a conference organiser, believed to have valued the company at more than £1.5m, shows it has cash &#8211; and that its eyes may have been elsewhere than Fratton Park.
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Sizing Europe loses 'flop' tag in Champion Chase at Cheltenham

&#8226; Irish runner makes good three years after hurdle debacle
&#8226; Time For Rupert found to be ill after RSA disappointment

• Greg Wood at Cheltenham
• guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 March 2011 22.38 GMT <li class="history">Article history
  
  Sizing Europe powers up the run-in to win the Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images When Sizing Europe came cruising down the hill as favourite in the 2008 Champion Hurdle, he appeared to be two minutes away from success in one of the Cheltenham Festival's four great championship events. It took a little longer than expected but, three years later, that victory is his, thanks to a performance in the Queen Mother Champion Chase that outclassed two opponents who could boast three wins in the race between them.
  Sizing Europe stopped to nothing in his Champion Hurdle, leading some to suggest that he had a physical problem or, worse, that he might have a soft centre when the competition was at its fiercest. The eventual diagnosis was a strained joint in his pelvis and all doubts were banished 12 months ago when Henry de Bromhead's chaser took the Arkle Trophy. Sizing Europe had failed to win any of his four subsequent starts, but his superiority in Wednesday's feature event was beyond doubt.
  All the money beforehand was for Master Minded, who had been one of the most impressive winners in the history of the Champion Chase when he won it 48 hours after Sizing Europe's capitulation in the Champion Hurdle. Despite finishing well beaten behind Big Zeb last season, Master Minded was backed relentlessly to 2-1.
  Sizing Europe was in the first two from the off, took over with about a mile to run and was never headed from there. Master Minded was not far away but already under pressure when his challenge was abruptly halted by a horrible mistake two out and, though Big Zeb got to within a length of Sizing Europe at the last, the winner powered away from him up the hill.
  His finishing surge was a reminder that Sizing Europe finished behind Kauto Star over three miles at Down Royal in November and he was an intended runner in the King George VI Chase over the same trip at Christmas until the cold weather intervened. De Bromhead, though, was persuaded by statistics that the Champion Chase should be his race at the Festival and Sizing Europe is now the 13th Arkle winner in a row to at least reach the frame when tackling the two-mile championship race the following season.
  "I'm very protective of him," De Bromhead said. "He's like a child to me. Just ask my wife, she'll tell you that I spend more time with him than with anyone else.
  "He has no turn of foot, he just gallops and gallops, and when they didn't go quick enough, Andrew [Lynch] took it up and it paid off. He got into a beautiful rhythm."
  Lynch was riding his second winner at the meeting from as many rides after the success of Sizing Australia in Tuesday's cross-country event. "A small bit, yes," he said, when asked if it had been an emotional walk back to the winner's enclosure.
  "But you have to be on a day like this. It's unbelievable, two out of two, you can't get much better than that. Maybe I should give up for the rest of the week."
  With both the market leaders beaten, the Champion Chase was a good result for the bookies, and their Festival had already taken a turn for the better in the preceding race when Time For Rupert, another of the week's strongest favourites, finished only fifth in the RSA Chase.
  Paul Webber's young chaser was reported to have bled after the race and also to have coughed during a subsequent vets' examination.
  The race saw a frantic finish as Bostons Angel, trained by Jessica Harrington, took charge after the last, only to start idling on the run-in. He eventually held on by a neck from Jessies Dream to give Robbie Power, his jockey, his first Festival winner.
  Power should probably have been celebrating 35 minutes earlier, though, as he did everything right on Harrington's Oscars Well in the Neptune Hurdle, only for his horse to stumble after jumping the last in front and allow First Lieutenant to edge out Rock On Ruby by a short-head.
  It took courage, sugar and nicotine to ease the pain. "Jessie just told me that it was done and dusted," Power said. "I went and had a glass of coke and a fag and came back out."
  
  

 

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Six Nations 2011: James Haskell eager to avoid that 'what if' feeling

The England flanker underlines his side's determination to finish the tournament on a high in Ireland with the grand slam

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  • guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 March 2011 22.01 GMT <li class="history">Article history
  
  'In a final week it doesn't matter if your leg is hanging off,' says England's James Haskell. 'Adrenaline will get you through.' Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images England's players say they will be left with a lasting sense of regret if they win a Six Nations title but fail to register an all-conquering grand slam. An unlikely set of results in Dublin and Paris is already needed to deny them a first championship victory for eight years and James Haskell, the man of the match against Scotland, says the squad are determined to finish with a bang.
  Only one English side in 16 years have achieved a tournament clean sweep and Haskell accepts that defeat to Ireland on Saturday would take the shine off topping the table. "What a shame it would be to go through a whole attritional Six Nations and then to end up with a load of what ifs and buts," said the Stade Français flanker, insisting tiredness would not afflict England's forwards. "In a final week it doesn't matter if your leg is hanging off. Adrenaline is going to get you through the game and you're going to leave nothing out on that field. If you don't [give everything] you could spend years ruing the day you didn't put the effort in or felt a little tired."
  England, who fly over the Irish Sea on St Patrick's Day, have not won in Dublin since 2003 and have lost six of the past seven meetings between the countries but Haskell believes Saturday will be different. "With Martin Johnson at the helm, I think he'll steer us through the week so that all the energy is focused on imposing ourselves on the opposition. There are going to be nerves and fear but there is going to be excitement as well. It's all about getting that balance right.
  "A couple of Six Nations ago I'd have been less confident but I've seen the way the guys perform and train. If you don't believe going into a game that you can win, you're 10 points down before you've even started. It's about making sure we don't come off with the same feeling we had after the Scotland game when people were kicking themselves. We're all confident we can go out and win but if you ask Ireland they'll say exactly the same. That's why it'll be a massive clash."
  England's midfield will lack Mike Tindall, who has strained a ligament in his left ankle, with Nick Easter assuming the captaincy, but the visitors feel a more composed, settled unit than they have done. Even those who have never played at the new or old Lansdowne Road insist the big-match pressure will not distract them. "Will the pomp and circumstance affect us? Unless they firebomb the bus or storm the hotel with placards it's a bit of an irrelevance to us," claimed Haskell. "The luxury we've got is that a lot of guys around the squad have been there before and tasted that hostile environment.
  "Every game in this Six Nations is unique. I know people like to talk about how many years it is since we've won there but the only thing that matters is what happens on the field once the whistle goes. Rugby becomes pretty instinctive in these final games. It's not about trying to reinvent the wheel, there's no secret method. The team that's more settled, more focused and has more desire on the day usually wins the final."
  England, either way, have already impressed one shrewd judge 12,000 miles away. "I think England are developing into a pretty powerful unit, and I think they'll be very competitive come World Cup time," said the All Blacks coach, Graham Henry, suggesting Johnson's side fully deserve to be on top of the pile. "They're the best of the northern hemisphere teams at the moment."
  
  

 

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Champions League Glance

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(Home teams listed first)Round of 16First LegTuesday, Feb. 15AC Milan (Italy) 1, Tottenham (England) 1
Valencia (Spain) 1, Schalke (Germany) 1
Wednesday, Feb. 16Arsenal (England) 2, Barcelona (Spain) 1
AS Roma (Italy) 2, Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 3
Tuesday, Feb. 22FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 0, Chelsea (England) 2
Lyon (France) 1, Real Madrid (Spain) 1
Wednesday, Feb. 23Inter Milan (Italy) 0, Bayern Munich (Germany) 1
Marseille (France) 0, Manchester United (England) 0
Second LegTuesday, March 8Barcelona (Spain) 3, Arsenal (England) 1 (Barcelona advances 4-3 on aggregate)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 3, AS Roma (Italy) 0 (Shakhtar advances 6-2 on aggregate)
Wednesday, March 9Schalke (Germany) 3, Valencia (Spain) 1 (Schalke advances 4-2 on aggregate)
Tottenham (England) 0, AC Milan (Italy) 0 (Tottenham advances 1-0 on aggregate)
Tuesday, March 15Bayern Munich (Germany) 2, Inter Milan (Italy) 3 (3-3 on aggregate; Inter advances on away goals)
Manchester United (England) 2, Marseille (France) 1 (United advances 2-1 on aggregate)
Wednesday, March 16Real Madrid (Spain) 3, Lyon (France) 0 (Madrid advances 4-1 on aggregate)
Chelsea (England) 0, FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 0 (Chelsea advances 2-0 on aggregate)

 

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Nani tweets 'love' for United


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Nani has used Twitter to reject rumours linking him with a move away from Manchester United, insisting he remains in "love" with the club.

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The 24-year-old winger played as United reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-1 victory over Marseille on Tuesday night as he returned to action after suffering a gashed leg against Liverpool earlier this month.
Newspaper reports on Tuesday had speculated that the Portuguese star could be on the way out of Old Trafford in the summer, but he has now used his Twitter account to refute the rumours.
He posted: "I've seen some false reports on the press. I want you to know that you will hear the truth from me. Love MU."

 

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• Report Abuse PhiladelphiaHotSpur
  
  • 3/16/2011 4:31:36 PM
  CU - Stop sweating Bale....he is a Spur............go r@pe & pillage another club....
  
  While RD's POV on berbs is misguided as all hell, at least he understands the value of not seeing the EPL clubs cannibalize one another....plenty of talent outside of our clubs for consumption purposes
  
• Report Abuse Sangre_Celeste
  
  • 3/16/2011 4:25:23 PM
  LOL @ no tears remark. McMahon is awesome.
  
• Report Abuse mcadb
  
  • 3/16/2011 3:38:22 PM
  true true sir. Jamie's tackle was a stinker and that's coming from a liverpool supporter. But your spot on about Nani, as the commentators said on Fox that evening, "There's no room for tears in football unless you have just won something". Good old Bobby Mcmahon he-he.
  
• Report Abuse canadianunleashed
  
  • 3/16/2011 2:40:23 PM
  Carragher should have been Red-carded no doubt what Nani did after was an embrassment to the team and fans..How do you defend a guy who went down crying ughhhhhhhhhhh
  
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  • 3/16/2011 2:18:27 PM
  Piss off loser .. "But before you do: Some people play soccer. Some people watch other's play soccer. You? You play turd puppets." The only bandwagonist is you ! This is a rather momentous occasion henry has never specifically named his team colours but defends drama Queen are you suxing him son? "Yeah i bet you are son, go with your soulmate okay.It's a long journey and a one-way ticket to somewhere far away, now **** OFF!"
  
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  • 3/16/2011 2:06:43 PM
  Two proper tackles from Carragher and the little mincer is already running back to the continent lol.
  
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  • 3/16/2011 1:40:28 PM
  Canadian you're a real bandwagonist i see why the feck would we give away our only creative player, the only one who can create space for himself and draw defenders go feck off
  
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  • 3/16/2011 1:26:18 PM
  He a little **** trade him then bring in Bale...........I hate divers and cry babies..... fecking drama queen would have none of that in my team.
  
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  • 3/16/2011 12:52:14 PM
  Nyc, Nani would go to Real to be CR's boy again. I'm sure they miss each other.
  Actually, kidding aside Ronaldo would be the best mentor for Nani possible. CR has matured in Spain and that is exactly what Nani needs to do to get to the next level.
  
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  • 3/16/2011 12:28:07 PM
  Who really can offer so much cash to tempt the player like Nani? How about Man City as a guess? I think nani fits perfectly into English football, I'm sure every team would like to have him in their squad. Player like Nani also knows his own value, I do think this guy can adapt to any league with his technical abilities and quickness.
  

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Six Nations 2011: Nick Easter to captain England against Ireland

&#8226; Mike Tindall unable to recover from ankle problem in time
&#8226; Easter took charge for second half of win over Scotland

• Robert Kitson
• guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 March 2011 14.53 GMT <li class="history">Article history
  
  Nick Easter will captain England against Ireland in the absence of Mike Tindall. Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images Nick Easter will captain England in Saturday's grand slam finale against Ireland after Mike Tindall conceded defeat in his race to recover from an ankle problem.
  The Harlequins No8 led his country in the victory against Samoa in November but Tindall was preferred when England's original captain, Lewis Moody, was injured prior to the Six Nations tournament.
  Easter was also in charge in the second half of last Sunday's 22-16 victory over Scotland, England's fourth successive win of the the championship.
  Tindall limped off at half-time with a sore left ankle and has now been officially ruled out of contention for the weekend.
  Tindall's place is likely to be taken by Bath's Matt Banahan when Martin Johnson announces his side on Thursday lunchtime.
  Johnson's other option would be to shift Shontayne Hape to No13 and promote Ricky Flutey or even select Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood in the same backline. Banahan's recent form, however, has been impressive and he appears the most obvious choice to line up opposite Ireland's captain Brian O'Driscoll.
  England have not won in Dublin since 2003.
  
  

 

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Updated Mar 16, 2011 11:22 AM ET
Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen has revealed that he has suffered six relapses with his Achilles injury and still has no idea when he will return.
The Gunners defender has not played since suffering the injury in September and underwent an operation in January to remove a tendon believed to be causing the problem.

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"I relapsed six times," Vermaelen told the Belgium paper Het Nieuwsblad. "That was hard. Every time I had a goal to come back, but that was then broken again and again.
"I am now cautious. It is frustrating that I cannot play. I had never been injured for so long. On some days it's mentally very tough but I see this as a test.
"Perhaps it is also good for my career and it will make me stronger mentally.
"I feel no trouble in the Achilles tendon itself, but the muscles around it still need to be made stronger. I do not know when I will be back.
"At first they said I would need four or six weeks after the operation. But it soon became apparent that it would last longer.
"I'm not even in training. I'm still working on my exercises to come back. This is a tough mental test."

 

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Friday, March 11, 2011​

Week 29​

Mario Rigamonti

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Brescia​

1 : 1
Final

Inter Milan​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(84') Andrea Caracciolo
Goals Samuel Eto'o (18')

(27') Fabio Daprela

(39') Jonathan Zebina

(42') Andrea Caracciolo

(55') Panayotis Kone Kone

(88') Perparim Hetemaj

(90') Andrea Caracciolo
Cards Maicon (52')

Ivan Córdoba (89')

(25') Fabio Daprela

Gaetano Berardi

(62') Eder

Marco Zambelli

(83') Davide Lanzafame

Adam Vass

Substitutions Ivan Córdoba (65')

Lúcio

Houssine Kharja (70')

Giampaolo Pazzini

Marco Materazzi (78')

Yuto Nagatomo

Saturday, March 12, 2011​

Week 29​

Dino Manuzzi

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Cesena​

2 : 2
Final

Juventus​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(41') Luis Jiménez

(80') Marco Parolo
Goals Allessandro Matri (19')

Allessandro Matri (35')

(27') Luis Jiménez

(64') Maurizio Lauro
Cards Marco Motta (21')

Gianluigi Buffon (40')

Marco Motta (43')

Leonardo Bonucci (56')

Alberto Aquilani (75')

(52') Dominic Malonga

Fabio Caserta

(73') Alessandro Rosina

Emanuele Giaccherini

(79') Luca Ceccarelli

Davide Santon

Substitutions Zdenek Grygera (46')

Milos Krasic

Jorge Andrés Martínez (67')

Alessandro Del Piero

Vincenzo Iaquinta (77')

Allessandro Matri

Sunday, March 13, 2011​

Week 29​

San Siro

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AC Milan​

1 : 1
Final

Bari​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(82') Antonio Cassano
Goals Gergely Rudolf (39')

(60') Zlatan Ibrahimovic

(73') Zlatan Ibrahimovic

(76') Alessandro Nesta
Cards Simone Bentivoglio (32')

Jean Francois Gillet (66')

Marco Rossi (87')

(46') Urby Emanuelson

Alexander Merkel

(56') Antonio Cassano

Robinho

(81') Clarence Seedorf

Gennaro Iván Gattuso

Substitutions Michele Rinaldi (46')

Andrea Masiello

Erik Huseklepp (61')

Edgar Álvarez

Kamil Kopunek (68')

Gergely Rudolf

Via del Mare

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Lecce​

0 : 1
Final

Bologna​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Gaston Ramirez (33')

(45') Gianni Munari

(50') Davide Brivio
Cards Antonio Buscé (72')

(56') Ernesto Chevantón

Jeda

(56') Djamel Mesbah

Davide Brivio

(79') Ignacio Piatti

Ernesto Chevantón

Substitutions Antonio Buscé (68')

Massimo Mutarelli

Cristiano Lupatelli (76')

Emiliano Viviano

Evangelos Moras (90')

Marco Di Vaio

Olimpico

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AS Roma​

2 : 0
Final

Lazio​

Match Stats | Match Trax

 

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Chievo​

0 : 1
Final

Fiorentina​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Juan Manuel Vargas (48')

(47') Andrea Mantovani

(70') Davide Moscardelli

(74') Sergio Pellissier

(83') Marco Andreolli

(90') Bostjan Cesar
Cards Alberto Gilardino (83')

(46') Davide Moscardelli

Cyril Thereau

(56') Luciano

Nico Pulzetti

(72') Fernando Uribe

Luciano

Substitutions Marco Marchionni (76')

Juan Manuel Vargas

Khouma Babacar (88')

Alberto Gilardino

Gianluca Comotto (90')

Lorenzo De Silvestri

Luigi Ferraris

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Genoa​

1 : 0
Final

Palermo​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(77') Antonio Floro Flores
Goals

(90') Dario Dainelli
Cards Cesare Bovo (85')

(71') Rafinha

Abdoulay Konko

(83') Chico

Marco Rossi

(88') Mauro Boselli

Antonio Floro Flores

Substitutions Matteo Darmian (7')

Mattia Cassani

Josip Ilicic (55')

Fabrizio Miccoli

Mauricio Pinilla (81')

Abel Hernandez

Sant'Elia

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Cagliari​

0 : 4
Final

Udinese​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Mehdi Benatia (42')

Alexis Sánchez (44')

Antonio Di Natale (48')

Antonio Di Natale (54')

(3') Daniele Conti

(39') Davide Astori

(44') Andrea Cossu
Cards

(56') Simone Missiroli

Daniele Ragatzu

(85') Simon Laner

Andrea Lazzari

Substitutions Giovanni Pasquale (71')

Pablo Armero

Almen Abdi (81')

Alexis Sánchez

German Gustavo Denis (84')

Antonio Di Natale

Angelo Massimino

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Catania​

1 : 0
Final

Sampdoria​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(75') Cristian Ezequiel Llama
Goals

(43') Alejandro Gómez

(51') Pablo Sebastian Alvarez

(60') Giovanni Marchese

(76') Cristian Ezequiel Llama
Cards Fernando Damian Tissone (11')

Zsolt Laczko (20')

Fernando Damian Tissone (23')

Stefano Guberti (43')

(46') Ezequiel Matias Schelotto

Alejandro Gómez

(53') Cristian Ezequiel Llama

Pablo Sebastian Alvarez

(77') Pablo Martin Ledesma

Maxi López

Substitutions Reto Ziegler (46')

Stefano Guberti

Vladimir Koman (63')

Zsolt Laczko

Jonathan Biabiany (79')

Andrea Poli

Ennio Tardini

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Parma​

1 : 3
Final

Napoli​

 

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