U.S. defender Jonathan Spector has joined Birmingham City on a two-year contract.
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011
The Legend That is Lee
"I remember when this was football fields," says Lee Young-Pyo, as he looks out at the crowded streets of eastern Seoul."Where we sit now," he adds referring to the coffee shop situated on the ground floor of one of a number of high-rise office/apartment blocks that tower above a large shopping mall called Star City,"is exactly where I played football for Konkuk University for four years. This is where the pitch was."
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Martin Rogers: U.S., Klinsmann aided by fortunate draw
The marriage between Juergen Klinsmann and the United States national team began with a perfect slice of good fortune, but the new head coach should not expect his honeymoon period to last long. Klinsmann and the USA were handed a dream run through qualifying last weekend, when the World Cup draw in Rio de Janeiro gave the Americans what would appear to be a trouble-free passage toward the finals in 2014.
Instead of being pitched into a semifinal group including the likes of Costa Rica or Panama (which beat them in the recent CONCACAF Gold Cup), the Americans’ presumed list of opponents is Jamaica, Guatemala and Haiti. If Klinsmann could have hand-picked a set of foes for his first competitive round, it would probably have looked something like that.
Kevin McCarra: Mood swing at Arsenal leaves Arsène Wenger needing silverware
Arsenal fans cannot nourish themselves so easily on memories now they have been starved of a trophy for six years.
Joey Barton quotes George Orwell on Twitter before revealing Newcastle are making him train alone
A George Orwell quoting Joey Barton has been made to train alone this morning following his bust up with manager Alan Pardew and subsequent transfer listing.
Down but not out: Will Yorkshire and Lincolnshire clubs bounce back?
The new football season is normally a time for optimism, hope and dreams of silverware.Yet, for one part of the country, supporting your local team has largely become a labour of love with little to cheer.
The majority of clubs in Yorkshire and neighbouring Lincolnshire have lurched from well-publicised financial disaster to despair in recent years, tumbling down the divisions and, in several cases, out of the Football League altogether.
It's not always been this way, though.
France: Ligue 1 Season Previews
Paul Marshall: A new era for Ligue 1
Ben Lyttleton: Ten storylines to follow entering the French Ligue 1 season
FIFA 2014 World Cup: Qualifying Groups Set
World champion Spain was drawn on Saturday with 1998 winner France, Georgia, Belarus and Finland in a qualifying group for the 2014 tournament -- the first World Cup in Brazil in 64 years. The United States, featuring new coach Juergen Klinsmann, was drawn with Jamaica in a qualifying group from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
England was placed with 2012 European Championship co-hosts Ukraine and Poland in Group H. Montenegro, Moldova and San Marino also are in the group.
Clubs reveal all in BBC Sport Price of Football survey
Only 11 out of 104 clubs in England and Scotland will offer adults the chance to enjoy a day at the football for less than £20 during the new season.
A survey by the BBC Sport website of every club in the four English divisions and Scottish Premier League showed that fans in the north west have some of the cheapest deals available for matchday tickets.
The most expensive pie in English football...
HOW DOES FOOTBALL COMPARE TO THE CHEAPEST DAYS OUT AT OTHER LIVE EVENTS?
Iron Maiden at the MEN Arena: £43.10
Hull FC Super League match: £27
England v India at Trent Bridge: £41.10
Nottinghamshire CCC: £21.60
Mamma Mia, Prince of Wales Theatre: £29
Tim Vickery in South America
Essentially, Batista has been sacked because Carlos Tevez had his penalty saved in the shoot-out - but more fundamentally, he has gone because it is electoral year in the Argentine FA. This is the factor that forced the change. Julio Grondona, president for 32 years, is hungry for more, which means that he has to play to the gallery. His constituency is the club presidents. This is a moment where Grondona is careful to give them what they want. They wanted Batista out, and so out he goes.But a switch of national team coach is far from being the most significant change taking place in Argentine football as a result of the fact that Grondona is seeking another term. Electoral year also provides the backdrop for the plan to merge Argentina's first and second divisions into a giant 38-team structure in a new-look league to kick off in a year's time. The immediate suspicion raised was that this is a manoeuvre to reinstate River Plate in the first division.
Monday, August 01, 2011
EPL News
Maybe it's the enthralling cricket series against India, with yesterday's piece of sportsmanship, or the impending world doom, but no one in England seems to have any really interest in the start of the new EPL season. So it's hard to believe anyone outside the country will care either. Today's headlines certainly aren't going to stir much interest. Balotelli is now homesick, Barton rants on twitter, Spurs may actually sell Modric, Sneijder could go to ManU, Arsenal throw away a lead - not exactly shocking infomation. There was one piece of really revelatory news though, and it comes from Frank Lampard: England will struggle at the world cup.
Balotelli: I'm not happy in Manchester
Modric has his price says Spurs' Bond
Gunners throw away another lead as Henry lifts Cup
Barton's Twitter tirade
Barton free to leave
United move a possibility, says Sneijder
Lampard: England will struggle in 2014
Manchester City In the News
Super Mario Hates Manchester
Kun can Charm City's Fanbase
City Have Too Many Strikers
But not enough holding midfielders?
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