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New England kit revealed by Joey Barton

It’s been a long time since Joey Barton was anywhere near an England shirt, but the QPR midfielder has today leaked an image of the brand new strip the Three Lions will wear in next Wednesday’s friendly with the Netherlands.
Barton spilled the image v…

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DTotD: Nicolas Otamendi gets kicked in the face by his teammate

Manchester City pounded Europa League defending champions Porto 4-0 on Wednesday to advance on a 6-1 aggregate score. Porto defender Nicolas Otamendi got the worst of the team’s misfortunes on the day when teammate Maicon went to kick a high ball that…

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Rayo Vallecano offering discount Real Madrid tickets to unemployed fans

Though Rayo Vallecano are enjoying a bit of success, currently sitting 8th in La Liga after winning promotion last season, many of their fans are not. With Spain’s unemployment rate the highest in Europe at almost 23 percent, Rayo have decided to offe…

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Reporter wants to sue Zlatan Ibrahimovic for ‘hitting’ her with his car

Standing in the middle of the street is never a good idea — especially when you’re a reporter holding a microphone in the path of footballers trying to flee the training ground. One reporter outside of Milan’s Milanello complex apparently thought tha…

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Bayern Munich’s basketball team wanted Bastian Schweinsteiger to play for them last season

Existing in the shadow of Bayern Munich’s much more popular football team, the club’s title-winning basketball team wanted to draw some attention their way at the end of last season. So, head coach Dirk Bauermann came up with an idea.
From the AFP:
“W…

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DT Exclusive: Carlos Tevez apologizes to Manchester City with some help

Five months and £10 million in fines after refusing Roberto Mancini’s request that he warm up a second time during a Champions League match and then fleeing back to Argentina without permission, Carlos Tevez has apologized to the club that could not …

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Rio Ferdinand motivated by little kids making fun of him

When you’ve had a long career, won a bunch of trophies, made enough money to finance a movie starring 50 Cent and merk’d half of England 2006 World Cup team, staying motivated on the pitch can be difficult. But not for Rio Ferdinand, who, as a 33-year…

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DTotD: Referee knocked over by a ball he probably could’ve avoided

Paying attention is always important when you’re a referee. Not only to ensure that you’re enforcing the laws of the game, but to protect from looking like a spaz when the ball comes your way.
The referee in this match between East Juniata and South W…

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This is Wayne Rooney at Carnival

The Uniao da Ilha samba school made the second night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome even more enjoyable by dressing up as cartoonishly distorted footballers. And what better footballer to give such a treatment to than Wayne Roon…

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Future News: Arsene Wenger vows to quit Arsenal the day Theo Walcott wins Ballon d’Or

Following a disastrous week that included a 4-0 Champions League loss to Milan and getting knocked out of the FA Cup by Sunderland, virtually ensuring a seventh straight year without a trophy for Arsenal, manager Arsene Wenger has addressed growing ca…

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