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Swiss bliss is Spain’s pain as hosts look like toast
Spanish fans in Madrid can’t believe the score against Switzerland. The upset of the tournament so far, and one of the biggest upsets in decades, has turned Group H into a dogfight for reigning...
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Maradona’s men meet their match
There were long faces and dark mutterings around the family home of my Futbol Guapa after her Albicelestes met another early exit from the World Cup Saturday, thrashed 4-0 by Germany’s young stars in...
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Fear and Loathing in La Liga
They call it El Clasico. Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. A literal Clash of the Titans. It was Version 20-10, Round One, The Nou Camp. Actually, for us, the actual locale was Scallywag’s in midtown...
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World’s finest come from too few teams
First of all, congratulations to Lionel Messi for capturing his second consecutive World Player of the Year award. Though Xavi and Andres Iniesta were also worthy finalists, little Leo’s tally of 58...
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Spain’s Pain, Dutch Dreams and Chile’s Voodoo on the Socceroos
THAT goal… After seven blindingly-good matches over two days, I’m already a bit knackered (several pints of cider having nothing to do with it). There have been some shockers and lots of goals… good...
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