A look at three of Turkey’s emerging talents
Despite failing to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar, Turkey have a few reasons to be optimistic for the future.
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Ex-Arsenal man Thierry Henry’s big impact on MLS
It’s year nineteen in Major League Soccer, and we’re losing two of the greatest players to play in this league. Landon Donovan has said he’s retiring, and if all the signs are correct New York Red Bulls striker and Designated …
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Mario Balotelli posts video to mark his first month at Liverpool
Mario Balotelli has now been at Liverpool for just over a month and, rather surprisingly, hasn’t really hit the headlines yet. He’s been getting on with things under Brendan Rodgers and seems to be enjoying his time on Merse
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An early contender for miss of the season
Kaiserslautern beat Union Berlin 1-0 on Wednesday evening, but the victory should’ve been far more convincing than it was after FCK forward Philipp Hofmann missed an absolute sitter in the second half. You’ll probably st
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Philadelphia Union’s Maurice Edu plays while wearing a wire
Think it’s fair to say most of us have always wondered what gets said on the pitch during a match. As expected, lip reading tends to reveal a few profanities but it’s hard to pick up what players discuss when …
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AFC Wimbledon’s ‘beast’ Akinfenwa bench presses club director
Despite spending most of his time lower down the English football pyramid, AFC Wimbledon’s Adebayo Akinfenwa is fairly well known purely because of his sheer size and unique build. Well, the strongest player on popular f
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Blimey: Bundesliga player scores from edge of his own box
We’ve seen quite a few ridiculous strikes already this season and we’re not even a quarter of the way through this campaign. From Amido Balde’s incredible 35-yard volley, to goalkeeper Mark Oxley scoring from inside his ow
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Liverpool’s Suso has a boogie with a skeleton
Big things are expected of Liverpool’s young Spanish playmaker Suso in the coming years. He’s got huge potential and is highly thought of around the club. There’s one thing the Liverpool hierarchy might want him to work
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Why England should consider moving their games away from Wembley
Now, we all know that the bigwigs at the FA have a widely perceived lack of intelligence when it comes to serious football matters. However, there is a prominent problem staring them in the face, namely a discernible lack of
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The stands are full of fear
If you glanced at Twitter on Tuesday at around 5.30pm you would’ve seen countless tweets criticising the lack of atmosphere on Liverpool’s Kop. “Where’s the famous atmosphere?” was the general message, coming
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Striker celebrates goal by falling into a tunnel
In a Brazilian league match recently, Coritiba beat Sao Paulo 3-1 with Cameroonian striker Joel scoring the two goals that sealed the victory. His second of the match was the one that stood out though, mainly down to th
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Falcao’s arrival may not be just a quick fix
Having finished in such a disappointing seventh place at the end of the 2013-14 campaign, it was obvious that new Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal would be spending big money as the club’s new manag
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On-loan Celtic striker Amido Balde scores incredible 35-yard volley
Amido Balde hasn’t really delivered at Scottish champions Celtic so far, despite showing a bit of promise on occasions. He’s raw, and at the age of 23 needed games away in a new climate to help aid his development furth
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What is vanishing spray?
First came the whistle in 1878, followed by goal line technology in 2013. Now, in 2014, we have witnessed the introduction of the third, and possibly final, piece of football refereeing technology: vanishing spray. A
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AC Milan’s Jeremy Menez scores ridiculously good backheel goal
You can’t beat a backheeled goal, can you? AC Milan’s Jeremy Menez is certainly an advocate of that sort of a finish as during a crazy 5-4 win against Parma, the Frenchman scored arguably one of the cheekiest goals y
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Player receiving award upstaged by ‘keeper scoring amazing diving header in the background
After an impressive goal against AZ Alkmaar a few weeks back, Ajax’s Anwar El Ghazi was being presented with Ajax’s goal of the month award for August at their training ground but during the presentation he w