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Euro 2012 – Day 5 Predictions (Greece – Czech Republic, Poland – Russia)
Back to Group A as Euro 2012 begins its second round of matches, as Russia, the team that produced the best performance out of all 16 teams, try and bring their counter attacking against the pumped up home side, Poland. Greece will try and take advantage of the low morale at the Czech Republic camp with their usual, not so pleasing to watch style.
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Euro 2012 – Day 4 Summary (France vs England, Ukraine vs Sweden)
Andriy Shevchenko was undoubtedly the hero of the last day of Euro 2012 first round of matches, scoring twice in the Ukraine’s 2-1 win over Sweden, putting them at the top of Group D. England defended well enough against France to secure a 1-1 draw, giving Roy Hodgson a decent start against a much better opponent.
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Roy Hodgson Makes it Through the Group D Opener (France vs England)
England weren’t as bad as some thought they would be; France weren’t as good as the friendly matches suggested. Joleon Lescott opened the scoring, Samir Nasri quickly equalized on the other side. Aside from the Manchester City players grabbing the goals, it was mostly the heat that took over the opening match in Group D.
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LeBron James – Third Time’s a Charm?
Third time lucky – The belief that the third time something is attempted is more likely to succeed than the previous two attempts. LeBron James, headed into his third NBA Finals, after finishing on the losing end (once with the Cavs, once with the Heat) on both occasions, needs a little bit of luck to finally get his NBA ring.
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Manny Pacquiao Getting Screwed by the Judges Doesn’t go Away
It’s been about 36 hours since one of the worst decisions in Boxing’s recent history. Manny Pacquiao wasn’t at his best, but there wasn’t a single person watching the fight thinking he got outboxed by Timothy Bradley. Except for two judges and another one who called it too close than it really was.
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Rafael Nadal – French Open Champion for a Record 7th Time
Novak Djokovic lost all the edge he had over Rafael Nadal in less than a year in terms of psychological warfare. Rafael Nadal, on the clay courts of Paris, is simply impossible to beat. He needed two days and four sets to set a new record at the Roland Garros, winning his 7th French Open, leaving Bjorn Borg behind him.
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The Madden Curse – True or False?
Despite the infamous Madden curse, Calvin Johnson seems to be pleased about becoming the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete. Some get injured, but that’s American Football. Some see their career slowly declining, but many of the players had a few years of NFL mileage on their fragile bodies when they appeared.
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Karim Benzema – No Manchester United in the Near Future
The first thing on Karim Benzema’s mind right now is having a good Euro with France, which begins with facing a shaky looking England team. But that’s not the only English thing on his mind, revealing he has been courted for quite some time by Manchester United.
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Euro 2012 – Day 4 Predictions (France – England, Ukraine – Sweden)
The ‘final’ day of the first round brings us another big match of Europe’s old-firm, with the suddenly talented and confident France facing England in Group D, reaching this tournament without a shred of expectation or belief behind them. Sweden feel pretty good about themselves because of Zlatan, hoping it’ll start showing in the opener against the co-hosts of the Ukraine.
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Euro 2012 – Day 3 Summary (Spain vs Italy, Ireland vs Croatia)
Italy, as always, were too tough of a nugget for Spain to beat, displaying a strong defense that was good enough to draw with the usual elegant passing of the Spanish midfield (1-1). The later match provided a bit more goals due to the quality differences between Croatia and Ireland, as Mario Mandzukic became the second brace scorer in Euro 2012.