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  • Jhasmani Campos Scores Too Good and Easy to be True Goal

    Jhasmani Campos of Club Bolivar is the most expensive player in Bolivian football, costing the 2011 champions $750,000 after bringing him over from Oriente Petrolero. Campos scored one of the slowest yet impressive goals of the season in South American football by easily dribbling through Real Mamore defenders.

  • The La Liga Has Five Teams in Champions & Europa League Semi Finals

    The La Liga Has Five Teams in Champions & Europa League Semi Finals

    Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League Semi Finals, Valencia, Atheltic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid in the Europa League Semi Finals. Spain is more than just the big two in a sort of wide, continental perspective, dominating the European club competitions.

  • 4 Thoughts on 4 Champions League Semi Finalists

    Barcelona against Chelsea, Real Madrid against Bayern Munich. Three mega clubs, and one nuvo riche side fallen upon troubling times from a professional standpoint, but still had enough to make it through. The makings of a great Champions League Semi Final? Mostly, yes.

  • 2012 College Basketball Rankings – Final Coaches Poll

    Kentucky won the national title for the 8th time and the first since 1998, and the coaches found just enough time to squeeze in another final poll to determine who were the top 25 teams in the nation with the tournament as another way to gauge the field.

  • Lionel Messi Breaks Records on Road to Semi Final (Barcelona vs Milan)

    Lionel Messi needed two penalty kick to score, one more questionable than the other, but it was enough to give Barcelona a 3-1 win over AC Milan in the second leg of their Champions League Quarter Final, moving them to their fifth consecutive Semi Final in the competition after a 0-0 draw in the first match.

  • Juventus Crush Napoli 3-0; Blow Serie A Title Race Wide Open

    Juventus suddenly remembered to start scoring, beating Napoli impressively at home 3-0 with goals from Leonardo Bonucci, Arturo Vidal and Fabio Quagliarella, putting them 2 points behind AC Milan in the Serie A table and hurting Napoli’s chance of repeating their Champions League campaign next season.

  • Robinho and Milan Get Screwed Again By Lack of Goal Line Technology

    Robinho surely scored, but from where the referee was located, it was hard to tell. AC Milan should have won against Catania, but the linesman couldn’t identify, or just didn’t have the guts to say anything, regarding the ball that crossed the line. The game went on, ended in a 1-1 draw with Catania, and the title race is wide open again thanks to another case of Milan being on the wrong end of football’s primitiveness.

  • Lionel Messi Scores in Another Camp Nou Breezer For Barcelona

    Lionel Messi scored his 36th league goal of the season, putting him one behind Cristiano Ronaldo in the equally interesting Pichichi race, capping off Barcelona’s 2-0 win that began with Andres Iniesta’s goal over the worn out Athletic Bilbao, keeping them six points behind Real Madrid with 8 matches left in the bag.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Tears Osasuna Apart

    Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t affected by all the talk about problems between Jose Mourinho and some of his players, of the talk about crisis. What crisis? Two 1-1 draws? Real Madrid have scored 13 goals in their last 3 matches, and made it through one of the toughest and hostile venues in the La Liga with an impressive 5-1 victory and keeping their distance from Barcelona at more than safe.

  • Newcastle vs Liverpool – Twitter Showdown and Preview

    Liverpool, if the league even matters to them anymore, must win at Newcastle to leave themselves a chance of getting a top 6 finish. And although their recent results against Newcastle have usually been favorable, their form in 2012 might suggest that Kenny Dalglish is going to need to come up with new excuses after their visit to St. James’ Park this weekend.