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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Megson tells Trotters to get physical - TEAMtalk



The Trotters picked up their first points of the season by defeating Portsmouth 3-2 at Fratton Park. Gary Cahill's winner after 89 minutes settled the contest, while a Tamir Cohen strike and a Matthew Taylor penalty in the first 45 minutes had set
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Centre football's 'Wonder' years - Lexington Herald-Leader
Tom Thurman, the Lexington documentary filmmaker, first entered the commonwealth's sports consciousness in 2002 with Basketball in Kentucky: Great Balls of Fire . That four-hour work told the history of basketball in our hoops-mad state. Now, Thurman
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The Darker Spoils of Stardom - New York Times
When Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor was growing up penniless in the Togolese capital, Lomé, he had a dream: He wanted to be like Nwankwu Kanu, a Nigerian who was the first African he was aware of playing soccer in England. Ten years on, after being bought
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Adebayor faces FA rap - Al Jazeera
The English Football Association say they are "unimpressed" by Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor's controversial behaviour in the fiery 4-2 win over his former club Arsenal. City's $42million summer signing left his mark on Saturday's game in
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FA must hit Adebayor hard - ESPN Soccernet
The FA must throw the book at Emmanuel Adebayor on two accounts raking former team-mate Robin van Persie's face, and for inciting a crowd disturbance. And believe me, an indignant FA will hit Adebayor hard. The Manchester City striker should be
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England at the World Cup: home and away - Times Online
Subscribers to DSTV, South Africa’s principal pay-to-view television station, had their usual difficult choices yesterday afternoon. Manchester City versus Arsenal? Or Chelsea at Stoke? Or Liverpool against Burnley? All three were offered live. And
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