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"Welcome back to the World Cup North Korea" - Alexi Lalas Yeah no shit. After not making a World Cup since 1966, North Korea gets drawn into Group G with Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast.

I'm shocked that Russia up 2-0 in the first leg of the playoff conceded a crucial away goal in the 88th minute to Slovenia last saturday. It turned out to be the difference as Slovenia won the 2nd leg 1-0 and clinched the spot in South Africa on away goals. I'm also disappointed that...

You gotta believe it's gonna probably end up being Barcelona vs. Chelsea in the one semi-final after todays results. Barca are up 4-0 on aggregate and Chelsea are up 3-1 on aggregate with 3 enormous away goals. On the other side you got Manchester United who virtually have to do what no...

Adebayor's goal was nothing short of marvelous. Chested down a 20-30 yd diagonal pass from Fabregas brilliantly only to Bike it on the volley placing it low and to the far post, Unstopable. Marcos Senna also had a nice goal from about 23 yds out. Arsenal gotta be feeling good tied on aggregate...

FOX Sports on MSN - Champions League - FSC wins U.S. TV rights to Champions League Hope this isn't true otherwise that would be a shame for this competition. It's so convenient to be able to watch this event free on espn2 live every match day.

Results from the First Leg are as follows: Inter Milan and Manchester United drew 0-0, Lyon and Barcelona drew 1-1 with goals from Juninho and Henry, Atletico Madrid and FC Porto drew 2-2 with goals from Maxi Rodriguez, Diego Forlan and Lisandro Lopez (2), Arsenal defeated Roma 1-0 with a van...

It will be interesting to see who Sir Alex decides to play at the back for Man U against Inter tommorow. Ferdinand seems to be the only healthy center back available following the suspension of Vidic and injuries to Jon O'Shea and Wes Brown. Man U are also without Johnny Evans and Gary Neville...

First legs of the final 16 knockout round begin tommorow afternoon. Inter Milan vs. Manchester United 2:45 pm kickoff on ESPN2. A replay of the Lyon Barcelona game can be seen at 5 pm on ESPN Classic. Then on Wednesday its Chelsea vs. Juventus live at 2:45 pm on ESPN2 with a replay of the Real...

Man U go 5 pts clear in 1st place after beating Fulham 3-0 with goals from Scholes, Berbatov and Rooney. Red Devils haven't conceded a goal in 1,302 minutes of premiership play encorporating 14 straight clean sheets.

Eduardo da Silva returned from an 11 month absence due to a horrific injury last season to score 2 goals in Arsenal's FA Cup victory over Cardiff City.

Anelka grabbed a late hat-trick to beat Watford 3-1 and Chelsea advance to the next round of the FA Cup. Everton beat Aston Villa 3-1 as well and Man U defeated Derby 4-1 to also advance to the next round of the FA Cup.

It will be interesting to see how they reintroduce Rooney into the lineup with the first leg of the Inter series being on Tuesday the 24th.

I think it would be cool for Aston Villa to make the UCL just so that the "big 4" stranglehold will come to an end. When are Rooney and Evra due back from injury ? I wonder how long Man U will keep their record of time without conceding a goal.

Man U stay top after beating West Ham 1-0 with a Ryan Giggs goal and keep their english record of 13 consecutive premier league clean sheets. Liverpool are 2nd two pts behind with one more game played than Man U and Aston Villa move into 3rd two pts ahead of Chelsea. After a horrid run of play...

With Stevie G out for 3-5 weeks and Keane gone for good how will Liverpool fare in the premiership ? well at least they only have to play Portsmouth and Man City before they face off against Real Madrid in the UCL. I was thinking another 1-1 game after full time but Everton eventually broke...