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English Premier League: One More Week Left

The title chase will carry on into the final weekend as both Chelsea and Manchester United won their road tests against Liverpool and Sunderland, respectively. Both games were fairly straight forward and both teams deserved the results. This sets ups

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Weekend Watch List: Title Tests For Chelsea And Barcelona

This is a big weekend in the Premier League as Chelsea faces a tough test against Liverpool while Manchester United can take the lead in the league if Chelsea were to slip-up. There is also an important game in the

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Manchester United 3, Tottenham 1: United Stay In The Title Race

The Premier League title race will carry on for at least another weekend as Manchester United won it late on, although not as dramatically as they did last week against Manchester City. United were once again not at their best,

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Weekend Watch List: Big Premier League Games And More

With all of the title races in Europe coming down to the wire, there are good games, but the top games are in England and Italy. This is also the final weekend of the Mexican Primera which should lead to

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Manchester United 1, Manchester City 0: Scholes Breaks City’s Hearts

Manchester United did it again. They break Manchester City’s hearts with a late goal although this one was less controversial than the Michael Owen winner in September. Paul Scholes got a free header in the box that he placed beautifully

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Weekend Watch List: Big Battles Across Europe

This weekend has big battles in Italy, Spain, and England as the title races heat up. The games even feature some big derby matches in all those countries, so the games will be fiercely contested. Lazio vs. Roma (Sunday 2:30

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Manchester United 0, Blackburn 0: United Can’t Break Blackburn Defense

The disappointing run of performances for Manchester United continued this weekend as they were only able to get a 0-0 tie against Blackburn. If Chelsea and Arsenal can win their games in hand, Arsenal will move into second place while

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Champions League Recap: Bayern Knock Out Manchester United and Lyon Holds Off Bordeaux

This was a tense day of games as both games were only a single goal away from switching who would advance. In the French battle, Bordeaux won the game against Lyon but they were unable to make up the two

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UEFA Champions League: Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Preview Part II

I decided against doing my usual Champions League recap for Tuesday given both games were straight forward. Internazionale beat CSKA Moscow 1-0 in Moscow to advance to the semis. The goal came in the 6th minute from a Wesley Sneijder

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Chelsea 2, Manchester United 1: Simon Beck Gives Chelsea The Title Edge

It’s always a shame when a game is decided by a controversial goal. It is even worse when it is in the biggest game of the season. While there was no guarantee that at 1-0, United would have come back,

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