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Lionel Messi is all in – adidas

Lionel Messi, featured in an adidas commercial (filmed playing for Argentina v Spain), goes all in: This is a longer version release of the initial ‘adidas is all in’ branding video that was published last month. This video (and the previous one) is part of adidas’ branding campaign (‘adidas is all in’). Worth noting here…

Swearing Rooney shows more common sense than FA [Video]

Manchester United’s inspiring comeback on Saturday – yet another revival from a club that has engineered countless others in the past two decades under Alex Ferguson – was meant to spur the league leaders into a final dash to the finish line, With Arsenal dropping points at home, it gave Manchester United the luxury of…

Adidas is all in – featuring Messi, Beckham, Katy Perry, and more

The new adidas commercial featuring Lionel Messi, Katy Perry, a brief appearance by David Beckham and other assorted adidas-sponsored celebs. The key message: adidas are all in.

Liverpool Spank Manchester United, and Dirk Kuyt’s Hattrick

Liverpool are far out of the Champions League places, let alone the title race, but they have, after Chelsea last weekend, landed a second successive blow to Manchester United’s title chances. Actually, that would be sugar-coating it. They’ve spat in United’s faces, and told them to come back when they’re capable of winning. It was…

Karim Benzema Interview: Lyon, Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho

In the buildup to the Champions League second round tie between Lyon and Real Madrid, Karim Benzema sat down to talk about his time at Lyon, the move to Real Madrid, Zidane, the upcoming Lyon v Real Madrid game, and rising French stars. Some highlights: On comparisons with Ronaldo (Brazilian): I do not know, maybe…

Ten Overhead Kicks That Put Rooney’s Derby Shinner To Shame

After Wayne Rooney reminded us all that he used to be a fairly decent professional footballer with his derby day belter against Manchester City last Saturday, the received (Sky Sports-infused) wisdom seems to be that the decidedly off-colour striker’s effort was, without need for second thought, the greatest overhead kick ever scored by anyone, anywhere, ever.

However, that’s not quite the case – as the following, ten-strong video essay will hopefully attest to.

Fastest Red Card

The dubious honour of receiving the quickest red card goes to Chippenham Town striker David Pratt, who was sent off only three seconds into his side’s loss at Bashley back in late December 2008. Pratt, 21, lunged at Bashley midfielder Chris Knowles straight from the kick-off and received his marching orders from referee Justin Amey….

Arsenal 2-1 Barcelona – Goals (Video)

David Villa scored the first goal of the game, capping off a pass from Lionel Messi in the 26th minute and Barcelona were cruising to an away win until halftime. Arsenal remained a constant threat to Barcelona’s goal throughout but even in the second half, Barca seemed content and in control. When Messi started walking…

Gattuso Headbutts Jordan, Flamini’s two-footed tackle on Corluka and Crouch 1-0 Milan

Tottenham recorded a memorable 1-0 win over AC Milan last night and put themselves in a very strong position ahead of the return leg at White Hart Lane. Milan had few answers for Tottenham’s verve and attacking intent, and although the game only finished 1-0 in Tottenham’s favour, Milan rarely looked like taking the game…

La Liga: Espanyol 0-1 Real Madrid (13 Feb 2011)

The game started with Iker Casillas getting his marching orders in the second minute when Jose Callejon beat the offside trap and Casillas was forced to come out of the 18 yard box to tackle him. Casillas got the slightest of touches on Callejon and he chose to go to ground very gladly. The referee…