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Euro 2012 Gear
The 14th European Championship for teams sanctioned by the UEFA is scheduled to be played between 8th June and 1st July 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Spain are the current holders of the cup – they defeated Germany in the final in Austria / Switzerland version of the tournament in 2008. The groups and the…
Euro 2012 – Team-by-Team Preview and Schedule
With the 16 teams competing in Euro 2012 now selected and the qualifying process complete, all eyes look to Poland and Ukraine as time ticks down.
Football’s Greatest War Heroes
With Remembrance Sunday having just occurred a few days ago, we reflect on the men who gave their lives to their countries as well as giving their all on the football pitch. Their bravery on the field of play has been superseded by their courage and character on the field of battle even though some…
Football Team of the Decade: 1960s
The 1960s just might be football’s golden decade. George Best, Garrincha, Pele in his prime and much much more.
Three Key Matches In Final Round Of Euro 2012 Qualifying
After more than a year of matches, the group stage of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying is down to its final two matchdays. Co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, reigning European and world champions Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are all set for next summer’s tournament, but by Tuesday evening, we’ll know who the other six automatic…
Biggest Winners Of 2010: Barca, Bale, An Octopus And… John O’Shea?
Alas, ’tis that time of year again when thoughts invariably turn to the ‘new’ and stock is taken of the twelve months that played out hence – and we forthright bods at Soccerlens are no different. As we yet again slide effortlessly over the cusp of a footballing decade and into 2011, we thought it…
President Sepp Blatter: ‘FIFA Is Not Corrupt, There Are No Rotten Eggs’
FIFA’s erstwhile despot president Sepp Blatter has branded the English as ‘bad losers’ in the wake of the recent World Cup auction which saw Russia and Qatar purchase the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments respectively. Upon crashing out of the ‘ballot’ in the first round with a paltry total of two votes…
FIFA’s World Cup Sell-Out: The 2018 Aftermath
The fall-out from FIFA’s utterly predictable decision to chase the World Cup Gaz-ruble/Petro-dollar has begun in earnest this morning, with the English media’s reaction swathed in varying hues of frothing umbrage; be it with a flurry of archetypal thinly-veiled racism, über-obnoxious pontification and/or weapon’s grade blame dispersal. The nation’s front pages are awash with monosyllabic…
SOLD? Russia and Qatar to host World Cup in 2018 & 2022
It’s tempting to claim that bribes, favours, politics and financial opportunity determined the fates of World Cups 2018 and 2022 long before the staged drama of bid presentations yesterday and today. It’s easy to say that Blatter is taking the World Cup to Russia to make money, or that Qatar got the World Cup to…
Slick Pitch Leaves England 2018 Bid In Pole Position
Sitting through the four respective last-ditch World Cup 2018 pitches this morning was nigh-on insufferable at times, as if trapped in a hellish junior management sales exposition that was doomed to cycle on for the rest of human existence. First up, Holland and Belgium, who’s bid president Ruud Gullit opened up by informing the room…
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