The forgotten £18m forward now making a splash in Japan
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The forgotten £18m forward now making a splash in Japan
Six goals in return for an £18 million transfer fee, doesn’t seem like a success. Well it might not have been for the man who paid the fee but ask anyone currently in Japan’s capital city, and they would disagree...
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Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid submit Olympic 2020 bids
The three cities in contention for the hosting rights of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics have submitted their bid books...
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No men's football for Team GB in Rio
Team GB will not provide a men's football team for the 2016 Olympic Games, FA general secretary Alex Horne confirmed on Tuesday...
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Does football have the same ethics as the Olympics? No. Should it? Not really.
We all got caught up in the excitement and furore of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and for good reason. It was excellent...
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Folly of FA Olympic Decision
How short-sighted can you get? No sooner do the Olympic Games come to an end than, in their utter stupidity, the English Football Association announce there will never again be a unified British team in the Games...
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Move Over Olympics. Football Is Back
It is an accepted trait that each day of the week has to be given the title ‘Super...
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Lloyd brace fires USA to gold
Lloyd's brilliant two goals in the final were enough for the USA to complete a hat-trick of Olympic titles, as the midfielder added to her winner in the 2008 final as they topped the podium in London with a 2-1 win in the final...
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Valdes impressed by 'special' Neymar
The 20-year-old has long been mooted as a transfer target for both the Blaugrana and Real Madrid, and has been in fine form for Brazil at this year's Olympic Games, helping his team storm to the quarter-final stage with three wins in...
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Iraq 2004: football in a war zone
The financial rewards for football’s impossible job are the same, whether paid in Iraqi dinars, euros, or pounds sterling. “Nothing is nothing, no matter what the currency,” Bernd Stange says. And he should know...
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