Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League

Liverpool Does the Right Thing: German Clubs Do Not

July 27th, 2008 · 23 Comments

On the European Continent and on the British Isles the view of the Olympic football Tournament is completely different than in the rest of the world. In Europe the tournament is seen as more of a nuisance than anything, while among those in the Western Hemisphere and in Africa it is seen as big deal.
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Tags: Blackburn Rovers · Brazil · General · Germany · Italy · Liverpool · Manchester United · Mexico · United States

Google Celebrates Euro 2008 With Homepage Doodle

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Google is getting into the mood for today’s Euro 2008 final by showing a soccer doodle on its homepages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As of writing, Google Spain’s homepage didn’t feature the image.
German seventeen year old Mai Dao Ngoc drew the winning picture.
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Tags: UEFA · euro 2008 · european championship

ESPN’s Euro 2008 Dream Goes According To Plan

June 26th, 2008 · 14 Comments

ESPN and ABC’s dreams have come true. Sunday’s Euro 2008 final between Germany and Spain is a far better proposition for the Disney owned TV networks than Turkey against Russia would have been. With plenty of German Americans living in the United States as well as a massive hispanic population, TV ratings should be high.
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Tags: ABC · Derek Rae · ESPN · ESPN2 · ESPN360 · Football Coverage on TV Networks · Fox Soccer Channel · Setanta Sports · Tommy Smyth

Euro 2008 Semi-Final Plagued By 17 Minutes Of TV Transmission Issues

June 25th, 2008 · 21 Comments

Football fans around the world must have cursing their TV sets Wednesday night when the TV transmission was interrupted three separate times during key moments in the thrilling Euro 2008 semi-final between Germany and Turkey.
UEFA is investigating the situation to find out what happened, but it appears that a thunderstorm is blamed for the interruptions. […]

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Tags: Football Tournaments · euro 2008

Euro 2008 Poll: Who Will Be The Finalists?

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Who’s Going To Be In The Euro 2008 Final? ( polls)
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Euro 2008 Croatia v Turkey Preview & Prediction

June 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

First of all, let me say what a super performance Germany gave last night. They tactically outclassed Portugal from the get go and thoroughly deserved their win. Anyway, enough of yesterday, now for today’s big clash. Before yesterday, I’d have put my house on Croatia winning this game, now I’m not so sure I don’t […]

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Tags: Bilic · Croatia · Germany · Modric · Portugal · Tuncay · Turkey · euro 2008