You know what it’s like. Your flight arrives on the tarmac, you fight your way through the throngs of people trying to get their baggage from the conveyor belt – at least you do once it’s been unloaded and hopefully in one piece – and by the time you’ve gone through the customs area you find the taxi ranks have a snake of people all wanting to get to their hotels, just the same as you.

Spain has a chance to be the first soccer nation to win three consecutive major international trophies if it manages to defend its title and win the 2012 European Cup. How have they been able to do it? By perfecting the possession, quick pass, often one-touch style of play that wears down a defense. What the Spanish media calls tiqui-taca.

Round 16 of the European Champions League is still more than a week away, but one question has already been floating through the minds of football fans around the world – how will Arsenal counter FC Barcelona’s seemingly unstoppable offense? Spain’s team has tied the 50-year-old record for most consecutive wins in league history, a statistic that may be broken in the upcoming match.

The title is pretty self-explanatory. This article is about how goalkeepers can get into great physical shape that is perfectly suitable for their position.

Ever since the 80s, football fans (some of them anyway) have been comparing Maradona to Pele with some claiming that Pele was the better of the two while others that Maradona was the better player. Of course, for my part, I always found this argument to be as pointless as comparing apples to oranges. It being a case that though Maradona and Pele were both football players, they played in different times; as Pele played from 1956 to 1977 while Maradona from 1976 to 1997.

The long wait is finally over as spread betting punters once again turn their attentions to Champions League action and the first week should be an absolute belter. Spread punters have had plenty of time to decide their favourites for the competition and the Sporting Index traders have Barcelona at 55-58 pts to lift the trophy at Wembley.

Collection of soccer tags has become very common. Some collect it because of the passion of the game and others consider it a business for earning good profit. The article discusses the concept of collecting soccer tags and its importance various people.

It’s almost certain that Barcelona is going to win the Liga BBVA (Spanish Primera Devision) after the last match against Racing Santander (3-0). FC Barcelona took the lead after just 90 seconds of play, and Messi’s penalty before the break was added to by Iniesta’s low shot in the second period, to extend the gap to Real Madrid to 7 points. How about the Champions League?

Soccer is serious business in most parts of the world, and nothing is taken more seriously than a team’s performance in the World Cup. By no means scientific, this article attempts to rank the World Cup success of soccer’s elite nations at the world’s biggest sporting event.

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Manchester City have joined neighbours Manchester United at the top of the Premier League. City entertained Aston Villa and cruised to a 4-0 victory with Mario Balotelli scoring a hat trick. Tottenham Hotspur moved into fourth place with a victory against Newcastle United

Team sports are widely regarded as good channels to keep healthy and communicate with others. Of many kinds of team sports, football undoubtedly gets the most popularity. People’s fascination on World Cups is a case in point. Why would it happen? Several factors account for it.

There has been a great deal of action and excitement over the past couple of weeks in the Spanish Primera Division, and the news and results have been coming in fast and furious since the season ended just two weeks ago. Let’s take a look at everything that has transpired over the course of the past few days to get an early look at what the Primera Division will look like next year.

Nigeria eventually announced her arrival at Football’s biggest stage, the World Cup 1994, when they reached the world cup for the first time, after many previous unsuccessful attempts. They started their journey to their very first World Cup outing, with a 4-0 trouncing of South Africa in their first World Cup qualifying match.

With the summer transfer window closing just a month ago, it may be too early to pass judgment on the players who have only recently joined their new clubs, but we have, nevertheless, chosen our selection of the players likely to make biggest impact in their respective clubs. The list not only features best summer signings but the pick from all football transfers carried out in 2010.

When you ask most professional soccer players how they become soccer players, they will tell you that they sacrificed. They sacrificed hanging out with their friends when they were younger, they sacrificed living a normal teenager’s life because they were too busy playing and learning the game of soccer.

Spanish international and Arsenal midfielder, Cesc Fabregas, admitted that despite his desire to leave London, he was forced to stay by his manager, Arsene Wenger. The disappointment of Arsenal skipper will no doubt fuel another round of transfer rumours linking him with a move to Catalonia.

Coincidentally, this article has been written up on the same day as the birthday of a member of the Everton family. Bill Kenwright celebrates his 65th birthday today and it only seems like yesterday when he breezed into power at Goodison Park at the turn of the millennium. However, for me personally it feels like an eternity – an absolute eternity.

Last week saw the announcement, unofficially, of David Beckham’s final moments as an England player. Perhaps it was just a little bit messy – thanks to Capello’s renowned man-management skills, or lack of them – and not quite the send-off Becks would have wanted, but at the age of 35 he would have been honest enough to admit that his days were numbered. And after England’s woeful showing in the World Cup in South Africa, Capello’s decision to go with a fresh new look must have convinced Beckham that his number was up. Here we take a look back at Becks’ England career.

The recently concluded 2010 FIFA world cup held in the African country South Africa has just arrived and gone, and everyone’s has already got their eyes fixated on the host of the next world cup to be held in Brazil. All of the satellites are now redirected towards the South American continent where the action is going to be taking place. Every football loving person hopes and expects the Samba Brazilians to put up a better performance than the South Africans.

With the World Cup now having been and gone we could have expected an influx of summer performers to the Premier League clubs as has happened following recent World Cups and European Championships. This summer though, movement has been slow.

Most people know the name Thierry Henry, but beyond “famous soccer player” they don’t have much else. This article will give you a bit of background on the French great to get you excited about his move to the New York Red Bulls and Major League Soccer.

After a game-changing handball in the World Cup qualifier against Ireland and an embarrassing show in South Africa, Thierry Henry has a lot to prove to France and the world. He may just get his chance as the new star of the New York Red Bulls.

The 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa has come and gone, and everyone’s attention is now focused on the next host, Brazil. All satellites are now directed toward South America where the action would be, come 2014. Everyone expects Brazil to perform better than South Africa.

Nicknamed “The Cat”, Vincent Enyeama is one of the most favorite players in the Nigerian National Squad by both fans in his country and coaches. For several years he had been the undisputed first choice by Nigeria’s coaches in goal for the squad. Born on August 29, 1982, he had been the top goalkeeper for the Super Eagles since he took over from Ike Shorunmu in his country’s final match at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Frank Lampard’s goal was ruled out because that referee is blind! If that goal was counted, Germany might not have been so superior to England after all as they were heavily depending on their discipline counter attacks.

So there you go…wasn’t it just a month ago that people were saying this was going to be the World Cup finals where the South American teams were going to run riot? That Europe had had its day in the sun?

Revenge is a strong motivation for Germany who are seeking to excel in their semi-final against Spain, at Durban, tonight. Germany lost 1-0 to Spain in the Euro 2008 final at Vienna, with Fernando Torres scoring the winning goal. While Spain have a fairly unchanged side from the one that won the Euro 2008 championship, Germany has since had an infusion of young talent in Oezil, Mueller and Khedira, to name the most prominent.

European team has never win the FIFA World Cup outside of the Europe continent. However, the 2010 edition held in South Africa might see a European country emerge as winner. Argentina becomes the latest South America country to crash out from the tournament after Brazil.

The best way to get your favourite footballer’s autograph is to ask for it in person, at least that way you can know for certain that it is authentic. However, this can be difficult if for example they live in a different country or if they don’t make many public appearances. The next best way to get your favourite player’s autograph is to write to them.