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Football Shorts - Episode 32 PORTUGAL PREPARES TO FACE SERBIA EURO 2008
A SHOCK DEFEAT TO KAZAKHSTAN PUT SERBIA UNDER PRESSURE TO KEEP THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN ON TRACK BEFORE THEY MET PORTUGAL IN A GROUP A MATCH IN BELGRADE.
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Football Shorts - Episode 18 RUSSIA PREPARES FOR MATCH AGAINST ISREAL
RUSSIA'S NATIONAL SQUAD TRAINED IN MOSCOW FOR THEIR EURO 2008 GROUP E QUALIFYING MATCH AGAINST ISRAEL. THERE WERE NO SURPRISES IN GUUS HIDDINK'S SELECTION WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WHO WERE INJURED OR SUSPENDED FOR RUSSIA'S...
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Football Shorts - Episode 12 ITALY AND THE UKRAINE GET READY TO FACE EACH OTHER FOR EURO 2008
WORLD CHAMPIONS ITALY HAVING STUMBLED AT THE START OF THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN WERE AIMING TO GET BACK TO THEIR WORLD CUP FORM AGAINST THE UKRAINE IN ROME.
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Football Shorts - Episode 7 IRELAND AND GERMANY PREPARE FOR EURO 2008
THE IRISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM WAS IN STUTTGART AHEAD OF ITS OPENING EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST GERMANY. GOALKEEPER SHAY GIVEN SAID THAT THE PLAYERS WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING THE HIGHLY RANKED GERMAN TEAM, HOWEVER HIS TEAM HAD...
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Football Shorts - Episode 79 - ARSENAL PORTO
ARSENE WENGER WAS HOPING TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS ARSENAL MANAGER WITH WHAT WOULD BE A HUGELY SYMBOLIC VICTORY OVER PORTO AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM. THERE COULD BE NO BETTER WAY FOR ARSENAL TO MARK SUCH A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE THAN WITH A...
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Football Shorts - Episode 147 ARSENAL AND MILAN
AC MILAN WAS DETERMINED TO GIVE ALL THEY HAD AS THEY PREPARED FOR THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 SECOND LEG AGAINST ARSENAL AT THE SAN SIRO. THE FIRST LEG IN LONDON TWO WEEKS BEFORE FINISHED 0-0, ONE OF A NUMBER OF FITFUL DRAWS ARSENAL...
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Football Shorts - Episode 145 REAL MADRID MEET ROMA
REAL MADRID WERE PINNING THEIR HOPES OF OVERTURNING A 2-1 FIRST-LEG DEFEAT BY AS ROMA, ON THEIR STRIKER ROBINHO DURING THEIR SECOND LEG MATCH IN MADRID. THE BRAZILIAN FORWARD HAD AN INSTANT IMPACT WHEN HE REAPPEARED AFTER A TWO WEEK...
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Football Shorts - Episode 142 LIVERPOOL FACE INTER MILAN
LIVERPOOL TOOK A 2-0 LEAD INTO THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16, SECOND LEG AT INTER MILAN AND WERE HOPING TO BECOME THE FOURTH ENGLISH TEAM TO QUALIFY FOR THIS SEASON'S QUARTER-FINALS. HOLDERS AC MILAN WERE DUMPED OUT BY ARSENAL AT THE...
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Football Shorts - Episode 123 MAN U AND SAUDI CLUB AL HILAL
MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS ARRIVED IN RIYADH AND SPENT A FEW HOURS TRAINING IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL'S KING FAHD STADIUM, A DAY AHEAD OF A TESTIMONIAL GAME AGAINST AL HILAL. THE GAME WAS TO MARK THE IMMINENT RETIREMENT OF ONE OF SAUDI'S...
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Football Shorts - Episode 104 - REAL AND LAZIO TRAIN FOR CHAMPIONS CLASH
A PERFECT HOME RECORD AND A GRITTY WIN MADE REAL MADRID CONFIDENT OF WRAPPING UP QUALIFICATION FOR THE KNOCKOUT STAGE IN THEIR FINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C MATCH AGAINST LAZIO. A DRAW AT THE BERNABEU WOULD BE ENOUGH TO ENSURE REAL'S...
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Football Shorts - Episode 102 BOCA JUNIORS TRAINING
SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONS BOCA JUNIORS WERE TRAINING IN TOKYO AHEAD OF THEIR MATCH AGAINST AFRICAN CHAMPIONS ETOILE SAHEL AT THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP. THE ARGENTINEAN SQUAD'S COACH MIGUEL ANGEL RUSSO PROMISED TO TEAR APART THE TUNISIAN...
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Football Shorts - Episode 97 BENFICA AND MILAN
LISBON SIDE BENFICA WERE PREPARING FOR THEIR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST TITLE HOLDER AC MILAN. THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS NEEDED JUST A POINT AGAINST BENFICA TO WRAP UP QUALIFICATION FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16, WITH A GAME...
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Football Shorts - Episode 83 PERU BRAWL
IN PERU A FRIENDLY OFF-SEASON MATCH BETWEEN BITTER RIVALS UNIVERSITARIO AND THE SPORT BOYS TEAMS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED AT SHORT NOTICE TO GIVE PLAYERS SOME MATCH-PRACTICE AND THE FANS SOME FUN. BUT AS THE GAME PROGRESSED IT BECAME LESS THAN...
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Football Shorts - Episode 78 - PEACE GAME
IT WAS A PLEASANT CHANGE WHEN A GAME CALLED THE MATCH FOR PEACE WAS DEDICATED TO TRYING TO REDUCE TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. THE "MATCH FOR PEACE," WAS ORGANISED BY THE PERES CENTRE FOR PEACE, THE ORGANISATION FOUNDED BY...
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Football Shorts - Episode 77 - MARADONA PLAYS AGAIN
SOCCER ICON DIEGO MARADONA HELPED ARGENTINA COME FROM BEHIND TO TIE WITH BRAZIL IN A 'SHOWBOL' MATCH IN BUENOS AIRES RECENTLY. BRAZIL WAS LEADING 7-3, BUT ARGENTINA EVENTUALLY DREW 7-7, WITH MARADONA SCORING A PENALTY.
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Football Shorts - Episode 74 ARGENTINA SOCCER BAN
A MATCH IN THE ARGENTINEAN FIRST DIVISION BETWEEN INDEPENDIENTE AND RACING CLUB WAS CALLED OFF BY REFEREE HORACIO ELIZONDO IN THE 64TH MINUTE AS RACING FANS IN THE AWAY SECTION CLASHED WITH RIOT POLICE, WHO USED RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR...
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Football Shorts - Episode 73 - BRAZIL-BEACH ROMARIO
ONLY FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE NEW YEARS CELEBRATION AT RIO DE JANEIRO'S FAMED COPACABANA BEACH, PLAYER ROMARIO MET WITH FRIENDS FOR HIS TRADITIONAL YEAR-ENDER BEACH FOOTBALL MATCH. THE PLAYER SAID THIS FRIENDLY MATCH IS A TIME FOR HIM TO...
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Football Shorts - Episode 72 BRAZIL TRAINING
THE FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS BRAZIL, WERE AIMING TO EXTEND THEIR FOUR-MATCH UNBEATEN STREAK UNDER COACH DUNGA IN A FRIENDLY AGAINST ECUADOR IN THE SWEDISH CAPITAL OF STOCKHOLM. THE MATCH, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE PLAYED AT...
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Football Shorts - Episode 67 CROATIA PREPARES FOR ENGLAND
THE CROATIAN SQUAD WAS TRAINING AT WEMBLEY AHEAD OF THE MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND, THEIR LAST GAME IN THE QUALIFYING SERIES. COACH SLAVEN BILIC SAID HIS SIDE WOULD NOT BE OVERAWED BY THE ATMOSPHERE AT WEMBLEY BUT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE...
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Football Shorts - Episode 61 ISRAEL PREPARES FOR RUSSIA
AS THE ISRAEL SQUAD WENT INTO THEIR FINAL TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THE CRUCIAL EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST RUSSIA, RUMOURS WERE SPREADING THAT KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAD BEEN OFFERED BRIBES TO LOSE TO THEIR RUSSIAN OPPONENTS.
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Football Shorts - Episode 51 ENGLAND TO FACE GERMANY IN FRIENDLY
ENGLAND'S SQUAD TRAINED NORTH OF LONDON AS THEY PREPARED TO MEET OLD RIVALS GERMANY IN A FRIENDLY AT THE NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM: THE GAME WOULD BE MISSED BY MANY OF THE TWO TEAMS FIRST CHOICE PLAYERS.
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Football Shorts - Episode 49 PORTUGAL TRAINS FOR BELGIUM EURO QUALIFIER
PORTUGAL WINGER NANI WAS TOLD TO PUT ASIDE ANY THOUGHTS OF HIS 25 MILLION EURO MOVE TO MANCHESTER UNITED AND CONCENTRATE INSTEAD ON HELPING HIS COUNTRY DEFEAT BELGIUM .
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Football Shorts - Episode 47 FRENCH TEAM TRAINS FOR EURO QUALIFYING GAME AGAINST UKRAINE
THE FRENCH FOOTBALL TEAM WAS TRAINING FOR THEIR EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST THE UKRAINE AT THE STADE DE FRANCE. GROUP B, HAD THE UKRAINE, SCOTLAND AND FRANCE ALL SHARING THE LEAD SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS NEXT MATCH WOULD BE CRUCIAL TO...
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Football Shorts - Episode 46 FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS
MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE MET IN FRANKFURT RECENTLY TO DISCUSS INITIATIVES ON HOW TO TACKLE FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM. THE 36 MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE ARE COORDINATING THEIR FIGHT AGAINST HOOLIGANISM UNDER THE MOTTO "WORKING WITH...