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Lionel Ballon d’Or Messi

<div class="excerpt"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3g7u56BTcNZJ1a1n8_nq1MyJV_1Zs_OP8c43OoryH7NMLkhcmREYpIfjTFFBqVMU2gY3QDNHZmExDYOinxe8e6DlxuvGEcMikJ5JSCBkrkYN3Ps2M7p4_x4pl_WeYF0agwC_MOZciWOWC/s1600/lionel-messi-ballon-d%2527or-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lionel Messi with Ballon d'Or Award" border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3g7u56BTcNZJ1a1n8_nq1MyJV_1Zs_OP8c43OoryH7NMLkhcmREYpIfjTFFBqVMU2gY3QDNHZmExDYOinxe8e6DlxuvGEcMikJ5JSCBkrkYN3Ps2M7p4_x4pl_WeYF0agwC_MOZciWOWC/s640/lionel-messi-ballon-d%2527or-2012.jpg" title="Lionel Messi with Ballon d'Or Award" width="640" /></a></div><div class="excerpt"><br /></div><div class="excerpt"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Barcelona ace Lionel Messi was awarded the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year. The 24-year-old forward beat team-mate Xavi and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo to the title of the world's best player.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Messi, man of the match in the Champions League final in 2011, also won the La Liga, Spanish Supercopa, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup last year.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Messi's Barcelona team-mate Xavi praised the young Argentinean, predicting a dazzling future for him and proclaiming that Lionel will be named amongst the greats in football.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">He said: <i>"He's still young, only 24, and I think he's going to break all the records that exist in this sport.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">"He's going to be one of the best footballers in the history of the sport."<o:p></o:p></span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and skipper Nemanja Vidic were both included in the world XI dominated by Spanish La Liga players.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">The FIFPro World XI was:<o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Goal Keeper:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Iker Casillas</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></b>(Real Madrid),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Full Back:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Dani Alves</span></b> (Barcelona),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Center Back:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Gerard Pique</span></b> (Barcelona),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Center Back:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Nemanja Vidic</span></b> (Man Utd),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Full Back: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Sergio Ramos</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> (Real Madrid),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Mid-Field:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Andres Iniesta</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></b>(Barcelona),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Mid-Field:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Xabi Alonso</span></b> (Real Madrid),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Mid-Field:<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></b></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Xavi</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> (Barcelona),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Forward: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Lionel Messi</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> (Barcelona), <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Forward: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Cristiano Ronaldo</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> (Real Madrid),<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Striker</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">: <b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal;">Wayne Rooney </span></b>(Man Utd).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Manchester United striker Rooney said at the gala: <i>"It was a great year and the highlight was winning the Premier League for the 19th time, which was a great moment for the club."</i><o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">OTHER AWARDS:</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-BI4NlMktlfoown7R1z9Rf-8YN7AYnpgLxPsbt797Kf0D5bc350ruEfJDY7likCazHmX8HQmDIliG_WHM1IpgbpDtWcKCx8iSG7-kr5oWjD9ZjKZ6DyJUIfbI5Jas817WsF4TmyP92QS/s1600/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-with-Blatter-and-receiving-FIFA+presidential+award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sir Alex Ferguson with FIFA presidential award" border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-BI4NlMktlfoown7R1z9Rf-8YN7AYnpgLxPsbt797Kf0D5bc350ruEfJDY7likCazHmX8HQmDIliG_WHM1IpgbpDtWcKCx8iSG7-kr5oWjD9ZjKZ6DyJUIfbI5Jas817WsF4TmyP92QS/s640/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-with-Blatter-and-receiving-FIFA+presidential+award.jpg" title="Sir Alex Ferguson with FIFA presidential award" width="640" /></a></div><br /><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Coach of the year:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Pep Guardiola(Barcelona).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Women Player of the year:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Homare Sawa (Japan, World Cup winning skipper). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Coach of the year for women's football:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Norio Sasaki (Japan Women’s team manager).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><b>FIFA fair play award</b>: Japanese FA.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">FIFA Puskas award for the best goal of 2011: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Neymar (Santos, Brazil)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">FIFA presidential award for services to football: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

Lionel Ballon d’Or Messi

Barcelona ace Lionel Messi was awarded the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year. The 24-year-old forward beat team-mate Xavi ...

5:10 AM

Today’s Premier League Transfer Gossips

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVebWA47pgfCpxhNTd2trF5adw9k_tCNMSXu3Pu9CcZZ6u-0hqMkbGrrc6OZBdiNA9-LRJWYDEpU39401MXeV7K-4S0fNvIMQEKO6Eau3h3fj_Lakdy3XNzMSHJVpyXMnVKuNSA0UHSVy/s1600/Chelsea-targets-Kaka-Real-Madrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ricardo Kaka - Real Madrid" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVebWA47pgfCpxhNTd2trF5adw9k_tCNMSXu3Pu9CcZZ6u-0hqMkbGrrc6OZBdiNA9-LRJWYDEpU39401MXeV7K-4S0fNvIMQEKO6Eau3h3fj_Lakdy3XNzMSHJVpyXMnVKuNSA0UHSVy/s320/Chelsea-targets-Kaka-Real-Madrid.jpg" title="Ricardo Kaka" width="320" /></a></div><br /><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  <br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">->> Chelsea are preparing a 22 million bid for Ricardo Kaka of Real Madrid and they are also ready to sell winger Florent Malouda for 6 million in January.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1c_JquUTWwPTSouwb72RphSvEQhw8jcYHVHUZNLium_2WHKhx4fH7OhK4V1Bw3lmmaYZEMIprjcN4oHrAF7-ROuR0OALIkE27frimhcmpGunOlZ5Yzpwpeqr4XOkLfUZhQQenTcMMcrrE/s1600/Riccardo-Montolivo-in-Liverpool-radar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Riccardo Montolivo - Fiorentina" border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1c_JquUTWwPTSouwb72RphSvEQhw8jcYHVHUZNLium_2WHKhx4fH7OhK4V1Bw3lmmaYZEMIprjcN4oHrAF7-ROuR0OALIkE27frimhcmpGunOlZ5Yzpwpeqr4XOkLfUZhQQenTcMMcrrE/s320/Riccardo-Montolivo-in-Liverpool-radar.jpg" title="Riccardo Montolivo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">->> Mercy side  Liverpool plans 6 million move for Italian playmaker Ricardo Montolivo  in January. Montolivo is currently playing for Serie A side Fiorentina.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HM7GY3NMrF2Z1ITC6Dwd_L2F5PmxAufyrkxlZ13xIFyPeURNb9GXCrvc5kCi_BUQjUNzQHcj-Uci5bzQMBbgUm3-1Zi2lZUdTBYsNSgVjWkPZwQu_jeFhvZulHVH_vq6FGw5bpNOMlBr/s1600/Manchester-United-targets-Luka-Modric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Luka Modric - Tottenham" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HM7GY3NMrF2Z1ITC6Dwd_L2F5PmxAufyrkxlZ13xIFyPeURNb9GXCrvc5kCi_BUQjUNzQHcj-Uci5bzQMBbgUm3-1Zi2lZUdTBYsNSgVjWkPZwQu_jeFhvZulHVH_vq6FGw5bpNOMlBr/s320/Manchester-United-targets-Luka-Modric.jpg" title="Luka Modric" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">->> Sir Alex Ferguson is looking to bolster his midfield and is preparing a 30 million bid for Tottenham ace midfielder Luka Modric.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoWqEIag3j8kC77K8OdOBJ2In2VVm4v0QIx0-ho2Z769VuiFrbMVmf-kwCfeiGnMKl-JgziJWfLrhtMTTxQZTZRfgn5W81bsTNzyuI4IpdjaM-_BGWszKkOH8DPJY0TkKRLCGXoMaCcES/s1600/Bayer-Leverkusen-targets-Dimitar-Berbatov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United" border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoWqEIag3j8kC77K8OdOBJ2In2VVm4v0QIx0-ho2Z769VuiFrbMVmf-kwCfeiGnMKl-JgziJWfLrhtMTTxQZTZRfgn5W81bsTNzyuI4IpdjaM-_BGWszKkOH8DPJY0TkKRLCGXoMaCcES/s320/Bayer-Leverkusen-targets-Dimitar-Berbatov.jpg" title="Dimitar Berbatov" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">->> German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen are interested in Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov according to sources in Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh4UCXp7I08RbthXM-xXwFJqhJAx5eSEBl1eeHCrQBAX5tpqnEBKuFZ2VzXdaPHIzSmpgyY8jW1bZfx4DKkXwCaz2v4Z0GDpFA_e9TelnC8kUIt9Mj4szrRnAKx8KAycDl5mBK9cCeQbK/s1600/Newcastle-set-to-sign-james-tomkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="James Tomkins - West Ham United" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh4UCXp7I08RbthXM-xXwFJqhJAx5eSEBl1eeHCrQBAX5tpqnEBKuFZ2VzXdaPHIzSmpgyY8jW1bZfx4DKkXwCaz2v4Z0GDpFA_e9TelnC8kUIt9Mj4szrRnAKx8KAycDl5mBK9cCeQbK/s320/Newcastle-set-to-sign-james-tomkins.jpg" title="James Tomkins" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">->> Alan Pardew’s Newcastle are targeting West Ham United young center back James Tomkins to solve the defensive problems. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">For Details about Real Estate Investing Visit : <a href="http://travelling-around-the-earth.blogspot.com/2011/12/jeff-adams-real-estate-investing.html">Jeff Adams Scam</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

Today’s Premier League Transfer Gossips

->> Chelsea are preparing a 22 million bid for Ricardo Kaka of Real Madrid and they are also ready to sell winger Florent Malouda fo...

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England Striker Roonay and boss Capello to attend UEFA hearing

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvekaJa0hoZcKKOU1mU7YqRUtBYgJlx0OmQ1tboxOSR6_KWgpnDRdHptNW4YTuWu4kBbosx5d2tnkwrhpkhYTUm_bG5MGwAkELA9oEkuuaN6IkOuKxVqVwM20SjQZEMX-AVLO6Y78ez2DM/s1600/capello-rooney-to-attened-FA-hearing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wayne Rooney and Fabio Capello" border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvekaJa0hoZcKKOU1mU7YqRUtBYgJlx0OmQ1tboxOSR6_KWgpnDRdHptNW4YTuWu4kBbosx5d2tnkwrhpkhYTUm_bG5MGwAkELA9oEkuuaN6IkOuKxVqVwM20SjQZEMX-AVLO6Y78ez2DM/s400/capello-rooney-to-attened-FA-hearing.jpg" title="Capello and Rooney to attend UEFA hearing " width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FA have confirmed England striker <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/11/fa-to-appeal-rooney-ban.html">Wayne Rooney</a> and coach  Fabio Capello will both attend the UEFA disciplinary hearing into the red card that threatens to rule him out of the group stages of Euro 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At the request of the FA, UEFA have approved to bring the hearing forward by one day, to December 8, which will allow United striker to make a personal appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As Manchester United will be in Switzerland for a Champions League clash with Basle the previous evening and will not fly back to England until the Thursday anyway due to flying restrictions, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has given his blessing for Rooney to make the short trip to Nyon in order to plead his case.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And Capello will be with him as the FA legal team try to reduce a three-match ban imposed for the red card Rooney received for kicking out at Montenegro defender Miodrag Dzudovic in Podgorica last month.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"The FA can confirm that Wayne Rooney and Fabio Capello will appear at the personal hearing before the UEFA Appeals Body which will be considering the appeal against the decision to suspend Wayne for three matches following his sending off against Montenegro in October," </span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">confirmed the FA.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"UEFA has announced the re-arranged date of the hearing as Thursday, December 8, with Manchester United competing in Switzerland the evening before against FC Basle in the UEFA Champions League.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"Club England managing director Adrian Bevington will also attend the hearing."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FA spokesman Stuart Mawhinney said: <i>"We have worked closely with Manchester United to ensure an agreeable date with UEFA that allows Wayne to attend the hearing in person.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"The FA has provided every support to Wayne and the England team throughout this process.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"Fabio Capello has also been clear about providing his own personal support - which will extend to attending the hearing with Wayne."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>

England Striker Roonay and boss Capello to attend UEFA hearing

The FA have confirmed England striker Wayne Rooney and coach Fabio Capello will both attend the UEFA disciplinary hearing into the red car...

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Euro 2012 Seedings

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuqcuBRR9t9sSepNAL-dEdtdSGdRg3iWFV06d-mC9kThbTp_rqCNfwiXy4JtnfqfJ4er4mw4SKShOBJGI95xlblzXZFad9plTOBhF5I4C8UftyTBny46NPg15De3sTWGEoptR70vulqVX/s1600/Euro-12-draw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Euro 12 Seedings" border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuqcuBRR9t9sSepNAL-dEdtdSGdRg3iWFV06d-mC9kThbTp_rqCNfwiXy4JtnfqfJ4er4mw4SKShOBJGI95xlblzXZFad9plTOBhF5I4C8UftyTBny46NPg15De3sTWGEoptR70vulqVX/s400/Euro-12-draw.jpg" title="Euro 12 Draw to be made on Dec 2 At Kiev" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="excerpt"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">The seedings for next year’s Euro 12 draw to be held on December 2 have been announced, and they have opened up the prospect of some riveting match-ups.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Capallo’s England are in the second group of seeds for the Euro 2012 finals draw, UEFA confirmed on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">England are alongside Euro 2008 runners Germany, 2006 world champions Italy and Russia in the second pot.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Reigning world and European champions Spain are in the first pot, along with 2010 World Cup finalists Holland and co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, who have already been allocated to groups </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">A and D respectively.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">The Republic of Ireland, whose qualification for the finals was confirmed after the <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/11/euro-2012-qualifier-play-offs.html">playoff </a>victory against Estonia, are in the fourth group of seeds along with Denmark, the Czech Republic and France. That automatically rules out the prospect of Ireland play against France, who knocked them out in a divisive World Cup qualification play-off two years ago.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">The draw for the finals will be made in Kiev on December 2.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">The worst case scenario for England would be a group containing Spain, Portugal and France.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">As well as that possible 'Group of Death' , there is also the chances of a 'Group of Debt' made up of below par Euro zone members Spain, Italy, Greece and the Republic.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">A more likely group for the Italian’s team would be to be drawn against Poland - with England having already confirmed they will be based in Krakow - Greece and Czech Republic.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">The pots have been decided based on the UEFA coefficient rankings, except for the co-hosts.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Pot 1: Spain, Holland, Poland, Ukraine</span></strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Pot 2: Germany, Italy, England, Russia</span></strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Pot 3: Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Sweden</span></strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Pot 4: Denmark, France, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland</span></strong><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

Euro 2012 Seedings

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Euro 2012 Qualifier Play-off’s

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p303vf_YsVPeCRqz232Qjf0JMVZzXtiz4_pTj464AOgTAnHoiBM2qpE-KB0ufLyRxCLM5ROzElCDZGupY_RtgchmR4btASCsbEhokeLZpWFjSbgXYn8KhXDxZkMQ59Bfqdc_8lMNW2zK/s1600/portugal-vs-Bosnia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Portugal vs Bosnia" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p303vf_YsVPeCRqz232Qjf0JMVZzXtiz4_pTj464AOgTAnHoiBM2qpE-KB0ufLyRxCLM5ROzElCDZGupY_RtgchmR4btASCsbEhokeLZpWFjSbgXYn8KhXDxZkMQ59Bfqdc_8lMNW2zK/s320/portugal-vs-Bosnia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Portugal VS Bosnia-Herzegovina<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal and Eden Dzeko led Bosnia-Herzegovina will fight for next year’s Euro 12 Finals to be held at Poland and Ukraine. Fortnight ago both sides played out a hesitant 0-0 draw at Zenica. Portuguese supporters will be hoping that their skipper <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/11/ronaldo-praises-german-influence.html">Ronaldo</a> will steer them in to the European Championship.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nXUuvH-Dr5Y6zaUACq9krbhQjrw3pr8wlvDyqN95aNi8XZzoWI7Y3fpPxrKdCtTHpL1z4ec2SeikVNaMD-BxRgZ0Jse0QnHDZM62G7xw-fhvGsiRRpY0p0yENWe_YONH85eb6XFvi_Am/s1600/ireland-vs-estonia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Republic of Ireland VS Estonia" border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nXUuvH-Dr5Y6zaUACq9krbhQjrw3pr8wlvDyqN95aNi8XZzoWI7Y3fpPxrKdCtTHpL1z4ec2SeikVNaMD-BxRgZ0Jse0QnHDZM62G7xw-fhvGsiRRpY0p0yENWe_YONH85eb6XFvi_Am/s320/ireland-vs-estonia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Republic of Ireland VS Estonia<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Robbie Keane led from front in 4-0 win against Estonia in first leg. Eventually they are guaranteed a spot in Euro 12 and they will play the second leg without Keane , as the board was requested by MLS side LA Galaxy to rest their player. <span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGFzN3KMCIwfWsVu2WQotPmCzfBRebH2vmn9XyI5AdhFp7NNpODL-MsyOd7nfMmnPWq_QMBhI8vhUgGFx9ylOfzf5s0nC5arz601H9XBDnlmYR7kL5YjNxb-QGPVSX7f7fYzZy_kXCp-M/s1600/Czechrepublic-peter-cech.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Montenegro VS Czech Republic" border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGFzN3KMCIwfWsVu2WQotPmCzfBRebH2vmn9XyI5AdhFp7NNpODL-MsyOd7nfMmnPWq_QMBhI8vhUgGFx9ylOfzf5s0nC5arz601H9XBDnlmYR7kL5YjNxb-QGPVSX7f7fYzZy_kXCp-M/s320/Czechrepublic-peter-cech.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Montenegro vs Czech Republic</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Montenegro will host Czech Republic, after a 2-0 defeat in the first leg. But the Czech’s will be aware of Montenegro forwards Mirko Vucinic and Stevan Jovetic , as they both are in fine form <span> </span>in Italian Serie A.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMwsb8Y-dmwqoF5vMSrrldqzQb-Jv6ePyDVB2iY9g-RvlCimKsQDjQ4C8pm5Ju0Tlzu_yBKfzOvUQEo842k1DLjcjr8Il33XhYbLXLoxNaN3ERuGnymv99BUi7tH5sjpyFCkTeqd_naNj/s1600/Croatia-vs-turkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Croatia VS Turkey" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMwsb8Y-dmwqoF5vMSrrldqzQb-Jv6ePyDVB2iY9g-RvlCimKsQDjQ4C8pm5Ju0Tlzu_yBKfzOvUQEo842k1DLjcjr8Il33XhYbLXLoxNaN3ERuGnymv99BUi7tH5sjpyFCkTeqd_naNj/s320/Croatia-vs-turkey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Croatia vs Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Croatia won the first leg 3-0 against Turkey in Turin and will look to exploit their home advantage in the second leg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>

Euro 2012 Qualifier Play-off’s

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Today's Transfer Gossips

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklQw-mM3zRdG5ebDxu9td8nKsW9EYqhC6Gd4YXSaTdWYN0nwfzuN7mk1hveCrBXNhlPltCFcf501WWqSgeJAuFQuAz5IaNqIyHxR9Lg8o9Rn1SFYwvYmTOGYXH_4ATS6wYXcgqOnEgGQx/s1600/walcott-in-Chelsea-radar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Theo Walcott - Arsenal" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklQw-mM3zRdG5ebDxu9td8nKsW9EYqhC6Gd4YXSaTdWYN0nwfzuN7mk1hveCrBXNhlPltCFcf501WWqSgeJAuFQuAz5IaNqIyHxR9Lg8o9Rn1SFYwvYmTOGYXH_4ATS6wYXcgqOnEgGQx/s1600/walcott-in-Chelsea-radar.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">->> Chelsea all set to make 25 million bid for Arsenal Forward Thoe Walcott.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4D4cmSnzMnC1fsFDerT29BUaOJm3W2OlFlFrupQbdWOgUB4qotHBCQ7FnSWpwhtCz9A1BryIvNmU2VYf6LbQgO1FkOfZOPfqEVp0AnRCyz4PNAIJGPKbzD640fAk6Eh2UMJygeRi2HUWH/s1600/Liverpool-set-to-move-for-Coutinho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coutinho - Inter Milan" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4D4cmSnzMnC1fsFDerT29BUaOJm3W2OlFlFrupQbdWOgUB4qotHBCQ7FnSWpwhtCz9A1BryIvNmU2VYf6LbQgO1FkOfZOPfqEVp0AnRCyz4PNAIJGPKbzD640fAk6Eh2UMJygeRi2HUWH/s320/Liverpool-set-to-move-for-Coutinho.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">->> Liverpool set sight on 19 year old Inter Forward Philippe Coutinho , as the Mercy side looks to blend youth players in their squad.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdaFgB6GJvwbaU_umOloIY6YmJwAWXrPBNL9eOEg1U8gJ5tuXg96thNdctWeQycwhCPQA9B87qP9qytPS0UMVDjQh6HKP9RiqZMLOGTTp_MVMnrTsETnpOoNsbI_A1ne_bkROsZ_UEKb5/s1600/ganso-on-manunited-radar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ganso - Santos" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdaFgB6GJvwbaU_umOloIY6YmJwAWXrPBNL9eOEg1U8gJ5tuXg96thNdctWeQycwhCPQA9B87qP9qytPS0UMVDjQh6HKP9RiqZMLOGTTp_MVMnrTsETnpOoNsbI_A1ne_bkROsZ_UEKb5/s320/ganso-on-manunited-radar.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">->> Sir Alex Ferguson set to launch a 25 million move for Brazilian play-maker Ganso, the Santos midfielder is being tracked by most of the European top sides.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqoUhym1pqLrWnlr1Gk6tyaQhBjdB7JmY7cn7I_niMarTsewpsnNk49FH8IXoJZafo_dEQb2pil1cVHH18WsP8UzpcNvjz6FYpXGqvowPobAmO1c-vVtgpsMt61Ljdl4jGrtaDJYpwuJF/s1600/Onuha-linked-with-westham-westbrom-balckburn-QPR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nedum Onuoha " border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqoUhym1pqLrWnlr1Gk6tyaQhBjdB7JmY7cn7I_niMarTsewpsnNk49FH8IXoJZafo_dEQb2pil1cVHH18WsP8UzpcNvjz6FYpXGqvowPobAmO1c-vVtgpsMt61Ljdl4jGrtaDJYpwuJF/s320/Onuha-linked-with-westham-westbrom-balckburn-QPR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">->> QPR, West Brom, West Ham and Blackburn Rovers are lining up a move for Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha, the 25 year-old spent last season on loan with Sunderland.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA46Z7wvFLcH_Y4n7mNsgWC3LXNni3Ee5a_ry7fMLeU1B-juevqFaMJ_YAvHPKsjCxTYVDl2cn7r6lYYqJtV0YMXlWNqJgbJnffCa3mOKR_wmQjE20YVavoZzkdExr8MEij3jnJfQLXBZg/s1600/Barcelona-to-make-15-million-bid-for-Alex-song.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Alex Song Arsenal" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA46Z7wvFLcH_Y4n7mNsgWC3LXNni3Ee5a_ry7fMLeU1B-juevqFaMJ_YAvHPKsjCxTYVDl2cn7r6lYYqJtV0YMXlWNqJgbJnffCa3mOKR_wmQjE20YVavoZzkdExr8MEij3jnJfQLXBZg/s320/Barcelona-to-make-15-million-bid-for-Alex-song.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">->> Barcelona to make 15 million bid for Arsenal holding midfielder Alex Song in the January transfer window.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUMRtd0YEvqR1u3Z0bJ3HtJIP2LB4DlKWOIFRcnYNe6kDGJ7Am7jaNkR0IIQ52Op5FAkEmtlu-LHmZhLcke402yVQ4qBUxpwVvFrg741Me2FxuQcjDP060pLr9n5_ZqybK34HUAQbWY6R/s1600/ACMilan-set-to-bid-for-Anelka-and-drogba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Anelka and Drogba" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUMRtd0YEvqR1u3Z0bJ3HtJIP2LB4DlKWOIFRcnYNe6kDGJ7Am7jaNkR0IIQ52Op5FAkEmtlu-LHmZhLcke402yVQ4qBUxpwVvFrg741Me2FxuQcjDP060pLr9n5_ZqybK34HUAQbWY6R/s320/ACMilan-set-to-bid-for-Anelka-and-drogba.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">->> Italian giants <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/11/ac-milan-line-up-move-for-chelsea.html">AC Milan</a> are linked with a move for Chelsea strike pair Didiar Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

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10:17 PM

UEFA ban Wayne Rooney for three matches

<span id="goog_808959637"></span><span id="goog_808959638"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65zvSySfv1rIuLck9Amk80zge0EvKoXQDek8wjC8o0KvmVooQiwkPr4X7_hqLfsvU7FAjT8XKNXFXHHLZd6DBuuUHvaAfdeI2ZvCJ5G-P4RceAWnmrI3XD_kSpv78JQ9UZH9fiTcgy8qt/s1600/rooney-frustrated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rooney banned for 3 games" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65zvSySfv1rIuLck9Amk80zge0EvKoXQDek8wjC8o0KvmVooQiwkPr4X7_hqLfsvU7FAjT8XKNXFXHHLZd6DBuuUHvaAfdeI2ZvCJ5G-P4RceAWnmrI3XD_kSpv78JQ9UZH9fiTcgy8qt/s400/rooney-frustrated.jpg" title="Rooney Frustrated" width="400"/></a></div><br /><br /><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fabio Capello's worst worries were realised when UEFA handed England striker <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/10/uefa-to-discuss-wayne-rooney-red-card.html" title="Rooney banned for 3 games">Wayne Rooney a three-match ban</a> that will see him miss all of England's Euro 2012 group matches.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rooney's kick at Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovoic last Friday was judged <i>"an assault"</i> by UEFA's control and disciplinary panel, who stuck to the letter of the law in handing out the penalty despite a plea for leniency from the Football Association.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It means the Italian manager now has to decide whether to take Rooney as part of his squad to Poland and Ukraine, and hope that he can make an impact if England make it through to the knock-out stages of the tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FA will wait for the full cause behind the decision before deciding whether to appeal. The ban could even be increased by an appeal panel, but that would be unlikely and it looks odds on that the FA will try to have the suspension reduced.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Manchester United ace is understood to be extremely disappointed in the outcome but will follow the FA's advice about any appeal.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Former England star Alan Shearer described the ban as <i>"a huge blow"</i> to England's chances in the European Championships, and called the kick <i>"a silly error"</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Shearer told BBC Radio 5 Live: <i>"It's a huge blow. It's not only a huge blow to the team, to the fans and to football followers but to Wayne himself because he realises he's made a stupid error.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"I still think whoever replaces him in the team, England still should have enough to get through the three games without him."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Phil Neville, Rooney's former team-mate labeled the ruling <i>"a joke"</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Everton skipper said on Twitter: <i>"Rooney banned for 3 games what a joke- if it was a Dutch Spanish Italian german player they wouldn't even get 1 game #fact."<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The 25 year-old was shown a straight red by German referee Wolfgang Stark for kicking Dzudovoic - England manager Capello admitted it was a <i>"silly mistake"</i> by Wayne, who immediately put himself in danger of receiving the three-match ban.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">UEFA's disciplinary rules state that a player will receive a <i>"suspension for three competition matches or for a specified period for assaulting another player or other person present at the match".<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A UEFA statement said: <i>"Today's decision was taken in relation to the red card shown to Rooney for assault after 74 minutes of England's final Group G game, the 2-2 draw with Montenegro in Podgorica.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"The striker will now be suspended from playing in his country's next three UEFA national competition matches for which he would be eligible."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FA have 72 hours to decide whether to appeal, and they said in a statement: <i>"Further to UEFA's decision to impose a three-match suspension on Wayne Rooney following his sending-off against Montenegro, the FA await the full reasons from the disciplinary committee, and will give full consideration to the decision internally, before deciding on any response to UEFA or making any further public comment."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The FA had taken some optimism from a previous case involving Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin, who was given a two-match ban and missed Russia's first two games of Euro 2008 after being sent off against Andorra. But in that case television proof was less clear cut than in Rooney's.<o:p></o:p></span></div>

UEFA ban Wayne Rooney for three matches

Fabio Capello's worst worries were realised when UEFA handed England striker Wayne Rooney a three-match ban that will see him miss al...

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Euro Qualifier Tuesday night Match Results

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4n53U8oxLS3D7_OKvGMJFAZfVRNu_mMQAnQW7I3OD6zWAzpzsQPmlL1vmxSIt1VDdEFDyCPYhwwaETWp1uU25BZTaOFsZKxffR6dgTb6X1WprWCRuXZdbV7_tkRluvXOCEugyJZstSoi/s1600/euro-qualifier-spain-vs-scotland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Euro Qualifier Spain VS Scotland" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4n53U8oxLS3D7_OKvGMJFAZfVRNu_mMQAnQW7I3OD6zWAzpzsQPmlL1vmxSIt1VDdEFDyCPYhwwaETWp1uU25BZTaOFsZKxffR6dgTb6X1WprWCRuXZdbV7_tkRluvXOCEugyJZstSoi/s1600/euro-qualifier-spain-vs-scotland.jpg" title="David Silva celebrating after scoring"/></a></div><br /><br /><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Teams qualified so far:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> Denmark, England ,France ,Germany ,Greece ,Holland, Italy<span>                                                            </span><span></span>Poland, Ukraine ,Russia, Spain, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span>  <br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group A</span></strong><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Kazakhstan 0 - 0 Austria</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Germany 3 - 1 Belgium</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; text-decoration: none;">Turkey 1 - 0 Azerbaijan</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group B</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Rep. of Ireland 2 - 1 Armenia</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Rep. of Macedonia 1 - 1 Slovakia</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Russia 6 - 0 Andorra</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group C</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Italy 3 - 0 Northern Ireland</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Slovenia 1 - 0 Serbia</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group D</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Albania 1 - 1 Romania</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">France 1 - 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group E</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Hungary 0 - 0 Finland</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Moldova 4 - 0 San Marino</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Sweden 3 - 2 Holland</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group F</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Croatia 2 - 0 Latvia</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Georgia 1 - 2 Greece</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Malta 0 - 2 Israel</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group G</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Bulgaria 0 - 1 Wales</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Switzerland 2 - 0 Montenegro</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group H</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Denmark 2 - 1 Portugal</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Norway 3 - 1 Cyprus</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Group I</span></strong><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Lithuania 1 - 4 Czech Republic</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Spain 3 - 1 Scotland</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Euro Qualifier Tuesday night Match Results

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Todays’s Transfer Gossips

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqN7weYbKTV7FBwWaaUp_24VfpDFHM5MPCH7dEcfFyUve_TtqIGgtNDIgb57oHq2gVI7w4MYmKtipURNr98LH5WcG2M02t8Ebs_ZOhV2iVzF6ZMpSRp4PiI44PRfaL4m4mtnac3z2qrM_/s1600/tevez-may-go-to-realmadrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqN7weYbKTV7FBwWaaUp_24VfpDFHM5MPCH7dEcfFyUve_TtqIGgtNDIgb57oHq2gVI7w4MYmKtipURNr98LH5WcG2M02t8Ebs_ZOhV2iVzF6ZMpSRp4PiI44PRfaL4m4mtnac3z2qrM_/s400/tevez-may-go-to-realmadrid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Real Madrid ready to sign Carlos Tevez from Manchester City, But the English big-spenders seeking atleast £35m.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Liverpool boss <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/08/liverpool-eye-lucas-biglia-for-lucas.html">Kenny Dalglish</a> keeping a close eye on Borussia Dortmund play-maker Shinji Kagawa.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Arsenal to make a January loan move for Juve striker<span>  </span>Amauri , to provide back-up for Skipper Robin Van Persie.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>4)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Russian big spenders <a href="http://european-football-updates.blogspot.com/2011/08/inter-striker-etoo-completes-anzhi.html">Anzhi Makhachkala</a> are lining up bids for Arsenal’s Robin van Persie, Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka and Santos wonder-kid Neymar, according to player-coach Roberto Carlos.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>5)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PSG interested in Arsenal striker<span>  </span>Marouane Chamakh.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>6)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The agent of Inter midfielder Sulley Muntari has confirmed that the Ghana international is interested in a move to Napoli.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>7)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Manchester United and Chelsea lining up a bid for young American international Brek Shea.<o:p></o:p></span>  <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

Todays’s Transfer Gossips

1) Real Madrid ready to sign Carlos Tevez from Manchester City, But the English big-spenders seeking atleast £35m. 2) Liverpool...

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