Tiago Turns Down Potential Mourinho Reunion - Why The Atletico Madrid Man May Have Decided To Stay

As rumours linked him with a possible return to Stamford Bridge, former Chelsea midfielder Tiago Mendes has signed a new deal with Atletico Madrid.  The 33-year-old helped the La Liga side clinch their first league title since 1996 last season and Talksport have reported that he has now committed his future to the club.

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Young Portugal Star Linked With Stamford Bridge Move - Why Chelsea Should Sign Him

With the departures of David Luiz and Frank Lampard, Chelsea may be feeling a little bit short when it comes to central midfielders.  That could explain why their Portuguese manager is believed to be looking at signing compatriot William Carvalho.

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Why Cristiano Ronaldo Deserves All The Praise He Gets

I’m a pretty stubborn individual; I’ve been set in my ways when it comes to football. I’ve liked, as well as disliked, the same players for as long as I can remember, and once you make it on my bad list, it is near impossible to make your way off. Some players I dislike for actual reasons, and some, honestly, its just something about them that I don’t like. However, in the recent weeks a player that I was never particularly fond of has not been annoying me so much. Who knows what’s happening to me, but I do know that it is a lot easier to love rather than hate.

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Portugal R-on Their Way: A Closer Look At The World Cup Qualifying Results

Well, I discussed it last week and the results are finally in! The winners of the week’s most exciting UEFA World Cup qualifiers were determined yesterday.

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Who Will Be Booking Their Ticket to Brazil This Week?

Unfortunately for all of us football fans, all domestic leagues are on hold yet again this weekend for International play. Some are just friendlies, but there are still a few juicy world cup qualifiers to look forward to. For UEFA, on Friday, France is playing the Ukraine while Portugal will be matched up against Sweden. Both sides will also meet again on Tuesday to finish up this playoff round. So the question is why am I to be excited about this?

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Clash Of The Titans: Ibrahimovic vs Ronaldo

It's only just dawned on me that one of these two colossuses will miss out on the World Cup next year. What a massive shame to football fans around the world.

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The Art Of The Nutmeg

It is bad enough when it happens playing with your mates on the street, but when somebody gets you on an 11-a-side football pitch there is nowhere to hide.

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European World Cup Qualification Round Up - The Winners

Following another night of enthralling qualification action across Europe on Friday, we outline who moved a step further to qualification.

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World Cup 2014 - can Brazil win it?

When it was announced that Brazil would host the 2014 World Cup there was huge celebration that the competition was finally coming back to South America after an absence of 36 years. The Samba Boys are the only team to have competed in every single World Cup since its beginning in 1930 and they still remain the most successful country with five titles to their name. Will they manage to celebrate a home triumph and claim a sixth trophy?

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Some of the biggest and best disallowed goals. (Video)

The number one footballing pub discussion in recent times has been that of “That was miles over the line! That linesman wants shooting!” The Premier League will be putting that particular debate to bed for the 2013/14 season with the introduction of the Hawk-Eye system. It is therefore a good time to look back at some memorable disallowed goals.

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The art of the free-kick (Video)

...as shown by everybody's favourite Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Key World Cup Qualifiers in Europe this weekend (video)

With most European teams having already played 4 group games, this weekend's fixture represent a critical stage in the World Cup Qualification process. We now look at which of Friday's fixtures are likely to be crucial in determining which countries will be on the plane to Brazil next summer.

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Luis Figo: there's more to him than hair dye (Video)

I didn't know that Luis Figo had hit such hard times that he had to resort to doing adverts for a well know men's hair dye brand.

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Portugal vs Holland - The Massacre (Video)

When Portugal and Holland met in the 2006 World Cup's Round of 16 knockout stage no one could have predicted the limp attempt at a football game they tried to put on.

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Both Portuguese giants could remain unbeaten (video)

After 19 games of a 30 game season, both Portuguese giants Porto and Benfica remain unbeaten in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

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