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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A Closer Look At The Ukrainian Premier League

To kick-start a new series focused on less popular leagues whose players could be of use to a Premier League side, I'm first looking at the Ukrainian Premier League, which is perhaps overlooked by many despite having a good pool of talent. Shakhtar Donetsk are one of the most famous teams in this division and proved to Chelsea last season that they are no pushovers. Dynamo Kiev are also up and coming in European football. Here's my list:

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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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Red card for punching team-mate: When colleagues don't get on (Video)

The sight of team-mates not agreeing on something is not a rare on in football.

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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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Harry Houdini back in town

I knew he wouldn’t end up taking the Ukraine job.

After weeks of speculation the former Tottenham manager and housewives favourite has usurped Mark Hughes at QPR to become the West London clubs new manager, despite reported interest from the Ukrainian FA.

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Goal from the East (Video)

The Ukranian Premier League is the source for my choice of goal of the week. Namely, a match between Chernomorets Odessa and Tavriya (nope, I have never heard of them either) in a bottom of the table tussle.

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European Scouting Update: Ukraine (video)

The Ukrainian league might not be classed as that obscure anymore and there are certainly some world-class players that play for the top clubs, notably Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev.  One 23-year-old is setting a blistering pace for others trying to make a name for themselves in what can be a difficult league.

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Why all the criticism of Tom Cleverley has been over the top

The media, much like fans, are fickle. After England had seen off what could only really be described as a mediocre pub team in Moldova last Friday, the world and his wife was ready to anoint Tom Cleverley as the future of England’s midfield.

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The Olympics has overshadowed one of the game's best player's retirement

With the Olympic Games hogging all the space in the papers this past week, one far more important football news story has ended being given far less fanfare than it deserves.

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