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Real Madrid Avoids English Clubs in Champions League Draw

Let's face it, the European method of pulling names out from the proverbial hat to determine the pairings for its knockout competitions is, well, a foreign concept. About the only Stateside comparison is the selection committee drawing up the NCAA Tournament brackets every March. To whit, Thursday in Monaco, UEFA staged...

Jose Mourinho Takes His Special Brand of Crazy to Inter Milan

For the record, "I'm fantastic" in Italian is "Sono fantastici." So says Google, anyway.In a move that was as hard to predict as the sun rising in the east this morning, former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was named the new manager at Inter Milan today. The big Italian club has won Serie A three times in the last three years...

Chelsea Coach Throws Drogba Under the Bus

John Terry's fateful penalty kick slip might have cost Chelsea the Champions League Final yesterday, but at least one Chelsea coach would like you to know that it wasn't his fault. In fact, he knows exactly whose fault it is."John was not in the first five to take a kick but things changed during the game," said the...

Chelsea Fans Only Riot Around English Police

All those fears of English soccer fans starting trouble in Moscow during the Champions League Final were unfounded. None of the 40,000 fans at the big game were arrested or detained, and the heavy police presence ensured a lack of trouble.Alas, that was not the case back in London, where Chelsea fans took out their...

Man United Wins Champions League on PKs

Blame it on the rain. Or the pitch. Don't blame John Terry.The Chelsea defender played brilliantly for 120 minutes in this Champions League Final, clearing balls away from his goal and keeping Manchester United from having more than one goal all night. His header away against Ryan Giggs' shot in extra time may have been...

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The UEFA Champions League known simply as the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe.

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