The champions curse. It has been a real fear among World Cup winners since it first struck in 2002, when France, the holders, crashed out in the group stage at the historic World Cup joint-hosted by South Korea and Japan. Although five-time champions Brazil avoided the same humiliation in 2006, fellow serial title winners Italy were disgraced in 2010 in
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Eden Hazard has hailed Chelsea’s capture of Gonzalo Higuain from Milan, describing him as ‘one of the best’ strikers in the world. Higuain watched Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur on penalties to reach the EFL Cup Final on Thursday evening, and Hazard is confident the Juventus loanee will prove the difference between success and failure in opposing boxes. “Diego [Costa] was sometimes not
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Chelsea have completed the signing of juventus striker Gonzalo-higuain. Higuain has joined chelsea on loan for the remainder of the season. The 31-year-old striker moves to Stamford Bridge from Italian side. He spent the first half of the campaign on loan at ac-milan where he scored eight goals. Upon completing his loan move to chelsea, Higuain, who will wear the number nine shirt, said: “When the opportunity
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Italian striker Mario Balotelli is hoping to get back on track as he joined Olympique de Marseille from fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on a six-month contract. The 28-year-old, who also played for Inter Milan, has yet to score a league goal this season after netting 33 from 51 Ligue 1 games in the two previous seasons. Marseille are seventh in the
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Petr Cech announced that he would be retiring after 14 years in the Premier League, shocking Arsenal teammate and forward Alex Iwobi, who said the goalkeeper has the ability to play for ‘another three or four years’. After starting the first seven league games this season, Petr Cech seen limited action. Cech is often used as the Cup goalkeeper for
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Jose Mourinho has not been out of a job for over 2 months, but he is already itching to get back into a job. “I want to coach,” said Mourinho, in an interview of the ex-United manager while he was covering the AFC Asian Cup. Mourinho was sacked by Manchester United after collecting just 26 points through 17 matches, but he is
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With Man City’s 2-1 win at the Etihad over Liverpool. The Epl title race continues to heat up leaving just 4 points between the two contenders. The game itself was a display of the Premier League’s best talents, but reporters decided to ask about the pitch instead, prying about the length of the grass on the playing surface. City Manager Pep
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Some call it the difficult third album syndrome. Legendary Hungarian Coach Bela Guttman said ‘the third season is fatal’ for a manager. Jose Mourinho is the living embodiment of the issues associated with a long-term club tenure, if indeed we can call three years that in a Premier League where Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger were on the same
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The 2015 Women’s World Cup on Canadian soil was a landmark achievement in the intangibles for women’s soccer. Despite the tournament’s leadup being laced with controversy regarding turf disputes – especially from the lips of legendary talents like Abby Wambach – the product itself was a major success. The energy behind the women’s game was well felt during and well
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Former Sampdoria forward and Inter and Manchester City Coach Roberto Mancini is now tasked with reversing Italy’s fortunes. Heres a snapshot of his career… Swapping for Samp Roberto Mancini’s switch to the Marassi in 1982 to wear the shirt of Sampdoria proved decisive in shaping his career as both a player and Coach. Spending nearly 15 seasons there, amassing more than
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