Premier League Footballers On All-Star Injury Fantasy Team

August 18, 2008

We thought it’d be fun to pick our all-star injury football team featuring those Premier League players that always seem to be injured. Thanks to the EPL Talk readers who participated in last weekend’s EPL Talk Chat for the idea.
1. Chris Kirkland
2. Gary Neville
3. Mikael Silvestre
4. Jonathan Woodgate
5. Ledley King
6. Owen Hargreaves
7. Kieron Dyer
8. Tim Cahill
9. Craig Bellamy
10. Michael Owen
11. Louis Saha
Subs:
Andy Johnson
Mark Viduka
Tim Cahill
Valeri Bojinov
Emile Heskey
Didier Drogba

What current players are missing that should be featured in this squad? Click the comments link below and let us know.

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Gary Oldman Stars In ITV Football Commercial

August 18, 2008

Famous actor Gary Oldman stars in a new TV commercial to promote ITV’s football coverage for the upcoming season. The London born actor has starred in so many great movies including True Romance, The Dark Knight, JFK, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Sid & Nancy and other great films.
In the TV commercial, Oldman walks through different film sets at a film studio and then shows off his footballing skills.

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Fraizer Campbell wants to stay

August 18, 2008

After having won his first Premier League start of his career Fraizer Campbell has said that he plans to stay at Manchester United.

As a long list of injuries and unavailability Campbell was given his chance in his side’s 1 – 1 draw with Newcastle United at Old Trafford yesterday afternoon.

He was on loan at Hull City last season and it was rumoured that he may have returned there for this season as well.

He made an impressive debut and in an interview on MUTV he said that it was great to be a part of the setup.
Written by: Dave Cohen

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Gravesen exits Celtic

August 18, 2008

GLASGOW (AFP) – Scottish champions Celtic confirmed Monday they are parting company with Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen.

“Celtic Football Club, Thomas Gravesen and Thomas’s representatives have agreed that he will part company with the club,” the club said in a statement.

“Thomas wishes Celtic every success and, likewise, the club wishes Thomas all the very best for the future.”

The 32-year-old signed from Real Madrid in August 2006 but was unable to establish himself in the first team at Celtic.

He returned to former club Everton on loan last season but failed to win a permanent move to Goodison.

Gravesen was given a surprise start in a pre-season friendly against Manchester City but was not involved in either SPL game against St Mirren and Dundee United.

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Brazil crush Germany to make Olympic final

August 18, 2008

SHANGHAI (AFP) – Brazil came from a goal down to stun Germany 4-1 Monday and book a place in the women’s Olympic decider, avenging their painful defeat to the European powerhouse in last year’s World Cup final.

Formiga, Marta and a Cristiane brace did the damage, cancelling out a Birgit Prinz strike to set up a gold medal match against either defending champions the United States or Japan in Beijing on Thursday.

Prinz got the opener on 10 minutes, making the breakthrough after a nervy start by both sides.

As she so often has in the past, the German captain used her brute strength to muscle her way past a defender and into the box before calmly rounding goalkeeper Barbara and side footing home.

Rattled, Brazil looked to their three most creative players – Cristiane, Marta and Daniela — for inspiration and they duly delivered.

Daniela was proving a handful down the left and it was from her efforts that the South Americans almost got an equaliser with five minutes left in the half.

Her deep cross dropped at the feet of defender Simone only for Germany’s Kerstin Garefrekes to make a crucial tackle and put the ball behind for a corner.

The near-miss sparked Brazil into life and three minutes later they were level after Cristiane sent a low cross into the box to the advancing Formiga who smashed the ball into the net from 20 yards.

It panicked the world champions who let their guard down again barely a minute later, allowing Marta to strike a long-range effort that goalkeeper Nadine Angerer did well to tip over the bar.

Brazil came out after the break just as determined and were ahead within four minutes after Marta picked up the ball just inside her own half and went rampaging down the middle of the park with Germany caught napping.

Drawing the defenders, she laid off the ball to Cristiane in acres of space and the 23-year-old made no mistake for her fourth goal of the tournament.

Brazil had another on 53 minutes when Marta rounded two defenders as she cut into the box on the right before burying the ball with the outside of her left boot.

Germany’s back line was at fault again for the fourth goal when Cristiane danced past three defenders before cooly placing the ball past the oncoming Angerer with 14 minutes left.

Brazil and Germany have been the nearly-women of Olympics football.

The Brazilians lost the Athens final in 2004 in extra time by 2-1 to the USA while Germany have won bronze in their last two Games; they defeated Brazil in the third-place play-off in Sydney in 2000.

Writtend By :AFP

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