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A tale of three derbies

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Created: Monday, 30 November 2009 22:28

Written by Darren Douglas

Most neutrals gearing up for last weekend's football action would have found it difficult not to be bombarded by the fevered anticipation of three particular matches, especially if you reside in the UK.

I'm not referring to the clash of Portugal's titan's, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica (0-0 by the way!). No, rather the Merseyside derby that was followed by Arsenal's clash with Chelsea and finally Barcelona and Real Madrid in El Clasico.

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Brasilerão title race - courage, despair and blind hope

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Created: Friday, 27 November 2009 13:27

Written by Chris Tipping

"Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain."

So said Diane de Poitiers sometime in the early 1500s. She was no doubt completely unaware at the time that she was uncannily summing up the challenge facing the teams fighting out the 2009 Brasilerão title race.

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Football clubs and their sponsors

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Created: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 13:55

Written by Ian Shine

A club's sponsor can say as much about the club as its fans, stadium or league table position.

Everyone wants to be sponsored by a reputable company known for their class and reliability.

Arguably Arsenal fall into this category. Fly Emirates is the largest Middle Eastern airline in terms of revenue and was voted the fifth best airline in the world by Skytrax, who know all about stuff like that.

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Premier League round-up: New age treatments and Tottenham go goal-crazy

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Created: Sunday, 22 November 2009 20:11

Written by Darren Douglas

After an extended international break over the last week, the Premier League was raring to get going again this weekend. However, the latest bout of international matches did not pass by without claiming some victims and certain clubs could be forgiven for wondering if fate wasn't conspiring against them.

The most notable casualties concerned the top 2 in the Premier League, as they were on Saturday morning. League leaders Chelsea were made to do without the influential Frank Lampard, whereas Arsenal had to face up to losing the fulcrum of their recent good form- Robin van Persie.

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