Defending champions Standard de Liege won their crucial top of the table clash against RSC Anderlecht 2-1 at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne. The result sees Liege go three points ahead of Ariel Jacobs' side and boosts their confidence ahead of their UEFA Cup tie against Everton next week. Substitute Alexsandr Yakovenko gave Anderlecht the lead in [. Click to continue reading...

Arema's renovations are coming along nicely as can be seen by these images.

The pictures come from an Arema fan site www.ongisnade.net , no idea what that means, which has recently undergone renovations of it's own. Check out their very own on line magazine which looks superb. Wish there was a hard copy available. Click to continue reading...

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Friday 19 September

19.30 Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Last week, Bayer shipped three goals and Hannover scored five. These Friday night Bundesliga games have been largely disappointing, so lets hope they put on a good show.

Saturday 20 September

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This season is unusual in that for the first time in 45 years, Lyon will have derbies with two different teams. Even more unusual is that these derbies are back to back, with Grenoble tomorrow and St. Etienne the following weekend.

Of course, tomorrow won't be as huge a derby as against Les Verts, but it'll still be a lot of fun, with a sold out stadium and a record number of away supporters for Grenoble.

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Two late red cards last night at Jurong West Stadium left Gombak United smarting and shamed. As well as losing their rag they lost 1-0 at home to Sengkang Punggol. It was the Dolphins seventh goal in 20 games this season so reason enough to party Hougang way.

In the other game played last night Super Reds made hard work of beating Balestier Khalsa but beat them they did with goals from Park Ki Wook 49'(p) and Oh Ddog Yi 68' in front of a bumper crowd of 802. Click to continue reading...

Needed a deep breath after the weekend (and spent the day writing Tuesday's column), so late blogging.

Chivas USA is one of 16 teams participating in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup at 7 p.m. Tuesday playing a game in Seattle against the Sounders you can see here. Chivas USA lost at this stage of the competition last year to Seattle.

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It will be a top of the table clash in this live online and radio commentary World Cup 2010 qualifier between Paraguay and Brazil live as the hosts try to defend their top standing and prevent their visitors from gaining a foothold by beating them. There is a strong belief in the home side that they can win this live online streaming match as they face a team reeling from a humiliating defeat to Venezuela in a recent game and confidence might be low in their camp. Click to continue reading...

Who would have believed that after 40 weeks of predictions there would only be one point separating the two 'experts' after Damian's 9-4 victory last week. It is indeed 'squeaky bum' time as this week's games will decide where the predictions crown will end up and what matches we have this week! The Premier [. Click to continue reading...