raw for the 2007/08 Champions League

Group A:

Liverpool
Porto
Marseille
Besiktas


Group B:

Chelsea
Valencia
Schalke 04
Rosenborg


Group C:

Real Madrid
Werder Bremen
Lazio
Olympiakos


Group D:

AC Milan
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk


Group E:

Barcelona
Lyon
Stuttgart
Rangers


Group F:

Manchester United
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
Dynamo Kiev


Group G:
Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahce


Group H:

Arsenal
Sevilla/AEK Athens
Steau Bucharest
Slavia Prague

David Beckham out of England qualifiers

David Beckham will now miss England's Euro qualifiers next month as he has suffered another injury, he hurt his knee in LA Galaxy's Superliga final defeat to Pachuca on Wednesday and it has been diagnosed as a sprained knee. He is predicted to be out for 6 weeks until October.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Retires

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has announced his retirement from football, the 34 year old Manchester United striker has been battling a knee injury over the last 4 seasons. He will stay at Man Utd as a coach.

Personally I think its a great shame if he could have got back to his form from a few years ago he would have taken an important role in the current season, with Wayne Rooney injured I think he could have had a good season even he was coming off the bench, with Man Utd's start to the season any help would be appreciated. They are in need of some good strikers at the moment and could struggle in the Champion's League this year.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will always be remembers for scoring the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

Tuesday 21st August Round-Up

Manchester United's Gabriel Heinze has lost his attempt to force the club to allow him to move to rivals Liverpool. Full Story

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has told under-fire manager Martin Jol that his job is safe but has warned him he wants to see Spurs in the Champions League. Full Story

Andrew Johnson has been ruled out of England's friendly against Germany on Wednesday because of fluid on a knee. Full Story

Brazilian midfielder Emerson will return to Italy to play for AC Milan after just one season with Real Madrid. Full Story

Premier Weekend Round Up

With all the Premiership favourites failing to get a win this weekend its Man City on top of the pile, their 1 - 0 defeat of Man Utd has left Alex Ferguson's team winless after three matches. Chelsea and Arsenal both drew 1 - 1 against their opponents.

Chelsea are currently 2nd followed by Wigan and Everton, even though we all know you cant tell anything after just 3 matches I find it a surprise that Chelsea are 5 points ahead of Man Utd already and in a long season these failure to win for Man Utd could become costly towards the end of the season.

English Premier League Results 8/18 - 8/25

Here are this week English Premier League results


Saturday 18th August

Birmingham 0 - 1 West Ham
Fulham 1 - 2 Middlesbrough
Newcastle 0 - 0 Aston Villa
Portsmouth 3 - 1 Bolton
Reading 1 - 0 Everton
Tottenham 4 - 0 Derby
Wigan 3 - 0 Sunderland


Sunday 19th August

Blacjburn 1 - 1 Arsenal
Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea
Man City 1 - 0 Man Utd

England recall Campbell and James

England have recalled Sol Campbell and David James for this weeks friendly against Germany on Wednesday. This is the first time they have been selected since Steve McClaren took charge after the World Cup.

Newcastle's Steven Taylor is in the senior squad for the first time.

England squad to play Germany:

Robinson (Tottenham), James (Portsmouth), Carson (Liverpool, on loan at Aston Villa), Richards (Manchester City), Brown (Manchester United), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Campbell (Portsmouth), Taylor (Newcastle), Neville (Everton), Shorey (Reading), Beckham (LA Galaxy), Gerrard (Liverpool), Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Carrick (Manchester United), Barry (Aston Villa), Downing (Middlesbrough), Dyer (West Ham), Hargreaves (Manchester United), Smith (Newcastle), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Bent (Tottenham), Johnson (Everton), Defoe (Tottenham).

Beckham scores in LA Galaxy win

David Beckham scored his first goal for his new team L.A. Galaxy, Beckham started the game against D.C. United and in the 28th minute he scored from a free-kick, he then supplied Landon Donovan perfectly with a long pass behind the D.C. United defense that allowed Donovan to push to the goal and place the ball pass the keeper.

The 2 - 0 victory gave them a place in the Super-Liga final they will play Mexican team Pachuca who defeated Houston 4 - 3 on penalties after both teams had finshed 2 - 2.

How's The Premiership Looking So Far

With some teams playing the 2nd game of the new English Premier League it looks like Chelsea are putting on a strong start to the season with two wins, also joining them on two wins are Everton and Man City, probably not the Manchester team most people are expecting to be towards the top as again Man Utd manage another draw, they drew 1 - 1 in a fiery game that ended with both sides down to 10 men.

Chelsea won 2 - 1 against Reading to maintain their 100% record, Reading went ahead in the first half with a goal from Bikey but Chelsea came out strong in the second half with two goals in 3 minutes scored by Lampard and Drogba.

Beckham Confident To Play Against Germany

David Beckham is confident he will be available to meet up for the England squad in their upcoming friendly against Germany on the 22nd of August if he can come through the two L.A. Galaxy games to be played this week.

He expects to play a half today in the Super-Liga game against D.C. United and hopefully against New York on Saturday.

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Owen Returns

With Wayne Rooney's injury its good to have some positive news for the England team with Michael Owen declaring himself fit from his thigh injury. He is set to return to Premier action this Saturday against Aston Villa and will be available for England's upcoming matches.

Real Madrid Sign Wesley Sneijder

Real Madrid have signed 23 year old Wesley Sneijder from Ajax, they paid £18.3 million. He has played for the Dutch international team 35 times and will be unveiled later on today alongside compatriot Royston Drenthe, who completed a reported £9.5m move from Feyenoord on Monday.

Bad Start For Man Utd and Rooney

Today we saw a very bad start to the new English Premier League season for Man Utd, not only did they only draw 0-0 against Reading at home but Wayne Rooney is facing a spell on the sidelines after suffering a hairline fracture of his left foot.

The foot injury was caused by Michael Duberry when he accidentally landed on Rooney's left foot. Rooney will be doubtful for England's two Euro 2008 qualifiers against Russia and Israel plus the friendly against Germany which is scheduled in for 22 August.

Bernie Ecclestone is interested in buying Arsenal.

Just came across this news, Bernie Ecclestone who as we all know is the Formula One Supremo is interested in buying Arsenal football club. Though five directors who own 45% of the club have signed an agreement to resist any takeover that will run until April, this I think would probably stop a complete takeover but wont stop Bernie Ecclestone buying shares from the other 55% of club shareholders.

American sports magnate Stan Kroenke has also been linked with a possible takeover, having spent £65m for 12.2% stake in the club in the last year.

English Premier League Results 8/11 - 8/17

Here are this week English Premier League results

Saturday 11th August

Aston Villa 1 v 2 Liverpool
Bolton 1 v 3 Newcastle
Derby 2 v 2 Portsmouth
Everton 2 v 1 Wigan
Middlesbrough 1 v 2 Blackburn
Sunderland 1 v 0 Tottenham
West Ham 0 v 2 Man City


Sunday 12th August

Arsenal 2 v 1 Fulham
Chelsea 3 v 2 Birmingham
Man Utd 0 v 0 Reading


Tuesday 14th August

Tottenham 1 - 3 Everton


Wednesday 15th August

Birmingham 2 - 2 Sunderland
Fulham 2 - 1 Bolton
Man City 1 - 0 Derby
Portsmouth 1 - 1 Man Utd
Reading 1 - 2 Chelsea
Wigan 1 - 0 Middlesbrough

David Beckham Los Angeles Galaxy Debut

David Beckham finally made his Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday coming on as a second-half sub against D.C. United, though he couldn't prevent D.C. United winning 1-0 with a 27th minute goal scored by Luciano Emilio.

This Years English League's Start of Season Favourites

Below we have the odds for the English League's at the start of the 2007-2008 season, we will see just how close the odds maker will be.

Barclay's Premier League 2007/08

Manchester Utd 5/4
Chelsea 13/8
Liverpool 9/2
Arsenal 6/1
Tottenham 66/1


Coca Cola Championship 2007/08

Charlton 6/1
Wolves 7/1
West Brom 8/1
Sheffield United 9/1
Southampton 9/1
Watford 9/1
Leicester 10/1


Coca Cola League 1 2007/08

Nottingham Forest 3/1
Doncaster 9/1
Luton 10/1
Swansea 10/1
Leeds United 14/1
Millwall 14/1


Coca Cola League 2 2007/08

Peterborough 7/2
Milton Keynes 7/1
Bradford 10/1
Darlington 12/1
Brentford 14/1
Chesterfield 14/1
Rotherham 14/1

Premier Season Kicks Off Saturday

The new Premier League season starts on Saturday, 90 days after the last campaign ended with Manchester United taking the title from Chelsea.

In the intervening period more than £350m has been spent as clubs desperate for success search for the winning formula.

Premier League Fixtures

Saturday, 11 August 2007

Aston Villa v Liverpool, 17:15
Bolton v Newcastle, 15:00
Derby v Portsmouth, 15:00
Everton v Wigan, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Blackburn, 15:00
Sunderland v Tottenham, 12:45
West Ham v Man City, 15:00

Sunday, 12 August 2007

Arsenal v Fulham, 12:00
Chelsea v Birmingham, 13:30
Man Utd v Reading, 16:00

Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Tottenham v Everton, 20:00

David Beckham is again 'doubtful' for his Major League Soccer debut

One of the most anticipated debuts this season still looks like to be put on hold with David Beckham still doubtful to play against DC United in Washington on Thursday.

Man Utd Win Community Shield

Man Utd won the community shield with a 3 - 0 penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea at Wembley.

In the 35 minute Ryan Giggs put Utd ahead but new signing Florent Malouda pulled the score level before half-time.

Van der Sar made saves from Claudio Pizarro, Frank Lampard and Shaun Wright-Phillips to leave Wayne Rooney to score the winning spot-kick.

Real Madrid Double Offer

Real Madrid have reportedly made a double offer worth £27 million for Michael Ballack and Arjen Robben.

Alessandro Nesta retires from international team

Alessandro Nesta has announced his retirement from the Italian international team, the 31-year-old AC Milan defender has 78 caps and was part of Italy's squad that won the World Cup in Germany in 2006. Alessandro Nesta has not played for the Italian national team since he was injured in Italy's third game in the 2006 World Cup.

He has a contract with AC Milan till 2011.

Villa snap up American teenager

English Premier League team have just completed the signing of Under 20 United States International Eric Lichaj.

The 18-year-old former Chicago Magic defender will go straight into Villa's Academy squad.

Lichaj is Villa's first American signing since the club were bought by Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner.

The 6ft defender, formerly at the University of North Carolina, will not be able to play until September as he is recovering from a broken foot.