Photo of the Day

May 12th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Smokin’

By: Daryl | Comments 1 Comment

There’s plenty of scientific proof that smoking is harmful to your body. But there’s no proof that it’s harmful to your chances of Champions League football. Quite the opposite in fact.
This is Vitória Guimarães coach Manuel Cajuda taking a big breath of not so fresh air before the last game of the Portuguese season […]

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May 9th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Is it Euro 2008 Yet?

By: Daryl | Comments No Comments

Austria coach Josef Hickersberger checks his watch. Not quite yet Josef, not quite yet.
(AP Photo/Hans Punz)

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May 7th, 2008

Photo of the Day: When Swedish Women Score

By: Laurie | Comments No Comments

For the men, Euro qualifying is long over and the finals are right around the corner. For the women? It’s still all about qualifying.
Here we have the Swedish women celebrating after scoring a goal against Italy in today’s Euro 2009 qualifying match.

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May 6th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Welcome to Euros

By: Laurie | Comments No Comments

Oh, look! They even used the official ball! Isn’t that a nice touch?
This giant ball, adorned with the Swiss, French and European flags, is decorating the village of Chatel-St-Denis in Switzerland. Chatel-St-Denis is the location of the Lussy Stadium, which is where the French National team will be training in preparation for […]

May 5th, 2008

Photo of the Day: The Ink Could not Save Them

By: Laurie | Comments 3 Comments

Alas, all the tattoo ink in the world could not save Leicester City from relegation. They needed a win against Stoke City, but they couldn’t scrape up the needed goal to break the tie. Final result: 0-0.
The result gives Stoke City the joy of moving up to the Premier League, and Leicester […]



May 2nd, 2008

Photo of the Day: Ugh.

By: chris | Comments 2 Comments

Don’t mean to stick it to the Bayern fans on this one, but the scoreboard and Bastian’s body language aptly describe the emotions of a fandom. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)

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May 1st, 2008

Photo of the Day: Get A Job

By: chris | Comments 5 Comments

Doesn’t this guy have anything better to do than hang around La Bombanera all the time? (That’s Maradona making a funny face and nearly leaping out a window, for those of you confused.) (Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)

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April 30th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Well Done, Frank

By: chris | Comments 10 Comments

Regardless of how you feel about Chelsea or Frank Lampard himself, it was hard not to feel good for Frank when he scored his penalty after losing his mother just six days ago. It was something to see him just in the starting lineup, much less score a goal and play 120 minutes. Worthy of […]

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April 29th, 2008

Photo of the Day: The Ball Has Cooties

By: chris | Comments 3 Comments

Carlos Puyol, Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure all do their best to avoid the icky ball and make funny faces in doing so. (Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images)

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April 28th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Running Towards A Title

By: chris | Comments No Comments

Arjen Robben scored the second goal of Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, coming to within millimeters of the title. Two points for guessing how Armando Riveiro feels. (AFP/Philippe Desmazes)

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April 27th, 2008

Photo of the Day: True Fans

By: chris | Comments 4 Comments

The stadiums hosting the Iraqi Premier League are often devoid of fans, who decide not to show up for “security reasons”. Not these guys. (Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images)

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April 26th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Now We Have a Title Race

By: Daryl | Comments 4 Comments

Avram Grant celebrates Michael Ballack’s 86th minute penalty, which gave Chelsea a crucial 2-1 win over Man Utd at Stamford Bridge today. The two teams are now level on 81 points at the top of the Premier League with two games to go, though Utd still have the better goal difference.

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April 25th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Getting Ready

By: chris | Comments No Comments

Geneva is getting in the Euro 2008 mood by floating a giant ball above the city, over the fountain. (Fabrice Coffini/AFP/Getty Images)

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April 24th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Life’s A Beach

By: chris | Comments 3 Comments

If you aren’t quite goood enough to play professionally on a pitch, I could think of much worse alternatives. (Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)

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April 17th, 2008

Photo of the Day: Green Power

By: Laurie | Comments 5 Comments

Nothing like a derby to get the adrenaline up.
These are Celtic fans during their team’s victory over Rangers in the Old Firm derby this week.
And an exciting time was had by all.
(Thanks for the photo link, Matt!)




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