http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled EPL and More Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:03:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The United States will play Australia in a friendly in South Africa on June 5, the Americans' final game before their World Cup opener against England a week later. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Monday that the match will be played at Ruimsig Stadium in the Johannesburg suburb of Roodepoort. ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/us-to-play-australia-in-south-africa-on-june-5-ap Brazilian team Flamengo,fearful of another earthquake in Chile, will fly into Santiagojust hours before Wednesday's Libertadores Cup match withUniversidad de Chile (2350 GMT) and leave right afterwards. More: continued here http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/flamengo-to-make-flying-visit-to-quake-hit-chile-reuters 7 March 2010ATALANTA 0UDINESE 0Bianco was sent off for doing a Shawcross on Sanchez. Bianco actually had the ball but overran it then jumpe14 March 2010BOLOGNA 1 (Raggi 92)SAMPDORIA 1 (Gastaldello 86)Four minutes from time Gastaldello gave Samp the lead from a short corner but his team-mates threw away the ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/serie-a-round-28 14 March 2010MANCHESTER UNITED 3 (Rooney 46, Rooney 84, Berbatov 89)FULHAM 0Man United go two points clear at the top having played a game more than second placed Chelsea after seeing off Fulham at Old Trafford. United had the better of a goalless first half as Dimitar Berbatov headed a ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/epl-round-29 Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, football's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup -- a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans. Beckham underwent surgery Monday for a "totally torn" left Achilles' tendon and is expected to ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/glamour-boy-beckham-to-miss-world-cup-after-injury-ap 10 March 2010REAL MADRID 1 (Ronaldo 6)LYON 1 (Pjanic 75)It took Real Madrid only six minutes to level the tie on aggregate. Guti sent a longball over the halfway line to Ronaldo who ran between two defenders before beating Lloris at his near post with a low drive the French ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/ucl-2009-2010-last-16-days-5-6 Fernando Torres scored twice as Liverpool beat Portsmouth 4-1 in the Premier League on Monday to keep the team's hopes alive of qualifying for the Champions League. The Spain striker scored in the 26th and 77th minutes at Anfield either side of goals from Ryan Babel in the 28th and ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/liverpool-beats-portsmouth-4-1-in-premier-league-ap * Torres scores twice More: continued here http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/liverpool-return-to-form-with-rout-of-portsmouth-reuters David Beckham left his hotel on crutches and headed to the airport Monday morning to catch a flight to Finland for surgery on his torn left Achilles' tendon. The former England captain was injured in the closing minutes of AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo Verona on Sunday. With his ... http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/beckham-begins-journey-to-finland-for-surgery-ap Chile's championshipresumed at the weekend after an interruption of more than twoweeks following the massive earthquake that devastated parts ofthe country and left hundreds of people dead. More: continued here http://footie-facts.com/balls/precompiled/uncategorized/south-american-roundup-first-games-in-chile-since-quake-reuters