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It is no secret that the beautiful game is the most widely played sport in the world. It takes little effort to play football- all you need is a ball, and some willing blokes. The rules are basic- try and find the back of the opponent’s net, and prevent them from scoring.

What separates the average footballer from the Ronaldos amd the Messis ? The answer is simple-training. Many people may be naturally talented at football, but unless you hone your talent over a consistent period of time, you’ll never reach the level of top footballers. This holds true for every sport, and not just soccer.

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League Two strugglers Grimsby Town have appointed former Luton boss Mike Newell as their new manage. The Mariners had sacked Alan Buckley in mid September after picking up only two points from a possible eighteen. In their three games under caretaker manager Stuart Watkiss, Grimsby drew at Morecambe, but lost to Barnet and Rotherham.

Newell returns to management after nearly eighteen months. His contracted was terminated by Luton Town in March 2007. At Luton, Newell was not afraid to air his views, and blamed the board for not making available the funds from the sale of the club’s best players. Luton were relegated from the Championship at the end of the 2006-07 season, going down with Leeds and Southend.

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The reason why sites like Digg, Slashdot, Propeller and Reddit became popular was simple- they used the power of the internet. You could get to read the best articles from across the web, and people could rate the article as good or bad.

Soccerblogs.net was started by Oscar Merida as a one stop source for aggregating football/soccer feeds. It allows you to see what soccer blogs across the world wide web are saying regarding the beautiful game.

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The title sounds a bit lame, but that was what I could cook up just now

Some of you might have already heard about the Marion Jones controversy. Jones, a triple gold medallist at the Sydney Olympic Games admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. 2006 Tour De France winner Floyd Landis was stripped of his title after tests revealed an abnormally high level of testesterone.
Why does sports ban steroid and drug usage ? It is simply because we believe in a level playing field for competitors, but certain steroids can result in an increase in the endurance and speed of an athlete.

A few other examples, especially from the field of soccer

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This is the second of our three part article on steroids. Much of what we have read in newspapers would have been about the negative aspects of steroids. Let us have a look at both the positive and negative points of using steroids.

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The relation between sports and steroids is well known. Be it baseball, cycling, athletics or some other sport, reading news about players using performance enhancing drugs is not new for many of us. We will be bringing out a three part article on steroids, what they exactly are, their legal and not so legal uses.

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Diego Armando Maradona is undoubtedly the beautiful game’s most controversial character. Like George Best, Garrincha and many others, Maradona was in the news for his off field antics as much as he was for his exploits on the field. Many consider him to be the best player to grace the football pitch, even better than the legendary Pele. Various football pundits have questioned the circumstances behind some of his actions, and although various theories have been propounded, none have been actually clarified.

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