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Ocho Ocho Ocho takes the No. 1 position. It's Kentucky Derby Week and for the 141st time, the top three-year-olds in the world converge on Louisville, K.Y., looking to get their picture taken in the Churchill Downs Winner's Circle. Along with a $2 million purse -- $1.2 million to the winner -- the Kentucky Derby provides enough notoriety to enter the history books and turn a racehorse into a stallion with the potential for a nine-figure career. There were about...
From And Down The Stretch They Come
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England's playing this week, but they aren't the only national team on the British Isles. Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland - and while we are at it, let's throw in Ireland - all play matches this week. This week of international play sees a few important matches for the national teams across Britain. England, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland all play qualifying matches for next year's European Championships. It is expected that England breeze through qualif...
From Three Lions Roar
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Greg Dyke, the Chairman for the Football Association has suggested that England could host the 2026 World Cup. In recent comments, Greg Dyke, the FA Chairman, suggested that England were considering bidding for the 2026 World Cup. It appears that any bid would hinge on the influence of the FIFA British vice-president (yes, Britain gets it's own vice-president in FIFA. Inventing the sport and what-not, I suppose). Said vp, David Gill of England, was voted in on...
From Three Lions Roar
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Theo Walcott was recently called up to the English National Team for games against Lithuania and Italy. I don't understand why. Roy Hodgson named his 24-man squad for the Euro qualifier against Lithuania and the friendly against Italy . One of the players named was Theo Walcott , who plays for Arsenal . Walcott has struggled to play significant minutes this season due to injury, which makes his inclusion into the squad questionable. For many fans, there is already...
From Three Lions Roar
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Roy Hodgson has named his squad for the upcoming matches against Lithuania and Italy. Of note is the inclusion of Harry Kane in his first call up to the senior squad. The English national team will be playing Lithuania in a European Championships qualifier in London on March 27, before heading to Turin, Italy to face the Italian national team on March 31. For those matches, Roy Hodgson has named 24 players. In general, there aren't exactly a lot of surprises. With...
From Three Lions Roar
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Kane celebrates yet another goal this season. | Jamie McDonald/Getty Images
Past criticisms of Kane lamented his lack of pace. Martin Keown has compared his quick thinking to Teddy Sheringham. When you've got a footballing brain, who needs pace? Footballing intelligence is severely underestimated in the modern game. With an increasing focus on stats and sports science, football has lost an appreciation for the quick thinkers of the game. You can measure how fast a player runs,...
From Three Lions Roar
| almost 11 years ago
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Paul Gilham
With two Euro qualifiers fixture coming up, Roy Hodgson has to make do without several key squad members. After a winning start against Switzerland last month, England will be hoping to go on a three-game winning streak as they face San Marino and Estonia in the upcoming international break. However, Roy Hodgson will be with our several key members of the squad heading into both games. In the back, Glen Johnson and Kyle Walker is not available due to injuries, while upfront, D...
From Three Lions Roar
| about 11 years ago
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Laurence Griffiths
Gareth Southgate has called for reinforcements from the senior squad. The international break is not just a chance for the senior side to perform, but also for the juniors. With the senior team having just begun their qualifying campaign for Euro 2016 in France, the young Three Lions is in the final stage of the qualification campaign with a two-legged tie against Croatia coming up. With that in mind, manager Gareth Southgate has announced the players that will play a p...
From Three Lions Roar
| about 11 years ago
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