Blog Post: Languagecaster Podcast: Week 32 - The Title race: Bundesliga and Premier League

2008-03-15 04:09:44

Blog Post: Extra! Extra! World stops, sun explodes, Urawa Reds crowned Asian champions!

2007-11-14 23:49:13

Well, it had to happen. Urawa Reds have been crowned Asian champions, and who could begrudge them? Yes they played boring, cynical football to reach the final, but in the end they were too strong for Iranian side Sepahan - who knocked...

Blog Post: Revisionism Vamp

2007-10-24 09:15:32

A near sell-out crowd, a clash between two titans, a history-making encounter. Or not? Just two hours before Urawa Reds come face-to-face with K-League side Seongnam Chunma Ilhwa in the second leg of their hotly anticipated AFC...

Blog Post: Polly Wants A... Trophy?

2007-10-15 01:01:38

So the League Cup finalists in Japan have been decided for another year, and the fact that Gamba Osaka have booked their place at Kokuritsu means that the Final is unlikely to sell out in a matter of hours, as it did last season - if it...

Blog Post: Arrogance is the new black

2007-09-17 11:39:49

Urawa Reds' bold declaration at the start of the season that they would become "the first Japanese team to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals" raised a few eyebrows in Japan. To begin with, it overlooked the fact that fellow...

Blog Post: Asian Champions League: Cynicism rules, as the giants progress

2007-05-28 01:40:08

I, for one, was glad to see that Urawa's coach Holger Osieck was "unhappy" with the result from Sunday's 1-1 home draw with Yokohama F. Marinos - played in front of 51,829 fans at Saitama Stadium. He was...

Blog Post: "Honourable exit" is still an ugly term

2007-05-23 13:46:27

Sydney were eliminated from the Asian Champions League this evening after drawing 0-0 away to the Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan. It officially ends Australia's involvement in the competition, Adelaide's dead-rubber game against Dong Tam Long An of Vietnam a 3-0 win courtesy of a Travis...

Blog Post: Asian Champions League: Urawa vs Sydney FC...who will blink first?

2007-05-21 07:49:57

So it's come down to this. Given the turmoil at Sydney FC prior to the start of their Asian Champions League campaign - with coach Terry Butcher given the sack and Branko Culina brought in as interim manager, it was difficult to envisage the Harbour City club unduly troubling the likes of...

Blog Post: Can the Socceroos complete a great week?

2007-03-23 04:33:45

It's been a good week for football in Australia, Sydney drawing 2-2 with Urawa Reds and

Blog Post: Who Wants To Be A Trophy Winner?

2007-03-20 07:05:58

So the League Cup kicks off here in Japan this week, and woe any coach who doesn't take this competition seriously!

With talent spread so evenly in the J-League, plenty of clubs realise that the League Cup represents an excellent chance to pick up a piece of silverware.

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Blog Post: Mixed bag on Australia's first foray

2007-03-10 03:56:00

Australian club football tasted Asian Champions League for the first time on Wednesday night, Sydney winning away to Shanghai Shenhua,

Blog Post: Best of 06/07, off to Asia next

2007-02-28 12:58:01

Australia's greatest one-day cricket team has been named tonight with no real surprises, I have to say i'm relieved Michael Bevan was there. A lot of critics left him out, the only selection I thought was questionable was Dennis Lillee in at the expense of Andy Bichel. Maybe it's a generational...

Blog Post: Three spots, five teams - the finals race

2006-12-25 12:08:00

So it’s christmas weekend and there’s no A-League, but that doesn’t mean no news.

For starters, I think the A-League is missing out on blockbuster opportunities by not having a round over the festive weekend. A Christmas day double-header would be a ratings winner, and to counter th...

News: The Australian Socceroos are an up and coming force, don't bet against them

2006-12-20 09:12:11

The Socceroos are a relatively young team on the big stage and have yet to make their mark by winning big, but they're close... It will only be a matter of time before the Socceroos are regular world cup qualifiers and more than just early rounds in the group winners, the passion for soccer down...

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