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David Beckham interview by Jimmy Kimmel, as seen on The Offside Rules

Eight reasons Spain and Greece will draw
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Video: News anchor reads the teleprompter Ron Burgundy-style
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Game: Be a star in Top Gear’s reasonably priced car
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Bullfighter gets painful just desserts
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Rate the Euro 2008 refs
[RatetheRef via The Offside]

Why Liverpool should keep Peter Crouch
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Posted: June 18th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Was the Champions League draw fixed?


Quarter-final ties correctly predicted 90 minutes before the draw

Liverpool Echo

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I’m not usually one for crazy conspiracy theories, but this one looks relatively credible. At 10.28 this morning, someone posted a thread on the Liverpool Echo forum (see it here) correctly predicting the Champions League quarter-final ties. No bookies were taking bets on the ties all morning either, suggesting some sort of shenanigans were going down:

Rumour going around draw has been leaked….. this is no doubt rubbish but if Rumour is true it’s LFC - arsenal and Chelsea - fenerbache and manure v roma
No bookies will take bets on the draw either…….
Let the draw commence. Comeeee on!

If my maths are correct (which they probably aren’t), there’s a 1 in 64 chance of this chap correctly predicting the ties, and it’s mighty

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Posted: March 14th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey