Chelsea clinched the Barclays Premiership title. The Soccer Weblog
Chelsea match-winner Frank Lampard struck twice as the Blues secured their first title in 50 years with a 2-0 victory at Bolton. Blues captain John Terry felt title success was fully deserved. He said: 'It is the best feeling ever. It's been a long time coming, the supporters have been waiting a long time and they fully deserve it. We did not start too well in the first half and [...] Read More
Manchester United vs Chelsea: Is It a Rivalry Yet? The Soccer Weblog
No doubt Manchester United vs Chelsea is a big game. It's this seasons realistic title contenders going head to head. But does this game count as a bona fide rivalry yet? Is it even as heated as Liverpool vs Chelsea? Arsenal vs Chelsea? I say no. Here's why: 1) Geography: Most intense rivalries are local derbies between clubs who exist in close proximity to each other. Newcastle United vs Sunderland, Liverpool vs [...] Read More
Shevchenko Joins Chelsea, Finally The Soccer Weblog
image: bbc.co.uk After torturing us for what seemed like forever, Chelsea have finally signed Andriy Shevchenko for a club record fee of around 30 million pounds. Big money for a 29 year old, but that won't worry anyone at Stamford Bridge. At least now we can look forward to reading something other than "Chelsea in for Shev?" in the gossip columns. [...] Read More
ESPN opens up for World Cup Soccer P2P File Sharing
ESPN is providing Internet coverage of World Cup soccer from their ESPN and ESPN360 web sites. This isn't P2P. But our worldwide readers already indicated great interest in the event, so I'm happy to share the news. Here are the details from the article: "ESPN.com will simulcast 52 World Cup soccer games for USA Internet viewers beginning Friday. They will also be carried by Disney's ESPN and ESPN2 cable channels. The [...] Read More
Barclays names new CIO The Outsourcing Weblog
Dominic Trotta has been named Barclays new chief information officer. Trotta fills in the position that interim CIO Mike Foley will leave as he becomes Barclay's chief administrative officer. Barclays' chief operating officer Paul Idzik, said, "We have tremendous confidence that he will drive our technology organization to the next level. He is a world class executive, and we are delighted to welcome him to Barclays." Trotta was previously employed in [...] Read More
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