| Would you vote for Sepp Blatter? South Korea's Chung Mong-joon has hinted he will challenge the Fifa president in elections for the post next May. Blatter claims credit for a successful World Cup in South Africa but he is controversial and has many detractors. Would you vote for him? guardian.co.uk |
US defender Cherundolo returns to Germany Defender Steve Cherundolo is returning to his club in Germany and won't play in the U.S. game against Colombia on Tuesday. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
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Reed: MLS playoffs are a farce I am prepared to admit I've become a fan of Major League Soccer's end-of-season playoffs. Just not the way they are currently constructed. It is plain wrong and needs fixing. cbc.ca |
Newcastle Utd v Arsenal - live! • Hit F5 for the latest or select the auto-refresh button below• Follow tonight's goals in the Carling Cup on our scoreboard• And email your thoughts to scott.murray@guardian.co.ukIt's about time Newcastle won something again. Isn't it? No pot since their Fairs Cup win of 1969, no domestic trophy since they won the FA Cup in 1955, quite frankly, this is getting ridiculous.The nearest they've come to a cup since, given you can't possibly count their non-appearances in the 1998 and 1999 FA Cup finals: The 1976 League Cup, which was decided by Dennis Tueart's magnificent goal for Manchester City, the greatest League Cup final moment of all time, according to some poll or other.So can they take another tilt at the trophy? Well, for a place in the quarter final, they'll need to get past Arsene Wenger's kids. Wenger has pledged to field a strong team, saying Arsenal will "go for every single competition with every resource we have". Aye, right you are. Newcastle too will ring the changes, with the derby against Sunderland coming up at the weekend, but they'll go into the game with confidence nonetheless, having disposed of England's champions, Chelsea, in the last round. Here's hoping for an easy-on-the-eye cracker from the second strings.Kick off: 7.45pm.Newcastle United, with nine changes from the weekend: Krul, Perch, Williamson, Kadar, Ryan Taylor, Routledge, Guthrie, Smith, Vuckic, Lovenkrands, Ranger.Subs: Soderberg, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Barton, Carroll, Gutierrez, Tiote.Arsenal, also with nine changes from the weekend: Szczesny, Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Gibbs, Denilson, Eastmond, Rosicky, Walcott, Bendtner, Vela.Subs: Fabianski, Sagna, Fabregas, Arshavin, Emmanuel-Thomas, Lansbury, Nordtveit.Referee: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).Carling CupNewcastle UnitedArsenalScott Murrayguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |