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Posts Tagged ‘Guus Hiddink’

Orange Fades to Black

By Denis Campbell • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Reflections
What a terrible way to end a stellar international career. Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, retired from international football on the losing end of a 3-1 score despite singlehandedly keeping Holland in the match against Russia with stunning saves and exhorting his colleagues to wake up and play! Alas it was to no avail [...]



Hup Holland! Oranje Boven - Ole, Ole, Ole!

By Denis Campbell • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Features
This weekend begins the quadrennial festival of European football (soccer) as 16-nations battle for the right to hold aloft the European Cup. It all begins at 18:00 on Saturday when hosts Switzerland take on the mighty Czech Republic in what we can only hope will be a close game as this competition will, unfortunately, be [...]



Futbol Crazy

By Denis Campbell • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Business
End April to mid-May brings a global football (soccer) frenzy most USA fans never see nor understand. The rest of the world will be glued to television screens at all hours of the night and day across Asia, Africa, Europe, Russia, China, North and South America to see return UEFA Cup Champions League matches pitting [...]