FOOTBALL

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AZKALS (PHILIPPINE NATIONAL TEAM)
AFC CHALLENGE CUP 2012
  1. 2012 AFC Challenge Cup: A Preview for the Philippines
  2. Azkals and Mongols Collide
  3. Azkals Come from Behind vs Tajikistan, Make Challenge Cup Semis
  4. Azkals Lose Heartbreak Semis vs Turkmenistan
  5. Azkals Nip Palestine to win Third in AFC Challenge Cup
  6. Azkals Qualify for Next Challenge Cup Stage in Style
  7. Azkals vs Turkmenistan: the Morning After
  8. Better That We Lost to Mongolia
  9. No Dream Result for Azkals vs DPR Korea
  10. Philippines 2 Mongolia 0; Go Pinoy!!!
  11. Philippines Scrapes Through Despite Mongolia Loss
  12. Random Thoughts on the Mongolia Game
  13. Younghusband Brace vs India Revives Azkals’ Hope for Semis
WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFIERS
  1. Against Kuwait, We Are the Winners!
  2. How the Devil Did This Happen?
  3. Sri Lanka World Cup Primer
  4. The Azkals' Long Road to the World Cup 2014
  5. The Azkals in a Hypothetical World Cup 3rd Round Scenario
  6. The Will to Compete
  7. Ugly Football vs Kuwait Will Be Beautiful!
  8. WC Qualifier: Philippines 4 Sri Lanka 0
  9. WC Qualifer: Sri Lanka 1 Philippines 1
  10. Welcome Kuwait into Istanbul, Not Manila!
  11. Whatever People Say, Kuwait is Beatable!
SUZUKI CUP 2012
  1. 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Final Day Group A Possible Permutations
  2. 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Primer
  3. AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Primer: Azkals Video Interviews
  4. Azkals Defeat Myanmar as Heroes March on to the Semis
  5. Azkals Floored by Knockout Blow as AFF Journey Ends… For Now
  6. Azkals Nip Vietnam, 1-0 to Revive Suzuki Cup Campaign
  7. Azkals, Singapore in Goalless AFF Suzuki Cup SF Draw
  8. Final PHL 22-Man Suzuki Cup Line-up
  9. No Etheridge? Have Faith in Saca!
  10. Thais Nip Azkals; But There Is Still All to Play for
  11. The 2012 Suzuki Cup Semis (If I Were the Betting Type)
  12. The AFF Suzuki Cup: From 2010 to 2012
  13. The Azkals, the Pain of Losing and Greatness
  14. The Quick Free Kick and Singapore's Goal
  15. Weiss is Wise Before the Suzuki Cup
SUZUKI CUP 2010
  1. A Philippine Team of Homegrown Talents?
  2. Indonesia Has Not Won This Yet!
  3. In McMenemy We Trust!
  4. Jakarta Is Not Necessarily A Disadvantage
  5. McMenemy: Not a False Dawn in Philippine Football?
  6. Philippines: It Does Not End Tonight; It Begins!
  7. Quiet Indonesians! It's the Lupang Hinirang!
  8. Vietnam and Calisto Go Lie Dazed Somewhere!
FEATURES
  1. All Is Not Well Among the Azkals?
  2. A Role Where OJ Porteria Can Prosper?
  3. A Weiss Choice Over McMenemy?
  4. Filipinos If They Say So
  5. From Calamity Sabio to Gandalf
  6. Ian Araneta in an Air Force Jersey
  7. Ian Araneta: Time to Set the Record Straight
  8. James Yap
  9. Leaving Out the Younghusbands: Pros and Cons
  10. Media and the Beautiful Game
  11. Neil Etheridge Makes Football History in the Europa League
  12. Neil Etheridge: Something of a Crossroads
  13. OJ Porteria and the Future of Philippine Football
  14. The Etheridge Factor
  15. The National Alis-Pain Team
  16. The Reinvention of Jeffrey Christiaens
  17. The Understated James Younghusband
  18. Two Filipino Issues With the Game of Football
  19. Younghusbands and Youngwives; Etheridge and Etherbrides
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
  1. Azkals and LA Galaxy Fulfill Night of Dreams
  2. Azkals and Madrileños in a Sendong Benefit Match
  3. Azkals Bridge Gap Despite Kuwait Loss
  4. Azkals Defeat Guam 3-nil in Independence Day Encounter
  5. Azkals’ Friendly Draw with Cambodia Served Its Purpose
  6. Azkals In 2-nil Singapore Demolition Job
  7. Azkals Lose Penalty Shootout to Incheon FC
  8. Azkals Lose to Roos; But Don’t Blame Araneta
  9. Azkals Rout High-Flying Nepal, 4-0
  10. Azkals’ 2-all Draw With Indonesia Feels Like a Win
  11. Getting Tactics Right for the Azkals Against Al Ahli
  12. International Friendly: Singapore 2 Philippines 0
  13. Laos Defeats Azkals in Bad-Tempered ‘Friendly’
  14. OJ Porteria Strike Wins Myanmar Game
  15. Random Insights on a 1st Half (Malaysia v PHL)
  16. Sacapaño Stars as Azkals Complete Historic Second Win over Singapore
  17. Valuable Insight After Azkals Goalless Draw With Bahrain
LONG TENG CUP 2011
  1. Goalless Stalemate Between Philippine Azkals and Chinese Taipei
  2. Philippines 2 Macau 0 in Long Teng Cup Final Match
  3. Philippines 3 Hong Kong 3 in the Long Teng Cup
  4. Positives from the Long Teng Cup
FOOTBALL PEACE CUP 2012
  1. Azkals Win 3-1 Over Chinese-Taipei, Win Peace Cup
  2. Azkals in Narrow Win Over Guam in Peace Cup
  3. Azkals Turn on the Style in 5-Star Win over Macau in Peace Cup
  4. Information on the Philippine Football Peace Cup
SEAGAMES 2011

  1. Azkals v Myanmar: Promise in a Losing Effort
  2. Insights After the Azkals U-23 SEA Games Loss to Brunei
  3. Number 11 Beloya Wins Game for Azkals vs Laos on 11-11-11
  4. The PHL Under-23 Football Team for the SEAGames
  5. What Losing to Timor Leste Tells Us
  6. What Would You Do If Jesus Christ Played for Vietnam?
CHALLENGE CUP 2014
  1. An Azkal Legend Written Against Turkmenistan
  2. Azkals Beat Cambodia 8-Nil as Onus Switches to Turkmenistan
  3. Notes on a Night of Football at the Rizal Memorial
  4. Quietly Optimistic Against Turkmenistan
WORLD AND LOCAL FOOTBALL
THE WORLD CUP
  1. Don't Count Out Uruguay
  2. Home of the Brave
  3. The World Cup
  4. Understanding Total Football
EURO 2012
  1. Euro 2012: False Nines and Spaniards
  2. Euro 2012: In Defence of the England
  3. Olé España, Olé Tiki-Taka!
  4. Euro 2012: Spain, Kings of Europe and the World
LIVERPOOL FC
  1. Brendan, Let Loose the Kids Please!
  2. Count Dracula in a Liverpool Jersey
  3. Finally, Business Savvy in the Anfield Board Room
  4. King Kenny Is Back to Finish What He Started
  5. Liverpool FC nip Singapore to Reach Next Lions Cup Final
  6. Luis Suarez, Jermaine Defoe and the Psychology of Adult Biting Behaviour
  7. Luis Suarez, Patrice Evra and the Great Racism Fuss
  8. Red Choke at Old Trafford
  9. Sporting Lisbon Claim 2012 Next Lions Cup after Victory Over Liverpool
  10. Steven Gerrard, Loss of Form and Shankly’s Tenets
  11. The Great Liverpool, Man United Rivalry
FOOTBALL PERSONALITIES
  1. David Beckham: It’s Complicated
  2. Fernando Torres Is History
  3. Michael Who?
  4. The Filipino Side of David Alaba
WORLD FOOTBALL
  1. A London Derby and a Crazy EPL Season
  2. Arsenal’s Big Guns Spiked
  3. Bayern München or Borussia Dortmund for the Champions League?
  4. Fergie’s Retirement Won’t Weaken United
  5. Gory, Gory Man United!
  6. Indonesia and Malaysia, Roles Reversed
  7. What Say Calisto About the Parked Jumbo?
  8. When the Soviet and Polish World Youth Cup Teams Came to Manila
  9. Why Football is Called Soccer
LOCAL FOOTBALL
  1. 2012 UFL Cup Quarter-finals Preview
  2. A Different Level of Bad
  3. Air Force Wins 2011 UFL Cup in Fairy Tale Final
  4. A Layman’s Guide to Pundits’ Football Jargon
  5. Caligdong, Green Archers and the Air Force
  6. Cup Romanticism in the UFL Cup?
  7. FIFA Course an Experience of a Lifetime
  8. Global’s UFL Cup Triumph and the Matter of Footballs
  9. Height in Football
  10. Jason de Jong’s Phantom Yellow
  11. Looking Ahead to the 2012 UFL Cup Semi-Finals
  12. Party Spikes
  13. PHL Homeless World Cup Team Appeals to the Public
  14. Stallions FC Winners as Cup Curse Strikes Again
  15. Stallions’ Rout Leaves Air Force With Plenty to Think About
  16. Stallions Set Up UFL Cup Final Date With Global FC
  17. The Air Force Football Philosophy Earns a Cup Final
  18. They Don't Tell You Secrets
  19. UFL: The First Night
  20. Where Are the Spikes?

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