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08.31.11Fascism, bust-ups and moments of genius – all in a day’s work for Paolo Di CanioLast May, former Italian footballer Paolo Di Canio was appointed as manager of Swindon Town. Never one to be out of the headlines for long, just last night he was scrapping with one of his own players. To be fair, I wouldn't mess with Di Canio, I don't know what this player is thinking. Watch it below. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLv4onfFks4" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Yet despite his close friendship with Lazio's violent ultra supporters and his fascist beliefs (Paolo has a tattoo in tribute to Il Duce himself), Di Canio has been quite the character on the pitch as well as off it. ...
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04.08.11Football’s greatest rivalries: Galatasaray v FenerbahceThe Turkish are passionate about their football. They truly are. So when bitter rivals Fenerbahce and Galatasaray go head-to-head, the city of Istanbul turns into chaos. Well, maybe that's me exaggerating it a bit. But certainly Fernabahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium and Galatasaray's new Turk Telecom Arena are chaotic in terms of the atmosphere in and around the stadia on matchday not to mention the tension on the pitch when this fixture takes place. Known locally as Kitalararasi derbi (or the Intercontinental derby), it is one of the most fiercly competitive derbies in world football. 'Fener' have beaten their city rivals 140 ...
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