Video: Alvaro Negredo Sevilla Official Presentation / Presentación Oficial

Highly rated striker Alvaro Negredo was officially unveiled as a Sevilla FC player today.

Negredo signed for Sevilla from Real Madrid on a five-year contract with a buy-back option.

The 24-year-old Spaniard is a product of Real Madrid’s youth system and was sold to Almeria in 2007. Negredo went on to notch 32 top-flight goals (including 19 last campaign) for Almeria over two seasons.

Spanish media have reported Negredo’s transfer fee to be 15 million euros ($21.34 million).

Check out more Summer transfer coverage in our Transfers and Signings section.

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Video: New EA Sports FIFA 10 & Konami PES 2010 Trailers from GamesCom

The first ever GamesCom is currently taking place in Germany.  If you’ve never heard of it, GamesCom being branded as the European equivalent the the United States’ biggest gaming tradeshow, E3.

Here are brand new trailers FIFA 10 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 shown at GamesCom. If the games play like the trailers, FIFA 10 and PES 2010 could be true masterpieces. Both games look brilliant.

Brazil Squad for the Argentina and Chile World Cup Qualifiers

Brazil coach Dunga has named his squad for the September’s COMNEBOL World Cup Qualifiers.

Of note is that out of form Ronaldinho has been omitted from the squad once again. However, striker Adriano has returned to the fold after showing good form at Flamengo.

Brazil are away to Argentina in Rosario on September 5 and host Chile in Salvador De Bahia two days later.

Adriano Playing for Brazil Circa 2004

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Victor (Gremio).

Defenders: Andre Santos (Fenerbahce), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Maicon (Inter Milan), Filipe (Deportivo La Coruna), Lucio (Inter Milan), Luisao (Benfica), Miranda (Sao Paulo), Juan (AS Roma).

Midfielders: Elano (Galatasaray), Felipe Melo (Juventus), Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Josue (VfL Wolfsburg), Ramires (Benfica), Julio Baptista (AS Roma), Kaka (Real Madrid), Lucas (Liverpool).

Forwards: Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Nilmar (Villarreal), Robinho (Manchester City), Adriano (Flamengo)

Palmeiras Adidas 2009/10 Third Kit / Camisa

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo. The team was founded on August 26, 1914, as Società Sportiva Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942. It is one of the most popular Brazilian clubs once represented by Roque Junior, Roberto Carlos and Rivaldo.

Yesterday, Palmeiras launched their 2009/10 adidas third kit. The club has stated that the use of blue for the kit’s colour pays tribute to Palmeiras’ Italian heritage. The Italian national team has traditionally worn blue.

The adidas template used for Palmeiras’ new kit is not unfamiliar to many of us since it has been seen before on the 2009/10 Bayern Munich and Chelsea FC adidas home kits.

Unfortunately, there were no soccer babes on hand for the launch of the Palmeiras 09/10 third kit as was the case with the launch of the team’s 09/10 home and away kits.

The team will be using them in their upcoming Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games. The club is currently in first place in the league table.

Check out more 2009/10 kits at this Football Fashion link.

Video: FC Barcelona 0 – Manchester City 1 (Gamper Cup)

Martin Petrov’s goal gave Manchester City a victory in the Gamper Cup yesterday against a young FC Barcelona side.

The goal came from Citizens’ sole shot on target for the match. Barcelona dominated much of the match but were unable to find an equalizer in from of a home crowd of over 94,000.

FC Barcelona:
Pinto; Montoya (Alves, 46), Puyol (Marc Bartra, 30), Fontas (Pique, 65), Maxwell; Sergio; Yaya Toure (Jonathan, 46), Gudjohnsen (Keita, 46); Jeffren Gai, 54), Bojan (Ibrahimovic, 46), Pedro (Messi, 46).

Unused subs:
Mino, Henrique, Muniesa, Thiago

Manchester City:
Given; Onuoha, Dunne, Kolo Toure (Ben Haim, 46), Zabaleta (Garrido, 65); Weiss, Wright-Phillips (Tripper, 81), Ireland, Barry Etuhu, 69), Petrov; Tevez (Bellamy, 65).

Unused subs:
Taylor, Vidal, McGivern

Check out more game highlights and soccer related footage in our Videos section.

Soccer Babes Present the Durazno Fútbol Club Topper 2009/10 Home and Away Kits / Camisetas

Like us, you may have never heard of Durazno Fútbol Club before. Apparently they are a football club from Durazno in Uruguay currently playing in the Uruguayan 2nd Division (La Segunda División Uruguay).

However, Durazno are now on the verge of internet fame via the launch of the 2009/10 Topper home and away kits via the use of several Uruguay soccer babes.

While the kit launch wasn’t quite as revealing as the now infamous Vélez Sársfield Soccer Babes in Thongs Kit Launch, it does show that Durazno knows how to gain attention when dropping new jerseys.

Check out our 2009/10 Kits and Jerseys section for more new kits and our Babes section for more soccer-related eye candy.

Video: Chatting with the ChivaGirls – Mandi

Here’s this week’s installment of MLS club Chivas USA’s Chatting with the ChivaGirls series. It features a different ChivaGirl (one of the team’s cheerleaders) each week. The series delves into the ChivaGirls’ interests, hobbies, favorite celebrities and much more. This week’s Chatting with the ChivaGirls installment features ChivaGirl Mandi.

If you like this stuff then you may as well check out our Babes section for more soccer-related eye candy.

Osasuna Diadora 2009/10 Home, Away and Third Kits / Camisetas

Club Atlético Osasuna, usually known as Osasuna, is a Spanish La Liga club based in Pamplona, Navarre.

Following their 14th place finish in La Liga last season, Osasuna are gearing up to their 2009/10  campaign with the release of their Diadora kit collection for the new season. Here’s a look at CA Osasuna’s 09/10 kit launch held yesterday at the team’s Reyno de Navarra ground.

Check out our 2009/10 Kits and Jerseys section for more new kits.

Video: Burnley 1 – Manchester United 0 (English Premier League Highlights)

English Premier League newcomers shocked defending champions Manchester United with a 1-0 victory in yesterday’s league meeting between the two sides. The win marked Burnley’s first win over Manchester United in 41 years.

Robbie Blake gave Burnley the winning goal in the 19th minute with a volley to the near post that beat United goalkeeper Ben Foster.

Burnley: Jensen, Mears, Carlisle, Bikey, Jordan, Blake, Elliott, Alexander (Gudjonsson 73), McCann, Paterson (Eagles 73), Fletcher.
Subs: Penny, Kalvenes, McDonald, Thompson, Guerrero.

Booked: Paterson (19, foul), Blake (36, foul)

Manchester United: Foster, O’Shea, Brown (Neville 71), Evans, Evra, Park, Anderson (Valencia 59), Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Owen (Berbatov 63).
Subs: Scholes, Gibson, Kuszczak, De Laet.

Booked: Rooney (85, foul)

Attendance: 20,872

Check out more game highlights and soccer related footage in our Videos section.

Video: Columbus Crew 2 – Puerto Rico Islanders 0 (CONCACAF Champions League Highlights)

Goals from substitute Steven Lenhart in the 58th minute and Robbie Rogers in the 79th gave MLS champions Columbus Crew a 2-0 victory over USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders at Crew Stadium last night in both teams’  Group C opening match of the CONCACAF Champions League.

Puerto Rico Islanders (0-1-0) vs. Columbus Crew (1-0-0)
August 18, 2009 — Columbus Crew Stadium

Scoring Summary:
CLB — Steven Lenhart 1 (Chad Marshall ) 58
CLB — Robbie Rogers 1 (Alejandro Moreno ) 79

Puerto Rico Islanders — Bill Gaudette, Cristian Arrieta, Nigel Henry, Scott Jones, John Krause, Noah Delgado (Sean Fraser 72), Daniel Gargan (Sandy Gbandi 88), James Marcelin, Jonathan Steele, Peter Villegas (Domenic Mediate 57), Nicholas Addlery,

Substitutes Not Used: Michael Behonick, Pablo Martin Nunez, Alexis Rivera, Kyle Veris

Columbus Crew — William Hesmer, Jed Zayner (Steven Lenhart 46), Eric Brunner, Chad Marshall, Gino Padula, Emmanuel Ekpo (Eddie Gaven 72), Brian Carroll, Danny O’Rourke, Robbie Rogers, Alejandro Moreno, Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Adam Moffat 60).

Substitutes Not Used: Jason Garey, Andy Gruenebaum, Andy Iro, Duncan Oughton

Check out more game highlights and soccer related footage in our Videos section.