USA Mexico match attract one million webcast visits
Proof of the massive interest in the USA vs Mexico World Cup qualifier as one million visits were logged...
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Injuries dog Arsenal ahead of Everton fixture
Thomas Vermaelen is back but the injury news regarding other players is not too good. Wenger will be without...
Defoe gets much love from Capello
Jermain Defoe came to England’s rescue by scoring both goals after Rio Ferdinand and Gareth Barry gifted goals to...
Honduras move ahead of the US in qualification
Carlos Costly proves his last name right against the Ticos With Honduras thrashing the Ticos, 4-0, Los Catrachos move...
Video: Mexico 2 USA 1
An absolute gem of a pass by Landon Donovan that splits the defense and Charlie Davis superb finish. It...
Applause replaces the silence for Sir Bobby Robson
The tribute of a minute of silence has been replaced by a minute of applause.Whether it is more appropriate...
Mexico dominates the US and wins, 2-1
A game dominated by El Tri as the US increasingly doubled down in their half after Charlie Davis superb...
The impregnable fortress…
A view of the Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico.The only thing missing is Harry Potter and chums flying around...
Kaka gets lost
Kaka had the following to say about the World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in early September… “Argentina...
The showdown: Mexico vs USA
The match, which will be broadcast live on mun2, Telemundo, and the Futbol de Primera Radio Networks, kicks off...
Arsenal angling for Hangeland
The Gunners are reportedly haggling for Hangeland. But Roy Hodgson is looking for more Brede and a couple more...
FIFA’s silence on Jarque borders on callousness
FIFA has yet to put out a statement expressing its condolences on Jarque’s death. Its front page has an...
Final respects: Jarque’s body brought back to Barcelona
Fans line up at the Cornella El Prat to pay their respect to Dani Jarque Spain paid its respect...
Joleon Lescott: Is Moyes rejection a principled stand or holding out for more?
Arguments for both sides can be made. It is a fascinating story but if we all know David Moyes,...
AC Milan fans have words of advice for a falling star..
Italians raised their eyes and their glasses to the sky on Monday as they celebrated the Night of the...
Jack Wilshere is on everyone’s lips
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack cross over, score a goal with a sizzling kick. Fabio Capello sees...
FIFA 10 has Blanco and Kljestan on the cover
Electronic Arts Inc announced today that Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA will be...
Maradona’s interview
El Diego comes off sounding more like a doting grandfather than a coach of a national squad that is...
Salgaocar kids finish last but not least.
The Salgaocar U-15 team from Goa played five matches against opposition from all over the world in the Nike...
LA Galaxy win: Donovan’s super goal
LA Galaxy win their first match against New England at Gillette Stadium since July 1999. Donovan hit an unbelievable...
Notts County begins on a winning note
Sven Goran Ericksson on the sidelines saw the oldest club in the world get a flying start to their...
Simon Kuper’s new book: Why England Lose
“Just this one afternoon started the whole thing off – there was no prolonged courtship … In a desperate...
Video: Chivas de Gualdajara 1 Barcelona 1
Thierry Henry misses a pretty easy chance in the 28′ minute after being put through by Messi. Chivas come...
Video: Chelsea beat Man Utd in PKs, 4-1
A tame surrender by Man Utd. Patrice Evra was just awful. I still can’t believe he was given the...
ARVD: The hidden killer
This deserves a separate blog posting. Dani Jarque’s death has once again brought ARVD/ ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/...
Ruben de la Red: A cautionary tale
Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red was counseled to sit out the 2009-2010 season after fainting in a...
Video:Nani strikes the first blow
As another round of Manchester United Chelsea rivalry prepares to get underway Nani struck the first blow for Man...
Mike Ashley to remain as Newcastle owner
I had been predicting this for quite sometime. Mike Ashley would face tremendous problems selling of Newcastle at his...
Season curtain raiser: Man Utd vs Chelsea
The post Cristiano Ronaldo era ends. The Ancelotti reign begins. The Michael Owen experiment will get proof tested. Lots...
Video:Arsenal lose to Valencia
Arsenal lost against Valencia by the same score that Man U beat Valencia the other day.Two – zero.Definitely not...
Fans show their unhappiness with party animal Ronaldinho
It appears that Milan fans have decided to become the moral police for Ronaldinho’s fondness for the night life....
Stuart Holden and Chad Marshall get call ups
Bob Bradley named his 20 man squad that will meet Mexico in the World Cup qualifier on August 12th...
Obama hedges his bets on the Mexico match
At 0-22-1 at the Azteca you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure the odds of the...
Espanyol skipper Dani Jarque dies
Shocking news. Jarque was just 26 years of age. He apparently died of sudden cardiac arrest and could not...
Real Madrid Dream Team show off in Canada
Ronaldo scoring what I think is his first field goal for Real Madrid as they go on to beat...
Totti scores five in two legs
A misleading kind of headline.It’s not bad grammar.What it means is that he scored a hat trick in Roma’s...
World Cup 2010: The Beeb profiles Matthew Booth
Matthew Booth’s story reminds one of how sports in SA was and still is segregated along racial lines. Cricket...
Arsenal to face Celtic in the CL play offs
The Gunners face the Bhoys on August 18th in Glasgow before returning to host them on August 26th. The...
Who will Arsenal face in the CL?
The CL draw will take place today. The choices are Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Celtic FC, RSC Anderlecht, and FC...
That Vieira return: It ain’t happening
Wenger says that there might be one or two more signings but Patrick Vieira is not one of them....
Rosicky injured again
Born under a bad sign. Tomas Rosicky is out for 6-8 weeks with a hamstring injury picked up in...
Aquilani to Liverpool, Huntelaar to Milan
Couple of fast switches here. Alberto Aquilani moves to the Reds on a 20m transfer. He will come with...
Understatement of the year
“There is a lot of politics at Tottenham, but that’s Tottenham as a club,” added Bent. With Daniel Levy,...
Rio Ferdinand’s second issue of Number 5 is out
Very cool. A moving tribute to the King of Pop. Rio talks about getting Bad, his first MJ album...
Video: Barca pound the Seattle Sounders, 4-0
The Sounders got pounded 4-0 in front of 66,848 fans, a record for a football match in Seattle. Messi...
The Special One will have to wait
Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen. 200 years later Sir Alex discovered Ronaldo. Some very prominent names have started circling around...
Tom Cleverley makes the headlines …
….scoring his debut goal for Man U at the age of 19 years – he is 7 days away...
Can Bordeaux win the CL?
Les Girondins stock is incredibly high because Laurent Blanc whose footballing IQ must make him the Albert Einstein of...
Australia Football Federation crack down on diving…
The Football Federation of Australia (FFA) announced that it would impose two-match bans on players found guilty of diving,...
The Guardian pegs Arsenal finish fifth
Every year it is the same. There will be a club that will drop the Gunners down from the...
Wenger douses Chamakh hopes
Wenger plays Cool Hand Luke. “In five months, if he doesn’t prolong his contract, Chamakh will be free to...
Alonso is headed for Real
Probably Alonso’s most scintillating moment. Followed by Baros equally scintillating reaction! Finally the saga is over although Liverpool is...
Odds and ends
“Football scouts pick out a disproportionate number of blond players, presumably because the colour catches the eye. This is...
Nigeria is agog: Is Jay Jay Okocha staging a comeback?
During a recent African Legends match, Nigeria’s best known talent showed some of his old magical flourishes reminiscent of...