Cape Verde beat Portugal 2-0
No April Fool story this. Cape Verde scored the most famous victory in their footballing history when they beat...
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Cruyff warning works
Guus Hiddink is sitting around breathing huge sighs of relief.His embattled Dutch team had come in for some pretty...
Cruyff sounds the alarm
Johan Cruyff called Holland’s 1 -1 Euro qualifier draw against Turkey “a disgrace”. Since Guus Hiddink took charge last...
CMS Sports gets its Anthems mixed up.
Argentina played El Salvador in a friendly in Washington DC. CMS Sports somehow managed to play the Isle of...
Fastest Dribbler in the World
The fastest dribbler in the world is Gareth Bale according to a study carried out by Mexican club Pachuca....
Gibraltar Policeman makes history
Meet Lee Casciaro – the first football player from Gibraltar to score a goal in a Euro qualifier.Casciaro is...
More Weekend Euro Action
Ronaldo’s Portugal beat Serbia 2 -1 and took the top place in Group 1.Ricardo Carvalho’s early headed goal was...
Weekend Euro Action
Belgium walloped Cyrpus 5-0 with goals from Marouane Fellaini(2),Christian Benteke, Eden Hazard and debutant Michy Batshuayi. Italy came embarrassingly...
Kane’s dream debut..
Harry Kane scored his first goal for England 78 seconds into his senior debut.It became the third-fastest goal by...
Goalie passes to Zlatan
Sweden were playing Moldova in a Group G Euro 16 qualifier.The Moldovan goalkeeper helped Zlatan score a goal by...
The unbeatable Dunga..
Brazil scored their seventh successive victory since Dunga took over the controls in July last year. Dunga the unbeatable.
Falcao scores 2…
…not for Manchester United unfortunately – but for Colombia in a friendly against Bahrain. كولومبيا تهزم البحرين 6/0 وديا...
Socceroos share honours with Germany
Australia held German Giants to a 2 – 2 draw in a friendly…
Nicklas Bendtner hat trick against USA
Nicklas Bendtner scored his first international hat trick and send the United States men’s national team to a 3-2...
Platini tells Blatter its time to go…
Michel Platini became president of UEFA for the third time in a row and immediately made his opinion on...
Goal Celebrations that are making news
Zambian side K-Stars went crazy celebrating what they thought was a last-ditch winner against their Mozambican opponents Clube Ferroviario....
Mario gets by with a little help from his friends..
Liverpool supporters in the front row restrain Mario Balotelli from getting into a scrap with Smalling. Mario would have...
Chelsea survive Hull City scare
Chelsea had the tiger by the tail for most of the game.Goals from Hazard and Costa had Chelsea leading...
Barcelona take El Clasico
Barcelona go 4 points ahead of Real Madrid and Luis Suarez is on top of the world.
Manuel Neuer is human
The law of averages caught up with Manuel Neuer at last.After being the ultimate unbeatable goalkeeper for game after...
Steven Gerrard gets Red Card in his last game
Steven Gerrard’s final appearance as a Liverpool player against Manchester United lasted just 38 seconds. He was given a...
Guess who’s overtaken Ronaldo?
Not just Messi. Olivier Giroud’s two goals against Newcastle United took him past Cristiano Ronaldo in the scoring charts...
Arsenal stay on Chelsea’s tail..
Jose should start looking nervously over his shoulder now.A grim looking Arsene Wenger is on his tail after Arsenal...
Another Red Card Botch up
West Brom defender, Craig Dawson committed the foul but Referee Neil Swarbrick sent off Gareth McAuley instead. And the...
Hat Trick Harry
Harry Kane scored his first Premier League hat-trick and Tottenham Hotspur beat Leicester City 4 -3 in a chaotic...
Zlatan gets spoonerised
Zlatan will not be in the best of moods these days. His red card against Chelsea means that he...
Dynamo Kiev knock out the last English Team
Everton were the EPL’s last hope. Their 5-2 loss to Dynamo Kiev in Europe on Thursday night means that...
Champion’s League Quarter final draw
There are no English teams in the last eight of the competition for the second time in three seasons....
Hurry Harry Hurry
Tottenham’s Harry Kane gets a first senior England call-up for the games against Lithuania and Italy at the end...
Juventus rout Dortmund..
Carlos Tevez scored twice and set up another as Juventus crushed Borussia Dortmund 3-0 to advance to the Champions...
Manchester City fall to Barcelona
Sergio Aguero missed a penalty but it did not make much difference in the end. Ivan Rakitic’s goal meant...
Arsenal almost pull off the miracle of Monaco
Arsenal beat Monaco 2 – 0 and came agonizingly close to getting there.It is absurd to see a team...
Toure leaves City players out of his dream team
With Manchester City’s title dreams in tatters Toure has no players from his club in his dream team.
Mourinho disregards Arsenal threat
Arsenal are 7 points behind Chelsea and are kind of breathing down their necks. Mourinho however does not consider...
St Patrick’s Day
Soccerblog wishes everyone a Happy St Patrick’s Day. May the luck of the Irish be with you.
Ronaldo’s reaction
Players generally tend to rejoice when their team scores a goal. Ronaldo’s reaction when Gareth Bale scores off a...
United trounce Tottenham
If Charles Dickens were to write a story about Harry Kane these days he might have called it “Great...
Chelsea held
Chelsea’s relentless march towards the title was slowed down by the fact that they were held to a 1...
Sub standard City lose again
City lost 1 – 0 to Burnley and their title defence is now a fading dream.
Arsenal hammer Hammers
Arsenal are hot on the trail of 2nd placed Manchester City with a 3 – 0 win over West...
Vitolo scores fastest Europa goal ever..
Ismael Blanco 2009 Europa record of 15.19 seconds was eclipsed by Sevilla winger Vitolo. The new Europa record for...
Bhutan team scales dizzying heights
The Bhutanese team is on the top of the world for now.They have a FIFA ranking of 209 –...
Real survive Schalke scare
Real Madrid scraped into the Cl quarter finals by the skin of their teeth with a 4 -3 loss...
Shakhtar Donetsk get record for fastest red card.
Bayern Munich maintained their fine recent Champions League record advancing to their fourth consecutive quarter-final with a 7 –...
10 man PSG oust Chelsea from the CL
Mourinho weeps at the shattering of his treble dream. Zlatan got a red card around 31 minutes into the...
Pep talk from Adidas
One making football a career. “Do it because you love it.” Can’t argue with that.
Di Maria got a double yellow before
When it comes to getting chucked out of games for getting two yellow cards in rapid succesion it turns...
Arsenal knock United out of the FA Cup
Van Gaal’s United self destructed themselves out of the FA Cup. Angel Di Maria got two yellow cards in...
Treble or Quadruple?
PSG beat Lens 4-1 to move top of Ligue 1 as they get ready for their Champions League clash...
Messi does it again
Barcelona are back on top of the La Liga and Messi has scored another hat trick. Luis Suarez and...
Fearsome forwards fail to fire
Real Madrid’s fearsome BBC forward line failed to fire again. They have lost points at a crucial juncture going...