The World Cup 2026 anthem is a dud
Going back a bit and making some (odious) comparisions World Cup 2010 – Waka Waka (This time for Africa)...
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Brazil in blue fall short
The colours were all wrong. France wore white and Brazil wore blue. Brazil might have done better in their...
Erling studies some football artefacts
Haaland takes a look at some ancient football memorabilia.. which ultimately led him to the football phantom.. View this...
England’s forgotten Hat Trick Hero
(Sir) Geoff Hurst – the only England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, achieving this...
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Messi on 900 goals
Lionel Messi became the second player in history to reach 900 top-level career goals when he scored in Inter...
Senegal stripped of AFCON title
The fat lady has not yet sung for Afcon 2026 and so the opera continues. The latest twist in...
Bodo/Glimt dream run ends
Sporting staged a stunning comeback to beat Bodø/Glimt 5-0, One goal in the first half and two in the...
Mexico – a hat trick of World Cups
Mexico is teetering on the verge of making history.It will become the first country in the world to have...
Bodo/Glimt’s crazy Champion’s League run
In the frozen north, not so far from the home of Santa Claus at the North Pole,( and Superman’s...
Hulk in the middle of a 23 red card brawl
It’s broken the record as the most violent incident in the history of football in Brazil. The Brazilian record...
Iran are out of World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 will be poorer for the absence of the Iranian squad.Since we are in the throes of...
Federico Valverde hat trick
Manchester City dont normally get beaten 3-0 but then these are not normal times. Pep is left picking up...
Happy Birthday Sep
Sep who was a septuagenarian about 20 years ago has now moved on a good bit from there. He...
Remembering Mario Kempes
One standout memory from the sepia-tinted memories of the 1978 FIFA World Cup is of the man with the...
Remembering Baggio – the man who died standing up
Can one missed penalty kick erase a legacy ? His world cup records includes playing in 3 tournaments in...
Remembering the Cruyff turn
First seen for the first time ever in the 1974 FIFA World Cup when Cruyff used it to leave...
Iran’s presence at World Cup 2026?
Iran are in Group G at the World Cup and are scheduled to play in Los Angeles.They are to...
FIFA proposes the 60 second rule
When Infantino was an infant a bit younger he saw this movie called “Gone in 60 seconds” So deeply...
The mystery of the vanished trophy
The original Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy. It slipped through the grasp of the Nazis, was famously sniffed out...
More World Cup 2026 worries
We talked about the boycott and we talked about the carbon footprint. Now Infantino has another headache. The new...
Great Moments from World Cup History
One of the greatest and most incredibly legendary World Cup stories took place off the field and not on...
Mourinho hits the headlines again
Mourinho has added one more red card to his collection of red cards .This time its over his reaction...
Can Football be big and green ?
FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 is set to become the most polluting in tournament’s history. A recent study, FIFA’s...
Kane reaches 500 goals
Harry Kane made history by becoming the first Englishman to reach 500 professional goals in official matches, extending a...
Why C Ron is looking grumpy and gloomy
He’s gone on strike against Al Nassr His grievance with them has largely centered on ambition versus reality. Reports...
Lamine scores a screamer
Lamine Yamal gives us a reminder that he’s really really good.
The EPL has become a three horse race
It was a two horse race with Arteta in front and Pep breathing down his neck. But Manchester United,much...
Marmoush almost gets a hat trick again
After scoring a 151 goals in 181 appearances Haaland has suddenly gone missing. Pep’s plan B was Omar Marmoush....
Manchester United Resurgent
Manchester United are winning again and they are not even having to wait for Fergie time. They are doing...
Man City : One win after two unexpected losses
A remarkably resurgent Manchester United put City to the sword on the 18th. (Actually Man Utd’s resurgence is more...
Senegal are champions of Africa
Sadio Mane led his team to a second AFCON title in a hugely controversial final -which included among other...
Mane has the last laugh (again)
Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign came to an end at the hands of Senegal. Sadio Mane’s goal in...
Manchester United’s spectacular derby win
Club legend Michael Carrick oversaw an unbelieveably legendary performance from Manchester United. A stunning 2-1 win over Man City...
Kane equals a 60 year record
Wolfsburg collapsed to their worst ever defeat against Bayern recently . ( 8-1) .No Kane didn’t create a new...
Amorim out – 13 Years of ‘Here we Go Again’”
Freddie Mercury must have had Manchester United managers after Alex Ferguson in mind when he sang “Another one bites...
Gonzalo Garcia’s incredible hat trick
Real Betis were at the receiving end of the perfect hat trick. Gonzalo scored with a header in the...
Gabon sack their national team
In news that made football fans blink twice and check if it was April 1st, Gabon’s national football team...
Declan Rice helps Arsenal to go 6 points clear
Declan Rice scored both of his team’s second-half goals, turned the game against Bournemouth around and helped the Gunners...
Man City lose ground in the two horse race
Arteta and Guardiola are thundering towards the finish line and everyone else has been politely asked to step aside....
Ayoub El Kaabi – the flying Moroccan
Ayoub El Kaabi has mastered the art of low level flying and has turned the bicycle kick into his...
Salah at the AFCON
Is this going to be the time that Salah lifts the AFCON at last . There was heart break...
Meanwhile in Africa
The Africa Cup of Nations kicked off on the 21 December 2025 in Morocco, Where is Morocco ? The...
Tis the season to be jolly ( Mourinho style)
Jose may just be feeling jolly in the nick of time. His team Benfica, has not lost a match in 29...
The VAR effect.
The ball hits the net. The crowd explodes. You hug a stranger. Someone spills a drink. Life is perfect....
Rio puts Bruno in the hot seat
If you dont have the time to sit through it- this is what Bruno more or less said.. “Yes,...
Song for Salah
The unthinkable .. the upcoming game against Brighton was perhaps going to be the last game Salah played for...
Ronaldo v/s the Robot Goalie
If you have about 27 minutes to spare you will be able to know what happened when Ronaldo took...
Salah under the bus
Meanwhile the Salah -less Liverpool are doing better without him for now.After a worrying run of nine defeats in...
World Cup 2026 :Group of death
The draw for World Cup took place at a glittering ceremony marred only by the presence of Donald Trump....
Haaland’s 100
Erling Haaland has officially scribbled his name into English football folklore using a sledgehammer instead of a pen. By...
Yamal on the mat
Lamine Yamal on 60 minutes “Overtime” Highlights of the interview.. On comparisons with Messi “I respect him … for...
Inter Miami hit a new high
Inter Miami get their first-ever Eastern Conference title and a spot in the MLS Cup Final.The hat trick hero...
Arsenal stun Bayern
Harry Kane was not able to make a single goal attempt in 90 minutes and Bayern’s long unbeaten run...