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Author: Shourin Roy

FIFA corruption: Sepp Blatter gets his money shower

A picture is worth a thousand words. This prank was the genius of Lee Nelson who forced his way...
FIFA Corruption

2015 Gold Cup: The Soca Warriors fall to Panama on penalty shootout

La Galaxy’s Jaime Penedo was the hero for Los Canaleros when he saved Lester Stefan’s Peltier’s penalty shootout attempt....
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: Mexico beat Costa Rica in extra time through dubious penalty

Andres Guardado celebrates his penalty kick winner. A terrible bit of officiating by Walter Lopez of Guatemala in the...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: Reggae Boyz break Haitian hearts with a first half strike

Giles Barnes celebrates his goal! Jamaica’s star is ascendant becoming the first Caribbean country to progress to the God...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: USA crush Cuba 6-0 as Dempsey scores his first USMNT hat trick

Flying high. Total domination of a bedraggled Cuban side missing Ariel Martinez, their best player, who had defected very...
Soccer Players

Barclays Asia Cup: Arsenal beat Everton 3-1 to lift trophy

The Gunners beat the Toffees very convincingly. Santi Cazorla was the architect, just watch that sweeping long ball to...
English Premier League, Soccer Teams - Club

MLS: Steven Gerrard’s LA Galaxy debut provides an instant impact

Any other night would have been Quincy Amarikwa’s night. The San Jose Earthquakes striker scored an opening brace. Caveat:...
MLS, Soccer Players

Santi Cazorla’s impressive head volleyball in Singapore swimming pool

The diminutive Spaniard is not just quick with his feet. Pretty good stuff with his head.
English Premier League, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players

David Beckham returns to “spiritually tainted” land for Miami stadium deal

David Beckham ever since his retirement has trolled Miami for his MLS franchise. Sticking point, no stadium, in a...
Soccer Players

Alcides Ghiggia the architect of the Maracanazo passes away

The worst Brazilian defeat? The 7-1 pasting at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Try again....
Soccer History, Soccer Players, World Cup History

The season of the rebel goalkeeper

It’s hard to remember any other season where goalkeepers, that much maligned and quixotic group have been in the...
English Premier League, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

2015 ESPYS: The USWNT led by Abby Wambach win best team

Hope Solo and husband Jerramy Stevens on the red carpet. Twenty one of the 23 women’s World Cup winning...
Soccer Teams - National, Women's Soccer, Women's World Cup

Arturo Vidal close to a $44million transfer to Bayern Munich

The combative, box to box, heavily tattooed midfielder seen recently at the Copa America leading Chile to their maiden...
Soccer Business, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

2015 Gold Cup: A Caribbean shift in CONCACAF at the expense of Central America

Jamaica sits atop Group B, Trinidad and Tobago the same in Group C. Two group winners and with Cuba...
Soccer History, Soccer Teams - National

2015 Gold Cup: Trinidad and Tobago tie Mexico in a thrilling classic to win group

(Full match) 93rd minute: Joevin Jones under intense pressure as debris hurled from all sides accumulates around him, takes...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: Cuba shock Guatemala to enter quarterfinals

Cuba before meeting Los Chapines had been beaten 6-0 by El Tri in their opener and then 2-0 by...
Soccer Players

Barclays Asia Cup: Arsenal win against Singapore Select XI and face Everton in final

Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, and Mesut Oezil enjoy the Emirates perks. Now onto the game. Chuba Akpom scored a...
English Premier League

Manchester United: Powerful midfield, light on goalscorers and assists

With the addition of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, the Man Utd squad get a powerful boost adding to...
English Premier League, Soccer Players

Freddy Adu sighting: He’s joined the Tampa Bay Rowdies

The only way one can describe Freddy Adu is as a journeyman. Which should make him in his 40s...
Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

2015 Gold Cup: Hosts Canada eliminated by Costa Rica

These fans will have to wait. Once again Canada were simply not good enough in this Gold Cup. They...
Soccer Players

Iker Casillas banished from Real Madrid to Porto

When is a transfer not a transfer? When the club’s CEO is Florentino Perez, who runs Real Madrid. The...
La Liga, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

2015 Gold Cup: Michael Bradley scores as USA come from behind to tie Panama

An unbearably humid evening at Kansas City and a switch in refereeing crews formed the two talking points before...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: Haiti eliminate fancied Honduras

It’s all over for Los Catrachos who with the USA were favoured to qualify for the quarterfinals from Group...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: 10 man Guatemala hold high flying Mexico

Disappointment for El Tri fans as their side were brought crashing down from the highs of their 6-0 thrashing...
Soccer Players

Manchester City bails out Liverpool with mind numbing $76 million for Raheem Sterling

Greece should have just approached Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan for a debt write off and a bail...
English Premier League, Soccer Business, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

2015 Gold Cup: The USA win but Haiti push them all the way

Hats off to Haiti, the island nation that knows all too well, misery and decrepitude. They came to play...
Soccer Players

Arsenal’s Emirates Cup 2015: Get your droid on

Looks like the Autobots will fight the Decepticons if this is what Arsenal is advertising as the Emirates Cup....
English Premier League, Soccer Players

Carli Lloyd’s World Cup: As profound an impact as Maradona’s to the 1986 World Cup

Carli Lloyd will be or should be eponymous with the 2015 Women’s World Cup. When we look back twenty...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Women's Soccer, Women's World Cup

2015 Gold Cup: Under pressure Mexico besiege Cuba

No, Donald Trump did not show up. He would have been disappointed, there were no criminals, drug dealers, or...
Soccer Players

Legend Roberto Carlos to coach Indian Super League’s Delhi Dynamos

Exciting news for the nascent Indian Super League! Roberto Carlos, the left back who used the Magnus effect to...
Indian Super League

2015 Gold Cup: Cyle Larin’s shocking miss hurts Canada in El Salvador match

Striker Nelson Bonilla was stretchered off early in an early blow to El Salvador but his replacement Irvin Herrera...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: Costa Rica holds Jamaica to an exciting draw

The Reggae Boyz were superior to Los Ticos in the second half and should have won through sub Darren...
Soccer Players

US women to be feted by Canyon of Hero(in)es parade through Manhattan

On Tuesday, a very cool looking Abby Wambach in shades led the US women as they rocked LA with...
Women's World Cup

2015 Gold Cup: Haiti ties Panama late through Duckens Nazon’s silky skills

Haiti did a big favour to the USA as they tied Panama in the 85th minute through Duckens Nazon’s...
Soccer Players

2015 Gold Cup: Dempsey’s brace helps USA win a tough opener against Honduras

Deuce was on point for the USMNT but it was not easy against a Honduran side that mixed agricultural...
Soccer Players

Women’s World Cup final: Japan’s laterality vs the US direct route

The Nadeshiko have gotten into the final almost under the radar quietly crafting an exposition of efficient technical soccer....
Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

Copa America 2015 final: Chile win maiden Copa America title as penalties sink Argentina

As finals go, this one crested the pinnacle in human endeavour, commitment, and physical stamina without ever doing the...
Copa America 2015

Copa America 2015 final: Can Chile’s high octane attack overcome Messi inspired Argentina?

If there were musical analogies to choose from to describe Chile, the perfect one would be Patrick Cowley’s high...
Copa America 2015

WWC 2015: Jill Ellis and the USA get it right tactically against Germany

View image | gettyimages.com Coach Jill Ellis post match gave credit to the players for the win and not...
Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

Copa America 2015: Brazil’s depression deepens as Paraguay enter semi-finals on penalties

Brazil’s decline once again underlined. One more tournament, yet another failure, by their historically stratospheric standards. Their exit at...
Copa America 2015, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National

WWC 2015: A jubilant England enter semi-finals crushing host Canada’s hopes

What a knuckle whitening finish as an increasingly desperate Canada tried to defy history but came up short. England...
Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Women's World Cup

WWC 2015: Carli Lloyd fires an improved USA to the semifinals over China

Jill Ellis responded to the criticism of the USA being a one dimensional side lacking pace and imagination by...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

Copa America 2015: Chile’s Mauricio Isla sends 9 man Uruguay to defeat

Your jaw drops at the way Gonzalo Jara wound up Edinson Cavani. The PSG striker was clearly provoked into...
Copa America 2015, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National

Manchester United offers David De Gea and $35 million for Sergio Ramos

The transfer market is hotting up. This could be the season’s blockbuster deal if what AS.com reports is true....
Soccer Business, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Arsenal close in on Petr Cech: Transfer fee haggling

After all of Jose Mourinho’s body checks dampened hopes of a Petr Cech arrival at Arsenal, there is now...
Soccer Business, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

WWC 2015: England stun Norway with Bronze’s golden strike

Lucy Bronze’s piledriver sizzled past Ingrid Hjelmseth’s fingertips in the 76th minute for the winner. Fifteen minutes earlier, England...
Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

WWC 2015: The USA score a pyrrhic victory over short handed Colombia

Jill Ellis may take a two zero victory over 28th ranked Colombia. However for those who actually follow the...
Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Women's Soccer, Women's World Cup

Copa America 2015: Brazil get past Venezuela, 2-1

Brazil without Neymar played far more attractive, attacking football, with Willian standing out with his constant menace down the...
Copa America 2015, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National

WWC 2015: Kyah Simon delivers as Matildas record a historic win over Brazil

Lydia Williams had a blinder in goal with possibly the save of the World Cup straining every sinew deflecting...
Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

WWC 2015: Germany sweep aside Sweden, 4-1

Germany 4-1 Sweden All Goals Highlights HD 20… by eurofootballhd The Germans are coming! The Germans are coming! Die...
Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Women's Soccer, Women's World Cup

FC United of Manchester: Not for glory, not for money, for the love of the game

FC United of Manchester – Club with a Capital C by Copa90 “Its testament to what people power can...
Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club

2015 U20 World Cup final: Serbia are champions beating Brazil, 2-1 in extra time

Check out Andrija Zivkovic cheekily nutmegging Brazil’s Lucao to link up with Nemanja Maksimovic for his winning goal in...
Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National

WWC 2015: The USA past group stage are now final favourites

The USA haven’t exactly inspired with their football. Short of ideas against a bright, attacking Australia in the first...
Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

Copa America 2015: Neymar banned for four games

Brazil might as well take the ball and go home. Their best player and the only one capable of...
Copa America 2015, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National
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