Video: Sheffield United vs Liverpool, 1-1
Steven Gerrard learned a lot from the Italians this World Cup and put it to good use against the...
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Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City
Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...
Man U to Bayern: We will get Owen Hargreaves, no matter the cost
Owen Hargreaves’s asking price – £34m. A jawdropping figure for someone that no English club would have paid a...
Opening day: Sheffield Utd battles mighty Reds to a draw
Little Sheffield Utd gave an opening day shocker by battling huge favourites Liverpool to a draw, 1-1. A result...
Summer confessionals: Gerrard and Dhorasoo join in
Carrie Fisher who feels that she got roughed up by her insensitive mother, Debbie Reynolds, during those confusing days...
Football’s World Metrosexual XI: Beckham is out
Goalkeeper: D James (Portsmouth, England) Defenders: S Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain) G Zambrotta (Barcelona, Italy) A Cole (Arsenal, England),...
Video; England vs Greece
The post Beckham era pays off immediately
Owen Hargreaves: From most reviled to England’s cornerstone
It was not too long ago that The Sun compared Owen Hargreaves to “a mass murderer” and Hargreaves was...
Dirk Kuyt to Anfield: The suspense is over
Liverpool strengthened its position in the Premiership and further imperiled Chelsea’s lock on the Prem title by signing Dutch...
FIFA elections 2007: Sepp Blatter should be fired this time
No sympathy for the devil this time! Joseph Blatter is standing for re-election to be president of FIFA in...
Video: Who is Leroy Lita?
Why you will be hearing more about Leroy Lita. And why Reading FC will escape relegation.
Video: Nuri Sahin, Turkey’s new generation of football stars
Nuri Sahin is just about 18, and plays for Borussia Dortmund. He has been denied German citizenship like millions...
Michael Essien on his way out from Chelsea?
Michael Essien played in the Ghana-Togo friendly, that the Black Stars won 2-0, largely due to the efforts of...
The Yanks in the Premiership: Who will perform?
My picks for the top 5 performers 1) Bobby Convey: Club: Reading Position: Midfielder Bobby Convey will be the...
Premiership injury update: Ledley King back Sep 16
Club Injuries Portsmouth Player Condition Expected Return* Next Match** D Kiely thigh 9th Sep 06 D Stefanovic Achilles 19th...
Dean Ashton out: Broken ankle in training
Dean Ashton out: Blow to England and Hammers Is it just me but just when England makes the right...
Premiership rosters: The top four from 2005-2006
Arsenal Ins Tomas Rosicky B Dortmund, £6.8m; Alexandre Song Billong Bastia, undisclosed Outs Robert Pires Villarreal, free; Sol Campbell...
Video: The Mido vs Zidan show
Two of Egypt’s best strikers in this clip. If they play together they will be phenomenal, but they have...
Video: The Mido ‘incident’ at the Africa Cup
Mido and Sheheta get a bit emotional!
Eye on Egypt: Mohamed Zidan included in the Pharoahs
The soap opera that is Hassan Shehata and his relationship with Egyptian strikers, Mohamed Zidan and Ahmed ‘Mido’ Hossam...
Video: Momo Sissoko: A future Red legend
Sissoko’s talent is immense and he is fast becoming one of the Kop’s favourite. Read on why Momo’s performance...
Video: FA Community Shield: Liverpool vs Chelsea, 2-1
Riise’s goal, Crouchy’s goal!
Premiership predictions: Liverpool tops, Aston Villa improves dramatically
Today’s FA Community Shield Championship should have gone someways in answering who will contend for the top title. Liverpool...
How Chelsea is ruining the game?
The number of players that Chelsea has given away at a loss to the club is obscene. It is...
Stock markets crash on the uncertain future of metrosexuality
Stock markets crashed on the announcement that Steve McLaren had dropped David Beckham from the English squad and his...
Video: MLS All Stars vs Chelsea, 1-0
Chelsea’s Mikel John Obi in action. The Blues were not very impressive and the MLS showed nice bits of...
Video: Nigerian superstars: Aiyegbeni Yakubu
Middlesborough striker Yakubu scores and the Blues suffer again. Just get all these Nigerian strikers together and Chelsea will...
Video: Nigerian superstars: Nwankwo Kanu
Arsenal’s Kanu scoring his hat trick over Chelsea and much much more!
Video: Nigerian superstars: Jay Jay Okocha
Without doubt the finest player in recent times never to have played the World Cup, joining Tony Yeboah and...
Video: Nigerian superstars: Sunday Oliseh
Piledriver!
Simon Kuper on Michael Ballack’s debut
Ballack, who should make his official debut for Chelsea in the FA Community Shield against Liverpool tomorrow at Cardiff’s...
Steve McLaren: A man in control or plain doggone rash
Steve McLaren has already shown that he is ready to take outsized chances. He has booted out Beckham in...
Neuromuscular anatomy and football skills: Crossover dribble or nutmeg?
Pele, Garrincha, Eusebio, Puskas, Boniek, Maradona, Cruyff, Platini, Bergkamp, Ronaldinho, have some pretty amazing ball dribbling skills, you’ll agree....
The rise of Maggie Thatcher: The decline in England’s football fortunes
The only good thing that came out of the Margaret Thatcher and Ronnie Raygun lovefest in the 1970’s across...
Guus Hiddink’s biggest challenge: Russian indifference
Melancholy is a big part of the Russian nature. It is a theme that runs deep in Russian literature,...
Franck Ribery’s song: Tombes des Nues by Zebda
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Steven Gerrard set to take over as captain
He could be wearing England’s armband I think it is a step closer. The news that we are waiting...
Video:More Ribery
Ribery feast from his days at OM and Galtasaray! Ljungberg, Henry, Rosicky, Walcott, and now Ribery. Arsenal’s speed kings!
Video: Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry!!
Check this piece of fancy footwork by Ribery. This is the year Arsenal gets it all back from the...
Franck Ribery to Arsenal; Gallas too?
This is a great bit of news for the Gunners. Ribery has been snapped up by Wenger for £13.5m...
Video: Pele’s nightmare before there were cards
These were the ’70s before there were cards for the sort of stuff you’ll see on this video. The...
Video: The legend that was Garrincha
Jaw dropping stuff! As Eduardo Galeano writes, “There never was a right winger like him. In the ’58 World...
Thaksin Shinawatra: Remember me, Liverpool FC!
Writing the article about Liverpool’s finances reminded me of those days when everyone was going nuts about the reported...
Womens World Cup 2007: Testesterone involved
It’s all that testesterone, Brandi! Scientific studies have shown that competitive sports increase testesterone levels in men. This is...
Liverpool FC: In performance far more than its monies worth
Liverpool is the most storied English football club there is with 18 League titles and 5 European Championships. Of...
Soccer crooks: Bernard Tapie, folk hero or snakeoil charmer?
Marina Zenovich finally meets Tapie Soccer as with every professional sport has its share of crooks and swindlers. The...
Does country size have anything to do with soccer prowess?
Perusing the list of largest countries in the world, one is struck by the fact that very few of...
Franklin Foer’s analysis: Which form of government is most likely to win the World Cup?
I read Franklin Foer’s afterword in the The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup. In it he discusses...
ANC faultlines: Jacob Zuma, the GINI coefficient, and South Africa 2010
Jacob Zuma, ANC deputy president (L); Thabo Mbeki, SA’s president (R) The ongoing trial of Jacob Zuma, former deputy...
Zidane’s song: Coup De Boule (The Headbutt)
Thanks to ems we have the translated song of the summer hit “Coup De Boule”. Who said the French...
The great divide: US Mens soccer vs its youth teams
The FIFA holds its youth World Cup every two years (U-20) and most of the talent on display form...
FIFA’s 17 Commandments for South Africa 2010
SOUTH AFRICA has given world soccer body Fifa 17 guarantees as part of the contract to host the 2010...
Ledley King out again: Will miss 6 weeks of Tottenham’s season
The news keeps getting bad to worse for Ledley King. Out of the England squad with a metatarsal fracture...