The longest goal ?
20th Sept 2006- Liverpool vs Newcastle. Is there a greater long distance goal scorer than Xabi Alonso ?
Category: Copa America
Peter Crouch statistics
Sam Wallace writing in The Independent about Crouch and McClaren has this interesting compilation of statistics on Peter Crouch....
Beckham quotes
Yesterday in an interview with the BBC Real Madrid president Ramon Calderón said: “As far as I know he’s...
Road to South Africa
Another bend in the bumpy road to South Africa 2010 . FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi stated yesterday that...
Dempsey voted Player of the Year
New England Revolution midfielder Clint Dempsey, seen here scoring the only American goal at this year’s World Cup, was...
Boys from Brazil
Here’s something to put on the shopping list.Boys from Brazil – The BBC’s history of the Brazilian national team,...
Didier Zokora dives again
Didier Zokora sets new heights in the art of diving in Tottenham’s win against Portsmouth over the weekend. Glenn...
Ronaldo dazzles
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer scored twice to put Manchester United back on top of the Premiership with a 2-0 home...
Jose and his Amazing Technicolour Overcoat !!
Funny song on Mourinho “The Special One” sung to the tune of Andrew LLoyd Webber’s “Any Dream Will Do”...
Homeless World Cup final today
Mr. Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace sent his special...
Raul out,Ruud out,Parker in.
Real Madrid’s Spanish international captain Raul has been left out of the squad chosen by national boss Luis Aragones...
Amazing Acrobatics by Peter Crouch
His season’s tally is 10 goals including this scissor kick against Galatasaray on Wednesday .
Drogba’s hat trick for Chelsea
Drogba scored his triad in the 39th, 52nd and 68th minutes against Levski Sofia on wednesday
Saha’s goal against Benfica
Saha scores his fifth goal of the season
Blatter proposes an end to penalty shoot outs.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes future World Cup finals should not be decided by penalties . Penalty shoot-outs were...
Saha wins it for the Red Devils
A lone goal by Louis Saha helped Manchester United beat Benfica . Sir Alex Ferguson got the “bloody different...
Homeless World Cup
News and Webcam coverage and Pictures of action from the Homeless World Cup currently underway in South Africa
Chelsea stars in Oscar quest.
Having moved into first place in the Premier League on Saturday after beating Fulham 2-0 .(Goals by Frank Lampard...
Graham poll on yellow card spree again
World Cup 3 yellow card ref Graham Poll has been on a yellow card spree again handing out more...
Pele and the 2014 World Cup
The 2014 Cup is slated for South America, and Brazil is favored.Mexico, who hosted the World Cup in 1970...
Materazzi’s new training program
Nike and Materazzi get together to make sure he’s ready for the next head butt!!!
African football and world cup 2010
Beckenbauer while commenting on the lack of progress in South Africa regarding preparations for the 2010 World Cup said...
Back to the bench [ or Bench – ed like Beckham !]
More difficult times for the former England captain.Despite that 89th minute goal against Real Sociedad he’s back on the...
Sepp Blatter needs a Bugblatter !
Douglas Adams in his hilarious book “The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy” writes about a monster called The Ravenous...
Zidane : A 21st Century Portrait
Douglas Gordon’s and Philippe Parreno’s portrait of the world famous French football hero Zinédine Zidane.Filmed during a Real Madrid...
SA to kick off opening game against Chile
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira will kick the first ball of the Cape Town 2006...
Cannavaro backs World Heart Day
Italian World Cup winning Captain Fabio Cannavaro is giving his whole hearted support to World Heart Day which is...
Football’s Dirty Secrets
Sam Allardyce, the Bolton Wanderers manager, was at the centre of allegations about illegal payments in football made by...
Beckenbauer and Blatter worried about 2010
World Cup 2006 organising committee president Franz Beckenbauer said on Tuesday that organisers of the next tournament in South...
Rooney and Pele again
Roy Keane has said that Wayne Rooney had “achieved nothing” and that he had still got “a hell of...
The lazy magician will be missed
Football fans will regret the end of the international career of Juan Roman Riquelme The midfielder had earned the...
West Ham hams it up against Roeder and the Magpies, 0-2
“Don’t cry for me Argentina” might be the song that Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano might be singing since...
SA gears up for Homeless World Cup
The fourth Homeless World Cup kicks off in Cape Town on 23 September, with football teams from 48 countries...
A tale of two Arsenals: England and Argentina
Today was a good day if your club was called Arsenal because they all won their matches. There are...
Drogba wins it for Chelsea
Didier Drogba supplied the spectacular winner as Chelsea emerged victorious from another stormy encounter with title rivals Liverpool. Drogba...
Fabio Cannavaro -“The year of his life”
REAL Madrid’s Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro blamed his side’s fitness levels following their surprise 2-0 defeat to Olympique Lyon...
Sven to coach USA ?
Sven-Goran Eriksson is being considered as a replacement for Bruce Arena as coach of the United States, the New...
Sebastian Coe appointed FIFA watchdog
Sebastian Coe has been appointed as the first chairman of Fifa’s new ethics commission that will judge all cases...
Brazil – Lebanon : Football for peace
Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suggested that Brazil should play another peace match, this time in...
Developing the game in Berlin
The first-ever joint technical conference between UEFA and FIFA regarding matters involving the game ended in Berlin today. The...
Jack Warner in FIFA enquiry
Fifa’s vice-president, Jack Warner may face expulsion from football’s world governing body for his role in the World Cup...
Ballack: Just one of Mourinho’s minions in the Chelsea ranks
Der Spiegel has a great article on how Jose Mourinho strips away your ego as a player and makes...
Aragones has two days to decide
Spain coach Luis Aragones said he wouldn’t resign despite his team’s humiliating 3-2 defeat to Northern Ireland . “I...
Goal Dreams
“Goal Dreams,” a documentary that follows Palestine’s national soccer team as it prepares for a key match in an...
Blackburn Rover gets black eye
Wayne Rooney is making the news again – this time for fisticuffs in an upscale restuarant in Manchester.The fight...
Socceroos in the desert
The Socceroos lost 2 – 0 to Kuwait in an Asian...
Who is Aldo Simoncini ?
Aldo Simoncini is the hapless San Marino goalkeeper who let in 13 goals in the Euro qualifier against Germany...
Iraqi soccer player kidnapped
Ghanim Ghudayer, 22, a member of Iraq’s Olympic team and a star on Baghdad’s Air Force Club, was kidnapped...
Gallas in self goal ruckus
After Chelsea acquired Ashley Cole in part-exchange for William Gallas the club alleged that Gallas threatened to score an...
Italy in mourning
The italian team will have a bit more on their minds besides having to watch out for all the...
Angola bids for 2010 African Nations cup.
Angola are regarded as slight favourites to win hosting rights for the 2010 African Nations Cup finals when the...
Ryan Giggs in mid air emergency
John Toshack , Ryan Giggs and other members of Wales team, while on their way to play the Czech...
Dunga takes on airline passengers
Brazil meet Argentina in a friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium tomorrow with both seeking to make up for the...
Israel begins Euro campaign
The national team of Israel begin their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign this weekend. Last month, UEFA prevented Israeli clubs...