Udinese loss: Ancelotti’s return remains tenuous
A pro Silvio Berlusconi paper says it: “Ancelotti, una sconfitta che sa di addio.”
Category: Soccer Books & Magazines
Adebayor becomes a transfer target
Adebayor must have really impressed Roman Abramovich in the cameo against Chelsea where he touched the ball twice and...
Relegation derby: Why Newcastle suffers more than Boro?
It all comes down to the wage bill that sticks out like a sore thumb. And a lot of...
Arsenal: The longest 80 minutes
It was all over in 11 minutes. It must have been bewildering and frightening to find the team down...
Outcasts United: A Refugee team, An American Town
Remember Warren St John’s article in the NYT about soccer being played by immigrant children of families resettled from...
Soccer fans: Eduardo Galeano is required reading
Eduardo Galeano became the talking point when Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez met up in a very anticipated encounter...
Senna to Adebayor: Not good enough
Senna’s interview was supposedly all about how the Arsenal young guns would dominate Europe one day. Cuddly enough but...
Becks tops richest soccer player list
”David Beckham will have a greater impact on soccer in America than any athlete has ever had on a...
The A League is not happy with Verbeek
It never works when a national coach is so openly contemptuous of the domestic league. Even as the national...
Sven Goran makes off like a bandit
AIG has an image problem with executive bonuses that resemble the GDP of a small country (a very small...
Film: The Damned United
Brian Clough’s ill fated 44 days at Leeds United. The legend even had Muhammad Ali talking on TV about...
Tata to AIG
This could be the new logo on Man Utd’s jerseys after AIG’s sponsorship ran into trouble with the US...
Little Zizou: Execrable movie
This movie could easily have been titled, Little Zizou: A Gratuitous Reference To or the Incredible Vanishing Zidane. Apart...
The Church of Maradona
The true believers all 120,000 will be praying for their prophet today as he takes on Scotland. Jonathan Franklin...
MLS playoff attendances continue to tank
New England Revs drew 5,221 fans for their first leg game against Chicago. Just woeful. The other games were...
Video: The VW Routan soccer mom
Just a trifle better than Sarah Palin. The guy is so not looking forward to this journey. The VW...
2010 World Cup: Afro-pessimism rears its head?
An old and deep rooted fear was stoked by a SA minister promoting the World Cup at the Beijing...
Sepp Blatter’s presidency is literally a wreck
Last Saturday afternoon FIFA president Sepp Blatter, 72, roared out of an Alpine mountain tunnel in his £100,000 luxurious...
David James gets it
England’s goalie may not be on Hank Paulson’s shortlist for pulling us out of the financial crisis but even...
Is Scudamore the Dick Fuld of the EPL?
Recently Lord Triesman spoke at a conference about the dangers of mounting debt that English clubs face and advocated...
The credit crisis spreads to the EPL: Hull City an exception
The most overt sign is the vanishing shirt sponsorship. However the more troubling effect of the credit crisis is...
Video: Sunderland vs Arsenal: 1-1
Music Video Code by FootyFilms.com Just terrible defending from Alexander Song who coughs up the ball to Kieran Richardson...
The VP debate: Soccer moms are a barometer
Courtesy Sarah Palin: Asked about the economy, Palin suggested talking to a parent at a soccer game. “I’ll betcha...
Eat for goals – the footballers guide to healthy eating.
“Eat for Goals “is a book created by UEFA and the World Heart Federation.It is about good food, cooking...
Deep thought: RBS financing of LFC in jeopardy?
The Wall St financial bailout collapsed today and amongst the banks that could be hit hardest is Royal Bank...
Amr Zaki: A player Wenger would have been proud of
Amr Zaki is proving to be the “thinking out of the box” player that Wenger prefers. With a nice...
Deep thought: Mike Ashley to be merked by Chris Nathaniel
The creator of Rio’s World Cup Wind Ups is fronting the Nigerian consortium bidding for Newcastle. Here is a...
Gianfranco Zola installed as Hammers coach
Zola’s face is a cartoonist’s dream Chelsea’s greatest player is now West Ham’s manager. What does he bring to...
Flamini’s replacement: Gokhan Inler?
Wenger has made signing a central midfielder to complement Cesc Fabregas a priority. With Flamini’s departure, the team has...
David Bentley wants to stick it to Arsenal
Bentley, an Arsenal product did not leave on the happiest of terms as he could not break into Arsenal’s...
Deep thought: Robbie Keane is the answer to Liverpool’s title hopes
Hmmmm. Eighteen years since they won their last title. Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Emile Heskey, Milan Baros, Luis Garcia,...
The enthusiasm for soccer in India rings hollow without national role models
Dileep Premachandran points out that cricket is not the only sport that captures the imagination of the Indian public....
Deep thought: Would Joe Strummer have remained a Chelsea fan?
John Graham Mellor aka Joe Strummer of Clash fame was a Chelsea fan but that was when it was...
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Why Scolari goes ga ga
Quick which one? Or both? As per Chelsea, two days ago it was Robinho that was supposed to alight...
Blatter, the modern slave: Beholden to corporations and national federations
Ask Diego Maradona and he will spit in Sepp Blatter’s eye when he so self servingly talks about players...
Brad Guzan leaves for Villa
Brad Guzan becomes the latest addition to the most enduring US export to the Premiership. The Chivas USA goalie...
Euro 2008: What to expect in Spain vs Germany
Expect David Villa not to be in the line up, the Valencia striker has a muscle tear in his...
Euro 2008: The graveyard of defenders
Marcos Senna is being celebrated as a find, a player finally giving teeth to the much maligned Spanish defence,...
Fabregas leads the Armada into uncharted territory
Spain made it to the Euro finals after 44 years. So long ago it came during Francisco Franco’s iron...
Julie Foudy smacks down Tommy Smyth
Tommy Smyth is an execrable piece of humanity. After the Turkey – Germany match, he condescendingly dismissed Turkey’s performance...
ESPN misses the mark with Euro 2008
Its a pretty empty studio at halftime for the last round of matches. Rece Davis with Julie Foudy. Its...
Domenech’s timorousness sinks France
Thierry Henry loves to get cute in front of goal. All flashes and finesse touches. And today he scored...
Daniel Day Lewis lookalike heads Phila MLS franchise
Jay Sugarman, Daniel Day Lewis lookalike Don Garber announced a new MLS franchise in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly...
Sports injuries: On the issue of children with ACL tears
THe NYT has an article highlighting the flood of kids with ACL injuries requiring surgery or bracing to restore...
Can soccer blogs become agents of change?
The aftermath of the bitter and divisive 2000 US presidential elections spawned a myriad of political blogs disillusioned with...
Arsenal go five up on Man Utd!
Arsenal polished off Blackburn with goals from Senderos and Adebayor. It increases the gap between Man U and Chelsea...
Egypt vs Cameroun: The ACN final
The match has started and it promises to be a fitting finale to one of the freest flowing and...
An Arsenal fan’s tribute to the Man Utd fallen: Fifty years later
It is often said that you can never count out Man U till the final whistle is blown. As...
An LFC co-operative could provide a template for future club ownership
Sick and tired of how clubs give themselves away to ownerships who look on them as mere cash cows,...
Arsenal win as Wenger reveals a Ronaldo link
The big story doing the rounds was Wenger’s admission that Arsenal was inches close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo before...
Why Pim Verbeek is wrong for the Socceroos
Pim Verbeek assumes the mantle of the Socceroos coach in the wake of the disastrous Graham Arnold tenure which...
Ex-NBA executives take over Derby
Seems like the cross over of US based owners into buying out English soccer clubs continues even as their...
Maradona: The heart of a champion
” I have always wanted to play football, but I didn’t know where or how I wanted to play....
Video: Samuel Eto’o comes alive
Barca drubs Valencia 3-0 with Eto’o scoring two goals and Eidur Gudjohnsen getting the third. Watch out for here...