Arsene, the fault lies elsewhere: It’s not Drogba
The Drogba dive for which Fabregas got carded and led to the Alex goal is par for the Chelsea...
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Barca maybe without Iniesta for the CL final
Looks like a steady procession of injured and suspended players is complicating Pep Guardiola’s preparation for the Cl final....
Ivan Campo is looking for a club
The long time Bolton midfielder who joined Ipswich Town in 2008 was released by Roy Keane. Ipswich ended its...
Video: Joseba Llorente sends Barca into despair
Link: Barca was comfortably on its way to a win and the title but Villareal fought back to draw...
Qwest and BMO attendances are propping up the MLS
The Sounders and Toronto FC are filling their stadiums to capacity. Their combined attendances contribute to little more than...
Goal Anxiety Syndrome: Walcott has it
Against Chelsea, Walcott had about 6 shots on goal. 3 clear chances, only one which was saved by Cech,...
Arsenal: A familiar scene plays out
Arsene Wenger and Pat Rice have that familiar pinched look on their faces. All that beautiful possession from Fabregas...
Its over: Man Utd goes two up over City
Tevez’s step son like treatment at the hands of Sir Alex has everyone agog. It provides the background to...
Hiddink has words of advice for Wenger
Chelsea meet Arsenal at the Emirates. Two clubs licking their wounds. Nothing materially changes with a result but there...
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...
Video: Rangers win Old Firm rivalry
Link: Maurice Edu’s team wins the most celebrated derby in the world and goes two up on their rivals....
Deep thought: Max Bretos loves saying Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Not just Schelotto. But the whole name. Its so, how you say it? So deliciously foreign, it makes the...
Video: Baraja goal ensures likely Juande Ramos exit
Link: Real lost to Valencia, 0-3 on the heels of their most humiliating loss at the Bernabeu in 38...
The 5 most infuriating players in the Premiership
These players are central to their clubs fortunes but they always manage to live in the twilight zone with...
SPL’s hand forced by Setanta’s crucial exposure
Setanta is now negotiating a lower contract for the TV rights to the SPL matches as a way of...
Mohammed Bin Hammam gifted a birthday present
Sepp Blatter sent his legal team to ensure that the elections to the FIFA executive committee went off smoothly...
Politics poison Asian football on election day
An Arabic metaphor is misunderstood by South Korean football officials and sets the tone for the poisonous state of...
Bendtner does some product placement
Nicklas Bendtner has a wardrobe malfunction and is very contrite. Armani will be very happy. Arsene and Arsenal not...
Video: Ilsinho’s gem takes Shakhtar to the UEFA final
Link: A beauty of a goal. Iniesta’s superb strike broke Chelsea’s heart in the 93rd minute and became the...
Drogba apologizes: Norway calls him a sissy
The Norwegians are not taking this too kindly. Today, Drogba’s apology was posted on the Chelsea website. “I was...
Memories of Andres Frisk
In the first leg of a 2005 second round match against Barca, the referee Andres Frisk sent off Drogba,...
Video: Drogba might face a ban till Christmas
If Hiddink was looking for a graceful exit back to Russian national team duties, he is not going to...
Burnham’s most controversial proposal is not new
The NFL has been revenue sharing for decades and because of it American football has become the most highly...
Rudo y Cursi: Two brothers, destiny, and a soccer match
The hit of the Tribeca Film Festival opens May 8th and follows Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal as...
Adebayor in damage control mode
Adebayor was virtually non-existent in the CL semi-finals. His lackadaisical performance was roundly panned (its not just Arsenal fans...
Chelsea were a bunch of petulant spoilsports
Drogba’s eyes zone on the ground, his best friend all night Drogba spent a lot of times flopping and...
Video: Barca vs Chelsea: The sublime and the ridiculous
Link: Link: Chelsea lost a heartbreaker in the 93rd minute due to a fabulous Iniesta strike. The aggregate was...
The morning after: The view from the bottom up
The reaction is varied: Arseblog: “My solution is simple and it’s something I’ve said all season long: Arsene needs...
Video: The whole horror show: Man Utd v Arsenal: 3- 1
Link: I feel very badly for Gibbs. He looked so gutted. Almunia was a trifle too late in reacting...
Arsenal: The longest 80 minutes
It was all over in 11 minutes. It must have been bewildering and frightening to find the team down...
End of the road for Juninho?
This may not be a familiar sight anymore As Juninho rose, Lyon did too. The Brazilian is now at...
Maurice Edu gains Walter Smith’s confidence
Edu played all 90 minutes in Rangers win against Hearts this weekend. The former Toronto FC man is relishing...
Villa close out Hull: Relegation looms large
The weekend misery for all the drop zone clubs continued with Hull losing to Villa after John Carew scored...
Franck Ribery: Man with long scar much wanted
What is Man U using? AIG bailout money? Ribery is definitely not worth £63m. Great on and off the...
Arsenal: Its time to play, not for board room politics
Arseblog has more on the war brewing between Usmanov’s Red and White Holdings (the dark forces) and the Stan...
Florentino Perez jumps the shark, umpteenth edition
Florentino Perez declares May 14 as the day Real football was saved. His signing wish list include Kaka, Cesc,...
Premiership: Bad news weekend for drop zone clubs
Its been all bad news for drop zone clubs this weekend. Stoke started it off by losing to the...
Freddie Ljungberg sighting
Tyrone Marshall half volley jab of a Ljungberg corner scored a late equalizer for Seattle against the Fire. The...
Its Bruce Arena over Robert Warzycha
With the Barca vs Real El Clasico, the world comes to an end. But the real news is that...
Deep thought: Where are you, Bernd Schuster?
It seems like aeons ago, that Real won the title but it was just last season and the coach...
Video: The most painful defeat in Real’s history
Link: Anish’s video of Barca vs Real has been posted below. But we can’t get enough of how Barca...
Stan Kroenke is recession proof
Stan Kroenke will not be denied. As his Colorado Rapids muddle along, Stan Kroenke upped his stakes yet again...
Swine flu leaves Mexican stadiums empty
Hector Reynosa of Club Gualdajara uses Sebastian Penco of Chile’s Everton as a spittoon. The Chilean media saw this...
Other clubs do it, why single out Juve?
The “Black Italian” The racist taunts that Mario Balotelli seems to attract occurs obviously because of his colour but...
Rio will play the Emirates second leg
Good news for Man Utd as Rio Ferdinand will be back to play the CL second leg at the...
Arsenal vs Man Utd: Wait for Walcott
Ryan Giggs should get his 800th cap. A special moment for a special player. We can dispute his PFA...
Everyone is Messi-ed up: Its Andres Iniesta
Chelsea vs Barca, CL semi-final first leg. The spotlight is on Leo Messi as it should be, arguably the...
A certain Rupert Lowe finds no love
Theo Walcott’s former club will fold if they do not find a investor in about a week. Rupert Lowe’s...
Keane keeps his shadow
Roy Keane begins his Ipswich career with a bang. The Tractor Boys pulverized Cardiff, 3-0. It was the last...
The POTY award to Ryan Giggs is bogus
What happened to Frank Lampard? I love Ryan Giggs but this year’s POTY award is bogus. It took only...
Howard Webb and Gomes sink Spurs
An atrocious piece of refereeing by Webb and atrocious goalkeeping from Gomes keep Spurs from scoring their first win...
Steve Zakuani has Arsenal blood
Seattle beat San Jose, 2-0 yesterday. Steve Zakuani scored a goal and assisted in the second, as the Sounders...
Klinsi is a victim of Bayern’s dissociated personalities
Klinsi is in deep, deep trouble. With the loss to Schalke, Bayern slips to third and is now in...
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...