PSG expected to announce Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s signing
” Liberté, égalité, fraternité” or in this case more greenbacks for Zlatan Gazzetta Dello Sport is reporting that the...
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Florent Malouda and Oscar: Chelsea’s financial doping at play
Florent Malouda is looking to Santos but they cannot afford his wages Here we have Oscar slated for a...
Sepp Blatter sets off German firestorm
More Sepp Blatter or blather. He is now insinuating that the 2006 World Cup was rigged to favour Germany....
Arsenal: Why they miss Cesc Fabregas?
According to Opta Sports, the player with the most assists in the Premier League in the last five seasons...
Euro U-19: Spain roll right along beating Greece, 1-0
There is no stopping Spain is there? The U19 team repeat as champions as Spain wins their sixth U19...
Michael Bradley joins AS Roma
The Chievo Verona midfielder joins AS Roma on a three year transfer said to cost $4.6 million. He will...
Gervinho’s goal lifts Arsenal to Markus Leibherr trophy
Hurrah! A trophy for Arsenal finally. Gervinho’s equalizer against the Saints was enough for the Gunners to get their...
The curious case of Andy Carroll
He doesn’t want to leave but Brendan Rodgers has no place for him A £35m striker on the trading...
Sepp Blatter wants no rules on a day of accountability
In the space of a few minutes we saw the world of football hand down verdicts on a former...
Rangers FC: A stunning fall to the Scottish third division
Ibrox: The new home of the newco Rangers The Scottish Football League voted today, all 30 clubs that is,...
Quote of the year: ” Zlatan Ibrahimovic is like the Mona Lisa”
It’s the nose ” Ibrahimovic is like the Mona Lisa” added Raiola, “think of the most valuable paintings in...
Blockbuster transfer: Gazetta Dello Sport reports Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva are moving to Manchester City East, aka PSG A week ago, Thiago Silva extended...
Purple Haze: Arsenal’s 2012-13 away kit
A purple patch? Or going purple as they, uh … choke? Wojciech Szczesny looks like he was coloured in...
Theo Walcott the next to fly the coop?
Walcott’s rumoured departure will be a loss but then again, will it? So this summer is all about where...
FIFA is a corrupt den of thieves: The ISL kickbacks
The first family of crime: FIFA The Guardian has a report on the International Sports Media and Marketing aka...
John Terry racism trial: Ashley Cole defends his team mate
Ashley Cole says that we really shouldn’t be having this trial referring to a post match meeting where John...
Diego Maradona gets the boot from Al Wasl
Al Wasl did not reap the benefits as expected under Diego Maradona’s tutelage. The Saudi Arabian club finished eighth...
John Terry racism trial begins
John Terry became the first Englishman since Fred Perry to win Wimbledon Actually the real story is John Terry’s...
2010 Carling Cup final: Park Ji Sung against Aston Villa
Three Lung Park. For more on the man who invented incessant running, a three part documentary done by a...
An era ends: Park Ji Sung leaves Utd for QPR
An unsung gem and a trailblazer for Asian footballers The hardest working player in the business has a new...
Arsenal cloak and dagger: Peter Hill Wood is out of touch
Arsenal: Self sustaining model or vulture capitalism? The response in the wake of RVP refusing to renew a new...
Contrary to reports Marcelo Bielsa stays on at Athletic
Marcelo “El Loco” Bielsa has had a rocky couple of weeks After meeting with Athletic Bilbao president Jose Urrutia,...
Arsenal is a football club: Erect a firewall around that business model
The last two days ripped to shreds that carefully put together feel good pre-season feeling. Fans could be forgiven...
Goal line technology introduced much to Michel Platini’s chagrin
It is official. FIFA finally ended the goal line technology debate that began seven years ago after Pedro Mendes’s...
Alisher Usmanov attacks Stan Kroenke over Van Persie
Two odious characters: The pugilistic Usmanov and the insipid, colourless Kroenke Normally anything that Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbeki oligarch...
Shock: Robin Van Persie declines to renew contract
This sums up the Gunners mood today In a nightmare for Arsenal and its fans, Robin Van Persie declined...
Man Utd announces NYSE listing on day Higgs Boson officially exists
Science made one of its most important breakthroughs today as we came to know what constitutes matter. It was...
Gylfi Sigurdsson spurns Liverpool for Spurs
Andre Villas Boas wasted no time bringing Gylfi Sigurdsson to White Hart Gylfi Sigurdsson was supposed to be Liverpool...
Stuart Pearce explains why it didn’t work for Beckham
Stuart Pearce states its all “footballing reasons” why David Beckham was not chosen. He did his due diligence watching...
Euro 2012: Soccerblog’s top XI
UEFA announced its top 23 man squad and there are some eyebrow raisers with Steve Gerrard and Daniele De...
Andre Villas Boas to be unveiled as Spurs new coach
AVB will be unveiled as Harry Redknapp’s replacement later this week. Meanwhile, Luka Modric who caught the eye in...
Euro 2012: No sterile domination by Spain in final
It took 15 passes to create David Silva’s goal which as it turned out would have been enough to...
Tim Bradford’s lo-fi animated match report: Portugal vs Spain
Funny and spot on. Here is the most recent Italy vs Germany match report. Tim’s got a bunch more...
Shock: David Beckham not selected to England’s Olympic squad
Becks has worked hard and run more with the Olympic torch than at the LA Galaxy Stuart Pearce drops...
It’s official: Olivier Giroud is an Arsenal man
The Montpellier striker who scored 21 goals in the Ligue last season to lead his club to their first...
Marco Reus piques Arsene Wenger’s interest
Marco Reus, the Borussia M’gladbach striker, who had such a breakout game against Greece was singled out by Arsene...
Euro 2012: Quarter- finals: Germany outclasses Greece, 4-2
szólj hozzá: Germany vs Greece 4:2 FULL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS The Germans at this point are a bit spoiled for...
Euro 1996: Karel Poborsky’s wonder lob lifts Czechs past Portugal, 1-0
Great technical ability shown by the Czech’s all time appearance leader to execute a perfect lob over the head...
Euro 2012: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s fantastic volley against France
Sweetly struck by the AC Milan striker. Sweden won against France, 2-0 but they weren’t able to progress out...
Didier Drogba joins Shenhua: Where is this club making money?
As foreseen Didier Drogba makes the move to the Chinese League joining Shanghai Shenhua for a cool $15 million...
Austerity Bowl: Germany vs Greece
Germany pulls rank over the Euro zone with its GDP Germany ranks 14th in external debt and will meet...
Andre Villas Boas the frontrunner to replace Harry Redknapp
Andre Villas Boas may get his second shot at managing a Premier League team as Daniel Levy is reportedly...
Euro 2012: Did playing for losing clubs doom the Netherlands?
Bad karma chameleons The remarkable thing about yesterday’s match was the Dutch’s utter lack of self belief. After that...
Michael Laudrup, Danish legend becomes Swansea’s new coach
Barcelona and Real Madrid legend Michael Laudrup becomes the Swans newest coach. Laudrup’s appointment should continue the attacking style...
The spectacular fall of Harry Redknapp as Arsenal finish him off
‘Arry goes after four years as Spurs manager On top of the world a bare four months ago having...
RIP: Manuel Preciado
Really sad news out of Spain. A day after being appointed Villareal coach, Manuel Preciado passes away. He was...
It’s official: Shinji Kagawa is a Man Utd player
The deal is done. The exciting Borussia Dortmund midfielder who can play centrally, down the wings, and as second...
Euro 2012: Ukrainian players come down with a stomach bug
The offending hamburger(s) that caused Ukrainian players to fall sick Anatoli Tymoschuk and nine other players come down with...
Racism issue re-ignited in FA’s snub of Rio Ferdinand on Euro eve
The FA chases its own tail while it cries no racism Steven Gerrard is feeling angry at the number...
Paul Lambert appointed Aston Villa manager
Paul Lambert is now the new manager of Aston Villa in a widely anticipated move. The Villans can now...
Calciopoli II: Stefano Mauri, Lazio captain arrested along with 14 others
Stefano Mauri, Lazio captain is in the dock for accepting money to fix results In case you have not...
Eden Hazard is set to join Chelsea
The French footballer of the year is soon to be a Chelsea man. Eden Hazard, the Lille midfielder with...
Thierry Henry tops MLS rich list, Beckham slips to third
When will he start hawking his tattoos? Thierry Henry replaces David Beckham as MLS’s most highly paid player. The...