Leighton Baines set to earn first England cap
Leighton Baines, Everton’s wingback is the favourite ahead of Stephen Warnock of Aston Villa in the Egypt friendly to...
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The Arsenal blogs react to Ramsey’s injury
Everyone is focusing on the outrage. Arseblog has a particularly emotional response and I don’t blame him. But it...
Ramsey undergoes surgery
A tibial shaft fracture reduced with an intrameduallary nail Arsenal released a statement on Aaron Ramsey’s condition. He underwent...
Video: Hilario was a disaster
Petr Cech may have a question or two with his goalkeeping but after today’s goalkeeping display, Hilario is the...
Video: Arsenal 3 Stoke City 1
One really feels terrible for Arsene Wenger at the loss of Aaron Ramsey. He gave the Welshman his second...
Video: Wayne Bridge disses John Terry
Wayne Bridge refuses to shake hands with John Terry. It’s probably best that he retired from international duty. Otherwise...
Arsenal rally magnificently after Ramsey’s horrific injury
Our thoughts are with Aaron Ramsey. We hope that the extraordinarily gifted Welshman will be able to resume his...
Arsenal’s solid stewardship backed by excellent financial report
Arsenal is now officially the best run top English club. Pre- tax profits surged to £35.2 million pounds for...
Adebayor is slapped with a four match ban
The League of Extra-ordinarily Badly Behaved Ex- Arsenal Players just added four more banned matches to their kitty. Eleven...
Europa Cup: Sporting Lisbon 3 Everton 0
One way traffic at the Jose Alvalade Stadium as Miguel Veloso, Paolo Mendes, and Matias Fernandez pummel Everton. Check...
Bridge could have provided mistake free insurance
A weather vane? Or a bridge too far? Feeling a bit bad for the bloke. Wayne Bridge should never...
Video: Tough times for Viola fans
AC Milan CEO, Adriano Galliani had to leave Stadio Artemio Franchi under protection of bodyguards as Viola fans booed...
The last days of Pompey?
Mt Vesuvius erupts destroying Pompeii Financial administration looms large for the club if they do not find a buyer...
RVP to be back early April?
A smidgen of good news with regards to RVP. The Arsenal striker is making rapid progress in his rehab...
The USA shakes off rust to overcome El Salvador
Sacha Kljestan scored the match winner in extra time For the first 45 minutes the US laboured mightily to...
Video: CL last sixteen: CSKA Moscow 1 Sevilla 1
A familiar name to Liverpool fans announces his CL arrival with a jaw dropping ripper that leaves Andres Palop...
Video: CL last sixteen: Inter 2 Chelsea 1
John Terry anticipation of Milito cutting to the left turns out wrong as the Argentinian instead moves to the...
Heavens! Mourinho’s Inter out- Chelseas Chelsea
Say it isn’t so! Wasn’t it Arsenal playing Chelsea a few weeks ago as they swamped a defense that...
Wesley Sneijder is Inter’s key man
UEFA Champions League Internazionale Milan vs Chelsea Stadio Giuseppe Meazza For most part of the last weekend match against...
2010 Algarve Cup: USA 2 Iceland 0
Lauren Cheney: A different kind of Cheney The USA got off to a great start in the Algarve Cup...
Robbie Findley’s chance to cement a World Cup spot
U.S. Men vs. El Salvador Raymond James Stadium; Tampa, Fla. Feb. 24, 2010 @ 7 p.m. ET ESPN Classic...
More Mourinho potshots at Ancelotti
“In England it is never easy, you can lose any game, but when a team is always strong, strong,...
Ancelotti vs Mourinho: Fancy a little taste of the bad blood?
The two managers meet tomorrow at the San Siro. And Carlo Ancelotti remembers those bitter days of Zero Tituli...
England’s defense woes mount with Rio’s injury
England’s defense with a spate of injuries, off pitch scandals, and questionable skills wears a fragile and unsettled look....
Video: CL last sixteen: Bordeaux 1 Olympiakos 0
Michael Ciani’s 45th minute header of a swerving free kick by midfield maestro Yoann Gourcuff was the difference. It...
Video: CL last sixteen: Barcelona 1 VfB Stuttgart 1
Timo Gebhart’s beautifully placed cross had Cacau leaping over Carlos Puyol for Stuttgart’s 25th minute strike. For most part...
Ashley Cole: A segue into extra marital “tapping”
Cheryl Cole makes an attractive looking victim Contrast the difference with how Chelsea is handling Ashley Cole’s misdemeanours and...
Jose Mourinho: A caged bird sings
“I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When...
The Taxman Cometh
The image rights of footballers nets them a hefty sum of money. Wayne Rooney receives £760,000 a year from...
Craig Gardner talks from both sides of his mouth
Via The Independent: From a ‘Birmingham Mail’ interview with Craig Gardner, then of Aston Villa, in 2007: “I’m a...
Kiko Macheda? Man Utd’s young super subs missing
Kiko Macheda on his way to instant stardom Against Everton in a losing effort, Sir Alex chose to replace...
Liverpool vs Man City: Dreary as they come
Carlos Tevez is away with his baby son in the ICU For two teams with a chance to put...
Manuel Pellegrini: The predatory Spanish tabloids smell blood
Marca commissioned a poll which found almost 7 out of 10 Madridistas refute Pellegrini’s statement that this is the...
Sir Alex: A bit schizophrenic when it comes to Rooney
After the Milan win: ‘It is the area of biggest improvement and with him doing that you have to...
Bendter finally connects
Bendtner is as frontline as we get in our injury depleted striker corps. But clinical finishing is clearly not...
Arsenal blogs react to Porto performance
Ruben Micael demanding the ball before the dazed Arsenal defense comes to its senses Arseblog: “There’s no two ways...
This Arsenal team’s intelligence is questionable
One can fully sympathize with Fiorentina’s frustration at the clearly offside goal that gave Bayern their win. A draw...
Hiddink to helm Turkey
Guus Hiddink is moving again. “The Turkish Football Federation chairman and vice chairman met Mr Hiddink in Amsterdam (Tuesday)...
Leonardo remains optimistic
Milan wasted a huge opportunity last evening. Maybe it was profligate Milan failing to put away a number of...
Gallas, Almunia, Song, Eduardo, Arshavin …….
…. are all out with injuries against Porto. Given that and Arsenal’s poor away record in CL matches and...
The knives are unsheathed for Pellegrini yet again
As the Marca editorial (In Spanish) makes it clear, Real’s goal is nothing less than the CL final. Their...
Real players wax nostalgic for their former clubs
As Real suffered the ignominy of losing at the Stade de Gerland , there was Kaka spurring on his...
Man Utd vs AC Milan: Vini, Vidi, Vici?
Champions League: Venue: San Siro Date: Tuesday 16 February Kick-off: 1945 GMT This is being billed grandiosely as the...
John Terry: All’s well that ends well
Yey! Score one more for forgiving WAGS. England can breathe a bit more freely because given their defensive woes...
Champions League playoffs: Encouraging competition is good
Tired of the same old teams making it to the Champions League every year? Long for a bit more...
Video: 10 man Man Utd keep Villa away
The “bad” Nani showed up and was sent off for a mindless two footed tackle on Stiliyan Petrov. He...
Video: Saha’s brace sinks Chelsea
Add David Moyes to the club of managers who have won 300 Premiership matches. It was also his very...
Video: Super Diaby goal as Arsenal end their losing streak
If the last ten minutes of the Liverpool Arsenal match were an IQ test, the Gunners would have scored...
Wenger gets Ballacked
Michael Ballack says stuff which is hard to dispute. I think it behooves Wenger to be a bit more...
Video: Zaragoza 2 Sevilla 1
Sevilla and Alvaro Negredo had a match to forget as they lost to Zaragoza. They fall out of the...
Video: Barcelona 2 Getafe 1
Leo Messi shows why he is a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and their composite. Messi’s first...
Video: Real Madrid 3 Espanyol 0
The Merengues took to the air to overcome Espanyol. Gonzalo Higuain showed a sublime touch scoring the last goal....
Video: Robinho’s backheel lifts Santos
Nifty backheel but it should have been ruled offside.
Efficiency need not be a dirty word
“You have to congratulate Chelsea. We didn’t get a demonstration of football but they were efficient and, at the...