Premiership action: Shootout at the Fantasy Factory
Shootout at the Fantasy Factory was a 1973 Traffic album but it could well describe the Premiership this weekend...
Category: Soccer Coaches & Coaching
Eurocentric bias: Blatter and FIFA overstep in Kenya ban
Sepp Blatter is a political animal. His FIFA career has been an orchestration of lining up votes, doling out...
West Ham left dead in the water
Alan Curbishley vs Alan Pardew in the clash of the 500 lbs gorillas and it is Curbs left with...
Kenya’s FIFA impasse continues
With virtually no soccer being played in their country because of the FIFA suspension, Kenyan players have left to...
British soccer hardmen pale in comparison
Craig Bellamy has impulse control issues, Lee Bowyer is a racist thug, Vinnie Jones enforces by squeezing sensitive body...
Video: David Villa’s bender against Inter
C1 Inter-Valence :1-1 Villa 21/02/07Uploaded by Luca_Toni Villa’s magnificent freekick restores parity for Valencia
Video: Bellamy to Riise, Liverpool 2 Barca 1
Riise 1 – 2 – Barcelona v LiverpoolUploaded by samgoff Bellamy assisted Riise in Liverpool’s second goal as the...
Video: Bellamy’s goal against Barca
Bellamy 1 – 1 – Barcelona v LiverpoolUploaded by samgoff Victor Valdes backs up into his own goal inexplicably....
Melbourne Victory’s victory: Global game, local connections
Archie Thompson and Fred, Victory’s deadly duo On Sunday, the Melbourne victory crushed Adelaide United, 6-0 at Telstra stadium...
Video: Jefferson Farfan, PSV Eindhoven star
Arsenal will be hoping that Farfan’s injury will keep him away from today’s Champions League match. The marauding left...
For your Champions League fix ……….
Lille v Man Utd Celtic v AC Milan PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal Real Madrid v Bayern Munich Barcelona v...
Video: Tomas Rosicky, Arsenal’s little gunner
Tomas Rosicky guns them goals directional bias or no directional bias.
Does soccer also have its ‘unproductive’ stars?
Marx addressed the issue of worker productivity and set into motion modern day labour laws. The ILO now records...
Obafemi Martins: The best transfer this season
When we look at players who have exploded on the Premiership in their first season and single handedly changed...
Arsenal vs Bolton: Allardyce plays mindgames
Paul Jewell’s accusations of biased refereeing by Phil Dowd following Wigan’s loss to Arsenal and Henry’s pointed reminder to...
In today’s India, soccer finds no place
India’s overheating economy along with China’s is the topic du jour nowadays in the global economy. Overnight, the IT...
Schalke soccer shocker: Bayern is verklempt
Otto Hitzfeld’s boys are feeling some real pain and there is a sense of doom and gloom choking the...
Vikash Dhorasoo’s film at the Berlinale
Remember the controversial film that French midfielder Vikash Dhorasoo made that landed him in hot water with Raymond Domenech...
Long lines outside the San Siro
Ronaldo is back in business at the San Siro Long lines formed outside the San Siro, as security frisked...
Arsenal and the Colorado Rapids team up
Forbes reports that Arsenal made a bit of a reverse investment across the pond forming a business partnership with...
West Ham’s combined football IQ is 24
West Ham’s problem is not the lack of skill and talent. It has plenty of that, after all who...
With Gael Clichy who misses Cashley Cole?
Another edition of the scrappy vs finesse teams in the Premiership. Paul Jewell’s ploy of holding a high line...
Dunga defends his sartorial choice: Without jacket
Did Dunga come out for a day at the Carnival or for an international played at Arsenal’s chilly Emirates...
Jon Stewart: TDS host and soccer player
Jon Stewart, TDS host and ex-footie player Jon Stewart, the host of the popular The Daily Show, where many...
India slumps to a FIFA low of 157
India’s FIFA rankings have plunged to 157, its lowest ever. The AIFF secretary general Alberto Colaco, has woken up...
Roberto Ayala becomes the most capped Albiceleste
Today’s match between France and Argentina marks Roberto Ayala’s 107th international for Argentina. He passes Diego Simeone’s record. Ayala...
The English response to hooligans: Price them out
Italian authorities in search of answers to curb the soccer violence in the Palermo and Catania match that resulted...
Tom Hicks: Liverpool’s co-owner and his dubious history
Tom Hicks, Liverpool’s new owner George Gillett and Tom Hicks £470m takeover of Liverpool saved the Merseyside club from...
Berlusconi apologizes while Italy shuts down soccer
The unending drama that is Italian life. Where people and institutions fight and make up in extraordinary public displays....
Tiger Woods weighs in on the Beckham factor
Tiger Woods regularly kids Roger Federer that he will break Jack Nicklaus record of 18 PGA titles before Federer...
Aliadere anwers for the Gunners
Arsenal are through to next month’s League Cup final against Chelsea as Jeremy Aliadere came through for the Gunners...
Gareth Bale stays put in Southampton
Gareth Bale rejected a 10 million pound offer from Spurs deferring to Saints manager George Burley’s advise that he...
Video: Liverpool 2 West Ham
Dirk Kuyt’s blast and Crouch complete the victory over a futile West Ham that sinks lower into relegation zone.
Video: Nike’s Brazil soccer training ad
Nike – Soccer – Brazil Football TrainingUploaded by matsui447
LA Galaxy and Becks head for Oz
LA Galaxy wants to put Beckham to good use as the ambassador of the club. The LA Galaxy is...
Udinese is a future powerhouse in Serie A
Udinese??? A club that has been in existence for 110 years and has never won a single Scudetto and...
Gareth Bale: Will he, won’t he?
This January transfer is all about one player. Gareth Bale, the 17 year old Southampton left back who has...
Mexican Clausura preview: Pachuca dominant
The Mexican League has become predictable with a top tier of four clubs. Meanwhile, Hugo Sanchez, the national team...
Video: Ricardo Quaresma, FC Porto’s diamond in the rough
Thanks to Carlos for bringing attention to this wondrous talent. He would be a fantastic counterpart to Aaron Lennon...
Video: David Ginola at White Hart Lane
Ginola was one of the most supremely talented left wingers in the Premiership bursting on the scene in 1995...
Owen Hargreaves is not worth it
There are reports that Man Utd is now close to giving up on Owen Hargreaves transferring this January. Owen...
Video: Michael Chopra in da house
This is sure to warm the hearts of all the folks back in India where they entertain fond hopes...
Ruud gets back at his ex-manager
The interesting choice of Ruud Van Nistelrooy jumping into transfer speculations involving Cristiano Ronaldo to Real represents another dynamic...
Ronaldo, the fat one is an AC Milan player
Ramon Calderon’s Real has sprung a leak and after his off guard remarks, his unwanted players are jumping ship....
Did Andriy Shevchenko make nice with Mourinho?
Sheva scored two goals in Chelsea’s win against Wycombe Wanderers and Mourinho went out of his way to praise...
Video: Gunners land exciting new talent Ryan Babel
Ryan Babel an outstanding Dutch left winger but who can also play central striker presently playing for Ajax in...
Jose Mourinho: I see conspiracy theories
Simon Kuper explains Jose Mourinho’s paranoia >>
So when will the Premiership break up?
The Premiership is the richest league in the world and the earnings from TV rights during the 2007-2010 seasons...
Video: Man Utd vs Arsenal brawl at Old Trafford.
Martin Keown and the Gunners go after Van Nistelrooy in this infamous brawl. Another chapter in the contentious rivalry...
Is Man Utd a 70 minute team?
Man Utd seems to rely on its defence to close the deal after the attack has seemingly done its...
West Ham: Homesick on the road
Can Lucas Neill stop those goals? West Ham has not won an away game this season. How bad are...
John Carew comes to Villa
The Milan Baros saga at Aston Villa is over. He is part of a swap deal that will reunite...
Dempsey impresses in Fulham debut
Clint Dempsey landed at Craven Cottage at full clip to a rousing reception from the Fulham faithful. He was...
The Fugees, the soccer team need your help
The battle for soccer supremacy is not played out in the MLS stadiums or in introducing the designated player...