Lahm says goodbye
Captain Philipp retires. Philipp Lahm could choose no better moment to call it a day. He declared his retirement...
Category: Soccer Hall of Fame
Miroslav Klose: The World Cup’s Leading Goalscorer
Hats off to Germany’s Miroslav Klose. The 36-year-old Polish born striker became the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup...
Farewell Alfredo Di Stéfano
R.I.P. O saeta rubia…!
All of Messi and Neymar goals in the world cup so far..
Messi and Neymar are joint top scorers in the world cup with 4 goals each so far. That sighing...
Messi ..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iran goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi can take consolation from the fact that when he was finally beaten he was beaten...
Gueillermo Ochoa’s brilliance
Two out of the string of brilliant saves the mexican goalie pulled...
Pirlo’s genius
Pirlo’s two bits of sheer genius in the game against England. Joe Hart was at the receiving end both...
FIFA ban Franz Beckenbauer
Now there’s a headline that you did not see coming. Franz Beckenbauer – adviser to FIFA’s football committee and...
The Tragedy of Garrincha
This first genius of Brazilian soccer…
Klose becomes Germany’s all time leading scorer
Germany beat Armenia 6 -1 in a friendly and Klose took his tally of goals scored for Germany to...
Landon Donovan breaks MLS scoring record
Donovan’s brace against against the Philadelphia Union made it 136 MLS goals. USA will have to win the World...
The Best Teams in World Cup History
The usual suspects are on top: Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina. England at #6. The US at #25 – who...
Ryan Giggs farewell speech at Old Trafford
“THe good times will return” promised Giggs in an emotional speech at the final home game of the season....
Tito Vilanova RIP
A life dedicated to FC Barcelona. Barcelona president Bartomeu said in a statement: “Tito will be a reference as...
Ferguson and Martinez : Fear and Empowerment
Ferguson’s legendary leadership of Manchester United and Martinez inspiring Everton to hitherto unachieved heights. Am interesting analysis here of...
Ronaldo remembers his beginnings.
Before Cristiano there was another Ronaldo. Ronaldo’s record of 15 World Cup goals may be broken in Brazil this...
Why Soccer Matters
In the beginning there was Pele. Before Messi,before Ronaldo,before Beckham,before anyone else There was Pele. More on the book...
Pele interview on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Pele was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as part of a promotional campaign for his...
Ronaldo meets Pele meets incredibly ignorant fan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFbryriZ3is
Get your Zlatan stamp before they run out
The Swedish Stamp Department have finally got around to releasing those long awaited Zlatan stamps that you have been...
Barcelona’s first Hat Trick at the Bernabeu….
Messi became the first Barcelona player ever to score a hat trick at Real Madrid’s hallowed Santiago Bernabeu…. The...
Adidas 371
Adidas commemorate Messi’s 371 goals by releasing a special edition of football boots dedicated to him more about which...
371 Messi Goal Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtC9HSglT3c
Lionel Messi Fan Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge6JZv6UFl4
Legends do their bit in the fight against Poverty
Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Hierro, Fabio Cannavaro, Robert Pires, Patrick Vieira, Gennaro Gattuso, Pavel Nedved,...
Maradona’s golden goal
Poetry in slow motion…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mesz7fl8No
Other FIFA awards awarded at the ceremony
Nadine Angerer She won the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year and is also the first woman goalkeeper...
Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or
Ronaldo, polled 1,365 points in the voting, 160 ahead of Barcelona forward Messi and Franck Ribery came in third...
Dream team made of past Ballon d’or winners
While we wait for Cristiano Ronaldo to be formally and inevitably declared winner this year here is a dream...
Portugual lose a legend: Eusebio RIP
In Portugal before Cristiano Ronaldo there was Eusebio. The Portuguese sports daily A’Bola said Eusébio had died of a...
Luis Suarez wins FSF player of the year.
Luis Suarez was nominated for the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) Award alongside Leighton Baines, Christian Benteke, Juan Mata, Robin...
Alex Ferguson gets BBC Sports Personality Diamond Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbhQqA34PYA
Henry on Messi and Ronaldo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RapS8Adf0ag
Ronaldo record
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x189208_goal-cristiano-ronaldo-kobenhavn-0-2-real-madrid-10-12-2013-highlights_sport#from=embediframe Cristiano Ronaldo set a Champions League record of nine goals scored in a single group stage when he scored...
Puskas Nominees down to three.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar and Nemanja Matic have all been selected as the final finalists for the award, which will...
The best football player in the world ?
Messi ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3cGHnLgguE Ronaldo ?
Nelson Mandela RIP
How clear, how lovely bright, How beautiful to sight Those beams of morning play; How heaven laughs out with...
BBC on Ryan Gigg’s turning 40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHs5BmFIF_o
Ryan Giggs’ wonderful run
Game stats of the recent Manchester United Game against Bayer Leverkusen reveal that Giggs ran over 10 km in the game.Only 2...
Messi gets 3 golden shoes
One more to keep alongside the other two he has already won. Lionel Messi was awarded a record third...
Pele biopic gets underway
Leonardo Lima Carvalho plays the role of a young Pele in a film written and directed by Michael Zimbalist...
Messi’s modest Trophy Haul
While the focus is on the clash between Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo here’s an image that sums up an older...
Zlatan gets stamp of approval
The swedish postal service is going to honour Zlatan Ibrahimovic by putting his face on a postage stamp.The stamp...
Messi off the bench scores a brace as Barca beat Getafe, 4-1
Adriano gets the Blaugranas started after Cesc Fabregas does all the brilliant spadework. Well into the second half, Pedro...
Six gun salute for the Gunners as they sweep Saints, 6-1
szólj hozzá: Arsenal vs Southampton 6:1 MOTD The only imperfection in an otherwise perfect outing for the Gunners was...
Four Arsenal legends found Southampton a lucky charm: Will Oliver Giroud?
It took Thierry Henry eight matches to open his scoring account for Arsenal, a period so fraught with self...
World Cup qualifiers: Gomez’s free kick secures USA’s must win over Jamaica, 1-0
The first half was a virtual lockdown of Jamaica in their own half as the USA created a blistering...