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Category: Soccer Hall of Fame
Roberto Baggio studies to be a coach
The Divino Codina: Now and Zen If you are per chance wondering what the Divine Ponytail is upto nowadays...
Video: The Lampard effect strikes the U20 Women’s World Cup
Germany won against France in the U20 Women’s World Cup and in an eerie deja vu, a goal similar...
Ribery and Benzema indicted in the French sex scandal
The two players spent 7 hours in custody and charged by the judicial magistrate Andre Dando with having sex...
Joachim Löw renews contract
Löw renews till Euro 2012 which should come as a great relief to all football lovers, not just fans...
The world of football chants breathes easier
Spurs clamp down on the wind section. Arsenal follow suit. The world turns cold to the vuvuzelers and we...
The Joe Cole factor: Gerrard prolongs Anfield career
The Joe Cole move seems to have paid dividends. A sign of serious intent which seems to have satisfied...
Update: Arsenal’s NEW look
The 2011 home and away colours Nice. Plus, the Emirates stands are also going to be renamed – part...
Nery Castillo: Player in the wilderness joins Chicago Fire
Nery Castillo the Mexican player with loads of talent and a history of prima donna-ish behaviour joins the MLS...
Video: Arsenal 4 Barnet 0
Arsenal’s pre-season began with a 4-0 thumping of Barnet with Andriy “I am leaving for Barca” Arshavin opening the...
MLS All Star roster against Man Utd
Sebastien Le Toux: The former Sounder is on Arena’s roster Bruce Arena announces a 23 man roster against Man...
Joe Cole to Liverpool?
England’s most creative player and Fabio Capello afterthought, Joe Cole is being lured to Liverpool with the promise of...
Tiki Taka soon coming to Liverpool
La Masia (The Farm) is set to take the world by storm (painting by Joan Miro) Rafa Benitez left...
Martin Jol heading to Fulham
Craven Cottage will be loading up on the toilet paper All indications are Martin Jol is heading back to...
Fabio Capello should be embarrassed
The Man Who Knew Infinity Fabio Capello is embarrassed. The Capello Index has turned sour for the England coach...
Socrates and Big Phil
There is a reason why this man is called Socrates. One of the truly deep thinkers of the sport...
All quiet on the Arsenal front
Marouane Chamakh, Laurent Koscielny, and bucket loads on the Fabregas transfer saga but otherwise its been deader than a...
Bob Bradley to Fulham?
He may have to trade that look for a suit and tie The Cottagers are still looking for a...
Man City unabated: They sign Kolarov
City’s spending bender to a Premiership title continued unabated. Lazio accepted their £17m for their highly rated left wing...
Sami Khedira close to signing with Real
Both AS and Marca are reporting that Real are close to signing Sami Khedira who did such a outstanding...
Barca’s Fabregas intensity fades
Behind the daily parade of Barca players who talk about Cesc Fabregas return to Barca in the emotional terms...
Rafa Marquez next up for NY Red Bulls?
The Red Bulls are looking for a third DP and this time it is a central midfielder – not...
Soccerblog view: Thierry will have more impact than Beckham
Biggest reason: Thierry “Titi” Henry is not hyped as the saviour of the MLS. When you manage expectations better...
Video: Part 1: Thierry Henry NY Red Bulls presser
Part 2 and Part 3. Thierry Henry has been coming to NY for a long time as a tourist...
Maradona’s misuse of Leo Messi was criminal
El Diego looking like something from My Big Fat Argentinian Wedding One of the worst defeats in Argentinian World...
Carles Puyol retires from international duty
King Carles against Germany: A defining moment Sad news. The most visible face of El Roja Furia announced his...
The shirt don’t fit ……
Are we assuming? Nah, says Fabregas – just some something amusing.
Ryan Giggs contemplating MLS move
Man Utd is on its USA and Canada tour and are in Chicago at the present moment. Ryan Giggs...
It’s official: Thierry Henry moves to the MLS
New York Red Bulls fans are in for a treat this season. Titi Henry has signed for the MLS...
So who is in your World Cup XI?
We could make this easy- throw in the Spanish, the Germans, and Diego Forlan. But here is my World...
Octopus Paul plans to appear in Bigg Boss
A World Cup sand sculpture in Bhubaneshwar, India with Octopus Paul Octopus Paul is landing a few big gigs...
Ballack’s agent: A “gay combo” defines German football
Alexander Osang’s article in Der Speigel highlights the new German football- attractive, full of flair and invention, with a...
World Cup finals stats: Spain was a control freak
Look at Spain’s heavy numbers (passing accuracy): Xavi dominates From the Guardian’s Datablog • 3547 – Spain have now...
Johan Cruyff: From totalfootball to totalantifootball
Johan Cruyff speaks: “This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style, yes it served the Dutch to...
Richard Williams: Spain played anti-football
When Eric Wynalda makes more sense than Richard Williams, you begin to wonder. But people like Williams have a...
Video: Nigel De Jong kung fu
How on earth did Howard Webb not give De Jong the boot?
Diego Forlan wins the Golden Ball
No quibbles with this choice. Diego Forlan was the best player this World Cup- that free kick against Ghana...
Video: Iker makes you go awww ……
St Iker and Sara Carbonero, Round 2. Last time, she was supposedly a distraction, this time around she was...
Sneijder: “Howard Webb robbed us”
We have a winner for whingeing. According to Wesley Sneijder the Dutch would not have been beaten if it...
Video: Khedira clinches third spot for Germany
For those not interested, or were not paying too much attention, there was a match yesterday to decide third...
Maarten Stekelenberg: Pedro could test Dutch goalie
El Nino looked a trifle sharper in the Germany match coming off the bench. Of course, one does not...
Benayoun: Rafa tried “to break me like he broke Riera”
I always wondered how Yossi Benayoun could take playing for Rafa, saving Liverpool many a times with his fine...
Why Germany believes third place is important
As per Bild, Germany has much at stake with a win today. Remind the world once more about their...
VIDEO: 1982 World Cup Final History: Paulo Rossi’s First Strike
I used to dislike Rossi because of what he did to Brazil earlier in the tournament. That was the...
VIDEO: 1978 World Cup Final History: Mario Kempes ends Holland’s Quest
I remember listening to this game on the radio, waaay past bedtime. Denis Law was one of the commentators....
VIDEO: 1974 World Cup Final History: Gerd Mueller finishes Holland
Holland’s arrogance led to their downfall in ’74. Cruyff never won a World Cup and Holland’s quest for Cup...
VIDEO: 1970 World Cup Final History: Pele’s Leap of Faith
Gotta sneak this one in as well (1958):
VIDEO: 2002 World Cup Final History: Ronaldo beats Deutschland
Good work from ESPN. Sorry about the ad… but this is one of the best video series I’ve seen...
Van Nistelrooy: “Spain is the favourite”
Ruud Van Nistelrooy who should know something about killer goals will be sitting on the couch in Hamburg as...
Joachim Löw to sign two year extension
According to Bild, Löw will sign on for two years more as Germany’s coach ensuring much needed continuity for...
FIFA: The end of the present system of refereeing
Expect the Europa Cup modification of two additional referees patrolling behind goal to be implemented in future FIFA matches....
Hala Barca, Visca Madrid: Spain’s credo is good football
Vicente Del Bosque Spain’s success is due to the myriad talent they have but what is so different about...
Mannschaft: The right wing rejection
Maier, Beckenbauer, Breitner, Höttges, Vogts, Bonhof, Hoeneß, Köppel, Netzer, Mueller, Wimmer – part of the 1972 Euro winning team...
Joachim Low: “Spain the best team in the world”
The Netherlands might disagree. But we are looking at possibly the best team on the planet right now. It’s...