Carlos Bocanegrea in ESPN’s Body Issue
For Soccerblog’s two female readers. Here is captain USA. Looks like what is happening to Rangers was furthest from...
Category: Soccer History
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...
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...
Leo Messi: Grape news for wine lovers
Leo Messi, is all set to launch his own wine collection. It is said when you take a sip,...
Beckham at his best: LA Galaxy overcome Portland Timbers, 5-3
Take that Stuart Pearce, he seems to say. Becks at his best. An open field goal and a set...
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...
Justice interrupted: John Terry needs to retire as he’s become a lightning rod
The court’s have spoken. John Terry was not guilty of deliberate racial misconduct. Instead of it being the last...
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,...
John Terry acquitted of racism charges
As we predicted yesterday, John Terry was cleared of racism charges against Anton Ferdinand. The evidence was largely circumstantial...
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...
John Terry racism trial: Closing arguments today
The impression one gets on the last day of the trial is the prosecution failed to prove without a...
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...
Don Diego’s Al Wasl managerial career: Five highlights
5 highlights of Don Diego’s Al Wasl tenure. 1. Kicking an annoying as heck fan in the hand. To...
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,...
FIFA make a royal mess of the rankings
The Three Lions sit pretty in 4th position despite disappointing performances England rises to number 4 and raises eyebrows....
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...
Copa Libertadores: Corinthians are champions beating Boca Juniors, 2-0
Emerson’s brace sparked a famous Corinthians victory over six times Copa Libertadores champions Boca Juniors. The first leg ended...
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...
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...
Euro 2012: Jordi Alba and Xavi link brilliantly for Spain’s second
szólj hozzá: 2-0 One of the highlights of the 2012 Euro. Jordi Alba actually begins this move and starts...
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...
The media reaction: Spain rewrites history
Marca says Gracias, Gracias, Gracias. AS ran the headline. Spain: Three-time champions and legends of modern football. In a...
Euro 2012: Spain turns in a record breaking masterclass trouncing Italy, 4-0
szólj hozzá: Spain 4 0 Italy hoofoot.com highlights Great teams defy characterization, easy stereotypes, and rise to a challenge....
How Unique is Mario Balotelli?
As this ad tells us, he’s not Ronaldinho, Chris Waddle, Ronaldo, or Carlos Alberto Valderrama. Nope, he’s Mario Balotelli....
Euro 2012: The morning after for Super Mario
Head on down to Who Ate All The Pies for a collection of Mario Balotelli inspired memorabilia. The City...
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...
Euro 2012: Five things we take from the Germany vs Italy match
Mesut Oezil has been a shadow, Andrea Pirlo a giant Mesut Oezil is no Andrea Pirlo: This Euro is...
Euro 2012: The Germans shed tears over their defeat
500,000 fans are left bereft at the Brandenberg Gate as their beloved Mannschaft come crashing down against the Italians.
A closer look at Olivier Giroud, the new Arsenal man
The first thing that leaps out is that he’s another left footed striker. Now we already have RVP and...
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...
Giorgios Samaras vs Kyriakos Papadopoulos do a slow dance
How about this for one of the most enduring images of the 2012 Euro? In the Germany vs Greece...
Bert Van Marwijk resigns as Dutch coach
That didn’t take too long although Van Marwijk had till 2016 for his contract to run out and by...
Eur0 2012: Semi-finals: Portugal bow out to uninspiring Spain, 2-4 on PKs
Looks like no one brought their shooting boots to this match. It was a bunch of John Arne Riise’s...
Euro 2012: The Iberian showdown: Spain vs Portugal
In the 2010 World Cup second round, Spain went with a 4-4-2 with Fernando Torres paired up with David...
Fabio Capello got this one right about Wayne Rooney
Not as bad as the 2010 World Cup when England returned from a dismal campaign Fabio Capello said something...
Mario Balotelli imagery: This is racism and it is unacceptable
This is in such incredibly poor taste. Although the Gazzetta Dello Sport cartoonist explains this as a clumsy attempt...
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...