The French Ligue is bleeding quality defenders and it shows
Watching the highly distilled You tube clips of Karim Benzema, one admired his speed, his clinical finishes, and the...
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Mark Hughes: Culture Warrior
Mark Hughes channels HP Lovecraft and Necronomicon or is he digging on the “foreignness” of Arsenal’s squad. With Hughes...
Marta, the other Brazilian wins the FIFA best player
Marta Vieira da Silva quietly won the women’s player of the year award while all the networks hailed Kaka,...
Fabio Capello gets to the heart of the matter
A very astute observation. “I believe that English people and footballers have a will to win and a love...
Lassana Diarra wants to quit
Lassana Diarra wants to be transfered as he is finding it difficult to break through the talent the Gunners...
Wigan vs Blackburn: Two hat tricks and the mind of Mark Clattenburg
Two hat tricks with Roque Santa Cruz ending a 7 game drought in style in a losing effort for...
Chelsea showdown: Good news from Wenger
Last time fans wanted to greet Cashley Cole with these bank notes Arsene Wenger is optimistic that the midfield...
The Fabio Capello era begins
What makes me think that Paul Robinson will not like meeting Fabio Capello if he makes a mistake?
Video: FIFA CWC: AC Milan beats game Urawa Reds
Urawa Reds made a match of it against AC but the Rossoneri proved to be too good at the...
Italy’s soccer problems are a reflection of a deeper malaise
Ian Turner in his NYT article points to a survey show that Italians are the least happy people in...
The US should be taking to soccer in droves
The national game received a comprehensive indictment leaving its reputation in tatters. The Mitchell report has fingered almost 80...
Turkey in the house: Tuncay Sanli
Tuncay Sanli is proving to be a godsend for Gareth Southgate. The former Fenerbahce fan favourite scored a goal...
Cristiano Ronaldo: This man is still a cheat and a spoil sport
I am still waiting for Sir Alex, the self appointed defender of “English” soccer to denounce his player, Cristiano...
Video: Ryan Giggs scores his 100th goal for Man Utd
Manchester united 4:1 derby countyUploaded by crazylf2 Giggs reminds us why he is still one of the best. Congratulations...
The club famous for Corinthians democracy falls victim to neo-liberal policies
Socrates and Corinthians democracy; Lula and his embrace of neo-liberal policies There is a sense of disbelief when you...
Jose Mourinho: Why not? A step closer to managing England
Just saw Jose Mourinho on Sky Sports categorically saying “Why not?” to being asked if he wanted to be...
Corinthians relegated: The Kia Joorabchian association
Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano’s old club drew with Gremio and was relegated this Sunday. Back in 2004, Tevez...
A Jorvan Vieira sighting: A Down Under interest
Jorvan Vieira who was last seen leading the Iraq national team to its fairy tale win in the Asian...
Soccer returns to Baghdad
Several thousand rowdy soccer fans turned up at Al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad Saturday as premier league football got into...
Video: Argentina Apertura: Lanus 1 Boca Juniors 1
Boca Juniors 1 – Lanus 1. Apertura Argentino 2007Uploaded by futbolizados Jose Sand put El Granate ahead with his...
Arsenal has to be careful of a mid season swoon
Watching the Gunners playing Aston Villa this weekend was watching a movie held together by a bad editing job....
A crying shame: No official recognition for Jorvan Vieira in AFC awards
The Asian FC awarded Iraq as the best national team which was a no brainer. But they did not...
McLeish heads for Birmingham City
Alex McLeish resigned from the Scotland’s managers job leaving the Scottish FA in shock. He is on his way...
Rafa Benitez will not last at Liverpool: Economic and personal considerations
Anyone following the imbroglio at Liverpool between Rafa and the owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillette will be amazed...
Lanus moves closer to the Argentine Apertura title
The Apertura champion maybe decided in the final clash between little known Lanus and powerhouses Boca Juniors on December...
India begins a new professional soccer league
India starts a new professional league with an eye on emulating the J league, the most successful soccer start...
Part I: From Dubrovnik to Bucharest: This is the year of Eastern European soccer
The best soccer is being played east of the Danube. Romania, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic have all qualified for...
England manager’s job: What a difference a year makes
Remember this: Alan Curbishley: 14 March 2006 – “I want the England job. I have no idea what will...
Revs lose three in a row in the Dwayne De Rosario show
The New England Revolutions are in danger of becoming the Buffalo Bills of soccer as they lost their third...
Tartan fans and their sportsmanship: Donadoni provides the context
Roberto Donadoni had this to say about the Scottish fans whose exemplary behavior belied the heartbreak they must have...
Can Boston repeat winning its second major title the same year?
In 2004 Boston became only the second city after Pittsburgh to win two major sporting titles when the New...
David Healy’s record keeps Northern Ireland alive
David Healy’s 80th minute goal won Northern Ireland its match against Denmark keeping their hopes alive against group leaders...
Israel does England a massive favour: Puts conspiracy theory to rest
Steve McLaren can breathe a little easier now as Omer Golan put away the match winning goal in the...
Russia vs Israel: Colautti’s return gives a lift to Kashtan’s team
Roberto Colautti, Argentine born Israeli striker is his team’s top scorer Get ready for a nail biter today as...
Ricardo La Volpe is out of a job again
Wherever Ricardo La Volpe coaches appears to leave a bitter taste in the mouth for that national team or...
What ails Italian soccer? The answer lies elsewhere
Watching the Napoli Palermo match on FSC with all its breathtaking up and down soccer and a beauty of...
Ruud Gullit as LA Galaxy manager: A maverick ill at ease with authority
Ruud Gullit replaces Frank Yallop as LA Galaxy coach and Alexi Lalas had this to say “There certainly is...
Claudio Reyna once again proves to be the stumbling block
I don’t think there are too many coaches that can really say that fealty to a player has proven...
Besiktas suffers further ignominy: A loss to Fenerbache
After yesterday’s ignominous shellacking by Liverpool in the CL qualifiers, Besiktas who lost by a record 8 goals, suffered...
Premiership defenders are behind the spectacular goals
Juliano Belletti from Barcelona to Chelsea leads a group of attacking defenders From Noe Pamarot’s 30 yard screamer that...
Ahead of the big game: Arsenal vs Man Utd
Well, I am back after spending a great deal of my life producing a play called The Leopard and...
Is US Women’s Soccer Dead?
or is it just brain dead? The failure of the women’s team against Brazil wasn’t unexpected, was it? See...
Marta, Marta, Marta!
The torch has been passed. Brazil owns the US and Marta is the Pele of women’s soccer. NEXT: Is...
Women’s World Cup: USA finds the N.Koreans have come to play
The US women’s squad pulled through on a Heather O’Reilly equalizer that kept coach Greg Ryan’s unbeaten streak intact....
Man United’s debt balloons to record levels
Just as Peter Hill-Wood was talking about running Arsenal as a business, here comes a report that should peel...
Peter Hill Wood to Aleshir Usmanov: We need no bailout
It was refreshing to hear Peter Hill-Wood on the possibility of holding talks issuing this smackdown of David Dein....
Watchout Team USA, here come the Germans!
Birgit Prinz and Sandra Smisek scored hat tricks in an 11-0 smashing of Argentina. Vanina Correa had a nightmare...
Azzurri meet Les Bleus: A history of penalty jinxes
Watch out. This match is another in a long series of grudge matches between these two countries. The storyline...
Premiership goalies are struggling
Jens Lehmann. Paul Robinson. David James. Brad Friedel. Tony Warner. Antti Niemi. Steven Bywater. Jussi Jaskalainen. A number of...
Sunderland vs Man Utd: The student meets the master
Keane vs SAF. Finally, the match that will pit the definitive Man Utd player of a bygone SAF era...
Arsenal’s latest transfer Lassana Diarra
Well, it was the last minute touch and go that we had expected from Wenger but Diarra’s transfer continues...
Curtis Davies becomes Aston Villa’s new find
The Baggies have agreed to let Villa talk to Curtis Davies, the highly rated England U21 centre back and...
Video: Pachuca win the Super Liga final on PKs
Donovan misses a golden opportunity to win the Galaxy the first Super Liga title. Beckham limps out injured with...