France sail into the semis
Morocco’s streak of lucky and skillful victories came to a bitter end. They were defeated 2-0 by none other...
Category: Soccer Players
What next for Mo ?
Mostafa Zico’s display of joga bonito on the right wing made us miss the samba boys and almost took...
Argentina script a comeback for the ages
Who would have thunk it ?? That they could win 3-2 after being 2-0 down till about the last...
Remembering Diogo Jota
Gone too soon
Zlatan weighs in on Mbappe and Olise
France breezed past Sweden and Mbappe and Olise were pretty much unstoppable Deschamps had to leave the French camp...
Brazil samba into the last 16
There wasn’t much Samba in the first half. Japan scored in the 29th minute .For the rest of that...
Holland’s heading home..
Two European giants head home. The dutch team are also sitting in the airport – chatting with the German...
The return of the King.
Not Aragorn. Not Elvis Presley. But Neymar . For the first time after a long time…. By then Brazil...
Jonathan David’s hat trick
Messi started off with a hat trick and Jonathan David said ” Well if he can do it –...
Zlatan on Jimmy Kimmel
Zlatan settles the Messi/Ronaldo debate once and for all. Who is better ? Zlatan ! More on Zlatan
The first World Cup without Pele on the Planet (since 1940)
We miss you, King.
Lamest Opening Ceremony?
Although we love Shakira, this was the lamest World Cup opening ceremony in the history of color-television. I mean,...
Nike v/s Adidas
We have seen the Nike Ad and the Adidas Ad The Nike ad has a whole bunch of famous...
Bruno Fernandes equals assist record ..no wait
The chap doing the commentary,like everyone else watching,thought Bruno had equalled the record when he headed the ball to...
The World Cup 2026 anthem is a dud
Going back a bit and making some (odious) comparisions World Cup 2010 – Waka Waka (This time for Africa)...
Erling studies some football artefacts
Haaland takes a look at some ancient football memorabilia.. which ultimately led him to the football phantom.. View this...
World Cup 2026 ads ..
Adidas … Coca Cola…
Messi on 900 goals
Lionel Messi became the second player in history to reach 900 top-level career goals when he scored in Inter...
Senegal stripped of AFCON title
The fat lady has not yet sung for Afcon 2026 and so the opera continues. The latest twist in...
Hulk in the middle of a 23 red card brawl
It’s broken the record as the most violent incident in the history of football in Brazil. The Brazilian record...
Happy Birthday Sep
Sep who was a septuagenarian about 20 years ago has now moved on a good bit from there. He...
More World Cup 2026 worries
We talked about the boycott and we talked about the carbon footprint. Now Infantino has another headache. The new...
Can Football be big and green ?
FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 is set to become the most polluting in tournament’s history. A recent study, FIFA’s...
Why C Ron is looking grumpy and gloomy
He’s gone on strike against Al Nassr His grievance with them has largely centered on ambition versus reality. Reports...
The EPL has become a three horse race
It was a two horse race with Arteta in front and Pep breathing down his neck. But Manchester United,much...
Man City : One win after two unexpected losses
A remarkably resurgent Manchester United put City to the sword on the 18th. (Actually Man Utd’s resurgence is more...
Gonzalo Garcia’s incredible hat trick
Real Betis were at the receiving end of the perfect hat trick. Gonzalo scored with a header in the...
Gabon sack their national team
In news that made football fans blink twice and check if it was April 1st, Gabon’s national football team...
Salah at the AFCON
Is this going to be the time that Salah lifts the AFCON at last . There was heart break...
The VAR effect.
The ball hits the net. The crowd explodes. You hug a stranger. Someone spills a drink. Life is perfect....
Rio puts Bruno in the hot seat
If you dont have the time to sit through it- this is what Bruno more or less said.. “Yes,...
Song for Salah
The unthinkable .. the upcoming game against Brighton was perhaps going to be the last game Salah played for...
Ronaldo v/s the Robot Goalie
If you have about 27 minutes to spare you will be able to know what happened when Ronaldo took...
Haaland’s 100
Erling Haaland has officially scribbled his name into English football folklore using a sledgehammer instead of a pen. By...
Yamal on the mat
Lamine Yamal on 60 minutes “Overtime” Highlights of the interview.. On comparisons with Messi “I respect him … for...
Arsenal stun Bayern
Harry Kane was not able to make a single goal attempt in 90 minutes and Bayern’s long unbeaten run...
Ronaldo scissor kick from many angles
For an ageing war horse – this is quite spectacular. Ronaldo scores the mother of all scissor kicks a...
Football in a blizzard
The Atlético Ottawa–Cavalry FC “game on ice” took Canadian soccer a different level entirely. Played in a fierce snowstorm...
The Piers Morgan -Cristiano Ronaldo interviews
If its raining and you have some time on your hands … Part 1 ( 3 years ago) .....
Ronald gets a red card for Portugal
A record Ronaldo would rather not have achieved. He picked up his first red card ever while playing for...
Salah equals Rooney record
Salah scored his 250th goal in all competitions for Liverpool against Aston Villa ( which saw him equalling a...
A day in the life of Erling Haaland
Haaland is off to a phenomenal start to the 2025-26 season. He is scoring at an even higher rate...
Arne Slot’s gamble backfires
He made 10 changes to the team that went up against Crystal Palace in the League Cup,choosing to send...
Messi gets the boot
As P G Wodehouse might have put it.. It was, I must say, one of those moments when one...
Messi and Ronaldo :The Twilight years
Even as Cristiano Ronaldo carved another notch in the record books by becoming the all-time leading scorer in World...
Ronaldo has scored the most World Cup goals ever
Ronaldo scored two goals against Hungary and took his tally of world cup goals to 41.The previous highest number...
The Golden boot frontrunners
All three frontrunners have hit the ground running in the new season. And three Golden Boots are in their...
Harry Kane on fire
Harry Kane is the first ever Bundesliga player to score 11 goals in his first six matches although his...
Dembele lifts the Ballon d’Or
Dembele is living the dream. At 28 he has won the FIFA World Cup,the UEFA Champion’s League and now...
Neymar v/s Zidane
Aspect Zinedine Zidane Neymar Jr. Position Midfielder (Attacking/Playmaker) Forward/Winger (Attacker) Style of Play Elegant, composed, controlled tempo, vision, technical...
Neymar’s 250th game for Santos is a 6-0 nightmare
Neymar joined Santos’ academy at age 11 and quickly became one of Brazil’s brightest prospects.By 2008–2009, Neymar was already...
Ballon D’Or 2025
The 30 nominee namelist is out .. Ballon D’Or dream team.. Mbappe isn’t in the top 5 contenders …...
Neymar has blue beads in his hair
Neymar is back on the job for Santos after being AWOL for a while due to injury. He has...