Ronaldo to star in new documentary on Eusebio
Eusebio is one of Portugal’s greatest of the greats.He played for Benfica for 15 years and the club have...
Category: Soccer Players
Awesome skill from Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski demonstrated wonderful ball control and skill to score his second goal of the game against Frieburg. He...
Rooney breaks goalscoring record with 94th minute equaliser
Manchester United were trailing 1 – 0 at full time against Stoke City and three minutes of the 5...
Messi is batman
Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli took Lionel Messi to a whole new level in comparison with the rest of the...
Neymar in the movies
Neymar tried out his acting skills by doing a cameo in the recently released XXX – The return of...
Paul Pogba and the goalposts
The stats show that his performance in Juventus was better than what he’s been at since he joined Manchester...
Zlatan gives his take on “The Scorpion Kick”
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s Goal of the Month award winning scorpion kick was part of a well rehearsed routine – according...
Pogba gets lampooned
Pogba gets the works for his handball against Liverpool the other day.
Conte drops Costa from Leicester game
Major blow to Chelsea’s title hopes.Costa and Conte had a major falling out.The details are a bit murky –...
Banter
Paul Pogba wandered in while Thierry Henry was interviewing Zlatan Ibrahimovic ahead of the Super Sunday clash between United...
Real Madrid – Unbeaten on 40
Real Madrid have a new La Liga record to themselves – 40 games unbeaten on the trot.Barcelona with 39...
Messi equals Ronald Koeman’s record
Lionel Messi equaled Ronald Koeman’s free-kick record for Barcelona when he scored in Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Atletic Bilbao...
Arsenal and the Dunking Devils – Brilliant
Arsenal stars Alex Iwobi, Aaron Ramsey and Per Mertesacker teamed up with the Dunking Devils to celebrate the arrival...
Ronaldinho looks back
Ronaldinho,in the twilight of his greatness,has looked back and has written a letter to himself – addressing it to...
Mata overtakes Chelsea landmark
Juan Mata played a stellar role in United’s 2 – 0 win over Hull City in the EFL Cup.He...
Top of the World
Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world’s best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich. Other award...
Rooney catches up with Sir Bobby Charlton at last
Rooney,who had been tottering on the brink of equaling Sir Bobby’s record of 249 for a while now,finally achieved...
Giroud scores yet another late winner
Giroud is making a habit of scoring goals in the dying minutes of the game and rescuing Arsenal from...
Obi goes to China
John Obi Mikel,after sitting on the sidelines so far this season,has decided that he doesn’t want to be sidelined...
Messi opens 2017 with double nutmeg goal
Messi is back to his brilliant best in 2017 – dodging defenders and leaving goalkeepers standing. Here he is...
Liverpool squander 2 goal lead against Sunderland
Klopp was critical of the refs after Liverpool allowed Sunderland to come back from a 2 goal deficit –...
Zlatan can beat Messi yet
For an ageing warhorse who was supposed to have been past his peak and getting ready to slide off...
Guess who’s the richest of them all ?
Carlos Tevez has overtaken Messi and Ronaldo to become the highest paid football player in the world. Tevez has...
Suarez tops the goalscoring charts for 2016
Luis Suarez topped all goal scorers worldwide in 2016 with 40 goals, the International Federation of Football History and...
Pep wades into the Messi Ronaldo debate
Pep Guardiola has waded into the “who’s better” debate. Giving due credit to Ronaldo – who has had a...
David Beckham and his son’s Christmas Song
Cruz Beckham,having inherted a reasonable singing voice from his mother’s side of the family,entered the music industry at the...
Soccerblog joins Per Mertesacker in wishing everyone a very merry Christmas
Per Mertesacker starts off reasonably well ..and then goes into a kind of tailspin. He makes a brave effort...
The Chinese League and the lure of lucre
Oscar is looking very happy because he has just completed a move from Chelsea to the super rich Chinese...
Nemar stars in charity match for Chapecoense
Neymar and Friends took on Robinho and Friends and beat them 13-9 in a charity match, Other notable names...
David Luiz shows off a bit of magic
David Luiz – central defender,defensive midfielder and part time magician. Conte’s magical transformation of Chelsea’s fortunes this season has...
Ronaldo makes it 4
Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d’Or beating Messi who ended up second best. The speech.. ..some comments
Countdown to the Ballon d’Or
As we wait bated breath and bitten nails for the declaration of this year’s winner here’s a look at...
Fifa Fan Award nominees.
Fifa have announced a new award for dedicated only to fans.A note on their website says. “The final shortlist...
Theo Walcott sets new Guinness World Record
Theo Walcott,previous known for being able to run at superhuman speeds has got a new super power. Staving off...
Ben Woodburn scores debut goal for Liverpool
17-year-old Ben Woodburn enjoyed a night to remember by becoming the club’s youngest ever goalscorer. He volleyed home Liverpool’s...
Mourning for their loss
The names and photographs of the players from the team who died can be viewed here… The plane crashed...
Ronaldo has changed gears
Ronaldo started the La Liga season rather sedately leading some to believe that he wasn’t going to that well...
Rooney gets a record
Rooney scored in United’s 4 – 0 win over Feyenoord. He now has 39 European goals and broke Ruud...
Steven Gerrard calls it a day
Steven Gerrard called time on a 19 year career. What comes next for him? Coaching at Liverpool. Chatting with...
Puma put out Antonine Griezmann goal celebration Ad
Antoine Griezmann’s legendary Hotline Bling Goal Celebration has now been immortalized in a neat Ad by Puma
Messi sends Celtic home
Messi came back to Barcelona and scored both the goals against Celtic.It was always a forlorn kind of hope...
Midweek bloopers
A couple of bloopers to keep us going as we get to the middle of the week. First here’s...
Puskas Award 2016 shortlist
Shortlist for FIFA Puskas Award 2016 Mario Gaspar (Spain) — 13.11.2015, Spain vs. England, international friendly Hlompho Kekana (South...
England concede two late goals against Spain
After taking an early 2 – 0 lead and Jamie Vardy doing an awesome mannequin goal celebration England then...
Puyol’s Eleven
That’s the lineup that Puyol considers to be the most formidable set of players he has ever played against....
Vincent Kompany’s dark thoughts…
…on the US Election results.. @VincentKompany not true, pep is our manager remember — Jamie (@McfcJamie_) November 9, 2016
Ronaldo commits his future to Real Madrid
Ronaldo is not going back to Manchester United.Not till the 30th of June 2021 anyway.His new contract,due to be...
Zlatan scores the 25,000th Premier League Goal
When Zlatan scored his first goal against Swansea yesterday it turned out that it was the 25,000th Premier League...
Bayern Munich have a “rubbish kit” for their next game.
Bayern Munich will play their next game against Hoffenheim in a kit made from recycled plastic found in the...
Goalie gets one year ban for throwing match
North Korean goalie Jang Paek Ho gives a not quite Oscar winning performance of a goalkeeper trying his best...
Zlatan might be rethinking this
Current EPL standings Manchester United are holding on grimly to 8th spot. Sometimes it’s wise to mince words –...
Bale scores fastest Real Madrid C L goal ever
Gareth Bale celebrated his new contract with Real Madrid which makes him the highest paid player in the world...
Dortmund enter last 16 without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Borussia Dortmund,beat Sporting Lisbon to reach the last 16 of the Champions League even though their star stiker Pierre-Emerick...
Higuain both hero and villain in Lyon draw
Gonzalo Higuain played both Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Juventus’ 1-1 draw against Lyon. He heroically scored off...