Video: Seu Jorge sings Tive Razão
Tive Razão is one of the songs in FIFA 2007. For Wes Anderson lovers, Seu Jorge arranged the music...
Category: Soccer Players
Ronaldinho – a dream come true.
Ronaldinho – seen here with his FIFPro Player of the year trophies and the smile that launched a thousand...
West Ham buyout: Magnusson’s hands are cleaner than MSI
Eggert Magnusson is the new chairman of West Ham and he celebrated with a winning start against Sheffield United,...
Man Utd vs Chelsea: A tale of two halves
Man Utd was ascendant the first half. But it was Chelsea all the way in the second. If there...
Video: Bolton 3 Arsenal 1
Nicolas Anelka puts a nail in Arsenal’s coffin. Actually, two of them.
Peter Kenyon: Chelsea will be World’s No 1 club
A theme is being played out. Man Utd represents the past and Chelsea the future of English league football....
Sam Allardyce fires back at Arsene Wenger
The Gunners have not won against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium in four years and they continued to struggle...
Saburo Kawabuchi: The man behind Japan’s resurgent football
It seems as if Japan has been playing football all its life. The reality is that organized football is...
Reading vs Fulham: Hahnemann wins his duel with McBride
The Reading vs Fulham game was interesting because it had a reunion of Yanks playing in the Premiership. However,...
Arsenal: Schizophrenic performances perplex fans
Who can understand this year’s Arsenal? Are they sublime or utterly ridiculous? After tearing Liverpool’s heart out, 3-0, they...
What ails Indian football? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, AIFF chief
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, the present Union Information and Broadcasting Minister is also the president of the All India...
What ails Indian football? Cricket provides an insight
Growing up in India, where cricket was such a huge game, when we formed teams in our neighborhood park,...
Mario Gomez – Rising star
Stuttgart’s 21 year old striker Mario Gomez got high praise from Beckenbauer this week.He said that Gomez should be...
The legend that was Puskas: Eduardo Galeano remembers
Eduardo Galeano has a delightful entry on Ferenc Puskas in his immensely readable book Soccer in Sun and Shadow...
Real Madrid pays tribute to Puskas.
Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 3-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday as it paid tribute to its all-time...
Real to David Beckham: No Tom Cruise wedding for you
Beckham’s days in Real are but over. He has only played in three games this season and is out...
Video: 1954 World Cup, Germany 3 Hungary 2
The Mighty Magyars should have won this finals. An injured Puskas scored the first goal and was denied an...
Video: Wembley, 1953 Ferenc Puskas vs Billy Wright: The perfect goal
Brilliant goal and footwork by Puskas. Loses Billy Wright completely.
Video: 10 best Real Madrid goals
Includes two goals from the 1960 European Cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt scored by Puskas (# 7) and Alfredo...
Video: May 1954, Hungary 7 England 1
Puskas and the Mighty Magyars destroy the Three Lions again.
Wembley, November 1953: Hungary 6 England 3
Billy Wright (L) Ferenc Puskas (R), Wembley 1953 A match that destroyed the aura of the invincibility and changed...
The Mighty Magyars: A fable as Hungary struggles
With the passing away of Ferenc Puskás, the last of the Mighty Magyars is gone. There is only one...
Vagner Love joins the club.
It may be hard for some to believe this but another hat trick has been scored.Brazilian striker Vagner Love...
Video : Drogba unstoppable
Drogba is unstoppable these days…seen here scoring the winning goal in a friendly between Ivory Coast and Sweden on...
Will Freddy Adu succeed in Europe?
The US soccer establishment has been agog with the news that we might finally see David Beckham land up...
West Ham’s Tevez and Mascherano are busts: Trade rumours get stronger
Amongst all the brouhaha over West Ham’s signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano signings that shook the football...
North Korea wins the Asian Youth Football Championship
North Korea is in the news for disagreeable reasons, mostly to do with realpolitik and nuclear ambitions, a perennial...
Video: Kenny Dalglish’s Celtic days
King Kenny, Celtic and Liverpool legend son Paul played for the Dynamo in the MLS finals. Dalglish, Sr. is...
Video: MLS finals 2006: Dynamo win on penalty kicks, 4-3
Jay Heaps misses and its all over for the Revs, who remain winless in three championship games.
Video: MLS finals 2006: Revolution vs Dynamo, 1-1 (Extra time)
Twellman sends the Revolution ahead and a minute later Ching equalizes for the Dynamo. 1-1 at the end of...
Where was the MLS finals coverage in the national media?
Having ABC telecast the 2006 MLS finals maybe a big deal but that is about it. ESPN and PTI...
Video: Arsenal vs Liverpool, 3-0
All the highlights of the fantastic Arsenal win over Liverpool including Flamini! Toure! Gallas! Worth every minute of the...
Video: The history of Al Ahly, the club of the century.
Al Ahly lifted the African Champions League crown for the fifth time as they beat CS Sfaxien of Tunisia,...
The Houston Dynamo are the 2006 MLS champions
Congratulations to the Houston Dynamo- 2006 MLS champions! 90 minutes of regular time, 30 minutes of extra time could...
Arsenal destroys Liverpool, 3-0. Flamini! Toure! Gallas!
Flamini! Toure! Gallas! The goalscorers for the Gunners!!! Henry the best defender!!! This was Gunners football at it’s best,...
Meet Paul Dalglish: Football legend’s son finds a home in Texas
Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool and Scotland Paul Dalglish, Houston Dynamo Today as the Houston Dynamo takes on the New England...
Video: MLS goal of the season: Brian Ching
Fantastic bicycle kick by Ching!
Germany: Hooliganism in lower division clubs
Hooliganism is seeing a new outbreak in the lower division clubs and in the past few weekends, fans have...
Klinsmann: A step closer to becoming the US MNT coach
Der Speigel reports that Sunil Gulati, president of US Soccer met with Jurgen Klinsmann, hoping that after taking a...
FIFA bans Kenya: Its sanctions target the vulnerable
FIFA bans Kenya from international football competition, it should have done the same with Italy. Italy’s league always seems...
Video: Borat mocks Paul Robinson
As Robinson’s foot meets air, the e-hoarding flashes Jagshemash and a grinning Borat comes on!
Kazakhstan to Ali G: We play footbal!
As humans we like to define everything in singularities. Personalities, concepts, countries. Some are flattering, others less so. Mahatma...
Video: 1986 World Cup final: Argentina 3 W. Germany 2
Jorge Burruchaga seals Argentina’s win over Germany, in a footrace after a great little flick from that pibe Maradona...
Asian Youth Football Championships: Jordan in World Cup U-20
India plays host to the ongoing Asian Youth Football Championship from October 29th to November 12th. However as hosts...
Arsenal FC: The Argentinian club is making waves
Arsenal FC lost to Boca Juniors, 1-2 in the Apertura 2006 but is overall an impressive 4th position in...
Video: Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo, 1-2
Real fall to Celta Vigo making their journey up the league even tougher.
Video: Lennon and Dawson against Chelsea
Feast your eyes on that little beauty by Lennon!
Video: Man Utd’s gift to Sir Alex’s 20 years of service
Alex Ferguson could not have asked for a better 20 year anniversary gift from Man Utd in their win...
Sheringham scores off the field too: Meet Danielle Lloyd
Teddy Sheringham seems to be having the time of his life. At 40 years he is leading West Ham...
Today’s Premiership games: The day of the underdog
Aaron Lennon, best young player 19 years Teddy Sheringham, best old player 40 years November 5, 2006 Tottenham 2...
FIFA’s proposal to protect national teams: Should Owen Hargreaves be insulted?
Today FIFA and FIfPro proposed the implementation of a six plus five system, whereby six members of a side...
Neurosciences and Diego Maradona: Why he is the best player
A recent article in Nature Neuroscience (Nature Neuroscience – 9, 1083 – 1084 (2006) doi:10.1038/nn0906-1083) discusses how we pay...
Video: The Milan derby: Inter vs AC Milan, 4-3
Crespo gets the first. Stankovic, Ibrahamovic, Seedorf, Kaka, Gilardino, and Materazzi get the others. Great match between these two...
The rejects: RVN, Morientes, Crespo and Gudjohnsen thrive
Remember Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Fernando Morientes, Eidur Gudjohnsen, and Hernan Crespo, till recently fixtures in a Premiership club? Great...