Video: All Ronaldo’s Goals (15 and counting!)
Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima – the greatest goalscorer in World Cup history: Eat your heart out, Pele! I...
Category: Soccer Players
Arena in hot water with the MLS for speaking the truth
Bruce Arena, the coach may deserve all the brickbats that he got following the US debacle. But on this...
Simon Kuper: Don’t you have a life beyond the World Cup?
Simon Kuper in today’s FT, has travelled 18 days and slept on 15 different beds. He is sleep deprived...
The Italian squad: Will victory be too pyrrhic?
Gianluca Pessotto, Juventus official and ex-player The Italian media is full of how Gianluca Pessotto, Juventus manager and a...
The World Cup for the lamest excuse goes to…….
There should be a Cup handed out to the team that come up with the best excuse for their...
Video: Ronaldo – The Early Years (OK, it’s a Nike Ad)
It seems appropriate to play this now. He really was spectacular. If he lost 10 kilos, he’d score 10...
Video: France 3, Spain 1
David Villa’s perfect penalty gives Spain the lead, 1-0. Stupid move by Thuram. Franck Ribery ties it for France,...
Video: Brasil 3, Ghana 0
Ronaldo gets his place in history!
Coaches and their national soccer teams: Is there a trend to success?
With the Socceroos bowing out albeit in a unfortunate way, the quarterfinals now has no team that is coached...
Fulltime: France 3 Spain 1 (Zizou! Zizou! Zizou!)
The old guard for France came through, Zizou and Viera, Makele and Thuram, and Barthez. Zidane was absolutely on...
Halftime: France 1 Spain 1
Got a game. I thought Les Bleus would get run over and to some extent they did through Torres,...
Group of 16: France vs Spain
France meets Spain, 27 June in Hanover at 9:00 PM German time (3:00 PM EST) A meeting with a...
New soccer lexicon: Have you gone lampard on us?
Have you gone lampard on us? This might be what the Black Stars are asking each other after the...
Fulltime: Brazil 3 Ghana 0
Brazil is playing selfish soccer, not attractive to watch but enough to win. The Black Stars had their chances...
Halftime: Brazil 2 Ghana 0
The score should actually read Brazil 1 Ghana 0. Adriano was clearly offside. The atrocious refeering continues. Ghana is...
Round of 16: Ghana vs Brazil: History in the making?
Ghana meets Brazil, round of 16, June 27th in Dortmund at 5:00 PM German time (11:00 AM EST) Ghana...
Of matters Socceroo, Lucas Neill, and Guus.
Why did Lucas Neill have to do this? The outpouring of support for Lucas Neill has been overwhelming. We...
Ghana with the wind: Roberto Carlos meets Sulley Muntari
Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos is almost certain to get a warm welcome when his side meet Ghana in the...
Socceroos: It just wasn’t Kewell today!
Tony Karon writes in his blog that the Kewelless Socceroos blew their chances. One man up and 25 minutes...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: No more beautiful game
Klinsmann’s Germany is playing exhilarating soccer. We usually do not associate the word exhilarating with German soccer. It is...
Sour Grapes from Ollie Kahn
Sitting on the bench with his best impersonation of an angry King Kong, ex-starting goalkeeper Kahn has started taking...
Video: Lucas Neill foul on Grosso: Italy- Australia
It was a dive. Neill stuck his foot out in a sliding tackle that was timed poorly. I think...
Is Luis Aragonés a Racist?
Luis Aragonés’ comments about Thierry Henry are just plain pathetic. You can’t say these kinds of things without being...
The Swiss-Ukraine match: A perfect example of why the US can’t stomach soccer
120 minutes of dull, listless soccer, with men flopping around like fish and no outcome, and then deciding it...
The Socceroos meet the scandal plagued Azzurris
Mark Viduka could be right about Hiddink: “The man’s a genius.” There is talk of bestowing Guus Hiddink with...
Video: Portugal 1 Netherlands 0
Maniche punishes the Dutch again! Beautiful touch by Deco.
Video: England 1 Ecuador 0 (Beckham and Posh)
Beckham’s stupendous free kick. The man disappears for 89 minutes, and just when he is proving his detractors right,...
Is Brasil better off without Roberto Carlos?
I hate to agree with this article, but I think they are right. Roberto Carlos creates chaos when he...
In which Victoria Beckham finally shows some emotion
Victoria Beckham’s usual visage There wasn’t the most enormous amount of love for Beckham, it had to be said,...
Video: Portugal vs Netherlands: Euro 2004
Brilliant goal by Maniche. Euro 2004’s best goal. He seems to have made a habit of punishing the Dutch.
Round of 16, Italy faces its old nemesis: Guus Hiddink
One of the most painful matches in Italian soccer history was when the South Koreans coached by Guus Hiddink...
Hernan Crespo gets the goal: Number 3 is in his bag
FIFA had initially ruled that the equaliser in the Argentina- Mexico game was an own goal by Jared Borgetti....
The Netherlands: The legendary 1974, 1978 squads are a dream
Johny Heitinga, he and the Oranje disgraced themselves today vs Portugal I have always been a fan of Dutch...
The Netherlands vs Portugal match: England is the beneficiary
Some invisible hand must be guiding England. They have managed to get through their matches with some of the...
Netherlands vs Portugal: Is the German police ready?
One of the most unfortunate consequences of this bitter match made worse by a referee who ran amok with...
Halftime: Portugal 1 Netherlands 0
Very physical game that the referee Ivanov is barely in control of. Robben almost got decapitated in the penalty...
Owen Hargreaves: Photoshopping Sven’s boy
Nancy D’el Oweno My favourite Hargreaves photoshop. My heart grieves for him 🙂 The Guardian has more
World Cup: No one is feeling bullish on England these days
The reaction to the England win against Ecuador is that most English fans are still worried. You could hear...
Fulltime:England 1 Ecuador 0
England found a way to win and were helped by the fact that Ecuador went to sleep in the...
Halftime: The Three Kittens 0 Ecuador 0
So bad. If this is what England has come up, with such a lacklustre first half, then one can...
Is the English League providing the most impact in this World Cup?
The first round of the World Cup is over, 16 countries have made it. But which of the big...
Mexico takes on Argentina: Can they hold them off?
Argentina meets Mexico, round of sixteen, today, June 24 in Leipzig, at 9:00 PM, German time (3:00 PM EST)...
Halftime: Germany 2 Sweden 0 (Sweden under siege)
Klose- Podolski- Isaakson. The three most repeated names in the match so far. The most amazing thing is how...
France, Switzerland through: It was day for Arsenal and its alumni
Switzerland 2 South Korea 0 France 2 Togo 0 It was a day for Arsenal players and its alumni...
Halftime: France 0 Togo 0 (Sui 1 S.Korea 0) Domenech, bring Dhorasoo on!!
Kosi Agassa – Togo’s goalie It has been Kosi Agassi between the goal and Trezeguet, Henry, Ribery, Sillvestre, and...
US Soccer: Reyna retires from international soccer
Claudio Reyna will continue to play for Manchester City Claudio Reyna timed his departure well from the international scene,...
Video: Brazil 4, Japan 1
Ronaldo finally makes a few moves! Hats off for his record – can he beat Gerd Muller’s 14 goals?
The Socceroos pull it off! They are in
Zeljko Kalac (L), Oz’s goalie, a goat, Harry Kewell (R) Oz goalscorer the hero What a game.! Croatia threw...
The Socceroos vs Croatia: It’s a night out at the pokies for these lads
Mark Viduka, Socceroo captain meets his former country in the World Cup So, now that Harry Kewell has been...
It’s over: Plain and simple, the USA is just not that good
Let the second guessing begin. The fact, is the USA is not that good. We lost to a better...
Italy vs the Czech Republic; Milan Baros in!
Italy meet the Czech Republic today, June 22 in Hamburg at 4:00 PM German time (10:00 PM EST) In...
Ghana vs USA: Conrad in
Ghana: Kingston, Mensah, Pantsil, Shilla, Mohamed, Appiah, Essien, Dramani, Boateng, Amoah, Pimpong. Subs: Eric Addo, Otto Addo, Adjei, Ahmed,...
Everything at stake: Ghana meets the US, Italy the Czech Republic
Ghana meets the USA in a Group E encounter today, June 22 in Nuremburg at 4:00 PM German time...
What Freddy Adu is Doing During Tomorrow’s US -Ghana Game
A PR company sent me this… does Adu drink organic or polluted milk I wonder? A pity young Adu...