David De Gea fuels transfer speculation with slapdash display
A Spaniard in the works. Anyone watching the Man Utd vs PSG International Champions Cup match could see the...
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It’s official: Sergio Ramos will be at Madrid till 2020
A new contract signed by Sergio Ramos will keep him at Real Madrid till July 2020. Not only that,...
PSG beat Manchester United 2 – 0
Matuidi and Zlatan were the goal scorers in the International Champion’s Cup game against Man United. United’s next game...
Red card for shirty business
This is one for the record books. Paulão,defender of brazilian club Mogi Mirim got a red card for wearing...
Miguel Herrera fired after altercation with TV Azteca commentator
Miguel Herrera, El Tri’s exhibitionist coach, known for his sideline over the top gesticulations and gyrations was fired by...
Arturo Vidal is officially a $39 million Bayern Munich signing
It’s official. Chile’s motoring box to box bad boy is a FC Hollywood signing for a sum of $39m...
Man Utd transfer: Pedro could be arriving at Old Trafford
According to Marca.com, the Red Devils are offering $28m and with add-ons could rise to approx $35m for Pedro,...
Arsenal’s Jeff Reine-Adelaide is a precocious talent
The player who caught the eye in the two matches against Lyon and Wolfsburg at the Emirates Cup was...
2015 Gold Cup: Mexico win 7th title as they beat overachieving Jamaica 3-1
For the first 15 minutes, the Reggae Boyz pegged El Tri back and in its most fulsome sequence Simon...
L’Equipe reports Angel Di Maria is on his way to PSG
Angel Di Maria has been conspicuous with his absence from the Man Utd squad now touring the USA. Well,...
Kung Fu Zlatan at it again
Zlatan practiced his kung fu skills on John Terry in an International Champions Cup friendly between PSG and Chelsea...
Manchester United beat Barcelona 3 -1
Wayne Rooney scored his first goal of the summer in the International Champions Cup game against Barcelona Jesse Lingard...
Arsenal hit Lyon for 6
Arsenal whacked Olympique Lyonnais 6-0 Olivier Giroud, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey in nine-minutes of first half...
2015 Gold Cup: USA’s miserable journey ends with a loss to Panama on penalties
The USA’s Gold Cup venture can be summed up as Harry Dean Stanton’s character in Wim Wender’s Paris Texas,...
2015 Gold Cup: Mark Geiger admits he made refereeing errors
From the CONCACAF’s president’s mouth: CONCACAF President Alfredo Hawit statement regarding the officiating of the Gold Cup 2015 semifinal...
World Cup 2018: Emmanuel Frimpong’s case shows racism is well and alive in Russian soccer
In a few hours, Sepp Blatter (last seen getting a money shower) will kick off the 2018 World Cup...
Gold Cup 2015: Why did the USA lose to Jamaica?
What happened to the USA? Riding the highs of recent wins albeit friendlies against powerhouses, the Netherlands and Germany,...
Sergio Ramos to Manchester United?
According to Radio Marca journalist Pablo Garcia Cuervo, the Real Madrid president has finally bowed to Ramos’ requests to...
Iker Casillas’ unheralded exit
He has been one of Real Madrid’s greatest goalkeepers ever – part of the teams that won the league...
Messi’s messy dress code
Messi has been known to turn up for big events not exactly dressed to kill.At various Ballon d’Or and...
2015 Gold Cup: Uninspiring Mexico saved by controversial penalty decision enter final beating 10 man Panama
This match will have repercussions beyond the pitch. CONCACAF showed they were woefully inadequate dealing with almost every facet...
2015 Gold Cup: Jamaica enter first Gold Cup final beating slow witted USA
All arise, Jamaica! The Reggae Boyz have done you proud. Their first Gold Cup final beating the USA only...
Thomas Muller transfer rumours to Man Utd gains traction
The Bayern Munich striker, now 25 years of age, is a particular favourite of Louis Van Gaal’s since his...
Danny Ings opens scorecard for Liverpool
Danny Ings scored his first Liverpool goal when he came on in place of Divock Origi.Liverpool beat Adelaide United...
2015 Gold Cup: The Soca Warriors fall to Panama on penalty shootout
La Galaxy’s Jaime Penedo was the hero for Los Canaleros when he saved Lester Stefan’s Peltier’s penalty shootout attempt....
2015 Gold Cup: Mexico beat Costa Rica in extra time through dubious penalty
Andres Guardado celebrates his penalty kick winner. A terrible bit of officiating by Walter Lopez of Guatemala in the...
2015 Gold Cup: Reggae Boyz break Haitian hearts with a first half strike
Giles Barnes celebrates his goal! Jamaica’s star is ascendant becoming the first Caribbean country to progress to the God...
Muller brace as Bayern beat Valencia 4 -1
Bayern Munich walked to a 4 -1 win over Valencia in a friendly.Muller was star of the show –...
Morgan Schneiderlin scores on Man Utd debut
Manchester United beat Club America 1- 0 in the International Champions Cup. Morgan Schneiderlin scored in the first five...
2015 Gold Cup: USA crush Cuba 6-0 as Dempsey scores his first USMNT hat trick
Flying high. Total domination of a bedraggled Cuban side missing Ariel Martinez, their best player, who had defected very...
MLS: Steven Gerrard’s LA Galaxy debut provides an instant impact
Any other night would have been Quincy Amarikwa’s night. The San Jose Earthquakes striker scored an opening brace. Caveat:...
James Milner scores his first Liverpool goal
James Milner scored his first unofficial goal for Liverpool when they beat Brisbnane Roar in their second pre season...
Santi Cazorla’s impressive head volleyball in Singapore swimming pool
The diminutive Spaniard is not just quick with his feet. Pretty good stuff with his head.
David Beckham returns to “spiritually tainted” land for Miami stadium deal
David Beckham ever since his retirement has trolled Miami for his MLS franchise. Sticking point, no stadium, in a...
Fabian Delph does a U turn on his U turn
Fabian Delph had been expected to leave Aston Villa and join Manchester City last weekend. At the last moment...
Alcides Ghiggia the architect of the Maracanazo passes away
The worst Brazilian defeat? The 7-1 pasting at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Try again....
The season of the rebel goalkeeper
It’s hard to remember any other season where goalkeepers, that much maligned and quixotic group have been in the...
Arturo Vidal close to a $44million transfer to Bayern Munich
The combative, box to box, heavily tattooed midfielder seen recently at the Copa America leading Chile to their maiden...
Robbie Fowler skydives in Liverpool’s new away kit
Robbie Fowler was one who steadfastly refused to dive in his playing days. To make up for all that...
2015 Gold Cup: Trinidad and Tobago tie Mexico in a thrilling classic to win group
(Full match) 93rd minute: Joevin Jones under intense pressure as debris hurled from all sides accumulates around him, takes...
2015 Gold Cup: Cuba shock Guatemala to enter quarterfinals
Cuba before meeting Los Chapines had been beaten 6-0 by El Tri in their opener and then 2-0 by...
Manchester United: Powerful midfield, light on goalscorers and assists
With the addition of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, the Man Utd squad get a powerful boost adding to...
Freddy Adu sighting: He’s joined the Tampa Bay Rowdies
The only way one can describe Freddy Adu is as a journeyman. Which should make him in his 40s...
2015 Gold Cup: Hosts Canada eliminated by Costa Rica
These fans will have to wait. Once again Canada were simply not good enough in this Gold Cup. They...
Iker Casillas banished from Real Madrid to Porto
When is a transfer not a transfer? When the club’s CEO is Florentino Perez, who runs Real Madrid. The...
2015 Gold Cup: Michael Bradley scores as USA come from behind to tie Panama
An unbearably humid evening at Kansas City and a switch in refereeing crews formed the two talking points before...
2015 Gold Cup: Haiti eliminate fancied Honduras
It’s all over for Los Catrachos who with the USA were favoured to qualify for the quarterfinals from Group...
2015 Gold Cup: 10 man Guatemala hold high flying Mexico
Disappointment for El Tri fans as their side were brought crashing down from the highs of their 6-0 thrashing...
Manchester City bails out Liverpool with mind numbing $76 million for Raheem Sterling
Greece should have just approached Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan for a debt write off and a bail...
2015 Gold Cup: The USA win but Haiti push them all the way
Hats off to Haiti, the island nation that knows all too well, misery and decrepitude. They came to play...
Arsenal’s Emirates Cup 2015: Get your droid on
Looks like the Autobots will fight the Decepticons if this is what Arsenal is advertising as the Emirates Cup....
Carli Lloyd’s World Cup: As profound an impact as Maradona’s to the 1986 World Cup
Carli Lloyd will be or should be eponymous with the 2015 Women’s World Cup. When we look back twenty...
2015 Gold Cup: Under pressure Mexico besiege Cuba
No, Donald Trump did not show up. He would have been disappointed, there were no criminals, drug dealers, or...
Goalkeeper blooper of the year.
There comes a time in every goalkeeper’s life when he wants to bury his head in the ground. For...