Man Utd’s Ander Herrera part of Zaragoza side under investigation for match fixing
On May 21st 2011, Real Zaragoza played their final match away to Levante in need of three points to...
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Fans pay for Stealthy Stan’s dipping paws into the Arsenal till
Few owners are so relentlessly stealthy as Silent Stan. He comes across as a saint compared to leveraged buyout...
Capital Cup update…
Manchester City thrashed Sheffield 7 – 1. Lampard scored 2 of those goals making it three goals in three...
Cristiano Ronaldo: 7 goals in 4 days
Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals as Real Madrid recorded their second successive league victory with a comfortable win at...
Thierry Henry delivers the PUMA Arsenal Challenge
Arsenal have teamed up with sportswear designers PUMA for a new project, ‘Good To Be A Gooner’.
Fernando Torres on debut bags his first AC Milan goal in a draw with Empoli
Fernando Torres took 14 matches and 903 minutes to score his debut Chelsea goal. It’s taken him a lot...
Nathaniel Clyne’s belter sends Arsenal crashing out of the League Cup
At this point the Saints don’t need any sympathy for the way they’re playing. The exodus hangover is over....
Liverpool beat Middlesbrough in epic 30 penalty shootout…!
The Liverpool v/s Middlesbrough Capital One game ended at 2 goals each.This was followed by a penalty shootout that...
Southampton beat Arsenal in Capital One Cup
The Capital One Cup third round saw Southampton coming back from a one goal deficit to beat Arsenal 2...
This astonishing Premier League weekend summed up in one graph
This was one of the most astonishing Premier League weekends. When it was over, Man Utd, Liverpool, Tottenham, and...
The ugly face of racism after Mario Balotelli’s Man Utd LOL tweet
Mario Balotelli’s tweet after Man Utd’s Leicester City demise sparked off some ugly stuff Racism as Mario Balotelli is...
World Cup 2022: FIFA exec Theo Zwanziger says Qatar heat unacceptable
July- August temperatures at 8:14 AM in Doha, Qatar At this point the reasons why Qatar should not host...
Angel di Maria’s brilliant chipped goal…
….against Leicester City yesterday.
Messi shines …
…in Barcelona’s 5 – 0 win over Levante.
Pellegrini’s Lampard masterstroke salvages City’s day against Chelsea
Chelsea’s Frank-enstein today This was an astonishing weekend in the Premier League. Just when you thought you had written...
When did Manchester United last lose to Leicester City ?
The vast amounts of money Man United spent on brilliant attackers was well worth it. They went 2 –...
192 seconds of pure Arsenal joy shred Villa
Well met, Welbeck! Two of the most under pressure players in the league, Mesut Oezil and Danny Welbeck, delivered...
Ozil strikes back
Özil contributed a goal and an assist in a 3 minute blitz of goals that sent Aston Villa reeling...
Hammers hammer Liverpool
Liverpool were 1 – 0 down in 80 seconds,2-0 down in 7 minutes. Sterling scored for Liverpool in the...
A Leaner meaner Rooney and his Nike Hypervenom boots
Rooney has 2 goals from 4 games so far this season.He will be using his new personalised orange Nike...
Zidane’s questionable coaching credentials could hurt an already hurting Real Madrid
Zidane could be butting heads with the Liga’s Competition Committee Zinedine Zidane, post retirement has found a home in...
Soccer investment funds move to financing the French Ligue
Coming to Michel Platini’s backyard, third party ownership like structures UEFA might object to third party ownership with Carlos...
Ronaldinho’s epic penalty kick fail as Queretaro fall to Tigres
Remember the 2011 Copa America semi-final between Brazil vs Paraguay which went to penalty shootout? Elano began the meltdown...
Chelsea’s new economic model includes bodyshopping
Chelsea can start two full eleven’s with their loan army and then some After earning a miniscule profit in...
Graham Poll calls for Robben ban
Graham Poll has called for a ban on Arjen Robben for doing again what he does best.Deep sea diving...
Ajax welcome Zlatan the son of god.
Zlatan returned to a tumultuous welcome from his former club.Ajax welcomed him back with a giant banner, saying: “Welcome...
Manchester City felled by 90th minute goal
Bayern Munich were a far cry from the free-flowing, all-conquering team that they had been.Man City however managed only...
Champions League: A resurgent Schalke frustrate Chelsea, 1-1
The “little horse” had a sad today One can see why Julian Draxler excites Arsene Wenger so. On this...
Messi turns 14
Barcelona celebrated the 14th anniversary of Lionel Messi joining the club as a 13-year-old.
Zlatan the younger
Classic footage of Zlatan the younger…scoring goals with imperious ease.
Real Madrid blitz Basel
5 -1 Basel started the blitz with an own goal and by half-time Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, and James...
Gerrard penalty takes Liverpool past Ludogorets..
…Balotelli scored his first Liverpool goal 8 minutes from the end.Ludogorets equalised and it was left to Steven Gerrard...
Champions League: A shorthanded Arsenal takes on Borussia Dortmund
Adrian Ramos will be a major threat to the Arsenal defense A Chambers- Mertesacker- Koscielny- Gibbs remains Arsenal’s best...
Jeremy Menez scores most brilliant backheel of the year…
Jeremy Menez scored this magically brilliant backheel goal and one...
Real Madrid beaten at home by Atletico
Star studded Real Madrid suffered an embarrassing 2 – 1 home loss to Atletico Madrid – who in comparison...
Liverpool beaten by Aston Villa
Liverpool started poorly and were a goal down after eight minutes – the goal being scored by Gabriel Agbonlahor...
Diego Costa Hat Trick against Swansea
He is being called “unstoppable”
Arsenal’s glorious goals undone by familiar blunders as City equalize, 2-2
The best of times and the worst of times! Absolutely filthily gorgeous and absolutely cravenly abject! You are perfectly...
Fernando Torres: A new lease of life at AC Milan?
If Fernando Torres was a car at this point, what would he be? A burning Ford Pinto? There was...
Plantation era Cain Hoy Investment sparks a potential Tottenham takeover
Jonathan Goldstein, Spurs fan, could be the face of the new ownership An investment group with a plantation era...
Another Messi in the making…
Barcelona wonderkid Xavier Simons all of 11 years old...
The Four Towers: A novel set around Real Madrid’s 2011 locker room leaks
Relax. The Four Towers is not Gandalf seeing double. Although from what one gathers there are evil Sauron like...
Louis Van Gaal’s Welbeck comments are uncalled for
Van Gaal is infamous for his temper Football fans slag their underperforming players mercilessly. That is to be expected...
Indian football: Michael Chopra is a good first step, now recruit the diaspora
Chopra wants to be the Sachin Tendulkar of Indian football Finally it’s happened. Michael Chopra, journeyman striker, will give...
Sevilla players gifted a beer belly each.
The Sevilla players who won last season’s Europa League trophy were each given their weight in beer...
Jack Wilshere: Will the metamorphosis succeed?
That’s the first lesson England found another quanta of energy in their Euro qualifier against Switzerland. Roy Hodgson, surprised...
Wesley Sneijder stands apart
Wesley Sneijder sidesteps a mascot who is almost as tall as him before Holland’s game against the Czech Republic
Euro 2016 Qualifying: Hiddink starts on a losing note as the Czechs beat the Dutch, 2-1
Hiddink was verbolgenheid after the Dutch lost to the Czech Republic. Guus Hiddink, switched to Louis Van Gaal’s favoured...
Euro 2016 Qualifying: Welbeck on target as England open with a win over Switzerland, 2-0
It’s hard to find a picture of Roy Hodgson smiling, his usual demeanour utterly devastated or beleaguered or chastened...
Aleksandar Kolarov free kick denies France
Of course he was wearing his national colours when...
Ronaldinho becomes a White Rooster
Ronaldinho’s rumoured move to...
Zlatan equals Ronaldo’s record
When Zlatan scored his record 50th Swedish goal against Estonia the other day he equalled Ronaldo’s record of scoring...
Balotelli loses his head already
Brazil and Colombia weren’t the only ones doing unfriendly friendlies. Balotelli lost his cool in a Liverpool – Wolves...
International Unfriendly: Brazil win the World Cup beating 10 man Colombia, 1-0
You would think so, with the sort of cathartic celebrations that followed Neymar Jr’s stroke of individual brilliance. More...