USA: Travel, acclimatization, and ball speed
A new study done by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up...
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World Cup 2010: The Springboks back Bafana Bafana
The 1995 Springboks are celluloid heroes too After praying for New Zealand, Paraguay, and Slovenia but instead getting, Mexico,...
World Cup 2010: Dunga rubs it in against Portugal
Remember Raymond Domenech starting a furore before the Ireland vs France playoff by purportedly calling the Irish, England’s B...
Ronaldo 1 Messi 2
That’s the goal tally after the Ballon d’Or was declared.Messi scored twice against Deportivo La Coruna. Meanwhile Ronaldo was...
Switzerland: Football immigration good, minarets bad
Earlier, I had written about how immigration is changing the face of Swiss football for the better. The country...
Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup
Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain. As a result bookies have pushed...
Video: Arsenal smoke Stoke, 2-0
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Arsene Wenger made sure Tony Pulis was the recipient of a lingering handshake....
El Tri have never lost a match on June 11th
Mexico face hosts South Africa in the opening match on June 11. They have never lost on that day...
Ronald Koeman is out of a job
Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar sack Ronald Koeman. The club lies in 6th place far behind league leaders FC Twente...
Video: More Than Just A Game
I sometimes wonder whether SA’s contribution (with due apologies to all the Bafana Bafana) is not so much there...
The Slovenians target Rooney
Tapes featuring Wayne Rooney are being played ad nauseum for the Slovenian national team to motivate them. Their dislike...
Why the USA is already going about it the wrong way?
Robert Koren will be a player to watch The focus has already shifted to England. Bob Bradley on how...
World Cup draw: The USA should be ecstatic
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, and Slovenia If the USA does not get out of this group, we can...
Arshavin joins the doubters
This is not a good sign. First, Tomas Rosicky practically wrote of our chances. Now it is Arshavin who...
And for the yearning masses, here is Charlize
The delectable Charlize Theron will be co-hosting the World Cup draw. She is part of a star studded group...
Maurice Edu is back in training
Edu will be targeting January 3rd as a return date. That is when Rangers meet Celtics in the Old...
Walcott is a doubt for the Stoke game
Theo Walcott’s infernal hamstring injury has resurfaced again. He is likely to miss the Stoke City match. Wenger was...
Pim Verbeek’s thoughts on the World Cup
Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek is widely known as a pragmatist. It extends even to whether the Socceroos will be...
World Cup 2010 draw: What do past trends hold for the USA?
1990 World Cup- USA faced three European teams- Italy, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. The USA lost all three matches, failed...
Video: Angelique Kidjo sings Adouma
Angelique Kidjo gets the party started in South Africa for the World Cup. She will be performing at the...
CONMEBOL coaches pick Marcelo Bielsa
The coaches of the CONMEBOL zone weighed in on each countries performance. Marcelo Bielsa aka El Loco was chosen...
And the goalie makes a quick clearance.
..oops,no he hasn’t.He’s just thrown the ball into his own goal.Incredible but true.This is Piotr Skiba (Farsley Celtic) in...
Chamakh, Dzeko and even Ruud- its all happening
If he comes on board, will Vieira go to Man Utd? The January transfer will be a busy one...
World Cup 2010: USA vs Italy redux?
Who should the US face in their group? Purely on a motivational level, the best seeded team that the...
FIFA’s extra-ordinary executive meeting achieved nothing
Sepp Blatter convened an extra-ordinary meeting in Cape Town as if the future of the game was on the...
Thierry Henry faces a possible first match ban
Sepp Blatter disclosed that FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has opened an investigation into the ‘behaviour’ of Thierry Henry and they...
Video: City clobber young Guns, 3-0
An unhappy end to Arsenal’s Carling Cup run. Their defense was shambolic.Tomas Rosicky lost two balls that led to...
Drogba stars in AIDS campaign..
Didier Drogba teamed up with Bono yesterday to raise funds for HIV-positive children in Africa. It’s part of a...
The young Guns (and a few old) take on City
Craig Eastmond strains every sinew Manchester City – Arsenal Carling Cup Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:45 PM (ET) The...
Fergie’s faith in the youth justified..
Sir Alex Ferguson ignored the famous Alan Hansen “you will never win anything with kids” line and gave his...
We know what the Russian Linesman would have said
The incident in question took place in a recent game between Sochaux and Nice in France’s Ligue 1.The Russian...
Bill Shankly: Liverpool pays tribute to its colossus
Bill Shankly week could not have come sooner for thousands of Liverpool fans unsure of where their club is...
Wenger being small minded about Drogba?
Catch me a clue. Where was Wenger being small minded about Didier Drogba as claimed by The Guardian’s Kevin...
Messi wins the Ballon D’Or
Well deserved win for the man who occupied centerstage in Barca’s glorious treble – The Champions League, the Liga...
The Chelsea squad outcoach Wenger
Watching Chelsea play Arsenal, one got the impression that they bode their time soaking up the pressure and then...
Drogba’s golden touch
Two goals from the dreaded Drogba left Arsenal with no comebacks.
Video:Ibrahimovic wins El Classico for Barca…
As Neil Diamond said sometime somewhere “Money talks,but it can’t sing and dance,and it can’t walk.” Real Madrid found...
El Clasico: Messi meets Ronaldo
Here we are. This is the true test – will Real’s money win over Barcelona? Who is the best...
Van Persie out for 4-5 months
Even worse news. From the Arsenal website. “Advice was sought from the leading ankle specialist Mr Niek van Dijk,...
Video: Maradona using his hand on 3 other occasions
N. Waleed sends us this clip with Maradona using his hand on three other occasions apart from the infamous...
Dani Alves: Madrid clings to one player
Dani Alves on the showdown between Real and Barca at Camp Nou and the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo will...
Dubai taking over Liverpool or any club? Forget about it
Remember last summer, when the news was Dubai International Capital (DIC) was so close to buying out Liverpool from...
Song is Arsenal’s most improved player this season
Richard Williams does not see what is obvious to Arsenal fans. ” and the unconvincing performance of Alexandre Song,...
Gallas may not be ready for the Chelsea encounter
Apparently William Gallas has problems putting his contact lens on because the left eye is still so swollen from...
Terry distances himself from armband fiasco
If you got an email with this in it it’s not with John Terry’s permission. This is what he...
Video: CL: Bordeaux 2 Juventus 0
Fernando and Marouane Chamakh make Juventus pay. Bordeaux’s impressive display gives them as much claim to the CL title...
Could Bordeaux win the Champions League?
With none of the big clubs looking self assured or dominant in their CL campaign so far, this could...
Bordeaux loss: Diego deflects blame on to Ciro Ferrara
How in blazes did Diego miss that sure shot equalizer a few yards out of goal in the 64th...
Maradona and Messi play volleyball…
….or something that looks like volleyball.The heading on the video calls it badminton but that’s taking things too far.
Ante Sapina: A familiar name resurfaces in the match fixing scandal
On November 19th, 2009 Ante Sapina and his brother, Milan were arrested with three others in Berlin on charges...
World Cup 2010: Egypt’s contempt for “Africa”
One of the most stark features of the Algeria vs Egypt imbroglio is the undercurrent of contempt that most...
Another day, another match, another Fergie tirade
Its getting tres tiresome. Noun, verb, referee’s fault.
Video: CL: Rodrigo Tello sinks Man Utd
Ben Foster won’t be the one to say, “I tello so.” Besiktas continued the theme of the underdog shocking...
How does a £20m boot out Rafa campaign sound?
Perish the thought of Rafa going anywhere even as more and more fans have serious doubts whether Liverpool’s future...