FIFA’s silence on Jarque borders on callousness
FIFA has yet to put out a statement expressing its condolences on Jarque’s death. Its front page has an...
Category: Soccer Players
Final respects: Jarque’s body brought back to Barcelona
Fans line up at the Cornella El Prat to pay their respect to Dani Jarque Spain paid its respect...
Joleon Lescott: Is Moyes rejection a principled stand or holding out for more?
Arguments for both sides can be made. It is a fascinating story but if we all know David Moyes,...
AC Milan fans have words of advice for a falling star..
Italians raised their eyes and their glasses to the sky on Monday as they celebrated the Night of the...
Jack Wilshere is on everyone’s lips
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack cross over, score a goal with a sizzling kick. Fabio Capello sees...
FIFA 10 has Blanco and Kljestan on the cover
Electronic Arts Inc announced today that Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA will be...
Maradona’s interview
El Diego comes off sounding more like a doting grandfather than a coach of a national squad that is...
Salgaocar kids finish last but not least.
The Salgaocar U-15 team from Goa played five matches against opposition from all over the world in the Nike...
LA Galaxy win: Donovan’s super goal
LA Galaxy win their first match against New England at Gillette Stadium since July 1999. Donovan hit an unbelievable...
Notts County begins on a winning note
Sven Goran Ericksson on the sidelines saw the oldest club in the world get a flying start to their...
Simon Kuper’s new book: Why England Lose
“Just this one afternoon started the whole thing off – there was no prolonged courtship … In a desperate...
Video: Chivas de Gualdajara 1 Barcelona 1
Thierry Henry misses a pretty easy chance in the 28′ minute after being put through by Messi. Chivas come...
Video: Chelsea beat Man Utd in PKs, 4-1
A tame surrender by Man Utd. Patrice Evra was just awful. I still can’t believe he was given the...
ARVD: The hidden killer
This deserves a separate blog posting. Dani Jarque’s death has once again brought ARVD/ ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/...
Ruben de la Red: A cautionary tale
Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red was counseled to sit out the 2009-2010 season after fainting in a...
Mike Ashley to remain as Newcastle owner
I had been predicting this for quite sometime. Mike Ashley would face tremendous problems selling of Newcastle at his...
Season curtain raiser: Man Utd vs Chelsea
The post Cristiano Ronaldo era ends. The Ancelotti reign begins. The Michael Owen experiment will get proof tested. Lots...
Fans show their unhappiness with party animal Ronaldinho
It appears that Milan fans have decided to become the moral police for Ronaldinho’s fondness for the night life....
Stuart Holden and Chad Marshall get call ups
Bob Bradley named his 20 man squad that will meet Mexico in the World Cup qualifier on August 12th...
Espanyol skipper Dani Jarque dies
Shocking news. Jarque was just 26 years of age. He apparently died of sudden cardiac arrest and could not...
Totti scores five in two legs
A misleading kind of headline.It’s not bad grammar.What it means is that he scored a hat trick in Roma’s...
World Cup 2010: The Beeb profiles Matthew Booth
Matthew Booth’s story reminds one of how sports in SA was and still is segregated along racial lines. Cricket...
Arsenal to face Celtic in the CL play offs
The Gunners face the Bhoys on August 18th in Glasgow before returning to host them on August 26th. The...
Who will Arsenal face in the CL?
The CL draw will take place today. The choices are Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Celtic FC, RSC Anderlecht, and FC...
That Vieira return: It ain’t happening
Wenger says that there might be one or two more signings but Patrick Vieira is not one of them....
Rosicky injured again
Born under a bad sign. Tomas Rosicky is out for 6-8 weeks with a hamstring injury picked up in...
Aquilani to Liverpool, Huntelaar to Milan
Couple of fast switches here. Alberto Aquilani moves to the Reds on a 20m transfer. He will come with...
Understatement of the year
“There is a lot of politics at Tottenham, but that’s Tottenham as a club,” added Bent. With Daniel Levy,...
Rio Ferdinand’s second issue of Number 5 is out
Very cool. A moving tribute to the King of Pop. Rio talks about getting Bad, his first MJ album...
Video: Barca pound the Seattle Sounders, 4-0
The Sounders got pounded 4-0 in front of 66,848 fans, a record for a football match in Seattle. Messi...
The Special One will have to wait
Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen. 200 years later Sir Alex discovered Ronaldo. Some very prominent names have started circling around...
Tom Cleverley makes the headlines …
….scoring his debut goal for Man U at the age of 19 years – he is 7 days away...
Can Bordeaux win the CL?
Les Girondins stock is incredibly high because Laurent Blanc whose footballing IQ must make him the Albert Einstein of...
The Guardian pegs Arsenal finish fifth
Every year it is the same. There will be a club that will drop the Gunners down from the...
Wenger douses Chamakh hopes
Wenger plays Cool Hand Luke. “In five months, if he doesn’t prolong his contract, Chamakh will be free to...
Alonso is headed for Real
Probably Alonso’s most scintillating moment. Followed by Baros equally scintillating reaction! Finally the saga is over although Liverpool is...
Nigeria is agog: Is Jay Jay Okocha staging a comeback?
During a recent African Legends match, Nigeria’s best known talent showed some of his old magical flourishes reminiscent of...
Ronaldo to retire in 2010
Ronaldo’s contract lasts till December and he has indicated that he will renew it for another season before he...
Fulhamerica or Hull for Altidore
The cozy confines of Craven Cottage, a haven for US footballers could be home for Jozy Altidore after languishing...
Arsenal youngsters ready to make an impact
The Telegraph has an article on the Arsenal youngsters who might be ready for the big stage. Jack Wilshere...
Lucas Leiva to Corinthians
Andres Sanches, the president of Corinthians is in England and undergoing negotiations with Liverpool over the sale of Lucas...
Salomon Kalou to Arsenal
The Sun is reporting that Salomon Kalou could be Arsene Wenger’s next signing. The Blues have been offered £6m...
Chamakhdown of Bordeaux
One reason and only one reason for bringing Marouane Chamakh is that he has such a compelling last name....
Chelsea’s spending to catch fire
The Daily Mail reports that Roman Abramovich has tired of ceding the title of most hated owner (customary reference...
Kolo Toure weighs in on Arsenal’s future
“When you look at Arsenal you see all the great players have left and are now in the past,”...
The curious case of Paul Pogba
Man Utd’s policy of uprooting underage Brazilian talent like Fabio and Rafael Da Silva and going after highly rated...
World Cup 2010: HIV rates may go up
The potential threat to tourists visiting sex workers and contracting the HIV virus becomes a hotly debated issue for...
Video: Barca 2 LA Galaxy 1
It was Becks as we should remember him. A laser light of a free kick beats Jose Manuel Pinto...
Senderos heading to Everton, Lescott to request City transfer
Wenger swells his transfer kitty to about £50 million with Phillipe Senderos on his way to Everton. The big...
Roma will not sell Daniele De Rossi AND Aquilani
There is a very good chance that Alberto Aquilani is going to be part of Rafa Benitez’s negotiations once...
Bizarro: Pirlo for Pizarro and €8million euros
Silvio Berlusconi maybe clueless about his club but surely if this deal goes through then he is not just...
Video: Emirates Cup: Arsenal 2 Atletico 1
The Emirates Cup began on a winning note. It was good to see Tomas Rosicky back in the side...
Gazza’s tearful tribute to Robson
Gascoigne’s tearful visage was one of the iconic images of the 1990 World Cup Bobby Robson had to console...
Sir Bobby Robson was a friend to the young player
The 1978 FA Cup winning Ipswich squad featuring Mick Mills, John Wark, Kevin Beattie, David Geddis Sir Bobby Robson...