2011 Copa Libertadores (first leg): Santos 0 Penarol 0
Penarol was one of the seven clubs in the inaugural Copa Libertadores in 1960 and it also had the...
Category: Soccer Politics
Gold Cup goes on as CONCACAF schism deepens
The Gold Cup is taking place amidst deepening strife within CONCACAF. It has become ugly. The Caribbean Football Union...
Neymar to stay put at Santos: No deal for Real, Chelsea
Pele’s favourite player and the biggest Brazilian hope in years has spurned interest in joining the big European clubs....
Alex McLeish is not the right choice for Villa
Alex McLeish joins the growing list of Judases in the Premiership. His terse resignation by email has set off...
Gold Cup: Michael Bradley, Tim Howard steal show as USA beats Canada 2-0
Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions was a cesspool of lumpy divots which caused the ball to...
Shrek and Justin Bieber to join Blatter’s advisory group
“Hey Sepp, I’m going to squeeze the jelly from your eyes and have it on toast” Sepp Blatter beefed...
Nasri open to a Man Utd move
Arsenal’s position vis a vis Samir Nasri is weak. He’s obviously after more wages and with a year left...
All’s well in Fifaland
Of the 203 football associations who voted, only 17 found this absurd. 186 dutifully put a tick in the...
FIFA avoids “black hole” crowns Sepp Blatter again x 4
Football avoids this fate with Blatter re-crowned 186 votes out of 203 cast for Sepp Blatter for his fourth...
Even before FIFA, it is CONCACAF that needs reform
Chuck Blazer’s whistleblowing has irked the CFU In all of the talk of FIFA “reform” and “breakaways”, let us...
Julio Grondona needs a reminder
A riposte to what Julio Grondona said: How about paying 10 pence to the English FA every time an...
The English are humiliated as FIFA turns on them
Another Sepp Blatter look alike. Julio Grondona, Argentinian football’s godfather It appears worse than Dunkirk. The English FA’s vote...
Sepp Blatter wears a crown of Fumaria
Sepp Blatter as mad King Lear. “What crisis?” ” Close pent-up guilts, Rive your concealing continents, and cry These...
Blatter does brilliant ostrich impersonation
Video footage showing Blatter in denial about there being a “crisis” in FIFA. He also sounds a bit like...
It is time to break away from FIFA
He maybe a bit of a fascist but he’s made the IOC a cleaner organization FIFA is imploding from...
Blatter cleared, Bin Hammam and Warner suspended
FIFA cleared the re-election of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president today. “No investigation against Blatter is warranted,” according to...
1968 Champions League Final (Wembley): Man Utd 4 Benfica 1
Wembley was a happy hunting ground for Man Utd in their first Champions League victory in 1968 when they...
Hammam accuses Blatter
Mohamed Bin Hammam has accused Sepp Blatter of being aware of all the skullduggery and of having done nothing....
FIFA reform first: Suspend presidential elections
Does anyone see the irony in FIFA ordering an investigation into an election opponent of Sepp Blatter without the...
FIFA presidential election under cloud.
It’s not just europe that’s under a cloud these days. Fifa’s vice-president Jack Warner and presidential candidate Mohamed Bin...
Sir Alex goes Tony Soprano on a reporter
Here is Sir Alex caught in the act of trying to ban a reporter who strayed from the reservation...
Manuel Giondonato’s goal electrifies Gary Neville’s testimonial
It was Gary Neville’s testimonial, an emotional occasion as he was reunited with brother Phil, Nicky Butt, and David...
Paolo Di Canio: No thugs in our house?
Paolo Di Canio, the former West Ham player turned fascist thug becomes Swindon Town’s newest manager. A leading trade...
Will Qatar lose the World Cup ?
Qatar may lose the World Cup. A Fifa inquiry into persistent claims of corruption during the bidding process could...
Copa Libertadores: Santos advance to the semi-finals, 2-1 (agg)
Santos, Brazil’s only hope left after a ruinous Copa Libertadores managed to overcome Once Caldas on aggregate after drawing...
Europa Cup final: Porto beat Braga, 1-0
szólj hozzá: Por 1-0 Bra In the all Portugese finals, it was Porto taking bragging rights. And fittingly it...
West Ham’s owners are the problem not the manager
Avram Grant should have gone four months ago. That is the conventional wisdom and a fairly safe one at...
Five new rules for Arsene Wenger
Back to the drawing board The dust has barely settled. From the braggadocio of the “quadruple” barely two months...
Sergio Busquets cleared of racial wrongdoing
Busquets has been plagued by dementors since childhood Instead there is overwhelming evidence that he seeks to make monkeys...
A unified Old Trafford was essential to Utd’s record 19th title
Old Trafford was an oasis largely because these folks decided to grow up Chicharito “Sweet Pea” Hernandez successfully milked...
Neil Lennon gets attacked by a Hearts fan
Scotland’s shame. This is a disgusting attack and whatever one may think of Neil Lennon he does not deserve...
Sepp Blatter flaps his gums about corruption
Sepp Blatter whose cronies are the ones square in the eye of the present bribery allegations is now flapping...
A former Mourinho understudy eyed as Ancelotti’s successor
Andre Villa Boas, whose FC Porto bludgeoned the Portugese Liga into submission and now faces Braga in the Europa...
Lord Triesman names names
They all look like Sepp Blatter. This is Nicolas Leoz eying a knigthood. A rogues gallery. Nicolas Leoz, Jack...
The French government clears Laurent Blanc of racial discrimination
Chantal Jouanno, the Sports minister clears Laurent Blanc of wrongdoing That was quick and more importantly it comes before...
Brazil face Copa Libertadores crisis
Only Santos remain in the last eight of the Copa Libertadores as Cruzeiro, Gremio, Fluminese join reigning champions Internacional...
El Clasico: Barca’s B team beat Real’s B team
Barca’s B team beat its Real Madrid counterparts 3-1 in the Youth Champions Cup final on Saturday notching up...
Genoa sink Sampdoria in last minute thriller
Dramatic 97th minute goal by Mauro Boselli in the Genoa derby giving the home side a 2-1 win and...
Edwy Plenel on France’s racism row
Mediapart’s editor in chief, Edwy Plenel writes why the racism row is so damaging and the quota system abhorrent....
Laurent Blanc needs to resign
Yannick Noah lends his voice against the quota system There seems to be no ambivalence or finessing what Laurent...
Real Zaragoza dodge relegation and Real Madrid
Iker Casillas had a match to forget. Zaragoza dodged relegation as they won 3-2 over the Merengues. Angel Lafita...
Laurent Blanc playing both sides of the racial divide
France continues to be rocked by after shocks stemming from its World Cup debacle. Mediapart, a Paris based journal...
Mourinho confronts UEFA with his sob story
The fall out over Wednesday’s El Crassico continues. UEFA has decided to open disciplinary cases into both Real Madrid...
Gino Coutinho: Full time goalkeeper, part time pot grower
A cleverly photoshopped jersey leaves no doubt as to Gino Coutinho’s sponsors. The ADO Den Haag goalkeeper is facing...
Neil Lennon gets a gift that goes boom
A few days ago, Neil Lennon had talked about the scourge of sectarianism underlining the Old Firm rivalry and...
Fabregas says club has a choice: Wenger’s experiment or win titles
Cesc Fabregas who Arsene Wenger spirited away from Barca as a 16 year old to lead the charge in...
Dalglish tells Arsene Wenger to sod off (something stronger)
Wenger walks towards Kenny Dalglish whining about the penalty and the added time and the Scot has none of...
Arsenal vs Liverpool: 1-1
112 minutes and two penalties later. Btw, a weak goal kick by Wojciech Szczesny that barely cleared the half...
Arsenal are a team of mental midgets
But does he love Arsenal? God is a Man Utd fan 96 minutes of almost nothingness. Then a dodgy...
FA Cup semi-final: Magical Mystery Toure
Edwin Van Der Sar so magnificent in the Chelsea match manages a weak clearance. Michael Carrick enjoying a rejuvenation...
Sectarianism charges: Rangers face possible closed door matches
Ranger fans reprise “Scotland’s Shame” singing sectarian chants during Europa Cup matches against PSV Eindhoven. FIFA/ UEFA open an...
Champions League QF: Schalke complete their embarrassment of Inter
Before we say Raul and make no mistake this was all the former Real Madrid man, we’ve to say...
Champions League QF: Heurelho Gomes wins it for Real
Gomes keeps Manuel Almunia company in goalkeeping bloopers. Real Madrid romp home on a 5-0 aggregate and now face...