Video: Wembley, 1953 Ferenc Puskas vs Billy Wright: The perfect goal
Brilliant goal and footwork by Puskas. Loses Billy Wright completely.
Category: Soccer Skills
Video: 10 best Real Madrid goals
Includes two goals from the 1960 European Cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt scored by Puskas (# 7) and Alfredo...
Video: May 1954, Hungary 7 England 1
Puskas and the Mighty Magyars destroy the Three Lions again.
Wembley, November 1953: Hungary 6 England 3
Billy Wright (L) Ferenc Puskas (R), Wembley 1953 A match that destroyed the aura of the invincibility and changed...
The Mighty Magyars: A fable as Hungary struggles
With the passing away of Ferenc Puskás, the last of the Mighty Magyars is gone. There is only one...
Will Freddy Adu succeed in Europe?
The US soccer establishment has been agog with the news that we might finally see David Beckham land up...
West Ham’s Tevez and Mascherano are busts: Trade rumours get stronger
Amongst all the brouhaha over West Ham’s signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano signings that shook the football...
North Korea wins the Asian Youth Football Championship
North Korea is in the news for disagreeable reasons, mostly to do with realpolitik and nuclear ambitions, a perennial...
Video: Kenny Dalglish’s Celtic days
King Kenny, Celtic and Liverpool legend son Paul played for the Dynamo in the MLS finals. Dalglish, Sr. is...
Video: MLS finals 2006: Dynamo win on penalty kicks, 4-3
Jay Heaps misses and its all over for the Revs, who remain winless in three championship games.
Video: MLS finals 2006: Revolution vs Dynamo, 1-1 (Extra time)
Twellman sends the Revolution ahead and a minute later Ching equalizes for the Dynamo. 1-1 at the end of...
Where was the MLS finals coverage in the national media?
Having ABC telecast the 2006 MLS finals maybe a big deal but that is about it. ESPN and PTI...
Video: Arsenal vs Liverpool, 3-0
All the highlights of the fantastic Arsenal win over Liverpool including Flamini! Toure! Gallas! Worth every minute of the...
Video: The history of Al Ahly, the club of the century.
Al Ahly lifted the African Champions League crown for the fifth time as they beat CS Sfaxien of Tunisia,...
The Houston Dynamo are the 2006 MLS champions
Congratulations to the Houston Dynamo- 2006 MLS champions! 90 minutes of regular time, 30 minutes of extra time could...
Arsenal destroys Liverpool, 3-0. Flamini! Toure! Gallas!
Flamini! Toure! Gallas! The goalscorers for the Gunners!!! Henry the best defender!!! This was Gunners football at it’s best,...
Meet Paul Dalglish: Football legend’s son finds a home in Texas
Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool and Scotland Paul Dalglish, Houston Dynamo Today as the Houston Dynamo takes on the New England...
Video: MLS goal of the season: Brian Ching
Fantastic bicycle kick by Ching!
Germany: Hooliganism in lower division clubs
Hooliganism is seeing a new outbreak in the lower division clubs and in the past few weekends, fans have...
Video: Borat mocks Paul Robinson
As Robinson’s foot meets air, the e-hoarding flashes Jagshemash and a grinning Borat comes on!
Kazakhstan to Ali G: We play footbal!
As humans we like to define everything in singularities. Personalities, concepts, countries. Some are flattering, others less so. Mahatma...
Video: 1986 World Cup final: Argentina 3 W. Germany 2
Jorge Burruchaga seals Argentina’s win over Germany, in a footrace after a great little flick from that pibe Maradona...
Asian Youth Football Championships: Jordan in World Cup U-20
India plays host to the ongoing Asian Youth Football Championship from October 29th to November 12th. However as hosts...
Arsenal FC: The Argentinian club is making waves
Arsenal FC lost to Boca Juniors, 1-2 in the Apertura 2006 but is overall an impressive 4th position in...
Video: Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo, 1-2
Real fall to Celta Vigo making their journey up the league even tougher.
Video: Lennon and Dawson against Chelsea
Feast your eyes on that little beauty by Lennon!
Sheringham scores off the field too: Meet Danielle Lloyd
Teddy Sheringham seems to be having the time of his life. At 40 years he is leading West Ham...
Today’s Premiership games: The day of the underdog
Aaron Lennon, best young player 19 years Teddy Sheringham, best old player 40 years November 5, 2006 Tottenham 2...
Neurosciences and Diego Maradona: Why he is the best player
A recent article in Nature Neuroscience (Nature Neuroscience – 9, 1083 – 1084 (2006) doi:10.1038/nn0906-1083) discusses how we pay...
Video: Tiziano Crudeli, the voice of AC Milan
This man is for real. He is not some hack in the Jerry Springer show, paid to ham up...
Video: The Milan derby: Inter vs AC Milan, 4-3
Crespo gets the first. Stankovic, Ibrahamovic, Seedorf, Kaka, Gilardino, and Materazzi get the others. Great match between these two...
The rejects: RVN, Morientes, Crespo and Gudjohnsen thrive
Remember Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Fernando Morientes, Eidur Gudjohnsen, and Hernan Crespo, till recently fixtures in a Premiership club? Great...
English Premiership clubs will dominate future European competition
The Champions Cup was first played in 1955- 56. The first winner was Real Madrid who have won the...
The Observer profiles Michael Essien
On Michael Essien ” He is nicknamed Bison because of a frightening fearlessness and strength; Dietmar Hamann and Tal...
Video: Luis Garcia scores: Liverpool vs Aston Villa, 3-1
Liverpool is showing signs of life. Great bit of footwork by Gerrard and a perfect finish by Garcia.
Video: Kaka and Materazzi square off
Kaka is dead on when he says Materazzi sometimes gets nasty on the pitch. A treat for Kaka fans!...
Sheva opens his account: Chelsea vs Boro
Chelski’s 30 million pound acquisition, Shevchenko finally scores his first goal! At this rate he’ll score 4 more for...
Video: Mido opens his account: Spurs vs West Ham
Mido took sometime but he got it in style against the Hammers.
West Ham: Abdication of responsibility
West Ham lies at the bottom of the Premiership – a scenario hardly contemplated by the likes of Alan...
Expert goalkeepers: They have better selective visual search
Do you remember the fantastic goal keeping of Joao Ricardo of Portugal that sent a mortified English squad to...
Video: Crazy Skills
Normally there wouldn’t be a lampost on the pitch!
Ronaldinho Shows Off
Left over from the World Cup: Too bad he couldn’t do much on the field when it counted this...
Video: Johan Cruyff
The sad part of it was that Holland never won a World Cup despite his genius. Instead it was...
Video: Bolton 2 Newcastle United 1
The El Hadji Diouf show with some great help from the Magpies defence. Bolton comes away with their first...
Should McLaren continue to fail, Allardyce serves notice
Sam Allardyce shakes a fist! Remember this summer’s musical chairs with the England coach in the post Sven era?...
Video: La Liga: Barcelona 3 Sevilla 1
Goals by Ronaldinho, Messi, and Kanoute!
Video: Rooney’s Back!
Rooney had a hand, er, foot in every goal. The Beeb can’t shut up about how great he is....
The Cote D’Ivoirians players: Fantastic but flawed
Didier Drogba, Emmannuel Eboue, and Didier Zokora, have a few things in common. They are Cote D’Ivoirian, fantastic players...
Chelsea’s expensive signings disappoint: Khalid Boulahrouz is the exception
Ballack, Mikel, Sheva- 45 million pounds but where are they? Chelsea continues to perform but it is clear that...
This season’s most bizarre Premiership match: Chelsea vs Reading
The way Chelsea celebrated the end of this match, you would think they had won their third title in...
Video: Portugal 3, Azerbaijan 0
Cristiano Ronaldo scores three times – although only two of them count. [Scolari would’ve been a great coach for...
Video: England 0, Macedonia 0
Someone needs to wake up… even if it’s just one lion! Once again, the English team underwhelms us with...
Video: Brazil 4, Kuwait 0
A friendly Brazil destroys a club team masquerading as the Kuwaiti national team. Still, it’s fun to see Brazil...
Bill Shankly’s reminder to Anfield: On his 25th death anniversary
As Reds fans wonder what maybe going wrong with their season, in 9th place in the Premiership after a...