Video: Nigerian superstars: Jay Jay Okocha
Without doubt the finest player in recent times never to have played the World Cup, joining Tony Yeboah and...
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Video: Nigerian superstars: Sunday Oliseh
Piledriver!
Is Bayern missing Michael Ballack?
Roy Makaay, Bayern Munich striker Not really. The Bundesliga season began with Bayern shutting out Dortmund 2-0, with Roy...
Simon Kuper on Michael Ballack’s debut
Ballack, who should make his official debut for Chelsea in the FA Community Shield against Liverpool tomorrow at Cardiff’s...
Steve McLaren: A man in control or plain doggone rash
Steve McLaren has already shown that he is ready to take outsized chances. He has booted out Beckham in...
David Beckham: The decline and fall of metrosexuality
I hope it is over. Can I go and wallow in my body odour without feeling like I have...
Hollywood calling the Beckhams: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
David Beckham and Tom Cruise are good buddies “Having my baby.” Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have unveiled their...
Video: Beckham’s best
For all those Beckham wellwishers!
Its curtains for David Beckham
There was no way a sane manager was going to take David Beckham back into the team to play...
The rise of Maggie Thatcher: The decline in England’s football fortunes
The only good thing that came out of the Margaret Thatcher and Ronnie Raygun lovefest in the 1970’s across...
Guus Hiddink’s biggest challenge: Russian indifference
Melancholy is a big part of the Russian nature. It is a theme that runs deep in Russian literature,...
Video: More Aaron Lennon
More reasons why we should not waste anymore time on Beckham. This guy is England’s and Tottenham’s future.
Video: Aaron Lennon owns John Terry
I am sure Steve McLaren remembers this moment and so does John Terry. Seriously, you would have to be...
Video: Goodbye, David Beckham! Time to bring Aaron Lennon
Steve McLaren and Terry Venables should be unsentimental: Bring Aaron Lennon in. He deserves a full 90 minutes. Lets...
Arsenal bludgeons Dinamo Zagreb, 3-0
Arsenal stayed on course for the European Championship beating Dinamo Zagreb through Van Persie’s goal, and a pair by...
Franck Ribery’s song: Tombes des Nues by Zebda
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Video:More Ribery
Ribery feast from his days at OM and Galtasaray! Ljungberg, Henry, Rosicky, Walcott, and now Ribery. Arsenal’s speed kings!
Video: Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry!!
Check this piece of fancy footwork by Ribery. This is the year Arsenal gets it all back from the...
Franck Ribery to Arsenal; Gallas too?
This is a great bit of news for the Gunners. Ribery has been snapped up by Wenger for £13.5m...
Politician owners of football clubs? Never vote for them
Why owning a football club should be a red flag for voters electing politicians? Silvio Berlusconi, owner of AC...
Video: The legend that was Garrincha
Jaw dropping stuff! As Eduardo Galeano writes, “There never was a right winger like him. In the ’58 World...
Frank Lampard misses with this one too
What is with these football players? All of them seem to be in self confessional mode. A book by...
Video: Mido’s year at White Hart Lane
Yeah, the Keano and Mido show! We still want him back. So let the rumours fly.
Thaksin Shinawatra: Remember me, Liverpool FC!
Writing the article about Liverpool’s finances reminded me of those days when everyone was going nuts about the reported...
Womens World Cup 2007: Testesterone involved
It’s all that testesterone, Brandi! Scientific studies have shown that competitive sports increase testesterone levels in men. This is...
Liverpool FC: In performance far more than its monies worth
Liverpool is the most storied English football club there is with 18 League titles and 5 European Championships. Of...
Who wants Franck Ribery?
Franck Ribery is not happy at Olympique Marseille joing a long list of disillusioned players in this very active...
Does country size have anything to do with soccer prowess?
Perusing the list of largest countries in the world, one is struck by the fact that very few of...
Pascal Chimbonda: Is his price worth it?
Wigan just paid £5.5 m pounds for Emile Heskey and now they want to recoup that by dangling Pascal...
German soccer: Olli Kahn bows out
Timo Hildebrand: vfB Stuttgart’s goalie and Germany’s future Joachim Low our new national coach will not have the services...
Man U misses the bus again: Vieira signs with Inter
After all Man U’s huffing and puffing and reported interest in Patrick Vieira, finally Inter bags him. I don’t...
The great divide: US Mens soccer vs its youth teams
The FIFA holds its youth World Cup every two years (U-20) and most of the talent on display form...
Why this might be Tottenham’s year with Robbie Keane and Edgar Davids?
Keano played his best football the second part of the season for the Spurs. He is one of the...
Video: Robbie Keane celebration
Enjoy the brilliance of Keano! No matter your club affiliation, this man is top notch.
Ledley King out again: Will miss 6 weeks of Tottenham’s season
The news keeps getting bad to worse for Ledley King. Out of the England squad with a metatarsal fracture...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: Bfana Bfana’s new coach
Parreira became South African soccer’s 14th coach in that many years since they resumed playing in 1992. He has...
Is Alex Ferguson throwing it all away?
Arsenal, Tottenham, and Liverpool have consolidated their clubs and there does not seem to be much interest in getting...
Video: Tony Yeboah’s Goal for Leeds United
Brilliant, brilliant goal. Alas, Yeboah’s talent could not be seen to more people around the world. But this shows...
Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and the Black Stars
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and Rev. Martin Luther King No story on football in Africa can be...
Soccer, we turn our lonely eyes at you!
Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, and now Justin Gatlin. When does fact end and when does fiction begin? I am...
Video: Ashley Cole: Tackles and goals.
Great tackles, great goals. All round the best left back. But lets not forget he is not Arsenal and...
How much is Aston Villa worth?
One of the 12 founding members of the Football League and a dominant force in its early days, eight...
Another offer: Jurgen Klinsmann to coach Aston Villa?
Randy Lerner’s bid to buy Aston Villa seemed to be slim to none a few days ago. Apparently, Douglas...
The men behind MLS: Lamar Hunt and Philip Anschutz
Lamar Hunt, Columbus Crew owner(L), Philip Anschutz, DC United owner ( R) Much has been written about US billionaires...
Man U chases Carlos Tevez
Carlos Tevez is unhappy playing for the Corinthians, the Brazilian club and is looking for a way out. Corinthians...
Why are Chelsea players running away from the club?
An observation: The record money that Chelsea offers a club can buy its players but it does not buy...
Where is Hernan Crespo headed to? He loves Italy
Crespo did not report for training to Stamford Bridge and he missed his flight for Chelsea’s tour to the...
Video: Brian McBride compilation
The best goals by US star Brian McBride in his days with the US team, Columbus Crew, Everton, and...
Brian McBride retires from international soccer
U.S. National Team forward and three-time World Cup veteran Brian McBride announced his retirement from international soccer. The decision...
Video: Michael Carrick in the England vs Ecuador game
How Carrick opened up the game for England with his passing ability.
Ruud to Real; Carrick is a Red Devil
Busy, busy day in the EPL. Ruud finally finds a home at Real and the Spurs let go of...
Video: Ruud Van Nistelrooy
The first minute sounds like a dirge. But the rest is vintage RVN set to Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound.”
Video: Benni McCarthy
Great bicycle kick by McCarthy. Blackburn should be happy with this bloke.