Inter’s ordeal continues against Werder Bremen
A weakened Inter team is spanked by Werder Bremen and finishes second to Spurs in Group A. Goals from...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
Mike Ashley needs mental help
“He’s out there operating without any decent restraint” Chris Hughton who took Newcastle back to the Premiership in an...
African Awards shortlists….
Time to listen to the African theme song again… The shortlisted Nominees…. Didier Drogba (Côte D’Ivoire/Chelsea) Salomon Kalou (Côte...
Barcelona tidal wave in Ballon D’Or
Xavi, Iniesta, and Leo Messi are the three nominees for FIFA’s Ballon D’Or award for player of the year....
Lazio send Inter into purgatory
Rafa Benitez’s days are numbered. Today, the Serie champions fell to Lazio, 1-3 as Giuseppe Biava, Mauro Zarate, and...
The FA wants respect? Nix David Beckham
Oh! F**k, is he going to throw a cleat? According to a NOTW report David Beckham is being primed...
Neither England nor Sepp Blatter come off looking good
The “simple football player” made a passionate and successful case for his country The BBC is getting a lot...
Not England’s finest hour
Only two votes cast in favour as England crash out in the first round. Russia topped the first round...
Qatar gets 2022 World Cup
The stadiums inside will have regulated climate controls systems. Outside may not be so much fun in the 45-50...
Michael Chopra’s Indian debut? He faces citizenship requirements
The All India Football Federation is decidedly ambivalent to the idea of Michael Chopra representing India. “Michael Chopra is...
N Ireland goalie passes the ball to Chamakh
He didn’t mean to pass the ball to Chamakh but that’s what N Ireland goalie’s Alan Blayney’s attempted clearance...
Messi beats Brazil in the 90th minute..
Argentina scored their first win over their arch-rivals in five years. In 89 games between the two nations there...
England fall to France, 1-2
France were superb in the first half, stroking the ball around with ease, not allowing England any sort of...
Video tech would have allowed this C Ron goal to stand..
C Ron scored this marvellous goal against Spain in a friendly yesterday.An offside Nani got the final touch and...
USA vs SA: Juan Agudelo scores on debut
Today’s winning goal over Bafana Bafana had a local flavour. Juan Agudelo of the Red Bulls scored on his...
Qatar crash out of Asian Games with a spectacular open goal miss..
DEFENDING champions Qatar have crashed out of the Asian Games football tournament – after one of their players missed...
Happy 50th Birthday, Diego Maradona!
No one who watched these highlights will ever forget what you did with the ball!
Brazil claim their third win in three matches…
Daniel Alves and Pato handed Luis Menezes his third win as coach scoring a goal apiece against Ukraine.It also...
David Goliath story in ACN
Egypt went down to Niger in the an African Cup of Nations qualifier like Goliath went down to David....
Ronaldo actually scores for Portugal…
After a 4-4 draw with Cyprus and the shock 1-0 loss to Norway the Portuguese team finally have something...
Ireland beaten at home by Russia
Ireland lost 3 -2 to Russia.In Dublin Thierry Henry’s only comment on the goals scored by the Russians was...
Brazil beat Iran 3 – 0 in UAE
Apart from being the latest evidence of Brazil under Mano Menezes the friendly was also Iran’s Karim Baqeri’s last...
Arsenal’s Highbury properties post record profits
Given the real estate crisis, these are very impressive numbers.
Byron Moreno will not be investigated by FIFA
Byron Moreno, a former soccer referee who became infamous in the 2002 World Cup for “stealing an Italian win”...
Bebé: The double agent man
Having my Bebé David Conn has the story of how Bebé, the hitherto unknown Vitoria Guimaeres striker, who without...
Head trauma behind increased ALS incidence
Stefano Bergonovo was diagnosed with ALS in 2008 A recent study published in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental...
Man Utd and Liverpool: Happy together
Roy Hodgson and Sir Alex made hot, sticky love. Slipping on kimonos, they sluiced into the jacuzzi smelling of...
Portugal running out of coaching options
A certain AC/DC song comes to mind with this picture Jose Mourinho has turned down a very short term...
Champions League: Bremen on the brink push back Spurs
Cracking start by Tottenham on their CL group stage debut. Gareth Bale just becomes more and more awesome as...
Dennis Bergkamp’s classic against Newcastle
Under Wenger’s 14 year reign, Arsenal have scored 1000 goals in the Premier League. Alex Song had the singular...
Rooney should have played
Rooney is not even doing that nowadays ” No Woman, no Kai ” and a blow up doll. If...
Portugal come unstuck at Oslo
Portugal’s ghastly start to Euro 2012 qualifying only got ghastlier. Goalkeeper Eduardo lost the ball in a challenge from...
Argentina thrash Spain 4 -1
First evidence that Argentina without Maradona mght have been a formidable force at World Cup 2010…..
Brace of braces from Torres and Villa
Spain beat Liechtenstein 4 – 0 in their Euro qualifier with Torres and Villa scoring two goals each and...
Laurent Blanc’s Euro campaign starts badly
Laurent Blanc will envy Capello.No hat tricks for the French team as they started their run for Euro 2012....
Defoe hat trick against Bulgaria
England scored four goals three of which came from Defoe – ably assisted by a resurgent Rooney…. Goals here…
World Cup: England canvass through canvas
Sunderland v Aston Villa match in 1895. Painting by Thomas Hemy Paul Hayward writes about a painting that could...
Bob Bradley’s future still uncertain
Bob Bradley met with Sunil Gulati yesterday to discuss his future as national coach but reportedly nothing was resolved....
Paul Scholes: Will he come out of retirement?
Wayne Rooney and James Milner have all come out with statements saying that they would love to have Paul...
Jacob Zuma tarnishes SA’s “feel good” World Cup
One of the reasons for holding the World Cup was South Africa’s desire to showcase its vibrant democracy –...
Nick Clegg gets ahead of himself
Nick Clegg waxes lyrical about England’s 2018 World Cup chances. “You could technically hold the World Cup here tomorrow.”...
Wenger to double the ante for Schwarzer?
The transfer deadline looms. Every other goalkeeping option is conjecture. What is real is that Mark Schwarzer wants an...
Blackpool get a reality check
The 4 – 0 dream start against Wigan last week may have led them to believe that they would...
Octopus Paul: Ambassador to England’s 2018 World cup bid
England tightened its tentacles on the 2018 World Cup as Octopus Paul was announced as ambassador to their bid....
Carlos Quieroz in all sorts of trouble
Rumours are that Carlos Quieroz who surprised everyone by surviving the axe after Portugal’s dismal World Cup is most...
Arsenal’s injury woes: Frimpong out for at least 6 months
Emmanuel Frimpong whose Arsenal trajectory was just taking off suffered an ACL injury during training that will keep him...
City’s opponents FC Timişoara’s convoluted ownership
Man City starts its Europa Cup venture against Romanian club FC Timişoara which is not exactly the original city...
Arsenal makes a move for Sebastien Squillaci
Arsenal’s search for a center back to pair up with Thomas Vermaelen has led them to French international and...
Özil: “I wanted to play with the best and the best is Mourinho”
Mesut Özil is presented at the Bernabeu as he completes his move to Real on a 6 year contract....
Anelka calls the FFF ” a bunch of clowns”
Nicholas Anelka was banned for 18 months by the French Football Federation. Today he blasted back in typical fashion....
Martin Palermo lashes out against Messi
Argentina produces such wonderfully talented footballers but they live in the past and that past is heavily weighed down...
Arsenal close to Mark Schwarzer signing
Arsenal are set to offer an improved bid worth £3m for Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer this week. Schwarzer has...