Southgate takes England one step closer Jermain Defoe and Jamie Vardy scored a goal each against Lithuania and Gareth Southgate’s three lions are one step...
Ronaldo scores his 70th goal for Portugal Ronaldo,who had been giving the impression while playing for Real Madrid of late,that he was declining in his goal...
USA’s World Cup hopes reignited Bruce Arena has taken USA from their last game – which was a 4 – 0 loss to Costa...
Messi gives Argentina a much needed win Argentina were facing the possibility of failing to qualify for a World Cup for the first time since 1970.However...
Paulinho scores hat trick against Uruguay Brazil’s success story after the sacking of Dunga continues. Tite has coached Brazil to 6 wins in a row...
Podolski marks his farewell with a brilliant goal Lukas Podolski scored a spectacular goal in his farewell game for Germany – a friendly against old rivals England....
Ronaldinho looks back Ronaldinho,in the twilight of his greatness,has looked back and has written a letter to himself – addressing it to...
Klinsmann gets the boot After 98 matches in charge of the US team – with a 56.12% win ratio Klinsmann has been told...
Samba days are back again for Brazil Tite’s triumphant reign continues.Brazil beat Peru 2 – 0 and not since qualifying for the 1970 World Cup have...
England concede two late goals against Spain After taking an early 2 – 0 lead and Jamie Vardy doing an awesome mannequin goal celebration England then...
Goalie gets one year ban for throwing match North Korean goalie Jang Paek Ho gives a not quite Oscar winning performance of a goalkeeper trying his best...
Fifa and England in ugly unnecessary row over poppies Fifa and the football associations of England and Scotland have gotten into a scrap about whether it is legal...
Miroslav Klose says goodbye Germany’s all-time leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose -whose goalscoring celebration was that distinctive somersault – has joined the ranks of...
Argentina miss Messi Paraguay shocked Argentina 1 – 0 and the absence of Lionel Messi was keenly felt.Which begs the question -what...
Dull as ditchwater The highlights of England’s ponderous 0- 0 draw against Slovenia are about as interesting as yonder picture of ditchwater...
Germany brush Northern Ireland aside Germany are looking more formidable than ever as they notched up their third successive win.The northern end of Ireland...
Norwegian Commentators plunge into despair Norway beat San Marino 4 -1 in their World Cup qualifier.However when the score was 1 – 0,San Marino,by...
Pogba scores winner against Holland Paul Pogba took France past Holland with a goal struck from way out in the middle distance.The shot was...
Andre Silva scores first hat trick for Portugal For a change Cristiano Ronaldo got left in the shade.Andre Silva bagged the limelight by scoring his first hat...
Christian Benteke scores fastest World Cup Qualifier goal Benteke scored a goal in 8.1 seconds. Uefa said the goal was all of 0.2 seconds faster than the...
Omer Toprak scores unfortunate own goal for Turkey Iceland continue their remarkable run that began in Euro 2016.They have never qualified for the World Cup before but...
Macedonia give Italy a good fright Minnows Macedonia almost pulled off the World Cup qualifying shock of the century- but then managed to lose to...
Wes Hoolahan demonstrates the defence splitting pass Since the last post was about Mesut Ozil and his skill in providing assists here’s an example of a...
Ozil finally gets an assist this season Mesut Ozil had notched up 19 assists last season.He was just one short of Thierry Henry’s record of 20...
The writing on the wall Rooney needs to get a new set of glasses – because he can’t read the writing on the wall....
Brazil back to their brilliant best. Neymar ponders the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune after getting an elbow in the face in Brazil’s 5...
France hammer Bulgaria 4 – 1 Mihail Alexandrov scored an early penalty and Bulgaria were in the lead. It was to prove to be a...
Wales hold Austria to a 2 -2 draw Joe Allen’s third goal in as many games was a stunner of a volley. However after that Marko Arnautovic...
Iceland beat Finland with controversial last second goal Iceland’s Ragnar Sigurdsson scored a controversial dying seconds goal to beat Finland 2 -2. Suspicion that he may have...
Italy ride their luck to hold Spain Spain dominated the first half and Italy were pretty much outplayed.They were just lucky that Spain could not score...
USA to play Cuba again after 69 years This friday is a bit more special than many other recent fridays. On Friday the 7th of October USA...
Gianni Infantino wants a 48 nation World Cup Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to take the number of teams taking part in the World Cup from the...
Uruguay top group with 4 – 0 win over Paraguay Luis Suarez was the main architect as his team emerged decisive winners in the battle of the “guays” when...
Argentina snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat In other world cup 2018 action from the South American end of the planet Argentina came back from being...
Brazil continue winning spree Calling two wins in two games a winning spree might be a bit of hyperbole by Brazil are definitely...
Portugal lose against Switzerland Portugal entered the fray without Cristiano Ronaldo again and this time they lost. Perhaps its because he was not...
Buffon gets chipped Buffon lies on the ground where he has fallen and thinks grim thoughts. In Italy’s world cup qualifier against...
Road to Russia – World Cup Qualifiers continued Spain opened World Cup qualification for Russia 2018 with a bang by romping to a 8-0 victory over Liechtenstein....
Adam Lallana, last minute hero connects to sink 10 man Slovakia Sam Allardyce’s first meaningful match in charge and he barely escaped the blushes. Martin Skrtel last seen in Liverpool...
Weekend World Cup qualifying games Adam Lallana scored in the 95th minute of the game to give England a 1- 0 win over 10-man...
Tite’s Brazil make a winning start Brazil made a bright start to their World Cup 2018 qualification by beating Ecuador 3 – 0. Brazil had...
Christian Pulisic scores a brace as the USA cruise past St Vincent 6-0 There were plenty of records either broken or tied as the USA made light of St Vincent in their...
Messi is back from international retirement already Messi,after a very brief spell of retirement from international football,made a comeback to the national team on popular demand.He...
Buffon passes the baton Gianluigi Buffon has been goalkeeper for Italy almost since the dawn of time. But now at last another Gianluigi...
Neymar wins it for Brazil Neymar gave Brazil the lead by scoring with a brilliant free kick in the first half.. Germany equalised in...
Brazil Germany set for Olympic rematch Brazil get a shot at redemption as they go head to head against Germany in the finals of the...
Germany thrash Portugal and enter semis Portugal have been bundled out of the Olympics – losing 4:0 to Germany. Germany having beaten Fiji 10-0 and...
Brazil inch closer to Olympic gold Brazil beat Colombia 2-0 in their men’s football quarterfinal at the Corinthians Arena on Saturday to move to within...
Meet Hope Solo: Ugly American at the Rio Olympics The world has not had enough of Donald Trump. We have to have Hope Solo in an epic meltdown...
Germany maul Fiji 10 – 0 in Olympic mismatch Fiji have been hopelessly outplayed by all the teams in their group.Mexico beat them 5 – 1 .South Korea...
Brazil finally score some Olympic goals The Brazil team finally found their scoring touch which had gone missing for the last two games at the...
Portugal and Argentina at the Olympics While the endless debate about whether Ronaldo is greater than Messi or vice is greater than versa rages on...
Nigeria beat Japan in 9 goal thriller Oghenekaro Etebo was the star of the night scoring four goals as Nigeria defeated Japan 5-4. The Nigerian Team...
Rio Football Update Defending champs Mexico v/s Germany ended in a 2 – 2 draw with Germany coming back from being a...