Soccer: Metrosexuals yes, gays no
It has been 8 years since Justin Fashanu’s tragic death. Fashanu was a talented striker for Norwich City. He...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
World Cup 2006: High art captures the headbutt
A very tongue in cheek art piece on Zidane and Materazzi, compliments of the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar. This...
Video: World Cup 2006: US soccer gestalt
US World Cup soccer gestalt: Slow, reactive, and naive.
CAF nominees reveal its bias: Aboutrieka dropped
The Glo-CAF nominees for the best African player this year was pruned down to three. Mohammad Aboutrieka was dropped...
World Cup 2006: The nightmare year that was US soccer
2002 is a distant dream for US soccer enthusiasts. This year showed where the US soccer team actually lies...
Ten soccer events that shaped 2006
1) The headbutt that was heard around the world: It cost France the World Cup Zinedine Zidane in his...
Catenaccio gets its due in the FIFA awards
Giacinto Facchetti, extra-ordinary player; exemplary human being No country venerates its defenders as much as the Azzurris do. This...
German goalkeeping crisis: Blunder wonders
The Bundesliga is heading into the four week winter recess but many are concerned that a spate of goalkeeping...
Video: FIFA club finals: Internacional vs Barca highlights
Adriano Vieira scores the winner. Barca missed a number of chances. This is the second trip to the finals...
ESPN acquires TV rights to air Euro 2008
Great news for all those fans of European soccer! European soccer governing body UEFA has announced that ESPN International...
Miguel Angel Russo is the new coach of Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors could have won its 22nd Argentine title when they played Belgrano but they lost 1-0. They then...
Klinsmann’s decision reflects a political reality
A German soccer fan expressed his delight when Klinsmann turned down the USA job. I think he along with...
The future of Indian football: Tapping the diaspora?
The Doha Asian games, saw an Indian football drawing Hong Kong, barely beating the Maldives, and then crashing out...
Video: Gonzalo Higuain: France or Argentina?
Many of his fans are wondering if Gonzo is going to don the blue and white or go totally...
Does the Premiership understand its foreign players?
Carlos Tevez’s well documented grouse with his playing minutes at West Ham, Thierry Henry becoming ornery at Arsenal, Sheva...
Video: Fernando Belluschi: River Plate star
We should hear a lot about Fernando Belluschi in the future. Great talent for Argentina.
Jurgen Klinsmann turns down US soccer job
It is official. Jurgen Klinsmann is no longer in the running for the US MNT coaching job. He reportedly...
Argentine soccer: The new kids on the block
For every Juan Roman Riquelme that announces his retirement from soccer, there is some one to take over his...
BBC Panorama, Dec 10: Andrew Jennings buttonholes Jack Warner
Those who enjoyed Andrew Jennings expose the corruption in FIFA starting with Sepp Blatter’s secret payout of £1m worth...
Video: Matthew Le Tissier: Southampton FC legend
Matt Le Tissier with his cannon shot goals. No dinky taps for him. The pity was that Le Tissier...
Video: Ronaldinho’s 50 best goals
Feast your eyes on 21 minutes of pure Ronaldinho magic.
Video: Paulino Alcantara: First Asian to play for a European club
Paulino Alcantara, of Phillipino heritage, born in Iloilo City, Phillipines debuted for Barcelona FC in 1912 going onto score...
Gianluca Vialli: Cheats never prosper? Yeah, right!!
Read The Italian Job and Gianluca Vialli’s take on cheating in football. As he says, Machiavelli is an inspiration,...
Leave South Africa alone: Time for Blatter to step up
Sepp Blatter should step up and show his credentials as FIFA president. It is becoming increasingly distasteful to see...
Guus Hiddink: To Russia with love
The Guus Hiddink magic is well and alive in Russia. They are now in second place in Group E...
Video: Alex de Souza compilation
Alex De Souza of Fenerbache, Palmeiras, and Cruzeiro shows of his amazing skills. He is 29 years old and...
Saburo Kawabuchi: The man behind Japan’s resurgent football
It seems as if Japan has been playing football all its life. The reality is that organized football is...
What ails Indian football? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, AIFF chief
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, the present Union Information and Broadcasting Minister is also the president of the All India...
USA hits lowest FIFA rankings in seven years.
The United States has gone and got itself out of the top 30 in soccer rankings for the first...
What ails Indian football? Cricket provides an insight
Growing up in India, where cricket was such a huge game, when we formed teams in our neighborhood park,...
What ails Indian football? An overview
It is the state of affairs in Indian sports that when you google ‘What ails Indian football?’ you not...
Ferenc Puskas: A player with a supernatural left foot and an imprudent generosity
El Pais has a beautiful little article on how Real team mates and opponents alike remember Puskas. Gento, Stefano,...
Video: 1954 World Cup, Germany 3 Hungary 2
The Mighty Magyars should have won this finals. An injured Puskas scored the first goal and was denied an...
Video: Wembley, 1953 Ferenc Puskas vs Billy Wright: The perfect goal
Brilliant goal and footwork by Puskas. Loses Billy Wright completely.
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...
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...
Meanwhile the MLS finals has Scotland talking……..
Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear was born in Glasgow. 35 miles away from Troon, the birthplace of Steve Nicol,...
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...
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...
Klinsmann: A step closer to becoming the US MNT coach
Der Speigel reports that Sunil Gulati, president of US Soccer met with Jurgen Klinsmann, hoping that after taking a...
FIFA bans Kenya: Its sanctions target the vulnerable
FIFA bans Kenya from international football competition, it should have done the same with Italy. Italy’s league always seems...
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...
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...
FIFA’s proposal to protect national teams: Should Owen Hargreaves be insulted?
Today FIFA and FIfPro proposed the implementation of a six plus five system, whereby six members of a side...
SA World Cup: The danger is not the crime rate but neo-liberalism
We have heard horror stories of the high crime rate in South Africa where more than 50 people are...
The Observer profiles Michael Essien
On Michael Essien ” He is nicknamed Bison because of a frightening fearlessness and strength; Dietmar Hamann and Tal...
Sepp Blatter apologizes to the Socceroos
Sepp Blatter tried to soothe the Socceroos by saying that they deserved to go to the quarterfinals instead of...
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!...
West Ham: Abdication of responsibility
West Ham lies at the bottom of the Premiership – a scenario hardly contemplated by the likes of Alan...
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...