Germany – The Best Team in Europe?
Germany mashes Slovakia. The Kaiser thinks we’re the best team in Europe. What a turnaround!
Category: Soccer Teams – National
West Ham: Abdication of responsibility
West Ham lies at the bottom of the Premiership – a scenario hardly contemplated by the likes of Alan...
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?...
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...
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...
Farewell Freddy Adu!
Soccerblog has been talking about the MLS business model for some time now. Now it’s time for that model...
What’s up with Rooney?
Now everyone’s picking on Rooney again: “Could it really be that Rooney has fallen out of love with football,...
Becks: “England don’t need me!”
He’s right. McClaren has done the right thing I believe. He’s taken the teamwork factor up a notch as...
Video: Nelinho in the 1978 World Cup
Nelinho uses the Magnus effect to score one of the most memorable goals in World Cup history!
Emir Kusturica’s Maradona: Out in 2006
Maradona shows his solidarity! Look out for Emir Kusturica’s documentary on Diego Maradona in post production now. It is...
Gianluigi Buffon’s successor: Federico Agliardi
Palermo put it past Lazio, 2-1. Federico Agliardi, their goalkeeper kept out 12 shots at goal. It would be...
Rafa Benitez: Dazed and Confused, tell me it’s not true
Liverpool is going through a mini crisis. A small one, but with this year’s Premiership, with Portsmouth, Everton, and...
Owen Hargreaves out with a broken leg
Owen Hargreaves broke the fibula (shin bone) of his left leg in the Bayer loss against Armenia Bliefeld, 2-1...
Video: Rodrigo Palacios is the new Mario Kempes
Boca 1 River Plate 0. Will Palacios vindicate Mario Kempes faith in him?
Gareth Barry: The best underrated player in England?
Gareth Barry is Aston Villa and Aston Villa is Gareth Berry. In the midst of all the high powered...
Video: Maradona Madness
Funny, but we still miss this guy and his antics!
Video: Euro 2008, N.Ireland vs Spain, 3-2, David Healy all the way!
8+ minutes but worth every minute. Watch Leeds United striker, David Healy’s hat trick and see Aragones looking like...
Video: David Healy punishes the Three Lions
Sven Goran’s team stumbles against Northern Ireland and David Healy. Check out the goal and the celebrations!
Oligarkh: The movie on Boris Berezovsky or Platon Elenin
A movie loosely based on Boris Berezovsky who changed his name to Platon Elenin based on a character called...
Guus Hiddink: Not an impressive debut against Croatia
The Roman Abramovich bankrolled Guus Hiddink era began in less than spectacular style as Russia was held to a...
Sergio Aragones to be sacked: Spain crashes out against N.Ireland
The rumblings begin. Spain’s woes keep getting worse, a downward spiral that began in the World Cup, after getting...
Video: Scotland 2, Lithuania 1
Scotland has six points. Next stop, France! Read this well-written piece from the Scotsman >>
Football consortiums: Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, players as bait
In South America, it is quite common for football players to be owned not just by their club but...
Video: England 1, Macedonia 0
The beanpole scores! 🙂
Video: France 3 Italy 1, Les Bleus over the Azzurris
This result should put beyond doubt that France was the better team in the World Cup too. It also...
Germany 13 San Marino 0
Germany bullied its way through against hapless San Marino, scoring at will, in a record setting spree 13-0. This...
France proves they are more than Zidane: France 3 Italy 1
France did not need Zidane with Sidney Govou It was as we suspected. Italy won the World Cup because...
Video: Brazil 2, Wales 0
Brazil still has a long way to go, despite what Dunga may be saying… This ain’t no team yet!...
Video: England 5, Andorra 0
England beats a high-school caliber team – Andorra. Next up Macedonia. Will Crouch pull his usual vanishing act? Or...
Why would anyone want Zidane’s sweaty jersey?
Now the truth is told. Materazzi did not want Zidane’s jersey, the one that he kept tugging, and one...
Giacinto Fachetti passes on: Azzurri and Inter Milan great
Giacinto Facchetti died yesterday. A giant amongst the Azzurris and an Inter Milan stalwart, who played all 634 games...
Video: Where is Zoltan Gera?
The Baggies have been relegated. We will probably get to see Gera brilliance in League 1 highlights. Gera is...
France vs Italy: Who will headbutt Materazzi this time?
The European papers are abuzz with the France – Italy Euro Cup showdown this Wednesday, two months after their...
Ashley Cole vs William Gallas: Who got the better player?
William Gallas: A wall: Physical, versatile, and a great tackler. The attack has to go around him. Can play...
Video: Emirates friendly, Brazil vs Argentina, 3-0
Great win for Dunga, crappy start to Alfio Basile’s career as the coach of the Albiceleste. Check out the...
David Goldblatt: The Ball is Round
For soccer lovers this is the ultimate book. A 992 page book on everything and anything to do with...
Foul: Andrew Jennings book exposes FIFA
Andrew Jennings’s book gives us the scoop on how Sepp Blatter became president and how FIFA awards World Cups.
Peter Velappan: The man behind the Asian resurgence in soccer
In 2007, FIFA has their presidential elections, and Sepp Blatter, the present FIFA president is running again. Sepp Blatter...
Arsenal’s Brazilians: The way to go
Brazil in one way or another has never really seen the English League as a stop for showcasing their...
Mido is baaaaaack! Spurs fans, let the good times roll
Mido is coming back to White Hart Lane. Good times everyone!! Mido commented on the team’s official website, ”I...
To Wayne Rooney: Cock up and play the game
Football players should be seen and not heard. Again it’s not just Ashley Cole calling abuse on Arsene Wenger...
Who is Kia Joorabchian? Is Abramovich behind the West Ham move?
Is Roman Abramovich (L) negotiating West Ham’s takeover? Kia Joorbachian (R) West Ham shocked everybody in the soccer world...
Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal: Be warned, this year’s Premiership is not about you!
Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano come to West Ham, Kanu is on fire at Portsmouth, Aston Villa is being...
Video: Proof that Germany’s Getting Even Better
This video proves that even without Klinsi, the New Deutschland is on the right track: We simply picked up...
Ouch! Ferdinand Breaks Toe
Will England never get lucky? Rio Ferdinand is likely to miss England’s opening two Euro 2008 qualifiers after suffering...
Rooney Fights Back Against the FA
Manchester United’s volatile striker, Wayne Rooney, is allegedly threatening to refuse to co-operate with England sponsors if the Football...
Video: More Robinho
Watch these moves and weep. Reminds me of that summer day in my teens when I realized I was...
Premiership opening weekend: Portsmouth the club, Kanu the player
Kanu scored two goals in Portsmouth’s very impressive win against Balckburn Rovers. The number 16 club beating the number...
Video: Sheffield United vs Liverpool, 1-1
Steven Gerrard learned a lot from the Italians this World Cup and put it to good use against the...
Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City
Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...