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Dejan Stankovic’s 50 metre goal against Genoa
Almost two years ago, Stankovic lashed an equally spectacular volley from midfield past Marco Amelia. Compare this to the...
A Real spanking: Spurs get torched 4-0
The match was lost in the first 15 minutes. Aaron Lennon taken ill before the match was replaced by...
Champions League QF: Schalke shocks the defending champions, 5-2
23+ minutes from Canal. Commentary in French. It all started swimmingly well for Inter within the first minute as...
What is the FA’s priority?
As a commentator rightly points out. What is the FA’s priority? A couple of swear words that attracts 15...
Sir Alex has a dig at big spending Chelsea
Love the tongue in cheek “Chelsea were right to spend £50m for Torres”. The artful dodger is a master...
Mourinho brings all his big guns against Spurs
Jose Mourinho will risk bringing back Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo even as they remain injury doubts. Fans are divided...
Zamalek vs Club Africain: Forget the riots
In the aftermath of the Zamalek vs Club Africain match which brought 5000 rioting fans onto the pitch, one...
201 great goals – courtesy Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti two goals against Fiorentina were his 200th and 201st in Serie A. He is only four goals...
Ochocinco made a ” honorary member” of Sporting KC
Chad left hanging at Sporting KC? No longer A feel good gesture but as suspected Chad Ochocinco failed to...
Rise and Shine: The Jay De Merit story
Stirring documentary about Jay De Merit who arrives in England with a dream of playing in the Premier League...
Expose on Australia’s World Cup bid wins prize
The Australian category for best sport writing went to Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker of The Age for their...
Karene Asche’s calypso skewers Jack Warner
Karene Asche won this year’s Dimanche Gras singing “Uncle Jack” a song about Jack Warner. The relevant lyrics below...
Rooney gets a two match ban
The FA hands the Man Utd striker a two match ban for swearing into a camera. One more defining...
Does this look like a furious Drogba ?
This is how one media report out of many describe this incident “Didier Drogba had to be forcibly removed...
Manchester City beat Sunderland 5 – 0
Goals from Adam Johnson, Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure take Manchester City above Chelsea…….
FIFA’s Bosnia ruling shows no sensitivity
This was no April Fool’s joke as Bosnia and Herzegovina found themselves banned from international football. The problem: FIFA/...
16 year old Indi Cowie wows with her freestyle skills
Nice write up in the NYT magazine about 16 year old phenom Indi Cowie, whose family is originally from...
A (younger) japanese version of Messi
Incredible skill. He needs to learn to pass though.The rest of his team are generally seen walking behind him...
Rooney faces FA wrath for swearing
Not smart but really not a huge deal. Actually, he brings this passion to the fore on the field...
Champions League: Wenger can see Spurs beat Real
Yes, Arsene but can Arsenal beat Spurs? That should be a more pressing issue than two bits about a...
Sandro Rosell adds insult to Real Madrid injury
Sandro Rosell, Barca’s president predicts a 5-0 lashing of the Merengues in their Copa Del Rey meeting a day...
Edinson Cavani shows why he’ll be a hot summer target
Edinson Cavani will not be in Napoli much longer. He scored a hat trick in one of the Serie’s...
Pato comes alive in AC Milan’s 3-0 win over Inter
Masimiliano Allegri won the clash between the Serie’s two most photogenic managers. AC MIlan looked very comfortable in their...
Against Blackburn Arsenal’s self belief continues to erode
A couple of weeks ago, Man Utd took to the field against Bolton and found themselves a man down...
Fulham get their MJ statue..
Mohammed Al Fayed has told Fulham fans they could “go to hell” if they did not like the Michael...
Barcelona keep going and Mourinho loses at home for the first time in 9 years..
Barcelona steady on course for the title as they beat Villarreal 1- 0 ( Goal scored by Gerald Pique)...
Rooney hat trick videos
Manchester United came back with yet another sensational late comeback to beat West Ham 4 -2 after being down...
Some April Fool gags doing the rounds today..
Firstly …Charlie Brown is going to fall for this again today…! Elsewhere… Portugal sells Cristiano Ronaldo to Spain for...
Asamoah Gyan against England..
This injury time goal from Gyan gave Ghana a draw against England in a friendly that was played on...
Kuyt brace in Holland 5 goal haul…
Holland beat Hungary 5 – 3…. Van Persie,Sneijder and Nistelrooy scored the other 3
Spain beat Lithuania 3 -1 in Euro qualifier
Xavi lobbed the goalie to get the opener.Lithuania equalised with a long distance scorcher from Marius Stankevicius. Then Tadas...
Goalkeeper scores 100 goals…
Rogério Ceni scored the winning goal against Corinthians this weekend and it was his 100th goal for São Paulo....
Milan Baros loses the ball……….!
A moment of total panic for Milan Baros in the game against Spain when the ball goes missing……………! He...
Villa and Iniesta meet their match..
Their waxwork lookalikes that is – at the ‘Museo de Cera’ in Madrid. While Villa’s lookalike looks reasonably like...
Matias Fernandez scores a glorious freekick for Chile
Portugal Chile friendly.Portugal were 1 goal up when Matias came up with this blistering freekick.The ball is travelling fast...
Soccer and Society: Vikas Shah’s interview with FIFA’s Jérôme Valcke
Great interview by Vikas “Thought Economist” Shah. Jérôme Valcke explains how FIFA sees football as a “school of life.”...
Spain and Holland on course for Euro 2012
In the first qualifying matches of Euro 2012 since November both World Cup finalists secured wins and remain in...
Clouds over Qatar World Cup…
If global warming keeps going the way it’s going you are going to need more than sunscreen to protect...
Hope for the future – Argentine FA uses video evidence
Martin Galmarini playing for Tigre was booked because the ref thought he used his hand to control the ball...
Juventus pick up their first win in 5 games
A win on the weekend against lowly Brescia was due to this long awaited goal from Del Piero.Juve have...
In Wenger we trust or should we?
Arseblog draws attention to something that Wenger said in the pre West Brom press conference regarding Thomas Vermaelen’s frustrating...
Chad Ochocinco’s soccer dreams are just that
Chad Ochocinco’s headline grabbing foray into soccer maybe motivated by the same feelings which led Deion Sanders and Michael...
Bad news for Stuart Holden: Out for six months
The Jonny Evans tackle does a number. Holden is out for the season. Big loss for Bolton and the...
Serie: How about Udinese?
Antonio Di Natale has been in top form The Bianconeri are yet to lose since the winter break. Their...
Chelsea’s Brazilians secure a vital win
The battle of the heavyweight “financial dopers” with a combined estimate of £650m in transfer fees was settled at...
Luis Suarez scores an almost impossible goal
Liverpool beat Sunderland 2 – 0 . This second goal from Suarez was scored from the tightest of angles.Goalie...
Video: Jonny Evans tackle injures Stuart Holden
The injury prone Stuart Holden was stretchered off after Jonny Evans tackle opened up a big bloody gash in...
Manchester United steady on target.
Berbatov came off the bench to score late in the second half.Ferguson began his five match ban. and so...
Almunia does it again
Arsenal had to come back from 2 goals down to draw against West Brom.The second goal they conceded mainly...
Does anyone at Arsenal have Wenger’s ear?
Peter Hill-Wood? Pat Rice? Anyone? Arsene Wenger needs an intervention. No one is hurting more than he as Arsenal...
Arsenal concede early goal..
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