A quiet foreboding fills Argentina
Colombia did Argentina a good turn yesterday with their 2-0 win over Ecuador which meant that they still retained...
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Cry Maradona! The Brazilian media celebrates
A time for intense introspection in Argentina. A time for great glee in Brazil as the Seleccao cement their...
The morning after: The US needs to lift its possession game
I think I must have made my point now *or cried myself hoarse*: The US needs more ball possession...
McFadden does a Maradona against Macedonia…
McFadden took the ball from his own half,waltzed around about half the Macedonian team and then finally scored past...
World Cup 2010: Giovani Dos Santos stamps his class
El Tri overcame the Ticos, 3-0 in a facile win at Saprissa stadium with Giovani Dos Santos providing a...
World Cup 2010: Brazil 3 Argentina 1
The Argentinian defense goes to sleep as they fail to mark Luisao who heads home Elano’s free kick. Then...
Maradona vows to carry on
“The responsibility is solely and exclusively mine.” Brazil’s humiliating win had Maradona on the defensive but the Argentina manager...
World Cup 2010: A far from self assured US win
Three points is three points. Its a win. And that’s what counts. Till we start parsing. The US was...
World Cup 2010: Argentina stares at defeat (HT)
Brazil leads Argentina, 2-0 through Luisao and Luis Fabiano. I expect Diego Maradona to resign if the Argentinians lose...
World Cup 2010: USA leads El Salvador, 2-1 (HT)
Three headers score the goals. Cristian Castillo puts El Salvador up through a beautiful bit of trickery by Rodolfo...
World Cup 2010: Portugal’s inept finishing costs them
A barrage of goal scoring chances undone by inept finishing left Portugal with an uphill task of making the...
World Cup 2010: Kaladze should be given Italian citizenship
Italy won against Georgia on the strength of two beautiful own goals by Kakha Kaladze. The Georgians looked stunned...
Maradona praises the people of Rosario
Sergio Aguero celebrates Argentina’s 3-0 rout of Brazil at the Beijing Olympics There are matches being played all over...
A beautiful game.
A Beautiful Game by Tom Watt is a collection of interviews with the world’s leading players. Excerpts … This...
World Cup 2010: USA vs El Salvador
Osael Romero could be a thorn in the US side U.S vs. El Salvador Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah...
Arshavin makes a difference
You need to know Russian if you want to follow what’s being said.But Arshavin does a pretty good Rocky...
South Africa 2010: Absent Messi and Ronaldo?
Now that would be a tragedy. And yet, it seems quite likely. The New York Times‘ Rob Hughes writes...
AC Milan up for sale: To one Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi meets with Silvio Berlusconi As rumours go, this is still one hell of a doozy. Muammar Gaddafi...
Man Utd fans told to zip it over disgusting Wenger chant
“I come in peace, to give penance for winning three titles that should be rightfully yours” Outrage at Arsene...
Tapping: Legalize it!
Legalize it – don’t criticize it Legalize it and I will advertise it Some call it tapping Some call...
English clubs get tagged as poachers because of prevailing conditions
Manchester United might be next to face a transfer ban if Le Havre has its way with its claim...
The eye of the Chelsea storm
In the eye of the storm is one 18 year old Gael Kakuta- He left Lens in 2007 to...
FIFA bans Chelsea from the transfer market till 2011!
Talk of being blindsided. Here I am moaning about Eduardo’s two match ban whereas a little known player called...
The Reds dressing room becomes the tower of Babel
Big losses to Spurs and Villa are not what Rafa Benitez had in mind when the season began. The...
Two ends of a soccer spectrum…
From the sublime..(Elano pulls off a perfect ‘rabona’ pass..) …to the absolutely ridiculous.( Sergio Jauregui picks up a one...
Football continued on during World War II
An article by Simon Kuper draws attention on how the English continued to attend football matches even as the...
EPL spending drops
Transfer season is over. In total about £450m was spent as compared to the record £500m last year. City...
Villa plug the holes on central defense
Man City’s Richard Dunne and West Ham’s James Collins will attempt a tall task, to take over for Martin...
Germany unveil 2010 jersey
A close up look at the latest creation from Adidas that the German Team will be sporting in World...
Maradona’s Brazil preparation borders on panic
The September 5th encounter between the Albiceleste and Seleccao fast approaches. If there are any indications who feels most...
Arbitratry and pre-judged: Eduardo had no chance
Gerhard Kapl(at right): A fire and brimstone kind of chief Time to dust off those videos and mete out...
UEFA to decide on Eduardo today
UEFA’s disciplinary panel is deliberating on whether Eduardo was guilty of deception. Its a much broader charge as the...
Graham Poll reveals why he was so incompetent
Graham Poll on diving. “It was on the eve of the start to the Barclays Premier League season, when...
Last minute transfer madness: Kranjcar and James to Spurs
Harry Redknapp reinforces his squad with the Croatian midfielder and he is also closing on David James. Spurs looks...
Shakhtar Donetsk Spectacular Stadium Opening…
Shakhtar Donetsk had a spectacular opening to their new stadium, the Donbass Arena.
Video: Valencia 2 Sevilla 0
Sevilla were down to 10 men as Frederic Kanoute was sent off for a challenge on Carlos Marchena in...
Spurs put out a Modric clarification
From their website: For the purposes of clarity and in order to correct early mis-reporting of his injury, Luka...
Video: Air Barcelona overwhelms Sporting Gijon
Ibra scores his debut goal. A pinpoint Dani Alves cross and the Swede made contact diving down to score...
India win the Nehru Cup…!
The Nehru Cup (International Football Tournament) is a tournament organized by the All India Football Federation. It was launched...
The lowest diving header ever..
How low can you go ?This has to be the most likely winning candidate for this particular record. Paul...
Video:Real Madrid sign on Usain Bolt
The greatest sprinter in history kicks off for Real Madrid’s opening game for the new season.All part of Real...
The gloves come off: Wenger says anti-football
What is anti-football? Paul Dirac’s thesis that there exists anti-matter, i.e., the opposite of normal matter, was proven right...
Notts County brought down another peg
After walloping league leading Dagenham the Magpies lose to Barnet, 0-1 this weekend and lie in 5th place in...
Video: Beckham scores the winner in the SuperClasico
An unusual goal. Becks talks about it: “I didn’t anticipate the ball bouncing and going through the way it...
Next Generation: Altidore: A star or another Adu?
La Gazzetta Dello Sport profiles Jozy Altidore under this headline. It is the usual missive on his massive presence....
Video: Juve’s Brazilwood bows provide impeccable concerto
It is already the Juventus of Diego. The club maybe able to complete its remarkable turnaround since its return...
Video: Bayern Munich 3 Wolfsburg 0
Have at it before the video is removed (7+ minutes). Bayern had to be at its best to keep...
Real’s Dutch rejects provide instant impact
Arjen Robben announced his Bundesliga arrival by scoring a brace in Bayern’s 3-0 win against Wolfsburg. Wesley Sneijder was...
Milan fans react with horror
Not a lot of love going on for Leonardo, Adriano Galliani, and Silvio Berlusconi after Milan’s collapse to Inter....
Video: Real’s lesser lights shine on attack
No, Cristiano Ronaldo did not steal the show in Real’s opening encounter against Deportivo. Nor did Karim Benzema. The...
Kevin Hackett to apologize to Wenger
Good for him. The farce that followed was painful to watch.
Armchair refereeing: What do you think?
My impression, Almunia is going for the ball which bounced away from his hands. He did not deliberately bring...
Bolton almost get stockholm syndrome
Apart from the couple of times that the Bolton team wandered up the field to score their two goals...