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2006 – World Soccer in serious trouble

A thought provoking analysis by Mike Collett that 2006 has been the year of problems for World Soccer –...

FIFA loses to Mastercard

FIFA officials have ended up with the eggs in their faces as MasterCard were awarded an injunction against the...

Soccerblog opinion: Klinsmann turning down the US job really hurts

Bob Bradley, the new US MNT coach I think Marcelo Balboa and Dave O’Brien had a lot to do...

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...

UEFA Team of the Year voting

Voting for the UEFA Team of the Year 2006 has begun .

Ronaldo double for Real Madrid

Ronaldo scored twice in the last four minutes to earn Real Madrid a 2-2 draw against Dynamo Kyiv in...

ADRIANO’S GOLDEN TRASH CAN

It’s been a tough year for Adriano. He hasn’t scored for Inter Milan for over 200 days. He’s been...

Manchester United get past Benfica

Man U in their do or die Group F game against Benfica were almost laid low by this stunning...

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...

Dubai takeover of Liverpool FC: Infrastructural benefits, not team success

Dubai International Capital’s (DIC) takeover does not mean much in terms of Liverpool’s success, although there are undoubtedly infrastructural...

Naohiro Takahara joins hat trick club

Naohiro “The Sushi Bomber” Takahara – scored the first hat trick (video) in the German League in Eintracht Frankfurt’s...

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...

Shevchenko nears record goal tally

Andrei Shevchenko scored his 57th goal in European competition in the Chelsea vs Levski Sofia game yesterday.He is now...

More Ronaldinho Magic

Well…Barcelona will live to fight another day..or maybe they fought to live another day -whatever.Anyway they beat Werder Bremen...

Blatter’s summer plans

Climate experts are have warned that El Nino is going to play havoc with summer holiday plans in the...

Ronaldo’s latest dive

You can get a good look now at why Gareth Southgate was so very angry. …….and then take a...

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...

Premiership drought in goals: Not the stingy defense

Paul Wilson has a post on the decrease in goals seen this season in the Premiership. Of course, the...

The best US soccer export: Goalkeepers

All three US goalkeepers playing this weekend came away as winners with Tim Howard being the pick in Everton’s...

Dubai to buyout Liverpool FC: Reds bosses welcome offer

Liverpool FC has been the interest of foreign government buyouts before, the most picaresque one being Thaksin Shinawatra, the...

Crowded at the top

The top spot on the Premiership goalscorers chart is a bit crowded these days. Didier Drogba and Nwankwo Kanu...

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,...

Barcelona face must win match

Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Germany’s Werder Bremen will determine whether Barcelona become the first reigning champions to be...

Cristiano Ronaldo in diving incident again

Bitter words from Middlesbrough’s manager Gareth Southgate after Ronaldo’s 19th minute theatrics won Man U a penalty against them....

10 great goals in November

Critistiano Ronaldo,Claude Makelele,Aaron Lennon,Robin Van Persie,Colin Kazim Richards,Louis Saha,Sylvain Distin,Nicolas Anelka,Tugay and Mikel Arteta….in that order.Take your pick.

Video : Arsenal 3 – Tottenham 0

Emmanuel Adebayaor scored the opener and Gilberto Silva chipped in with two penalties….all this without the services of the...

Inter wins 11th in a row

Today’s 2-0 win over Siena is Inter Milan’s 11th in a row (7th consecutive in serie A). It’s also...

Perry Groves: Buy his book for some Christmas cheer

Perry Groves is a lot more fun than Ashley Cole and he did it all for the love of...

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...

CANNAVARO’S GOLDEN BALL , part 2

Leaving aside ethical questions raised by the video of his (supposedly then legal) performance-enhancing drug use, does Fabio Cannavaro’s...

FIFA needs to get greener

This post in may from Christian outlined the efforts made in Germany to make World Cup 2006 more environment...

Uproar in South Africa about World Cup Preparations

Toyi toyi is a Southern African dance that became famous for its use in political protests in the apartheid-era...

CANNAVARO’S GOLDEN BALL , part 1

The controversy ignited by France Football’s award of this year’s Golden Ball to Italy captain and Real Madrid defensive...

Keep the Promise

World Aids Day 2006 : I found soccer related programmes to mark the day and to raise awareness among...

Violence mars UEFA cup match

Dutch fans went on the rampage as French side Nancy inflicted a 3 – 0 defeat on Feyenoord in...

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...

Mohammed Abdul Salim: The first Indian to play in a British club

We all know Baichung Bhutia and his debut for Bury in 1999 but more than sixty years ago, Mohammed...

Malcolm Glazer to build a Man Utd franchise in the USA

Malcolm Glazer is extremely happy with the way his team, Man Utd is playing and he wants to share...

Blatters are Forever

That title should read Diamonds are forever.There is a reasonably good reason for the variation – this being that...

Soccer and Politics: As usual the NYT screws up

The NYT has an article on the PSG fan dying at the hands of a policeman, during a melee...

Dear Arsene: It’s not just Chelsea, Man Utd, and Liverpool that count

Michele’s post about Nicholas Burdisso scoring a hat trick of goals against Messina with Inter boasting an arsenal of...

Video :Fulham 2 Arsenal 1

Robin van Persie’s great free kick was not enough .Arsenal lost a man (defender Philippe Senderos ) and the...

Inter finds new leading man en route to goal

You’d think that with a forward line up featuring the raw power of Slatan Ibrahimovic, the geniality of Hernan...

FIFA player of the year to be declared soon

The FIFA player of the year has been shortlisted down to three names – Ronaldinho,Zidane or Cannavaro. U.S. captain...

Chelsea to launch chinese website

特別一個……that’s ” The special one” in chinese. Rumours are rife that Mourinho is brushing up on the language as...

Totti’s feet, it seems, should be treated as a national treasure. But born in Rome, bred in Rome, and trained by the AS Roma youth squad, Totti, just like defensive midfielder Daniele De Rossi, has never played – or wanted to play – anywhere else than in Rome, for his people. So when he says his mind is only on Roma, that’s exactly what he means.

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