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Ronaldinho – a dream come true.
Ronaldinho – seen here with his FIFPro Player of the year trophies and the smile that launched a thousand...
Totti double inpires Roma into second place in Serie A
Totti scores through a magnificent volley against Sampdoria yesterday. He connected sweetly with a deep cross, sending the ball...
Video : Manu U and Chelsea share the points
Louis Saha and Ricardo Carvalho help Man U and Chelsea to share points yesterday.
Third party ownership: Is the English League ready for it?
Pini Zahavi, agent extra-ordinaire Pini Zahavi is the super agent who has his hands in all the deals involving...
West Ham buyout: Magnusson’s hands are cleaner than MSI
Eggert Magnusson is the new chairman of West Ham and he celebrated with a winning start against Sheffield United,...
Man Utd vs Chelsea: A tale of two halves
Man Utd was ascendant the first half. But it was Chelsea all the way in the second. If there...
Video: Bolton 3 Arsenal 1
Nicolas Anelka puts a nail in Arsenal’s coffin. Actually, two of them.
Peter Kenyon: Chelsea will be World’s No 1 club
A theme is being played out. Man Utd represents the past and Chelsea the future of English league football....
Video :Ronaldinho Magic!!!!
An incredible spectacular overhead goal from a genius. Ronaldinho scored 2 out of the four goals in Barcelona’s 4...
Sam Allardyce fires back at Arsene Wenger
The Gunners have not won against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium in four years and they continued to struggle...
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...
Reading vs Fulham: Hahnemann wins his duel with McBride
The Reading vs Fulham game was interesting because it had a reunion of Yanks playing in the Premiership. However,...
Arsenal: Schizophrenic performances perplex fans
Who can understand this year’s Arsenal? Are they sublime or utterly ridiculous? After tearing Liverpool’s heart out, 3-0, they...
El Hadji Diouf – Thriving on Diving
An example of his technique…… Some of his reasons for choosing to dive…… “Every player dives, not just me,”...
Bend it like Nakamura
Celtic’s rising Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura – after his goal against Manchester United – is taking over from Beckham...
Football is not hate
“Even if the circumstances remain unclear, the fact is that … a man is dead. Football is not hate....
FIFA suspends Iran from International Soccer
… no,not because of their nuclear weapons program- but because of Governmental interference in the way the game is...
Sunderland versus Wolves – Environmental hazard
George Caulkin writing in Timesonline has this eco friendly angle on the longstanding feud between managers Mick McCarthy and...
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,...
African Player of the year 2006
More awards to be given out – this time in the Nigerian capital Abuja on the 18th of January....
Champions league :Inter Milan and Liverpool record wins
Crespo’s crisp strike takes Inter Milan past Sporting Lisbon and into the last 16. Elsewhere Steven Gerrard and Peter...
Chelsea go down to Werder Bremen
Per Mertesacker heading in the winner for Werder Bremen last night .Chelsea and Bremen are even on 10 points...
Video : AEK Athens beat mighty Milan
For Athens -Great goalkeeping from Stefano Sorrentino and a great free kick from Julio Cesar.Match report.
Blatter – “FIFA to use Goal Line Technology”
Blatter announced yesteday that Goal-line technology will be used in next year’s World Club Championship.He also spoke about his...
Arsenal rallies to beat Hamburg
Rafael van der Vaarts stunning goal in the third minute gave Hamburg the lead yesterday.Arsenal equalised through Van Persie...
Video:Highlights of Real Madrid vs Lyon
John Carew and Florent Malouda score for Lyon.Ruud van Nistelrooy scored one and then missed a last gasp penalty....
Video: Celtic score historic win over Man U
See the sensational Free kick from Shunsuke Nakamura that helped Celtic defeat Manchester United 1 – 0. Celtic keeper...
Media stage walk out at SA World Cup meeting
When none of the members of the Board of Directors of the Local 2010 World Cup Organising Committee had...
Refs under fire
Referees other than Graham Poll are making the news for all the wrong reasons of late.Blackburn and Tottenham are...
Mario Gomez – Rising star
Stuttgart’s 21 year old striker Mario Gomez got high praise from Beckenbauer this week.He said that Gomez should be...
Comments from Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff on Barcelona’s striker problem …… “You can’t sign anybody decent until the first of January and soon...
Video: Gudjohnsen brace for Barcelona
Icelandic international Eidur Gudjohnsen scored 2 goals out of four .Barcelona went back to the top of the Spanish...
FIFPro wins Anti Racism Award
C.E.C.R.A, the Anti Racist Organisation in Spain, have awarded FIFPro an International Award for 2006 for their outstanding work...
Roma in seventh heaven.
Roma hammered Catania 7-0 producing the biggest Serie A win in 23 years.Enjoy the goals.You will also have to...
The legend that was Puskas: Eduardo Galeano remembers
Eduardo Galeano has a delightful entry on Ferenc Puskas in his immensely readable book Soccer in Sun and Shadow...
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...
Real Madrid pays tribute to Puskas.
Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 3-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday as it paid tribute to its all-time...
Beckenbauer for President
61-year-old Franz ( The Kaiser )Beckenbauer, was voted president of Bayern Munich for the 5th consecutive time. He has...
Pekerman to coach US team ?
Here is the rumour and here is the denial of the rumour.
Videos: Henri and Geremi – Free kick goals
Two great goals from free kicks – The first from Chelsea’s Cameroon international Geremi against WestHam.The second – Thierry...
Video :Rooney scores twice against Sheffield
Sheffield vs Manchester United.See Keith Gillespie put Sheffield ahead in the 14th minute .Rooney scores twice after that (using...
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,...
Real to David Beckham: No Tom Cruise wedding for you
Beckham’s days in Real are but over. He has only played in three games this season and is out...
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: 10 best Real Madrid goals
Includes two goals from the 1960 European Cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt scored by Puskas (# 7) and Alfredo...
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...
Tributes pour in for Ferenc Puskas: ‘A wonderful player and person’
The death of Ferenc Puskás in Budapest today has been felt throughout the footballing world. uefa.com rounds up the...
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...
Vagner Love joins the club.
It may be hard for some to believe this but another hat trick has been scored.Brazilian striker Vagner Love...