Arsenal move to sign Black Star ace, Illiasu
Arsenal have taken Ghana World Cup star Shilla Illiasu on trial. The defender impressed in his debut in the...
Monthly Archives: July 2006
FIFA’s 17 Commandments for South Africa 2010
SOUTH AFRICA has given world soccer body Fifa 17 guarantees as part of the contract to host the 2010...
Ledley King out again: Will miss 6 weeks of Tottenham’s season
The news keeps getting bad to worse for Ledley King. Out of the England squad with a metatarsal fracture...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: Bfana Bfana’s new coach
Parreira became South African soccer’s 14th coach in that many years since they resumed playing in 1992. He has...
Video: Egypt a soccer powerhouse: 2010 World Cup
Egypt has always done well in the CAF. This is their fifth title as they won the 2006 Africa...
Video: Funny football bloopers
Keep yourself entertained till the EPL begins!
Is Alex Ferguson throwing it all away?
Arsenal, Tottenham, and Liverpool have consolidated their clubs and there does not seem to be much interest in getting...
Video: Egypt’s Zidane: Mohamed Zidan
Mohamed Zidan is a striker for Werder Bremen now playing for FSV Mainz. He is one of the most...
Video: Tony Yeboah’s Goal for Leeds United
Brilliant, brilliant goal. Alas, Yeboah’s talent could not be seen to more people around the world. But this shows...
Video: Manu Chao’s Santa Maradona
Manu Chao will be playing August 7 at Central Park and this is just one of his best songs,...
Reggie Rockstone celebrates the Black Stars
Reggie Rockstone, the singer who originated Ghanian hip hop also called hiplife was so moved by the performance of...
Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and the Black Stars
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and Rev. Martin Luther King No story on football in Africa can be...
Soccer, we turn our lonely eyes at you!
Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, and now Justin Gatlin. When does fact end and when does fiction begin? I am...
Video: Ashley Cole: Tackles and goals.
Great tackles, great goals. All round the best left back. But lets not forget he is not Arsenal and...
How much is Aston Villa worth?
One of the 12 founding members of the Football League and a dominant force in its early days, eight...
Another offer: Jurgen Klinsmann to coach Aston Villa?
Randy Lerner’s bid to buy Aston Villa seemed to be slim to none a few days ago. Apparently, Douglas...
The men behind MLS: Lamar Hunt and Philip Anschutz
Lamar Hunt, Columbus Crew owner(L), Philip Anschutz, DC United owner ( R) Much has been written about US billionaires...
Man U chases Carlos Tevez
Carlos Tevez is unhappy playing for the Corinthians, the Brazilian club and is looking for a way out. Corinthians...
Why are Chelsea players running away from the club?
An observation: The record money that Chelsea offers a club can buy its players but it does not buy...
Where is Hernan Crespo headed to? He loves Italy
Crespo did not report for training to Stamford Bridge and he missed his flight for Chelsea’s tour to the...
Video: Brian McBride compilation
The best goals by US star Brian McBride in his days with the US team, Columbus Crew, Everton, and...
Brian McBride retires from international soccer
U.S. National Team forward and three-time World Cup veteran Brian McBride announced his retirement from international soccer. The decision...
Video: Michael Carrick in the England vs Ecuador game
How Carrick opened up the game for England with his passing ability.
Ruud to Real; Carrick is a Red Devil
Busy, busy day in the EPL. Ruud finally finds a home at Real and the Spurs let go of...
Video: Ruud Van Nistelrooy
The first minute sounds like a dirge. But the rest is vintage RVN set to Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound.”
Video: Benni McCarthy
Great bicycle kick by McCarthy. Blackburn should be happy with this bloke.
Soccer down under: Guus is taxed and the Matildas make it
So the big news is that the Dutch have prosecuted Guus for tax fraud. He claimed that he was...
Ruud’s deal is for real this time
After all that back and forth, Van Nistelrooy is finally on his way to the Bernabeu. Real is reported...
South Africa players: McCarthy to Rovers, Fortune to Celtic
Benni McCarthy to Blackburn Benni McCarthy is leaving FC Porto to join Blackburn Rovers. The English club would pay...
The Middle East morass: Soccer could play a way out
I don’t think the Middle East has any organized tournament on any sport that I know of. A tournament...
Martin O’Neill: The plaintalking coach with the Midas touch
“Nobody Knows Anything” His most recent work as a pundit on BBC has been met with praise from supporters...
Aston Villa supporters: Get Martin O’Neill
This is what you’ll get with Sven, a greedy turncoat. Eriksson on… … David Beckham: “He’s a nice boy....
Sol Campbell to Marseille? Man U in for a Ruud shock
Marseille have shown a great deal of interest in Sol Campbell. Amongst French clubs, Marseille ranks below Lyons, FC...
Aston Villa: Arab sheikhs, NFL barons, and Sven-ile dementia
Roman Abramovich flew over the London skies three years ago, looking down at the empty playing fields of Chelsea,...
Belgium’s long shadow in international soccer: Bosman and Charleroi
Belgium is hardly considered a powerhouse in world soccer, let alone European soccer. Their cupboard is quite bare of...
Dunga is not important
So Dunga is the new Brazilian coach. I personally find it curious how much importance people give to the...
ESPN’s Jamie Trecker has officially lost his mind
We have been playing pat-a-cake for a month or so with the possibilities of which coach will utimately coach...
Video: Robin Van Persie vs Blackburn Rovers
On special request and because we cannot get enough of this goal!
MLS: DC United makes a statement
DC United is running away with this year’s MLS season. It has been beaten only once in its 20...
Video: Robin Van Persie vs Aston Villa
IMO, the best Van Persie goal against Villa on April Fool’s Day, 2006. Pure skill. All his goals are...
Video: Robin Van Persie
Amazing, amazing player. Just a phenom. I can hardly wait to see Van Persie in action this EPL season....
Video: Feyenoord’s Kuyt to Liverpool?
Rafa will firm up the deal in the next week or so for Dirk Kuyt. This is what Liverpool...
Birmingham City relegation: Pennant to Anfield; Heskey to Wigan
Birmingham City: Heskey to Wigan; Pennant to Liverpool Jermaine Pennant will give quite a bit of heft to Rafa’s...
Serie scandal: On appeal the penalties are lessened
>Fiorentina: Reprieved of relegation to Serie B but will be docked 19 points in this season’s Serie A. >Lazio:...
Video: Soweto Kwaito: Mandoza
Great video. Hopefully we get to see more football based kwaito out of SA.
Who are the Bafana Bafana?
The Bafana Bafana are the South African national football team. They played their first match against Australia on 10...
South Africa insists it is on track with the 2010 World Cup
As Germany claims its due pride in hosting a successful World Cup 2006, our memories will fade as our...
Video: Michael Ballack vs Steven Gerrard
Call me biased but there is no comparison. Ballack it is by some light years. And Shourin thinks that...
Video: Michael’s “Bouncing” Bollocks
A bit naughty!
Round up from Germany: Ruud to join Bayern?
It has been a bit quiet after the excitement of the World Cup. Sometimes its hard to say that...
Dunga becomes coach of the Brazil team
Dunga, liderança e determinação como símbolos da Seleção Brasileira Veja o perfil do treinador I don’t know how to...
Video: Thierry Henry on his mates, Dennis, Sol, and Freddie
Henry on Sol. “Just natural strength.”
Thanks for all those great years, Sol-man!
I am really disappointed with Chiza’s cheap dismissal of Sol Campbell. The man was Mr Defender for Arsenal and...
Video: Gary and Phil Neville run for their lives
This is a real chuckle. Look at these two take off!