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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Video: Nike’s Brazil soccer training ad
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LA Galaxy and Becks head for Oz
LA Galaxy wants to put Beckham to good use as the ambassador of the club. The LA Galaxy is...
Udinese is a future powerhouse in Serie A
Udinese??? A club that has been in existence for 110 years and has never won a single Scudetto and...
Video: Gareth Bale: Should I stay or should I go?
Gareth Bale, the hottest transfer prospect in the Premiership. Who will get finally get him?
Gareth Bale: Will he, won’t he?
This January transfer is all about one player. Gareth Bale, the 17 year old Southampton left back who has...
Kolo Toure saves the day.
This diving header from Kolo Toure helped Arsenal to a 1 -1 draw after Kevin Nolan had put Bolton...
Materazzi headbutted again
He can write another book.Sampdoria’s Gennaro Delvecchio did the honours this time.More on that story here..…and the video here.
Chelsea demolish Nottingham
Chelsea cruise into the last 16 of the FA Cup with a 3-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest...
Mexican Clausura preview: Pachuca dominant
The Mexican League has become predictable with a top tier of four clubs. Meanwhile, Hugo Sanchez, the national team...
Video: Ricardo Quaresma, FC Porto’s diamond in the rough
Thanks to Carlos for bringing attention to this wondrous talent. He would be a fantastic counterpart to Aaron Lennon...
Les Bleus in the news again: Racism, nationhood and politics
The matters of racial politics and the global game has always seen a very fluid and uneasy interface, a...
Video: David Ginola at White Hart Lane
Ginola was one of the most supremely talented left wingers in the Premiership bursting on the scene in 1995...
Owen Hargreaves is not worth it
There are reports that Man Utd is now close to giving up on Owen Hargreaves transferring this January. Owen...
Video: Harry Enfield’s Arsenal vs Liverpool match
The 1933 Arsenal team meets the 1991 Liverpool team in Enfield’s hilarious spoof. The Gunners led by captain Charles...
Video: Michael Chopra in da house
This is sure to warm the hearts of all the folks back in India where they entertain fond hopes...
Rooney’s touch of class
Rooney was forced to sit and cool his heels on the bench for an hour before being introduced into...
Ruud gets back at his ex-manager
The interesting choice of Ruud Van Nistelrooy jumping into transfer speculations involving Cristiano Ronaldo to Real represents another dynamic...
We have a new president
Michel Platini won election as UEFA president on Friday, beating Swede Lennart Johansson in a closely fought ballot that...
Ronaldo, the fat one is an AC Milan player
Ramon Calderon’s Real has sprung a leak and after his off guard remarks, his unwanted players are jumping ship....
Video: Barcelona 1 Real Betis 1
Barcelona could have gone three points clear at the top of the Primera Liga if they had managed to...
Did Andriy Shevchenko make nice with Mourinho?
Sheva scored two goals in Chelsea’s win against Wycombe Wanderers and Mourinho went out of his way to praise...
South Africa’s World Cup costs escalate
The national treasury is being called on to make more money available for the building of 2010 stadiums for...
Julio Baptista stars in Arsenal fightback
Julio Baptista scored a kind of hat trick.Once into his own goal and twice into the Tottenham goal. Arsenal...
More countries see the Premiership than are in the UN
202 countries.Yes, that is right, 202 countries see Premiership matches. That is ten more than the total member nations...
Video: Gunners land exciting new talent Ryan Babel
Ryan Babel an outstanding Dutch left winger but who can also play central striker presently playing for Ajax in...
Jose Mourinho: I see conspiracy theories
Simon Kuper explains Jose Mourinho’s paranoia >>
So when will the Premiership break up?
The Premiership is the richest league in the world and the earnings from TV rights during the 2007-2010 seasons...
Shevchenko scores 2 in Chelsea win
Andriy Shevchenko made Mourinho smile at him again with a double strike against Wycombe Wanderers . Chelsea won 4-0...
Video: Man Utd vs Arsenal brawl at Old Trafford.
Martin Keown and the Gunners go after Van Nistelrooy in this infamous brawl. Another chapter in the contentious rivalry...
Is Man Utd a 70 minute team?
Man Utd seems to rely on its defence to close the deal after the attack has seemingly done its...
West Ham: Homesick on the road
Can Lucas Neill stop those goals? West Ham has not won an away game this season. How bad are...
John Carew comes to Villa
The Milan Baros saga at Aston Villa is over. He is part of a swap deal that will reunite...
Video: Deuce’s debut for Fulham
Neat bit of skill and hustle by Deuce that led to the Fulham goal (of which Brian McBride was...
Dempsey impresses in Fulham debut
Clint Dempsey landed at Craven Cottage at full clip to a rousing reception from the Fulham faithful. He was...
The Fugees, the soccer team need your help
The battle for soccer supremacy is not played out in the MLS stadiums or in introducing the designated player...
Just give this year’s Premiership to the Gunners
Ah! Yes but wait. The Man Utd stalwarts will remind us is the small question of the 12 point...
Real Madrid and Barcelona back in the hunt
This brilliant freekick from Jose Antonio Reyes pushed all talk of crisis into the background as Real Madrid joined...
Manchester United Outgunned
Alex Ferguson was outmarshalled by Wenger and the Gunners outgunned,outplayed,outclassed and out everything elsed Manchester United yesteday. Rooney scored...
Video: Middlesbrough vs Bolton
Mark Viduka scored one in each half as Middlesbrough sweep Premiership rivals Bolton Wanderers aside by five goals to...
Video: Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0
Petr Cech’s return as goalkeeper wasn’t the greatest of comebacks.A fourth-minute goal from Dirk Kuyt and a stunning 25-yard...
Video: Real Madrid out of King’s Cup
Real Madrid are knocked out of the Copa Del Rey after this 1-1 draw against Real Betis . …and...
Former US Goalkeeper dies
Former U.S. goalkeeper David Vanole, (seen here on the right), who made a vital penalty-kick save during 1990 World...
Keane inspires Spurs
Robbie Keane returned from injury to lead Tottenham into the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-0 win against...
Cech to return wearing helmet
The word is out that Chelsea keeper Petr Cech has successfully passed his final medical check-up and could now...
Video: Best soccer teamwork goals
Argentina’s incredible string of 24 one touch passes in World Cup 2006, that Esteban Cambiasso finishes off by scoring...
Video: Birmingham City destroy Newcastle United
Birmingham City showed their readiness for an immediate return to the Premiership as they swept into the fourth round...
Shevchenko denies favouritism
Sheva must have read the Soccerblog entry which talks about his friendship with Abramovich causing a rift between Mourinho...
Sheva and Abramovich: Owner and player should not be friends
Jose Mourinho is proving the Bear Bryant adage ” Winning isn’t everything but it beats anything that comes in...
He saw the Hand of God
Bulgarian linesman Bogdan Dotchev has broken his 20-year silence about Maradona’s famous hand of god goal.Referee Ali Bin Nasser...
Round the World with a Football Table
The story of a football table that travelled the world.It was carried by Andy Sloan, a city lawyer, from...
Rocky roots for Everton
Sylvester (Rocky/Rambo ) Stallone was at Goodison Park to watch Everton play Reading. Everton’s performance however was more Rocky...
Arsenal youngsters propel Birmingham
Arsenal has been good to Birmingham in the past. Matthew Upson, Jermaine Pennant, and Julian Gray. Upson and Pennant...
Video: Chelsea rout Wigan
The tension between Abramovich and Mourinho mar the victory.More on that here Some other goal videos from the weekend...