Gordon Bradley – RIP
Gordon Bradley, who coached Pele and Johan Cruyff in the North American Soccer League died on tuesday in Manassas...
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Nike: Take it to the next level
The complete ad can be seen on the nike website here.. I like the Adidas one better.
Video:Paul Scholes makes it an all England Final
Gianluca Zambrotta in an attempt to clear played the ball into Scholes’s path.The game was 14 minutes old and...
Chelsea’s Israeli players face Malaysia ban
Muslim groups have urged the Malaysian government to stop Chelsea’s two Israelis – Avram Grant and midfielder Tal Ben...
Video:Landon Donovan hat-trick
Los Angeles Galaxy beat Chivas USA 5-2 on Saturday and Beckham’s happy…. ….but that hat trick is old hat.That...
Bayern Munich on the brink of title
Franck Ribery scored two incredible goals in less than 60 seconds to all but take Bayern Munich to the...
Ronaldo is player of the year.
And the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year for the second successive season is Cristiano Ronaldo.The young player...
Chelsea even the odds
The turtle has caught up with the hare.Ballack scored two for the turtles and the hares managed only one.Avram...
City of Joy to host Kahn’s final game
Oliver Kahn will say goodbye at the City of Joy. He will play his last professional match for Bayern...
Blatter gets knuckles rapped
Photo of Blatter grimacing as he is rapped on the knuckles of his left hand by the European Commission...
Dark Horses St Petersburg hold favourites to a draw
An own goal on the hour from Lucio cancelled out Franck Ribery’s first-half opener and Zenit St Petersburgh (the...
Roofball
If this is real it’s unreal
Video:Ronaldo’s missed penalty
Inspite of all those legendary sharpshooting skills he missed the proverbial sitting duck – a stationary target that was...
New Adidas “Dream Big” Ad
Adidas’s new global ad campaign features personalities like David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and José Mourinho, visiting some of the...
Video: Chelsea Liverpool highlights
John Arne Riise scored an own goal in the 95th minute – seconds before the whistle was blown to...
Countdown to Euro 2008:Best Volleyed goal ever ..etc
There’s a competition of sorts called the Carlsberg Goal of the Day poll, euro2008.com going on over here….The last...
Video: Aston Villa’s 5 goal feast
Ashley Young helped Aston Villa give Birmingham a 5-1 hammering at Villa Park.He scored two goals and had a...
Cristiano Ronaldo on a horse ?
No its not.Its Adolfo Cambiaso – an Argentine polo player, considered the best in the world and one of...
Barcelona in free fall
They have managed just one win in their last eight games after being Champions in 2005 and 2006.Here’s what...
Video: Tevez pulls equaliser out of hat
…two minutes from the final whistle.Chelsea’s dream is slip sliding away.Man U – three points ahead of them now...
Capello analyses the English Squad
..and then here’s the real Capello at the Maseru Club Field in the remote country of Lesotho, Southern Africa...
Video: Essien keeps Chelsea in the hunt – Avram in shock
Chelsea climbed to within two points of Manchester United, but Avram Grant delivered a bizarre press conference at which...
Video: Nakamura wonder goal
Nakamura set the stage for a high voltage game with this bit of swerving devilry.
Video: Valencia win King’s Cup for the 7th time
Juan Manuel Mata and Alexis Ruano helped Valencia go 2 -0 up in 12 minutes.Getafe were beaten 3-1 in...
Euroschools 2008
The EUROSCHOOLS 2008 involves schools across Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein learning about all 53 UEFA member associations. Each school...
MLS update – Soccer can actually be exciting
All the goals from a see saw 4 -3 encounter between Chivas USA and Columbus Crew.The second goal from...
Rio Ferdinand, only balder
That is the nickname of a Harrogate wine merchant – Ian Skinner.He is part of the english team participating...
The Hare and the tortoise
There’s an article in the independent comparing Chelsea’s dogged pursuit of Manchester United to the fable of the hare...
Video:Hargreaves leaves Lehmann standing
Hargreaves administering the coup de grâce.Arsenal season is dead and buried.
AC Milan and Juventus – 5 goal thriller
AC Milan’s hopes of claiming a Champions League spot got knocked on the head after Juventus beat them 3-2...
Video: The header did not cross the line – Ref says goal
Marco Ruben scored with two headers against Barcelona.The second one went in but the first did not cross the...
Swiss army sends team to Euro 2008
The Swiss Army are sending a team for EURO 2008.The team is made up of about 15,000 troops who...
Video:Getafe face heartbreaking UEFA exit.
Getafe played all but six minutes of the game with 10 men.Cosmin Contra had put them ahead with a...
5 other disastrous penalties
Daniele De Rossi sending the ball into orbit in Roma’s most recent loss to Man . Here are 5...
Tevez takes Man U through
Manchester United played like champions to go through to the semifinals 3 – 0 on aggregate. Barcelona scraped a...
Video: Arsenal lose Anfield thriller
Liverpool scored two late goals in the six-goal thriller.Theo Walcott produced a bit of magic and helped Adeyabor make...
Euro Balloon wins race
Remember the Euro balloon?Well it won the race – the 4th International Balloon race in Geneva that is.Now that...
Portuguese dragons blaze new league record
Porto secured their third successive Portuguese Liga title on Saturday with a 6-0 thrashing of Amadora.Porto broke a club...
Ronaldo scores his 37th as Man U hang on for a draw
Wayne Rooney would be the hero of the day because he scored the late equaliser that ended the game...
Video: Arsenal and Liverpool share honours again
Nicklas Bendtner leveled for Arsenal in the 54th minute after Peter Crouch put Liverpool ahead in the 42nd.
Best headed goal ever
This diving header from João Pinto’s against England in EURO 2000 was the overwhelming winner in the vote for...
It’s a bird,it’s a plane- it’s the UEFA Balloon
Did you know that UEFA EURO 2008 has an official balloon shaped in the form of the Henri Delaunay...
Deivid slays Goliath – unbelievable goal
Deivid went from zero to hero after scoring self goal and then a truly spectacular winner (video) in that...
Video: Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1
Match report…
Video: Manchester United 2 Roma 0
Ronaldo (fantastic header) and Rooney left Roma in ruins.Only the goals below.Longer highlights here…