Controversial choice: Henry Kissinger joins the US World Cup bid
Looks like US Soccer is putting together a pretty star studded cast to bring the 2018 World Cup stateside....
Monthly Archives: March 2009
A spate of injuries rock Arsenal
Just as Arsenal seemed to be settling down with Eduardo and Arshavin playing longer minutes and with the expected...
Stan Kroenke shakes it up again
Liverpool’s ownership has settled down with Tom Hicks on a long term investment plan at Anfield which includes buying...
Rarest football video ever:You have never seen anything like this before.
Something to restore your faith in the human race.A magnificent piece of fair play from debutant midfielder Costin Lazar...
Drogba on the tragedy
“Football is nothing. You are talking about the deaths of 19 people. When things like that happen it makes...
Could CL supremacy be affecting the Premier League?
Just like the liquidity crunch has frozen financial markets worldwide, the goal crunch has hit the Premiership hard. 33...
Video: Argentina – Venezuela: 4 – 0
Maradona’s Argentina destroys Venezuela. Argentina are looking like champions once again: That last run by Messi reminded me of...
Video: Brazil – Ecuador: 1-1
Dunga’s boys look lame as they scrape by. Brazil was lucky, period. I’m ready to see Coach Zico take...
Brazil continue their poor showing…
Brazil only managed a draw against Ecuador in their latest World Cup qualifier. They now have 18 points from...
Tragedy strikes the Ivory Coast match
22 people killed and 132 injured as ticketless fans tried to stampede the stadium before kickoff. I have no...
World Cup 2010: SA gets an unfair rap for its crime rate
Check out what is happening in Vancouver, the venue for the 2010 Winter Olympics. This will only get worse.
Deep thought: If wishes were horses ……
I am fabregasted. All this while I thought he loved Arsenal. Relax, this news is not worth a spit.
Tata to AIG
This could be the new logo on Man Utd’s jerseys after AIG’s sponsorship ran into trouble with the US...
The Czechs need some Highway to Hell
Looks like the Czech players could use some AC/ DC to restore some mojo to their team. They lag...
Adebayor scores for Togo
Good news for Arsenal fans. Ade seems to have played all 90+ minutes without discomfort and scored the only...
Maradona vs Pele: Bath house slurs and chill pills
It is almost certain that Maradona will not be taking part in a gay pride parade anytime soon and...
Onward England!
The absence of a quality forward and goalie leads the English team to resort to smoke and mirrors and...
Beckham’s 109th cap
David Beckham broke England’s appearance record for a nongoalkeeper by playing 109 times for England.Rooney celebrated Beckham’s big day...
Video: Ballack bullet
The first of four goals that Germany would score against Liechtenstein in a world cup qualifier.
Maradona makes peace with Veron
The new era of Maradona pragmatism begins. “He let the tortoise get away with some of the things he...
Graham Poll on red cards
Aston Villa’s Brad Friedel and Sunderland’s George McCartney have had their red card decisions overturned in their favour.Graham Poll...
Raging Rooney needs tips in anger management
Becks has some sage advice on the matter… The video gives a slow motion demo of Dempsey getting on...
Okay he is still fat.
Ronaldo scores two more goals for Corinthians.That takes his comeback tally to four.But he doesn’t make a pretty picture...
Is Liverpool for real: Not really
Having bludgeoned the front runner and chief bogeyman Man U and then used CL hopefuls Aston Villa as target...
Zidane to play for Spain…
Enzo Zidane having lived for 8 out of the 14 years of his young life in Madrid is going...
Blatter vs WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency has warned that soccer faces “consequences” if its officials resist a new rule on testing...
What Robinho should have done
The secret formula for the perfect penalty – discovered at last.A discovery that has got to rank way up...
What if referees had a sixth sense…?
What if Platini and Blatter and the gang actually got off their prehistoric high horses and actually considered letting...
Video:More Messi magic
Messi scored a wonderful goal in Barcelona’s 6 – 0 mauling of Malaga. Video of all 6 goals here
Video:Gerrard hat trick and Liverpool are getting close now..
Manchester United’s self destruct against Fulham and Liverpool’s 5 – 0 win over Aston Villa make the title race...
How Manchester United are helping the EPL deal with the recession..
You will require a reasonable knowledge of economics to make sense of the following post.Just as the recession has...
Video:The acrobatic goal that sealed Manchester United’s fate..
Zoltan Gera twists in mid air to score Fulham’s second goal.Rooney’s reaction resulted in his getting a red card...
Video: Arsenal take Newcastle closer to relegation..
Wenger was seen grinning like the chesire cat after Arsenal took Newcastle one step closer to relegation with a...
Ray Winstone looks for respect…
On average, 7,000 referees quit football every year at because of the abuse they receive from players and from...
Champion’s League draw
Breaking news……………………The quarter final line up is as follows Villa Real vs Arsenal Man U vs Porto Liverpool vs...
Where else is AIG wasting money ?
On Manchester United apparently.AIG will give $28 million to Manchester United to complete its sponsorship deal through 2010, according...
What ails american society?
Soccer of course.It’s not AIG’s bonuses,or the war in Iraq or the recession.It’s simply because Americans are playing soccer.The...
Blatter proves he’s an imbecile again
There really was no need but he’s gone and done it again anyway.A fitting response to his latest dithering...
Arsenal celebrate St Patrick’s day..
….with a bit of Irish luck.A not co convincing win over Hull City which takes them nevertheless into the...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s long lost twin brother found
Watch how he keels over when the linesman’s flag brushes against him.That’s an unmistakeable family resemblance…! That’s his twin...
Incredible:Two self goals in the same game..!
With friends like these who needs enemies is what the goalkeeper is saying.Defender Emre Toraman scored not once but...
The magic of Bojan , Messi….
…Iniesta and Dani Alves.Barcelona maintain their La Liga lead.
What Real Madrid look like when they bounce back..
Like this – beating Athletic Bilbao in a game featuring seven goals, eleven yellow cards and two red cards.It...
Video:Arshavin struts his stuff….
His first goal for Arsenal as they bulldozed Blackburn by four goals to nothing.
Videos:Liverpool shatter Manchester United.
As my old teacher used to say “Well,well,well,well,well” He could keep going for a while when he got started.That’s...
The return of Ronaldo – volume 2
The second goal in the saga of the returning Ronaldo took place in Corinthians’ 2-1 win over Sao Caetano....
Little Zizou and big Zizou
While Litte Zizou is a recently released movie about life as seen through the eyes of 11-year old Parsi...
Now how about that -Ronaldo is back among the goals
Not the Ronaldo who can’t seem to go into a tunnel without hitting something or the other. The other...
Video:Messi runs rings around the Lyon defence
and that goal and the others in Barcelona’s stellar 5 – 2 demolition of Lyon below
Video:Drogba gives Platini more food for thought
That was a goal. Buffon collected Drogba’s free kick from behind the line.More food for thought for Platini –...
Video:Bayern Munich hammer Sporting Lisbon 7 – 1
More Champion’s League massacres.Bayern Munich bashed the daylights out of Sporting Lisbon again.The score in the last leg was...
Video:Liverpool rip Real Madrid to shreds..
Madrid succumb to a cataclysmic 4 – 0 mauling from the rampaging reds.
The soccer equivalent of a fast break
Fortuna Dusseldorf goalie Michael Melka collected the ball wonderfully and then intitiated a fast break for his team by...
Soccer video of the week:Ref fails to spot Cahill’s dive
As Everton sent Middlesbrough crashing out of the FA Cup on Sunday the ref failed to spot this dive.Cahill...