Inter: Can Kazan pull off David over Goliath?
This CL has seen the path to the knockout stage strewn with the shards of the shattered dreams of...
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Update: CSKA will not face Champions League ban
As per UEFA last night, any punishment will be confined to Sergei Ignashevich and Alexei Berezutsky using pseudo-ephedrine. The...
Video: Owen gets the glory, Obertan is the architect
Michael Owen’s hat trick against Wolfsburg sank the German team in the CL but the player who impressed most...
CSKA Moscow doping row: Pseudoephedrine on “monitored” list
Should have known better? Wolfsburg may still get through to the playoff stage even after finishing third in their...
Video: Bayern butt out Juve in Turin, 4-1
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Juve crashed out of the CL as they were beaten soundly at home...
John Lennon and a bit of football history
Today, 29 years ago Mark David Chapman gunned down John Lennon outside the Dakota. He was 40 years old....
Ball History: From Telstar to Jabulani
From Pele‘s Telstar in 1970 to the Jabulani for South Africa 2010, the History of the Ball: The first...
Will Arsenal get to see Aquilani?
After seeing tantalizing morsels of the AS Roma player, Rafa Benitez will start Alberto Aquilani in the Fiorentina match...
Video: Ascoli get the “grandi gesture di fairplay”
Nice bit of sportsmanship by Ascoli.
Leo Messi: Favourite to win FIFA world player of the year
Leo Messi heads a Barcelona contingent to the top five world players of the year category with Andres Iniesta...
Cesc looking for a Drogba like striker
Oscar Cardozo is a “direct style” striker Cesc talks about a direct style as sometimes the best way to...
Video: Marchisio proves Mourinho’s achilles heel
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Rough match with Buffon going at it with Thiago Motta. Sissoko being felled...
Video: Tim Howard saves Everton’s remarkable comeback
A comeback like this can build belief which seems to be in short supply at Goodison Park nowadays. Louis...
Will the AFL sabotage Oz’s 2018/2022 World Cup chances?
”How much do you want this World Cup?” Demetriou was asking his constituents. ”Enough to miss an entire footy...
USA: Travel, acclimatization, and ball speed
A new study done by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up...
World Cup 2010: The Springboks back Bafana Bafana
The 1995 Springboks are celluloid heroes too After praying for New Zealand, Paraguay, and Slovenia but instead getting, Mexico,...
Video: The English get a very very easy draw
Good beer too.
World Cup 2010: Dunga rubs it in against Portugal
Remember Raymond Domenech starting a furore before the Ireland vs France playoff by purportedly calling the Irish, England’s B...
Ronaldo 1 Messi 2
That’s the goal tally after the Ballon d’Or was declared.Messi scored twice against Deportivo La Coruna. Meanwhile Ronaldo was...
Switzerland: Football immigration good, minarets bad
Earlier, I had written about how immigration is changing the face of Swiss football for the better. The country...
Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup
Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain. As a result bookies have pushed...
Saturday evening goal videos
Arsenal – Stoke city.The final scoreline of 2 – 0 does not reveal how much Arsenal dominated the game.Stoke...
Video: Arsenal smoke Stoke, 2-0
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Arsene Wenger made sure Tony Pulis was the recipient of a lingering handshake....
Video:Manchester United hammer West Ham
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The non handshake that was heard around the world
Amy Lawrence weighs in on the hypocrisy of English mores and Wenger decries the mentality of awarding the ceremonial...
El Tri have never lost a match on June 11th
Mexico face hosts South Africa in the opening match on June 11. They have never lost on that day...
Ronald Koeman is out of a job
Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar sack Ronald Koeman. The club lies in 6th place far behind league leaders FC Twente...
Video: More Than Just A Game
I sometimes wonder whether SA’s contribution (with due apologies to all the Bafana Bafana) is not so much there...
The Slovenians target Rooney
Tapes featuring Wayne Rooney are being played ad nauseum for the Slovenian national team to motivate them. Their dislike...
Why the USA is already going about it the wrong way?
Robert Koren will be a player to watch The focus has already shifted to England. Bob Bradley on how...
World Cup draw: The USA should be ecstatic
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, and Slovenia If the USA does not get out of this group, we can...
Adidas JABULANI: The ultimate football
“JABULANI,” the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. “JABULANI,” means “to celebrate” in isiZulu.Technical...
World Cup draw disturbed by bomb threats
Signs of our times.Preparations for today’s World Cup finals draw in Cape Town were disturbed by two separate bomb...
Arshavin joins the doubters
This is not a good sign. First, Tomas Rosicky practically wrote of our chances. Now it is Arshavin who...
Video: The incomparable Miriam Makeba
Sadly, Miriam Makeba passed away a year ago. Having her on stage would have been a treat. However, she...
And for the yearning masses, here is Charlize
The delectable Charlize Theron will be co-hosting the World Cup draw. She is part of a star studded group...
Maurice Edu is back in training
Edu will be targeting January 3rd as a return date. That is when Rangers meet Celtics in the Old...
World Cup 2010: SA expects a quid pro quo
SAFA officials are expecting a lot of hand holding when it comes to the draw to ensure that Bafana...
Walcott is a doubt for the Stoke game
Theo Walcott’s infernal hamstring injury has resurfaced again. He is likely to miss the Stoke City match. Wenger was...
Pim Verbeek’s thoughts on the World Cup
Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek is widely known as a pragmatist. It extends even to whether the Socceroos will be...
Carlos Bilardo to attend the World Cup draw
Diego Maradona has been suspended by FIFA for two months so he won’t be able to attend the World...
World Cup 2010 draw: What do past trends hold for the USA?
1990 World Cup- USA faced three European teams- Italy, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. The USA lost all three matches, failed...
Video: Angelique Kidjo sings Adouma
Angelique Kidjo gets the party started in South Africa for the World Cup. She will be performing at the...
SA 2010 and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus
I’d love to see the Bafana Bafana win the World Cup, but in the meantime this movie will have...
CONMEBOL coaches pick Marcelo Bielsa
The coaches of the CONMEBOL zone weighed in on each countries performance. Marcelo Bielsa aka El Loco was chosen...
And the goalie makes a quick clearance.
..oops,no he hasn’t.He’s just thrown the ball into his own goal.Incredible but true.This is Piotr Skiba (Farsley Celtic) in...
Chamakh, Dzeko and even Ruud- its all happening
If he comes on board, will Vieira go to Man Utd? The January transfer will be a busy one...
World Cup 2010: USA vs Italy redux?
Who should the US face in their group? Purely on a motivational level, the best seeded team that the...
Arseversy
Two different gestures, two similar outcomes. Last week, it was Thierry Henry showing his hand to send Ireland plunging...
FIFA’s extra-ordinary executive meeting achieved nothing
Sepp Blatter convened an extra-ordinary meeting in Cape Town as if the future of the game was on the...
Thierry Henry faces a possible first match ban
Sepp Blatter disclosed that FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has opened an investigation into the ‘behaviour’ of Thierry Henry and they...
Video: City clobber young Guns, 3-0
An unhappy end to Arsenal’s Carling Cup run. Their defense was shambolic.Tomas Rosicky lost two balls that led to...