Arsenal rises to its old failings
The best thing about Arsenal’s brutal annihilation at the hands of Man Utd was that it came very quickly....
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Video: Manchester United – Arsenal goals
Arsenal’s defence crumbled woefully in the face of the Man U forward line.Goals by Nani,Rooney and Ji Sung Park.Thomas...
Guti wins the best back heel of the season…
Guti plays a sublime back heel pass to Karim Benzema.Real Madrid beat Deportivo La Coruna 3 -1 to close...
Terry scores late winner for Chelsea…
….and is going to stay on as Chelsea’s captain despite rumours to the contrary.
Togo team gets 6 year ban in bizzare ruling..
Togo have been banned from taking part in the next two African Cup of Nations tournaments in 2012 and...
Who will come second best in the Campbell Rooney faceoff?
A 35 year old centre back is matched against Manchester United’s star forward. More on Wenger and unconventional wisdom...
Top ten bloopers of the week
With sound effects…
Egypt go through to their third final..
……decimating Algeria 4 – 0 in the process.Algeria ended the game with 8 men,losing the plot completely and making...
The case for Ronaldo’s defence.
Real Madrid present video evidence in defence of Ronaldo.The argument being used is “Messi did it also and didn’t...
Chelsea go back to pole position
Birmingham CIty’s run of 15 games without a loss came to an abrupt end when Chelsea (now playing their...
Man U win the battle of the Manchesters
City lost out to United in the second leg of the Carling Cup semi final.Tevez was in the thick...
Maradona back on the job…
Diego is back after washing his mouth out with soap and completing his two month ban.A 3 -2 friendly...
Zidane’s dream team does a bit for Haiti
UN goodwill amabassador Zinedine Zidane along with Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Thierry Henry, Pavel Nedved, Edgar Davids ,Bhaichung Bhutia...
Egypt steady on course to the Finals
The indomitable lions goalkeeper put up a less than indomitable and mostly unlionlike performance and let his team down...
Mourinho has the last laugh
Inter Milan beat AC Milan by 2 goals despite having 2 men less.Wesley Sneijder and Lucio were both sent...
Soccer Future: The freekick kicking kick machine
If Cristiano hasn’t already got enough headaches with that red card he picked up yesterday here’s another nightmare for...
Cristano Ronaldo – Two goals and a red card
In that order.After scoring both the goals in Real Madrid’s win over Malaga he undid the good work by...
Ivory Coast lose out in thrilling finish
Drogba’s dream of being king of Africa will have to wait again.In 2006 Ivory coast lost the finals to...
Video: Arsenal unceremoniously dumped out of FA cup
A Rory Delap long throw got Stoke their first goal within the first couple of minutes and things didn’t...
Nistelrooy says thank you and goodbye….
…..to his Real Madrid fans as he heads off in search of greener pastures.
Messi on target,Barca 8 points ahead of the game
Barcelona are 8 points ahead at the halfway stage the latest win being over Valladolid.The score was 3 goals...
Video: Four goal festival for Rooney
Ruthless Rooney ran riot over Hull City scoring all the four goals in the 4 – 0 win.It’s the...
Beckham v/s Mourinho in the clash of the Milans
The ‘derby della Madonnina’ – named after the statue of the Virgin Mary on the city’s Gothic cathedral –...
Chelsea on course in the FA Cup
Preston are eliminated 2 – 0 without too much fuss.
African Cup of Nations quarterfinalists..
Quarterfinals QF1 – Sunday, Jan 24th, Angola vs Ghana QF2 – Sunday, Jan 24th, Cote d’Ivoire vs Algeria, QF3...
Liverpool get some consolation
The clouds of gloom around Anfield lifted a bit as Liverpool with a 2 – 0 win over Spurs...
Rory’s been outdelapped..
A new world record for the farthest throw in according to the Guinness book of records goes not to...
Tevez gives Ferguson more food for thought
Two goals from Tevez in the Carling Cup clash with Man U gave Manchester City a 2 -1 win...
The FIFA verdict on the Henry handball….
If ever there was compelling evidence that the law is an ass it is this…. Article 77a of FIFA...
African Cup of Nations standings
The way things are looking for the four groups when reports last came in… If two or more teams...
Arsenal maintain 3rd spot
Arsenal’s title hunt is still chugging along.The 2 – 0 win over Bolton keeps them in third with both...
The Ronaldinho we remember scores a hat trick….!
More good news.3 out of the four goals that AC Milan put past Siena came from Ronaldinho.He seems well...
Messi becomes the youngest centurion
Messi took another step towards immortality by becoming the youngest player to score 101 goals for Barcelona.He scored 2...
Liverpool’s undending misery continues..
A booking instead of a penalty for Lucas.A 90th minute equaliser.What might have been an injury time winner from...
Chelsea hit 7 without Drogba or Essien…
Sunderland steamrolled into surprised,sad,sorry,stunning,severe,sevenfold,submission.7 words starting with ‘s’ to emphasise the significance of the win in the absence of...
Beckham has close encounter with Darth Vader
…….on a street somewhere near you apparently. And staying with soccer advertising here are Rooney and Torres doing some...
“King” Drogba scores for Ivory Coast
The dreaded Drogba wants to be “King of Africa” Enroute to this throne he scored the third goal in...
Jozy Altidore makes an appeal for Haiti
U.S striker and Hull City forward Jozy Altidore has family in Haiti. “This is a test for the world...
And so it ends…
Barcelona and beaten are two words that haven’t gone together for quite a while now but their dream run...
Stand with Haiti
No time to lose. Check out Partners in Health >> In addition to providing emergency relief, these organizations are...
Fernando Torres saves the World (Pepsi Ad)
The only point that I can see in the ad is that Torres pronounces Pepsi to rhyme with Messi...
Minnows beat up the indomitable lions
Underdogs Gabon beat the indomitable Cameroon team 1 – 0 in the second shock result of the tournament.Football pundits...
Benitez on the brink – Liverpool out of FA Cup
He vows to fight on but it ‘s looking bleak.Their 2 -1 knock out by Reading is their 12th...
More evidence that goalkeepers are crazy
Here’s a trick that even mad Jens might think about twice before trying.The Mozambique goalie in the game against...
Togo keeper still unconscious
Kodjovi Obilale, the 25-year old Togolese reserve goalkeeper is said to be in a serious but stable condition at...
African Cup of Nations:Malawi win their first ever game – and how
They are ranked 73 places below Algeria and were always the underdogs going into this game having never won...
Tevez hat trick for Man City
Fergie must be musing on what might have been.His loss has been Mancini’s gain and he’s delighted with the...
Is Ronaldinho showing signs of an imminent recovery ?
AC Milan beat Juventus 3 – 0 and two of those goals came from one who not so long...
Another Messi Hat trick..
Barcelona put 5 goals past Tenerife – three of them from Messi.
Didier Drogba: “Africa Unite!”
Didier Drogba wants the Togo tragedy to unite Africa: “People have an opinion of Africa and it is not...
Angola gives away 4 goals in 15 minutes and ties Mali
An amazing game to kick-off the Cup of Nations tournament in Angola. Did Angola choke? In other news, the...
Wesley Sneijder saves Inter Milan
Massimo Maccrone opened the scoring for bottom of the table Siena with a scorching long range shot.Wesley Sneijder chipped...