Sir Alex Ferguson is unconvinced Jose Mourinho is the answer to United’s future
Marcus Rashford has justified Louis Van Gaal’s faith in him. Jose Mourinho is keen to cement his move by...
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Sanchez brings good news to children in his country
Alexis Sanchez has bought two artificial pitches for children in his hometown of Tocopilla. “I built two football pitches...
A stain on the conscience of world football
Amnesty International said that abuses of World Cup workers in Qatar is a “stain on the conscience of world...
Valencia fires Gary Neville: A string of poor results
The headache is over Gary Neville departs Valencia four months after being hired. They were in ninth place then...
USA U23 crash out to Colombia U23 missing out on 2016 Olympics (agg 2-3)
The U23 did nothing to spoil the narrative US men’s football is stalling. They lost to Colombia in the...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: In crucial win USA knock four unanswered past Guatemala
No love for Klinsmann. Lando must feel some vindication. Jurgen Klinsmann went to his veterans this time to bolster...
Ronaldo Portugal’s all time leading goal scorer
Ronaldo scored his 56th goal for his country as Portugal beat Belgium 2-0 in a friendly. Belgium were without...
Argentina beat Bolivia comforably
Argentina beat Bolivia 2 – 0 to remain comfortably placed in the qualifying table for World Cup 2018. Bolivia...
Paraguay hold Brazil in 6th place
Paraguay held Brazil to a two all draw and thus Brazil remain in 6th place in the standings.Paraguay are...
Holland bring England back to earth
Hodgson had warned that England must not get carried away after their spectacular comeback win in Germany and a...
Spain unable to beat Romania because they had the numbers
Romania held a struggling Spain to a goalless draw in a friendly in preparation for Euro 2016. Vicente del...
Pele the Movie: Official Trailer
The long awaited movie about the journey of Edson Arantes do Nascimento from playing football in the poverty ridden...
England’s basis for optimism: Club level resilience and collectivism
Jamie Vardy’s brilliant improvisation and first England goal There is the usual plethora of opposing reactions to the Three...
Suarez scores comeback equaliser
Suarez made his first competitive start for Uruguay since being handed a nine-match suspension for biting Italy defender Giorgio...
England come back to beat Germany
Toni Kroos scored a super goal just before half time and Mario Gomez header made it 2-0 shortly after....
World Cup 2018 qualifier: High flying Mexico finish off Canada
The low key Juan Carlos Osorio has gotten El Tri off to a blinding start. Make it four out...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: Guatemala heap misery on poorly playing mistake prone USA
Jurgen Klinsmann looks a bit sad, so too the national side The regression of the MNT under Jurgen Klinsmann...
Jan Olsson tribute to Cruyff
Jan Olsson’s claim to fame is that he happens to be the Swedish player who was bamboozled by Johan...
Cruyff remembered in Holland – France friendly
Netherlands fans unfurled a giant banner of an iconic Cruyff image during a friendly game with France. The game...
Ronaldo misses second penalty in a row
Ronaldo is on a hat trick of missed penalties.He missed from the spot for Real Madrid against Sevilla on...
Argentina beat Chile in World Cup qualifier
Argentina, meanwhile, have given themselves some breathing space after a scrappy 2 -1 win over Chile. They moved into...
Ten best things Johan Cruyff did
1. With Rinus Michels, gave the world total football, revolutionizing the game, adopted by clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern...
Dutch master and football’s savant Johan Cruyff passes away at age 68
One of the game’s legends has passed on fighting till the very end his battle with cancer. Johan Cruyff...
Mario Kempes Stadium unfit for Argentina’s big game
Argentina are going in to their World Cup 2018 qualifier against Bolivia with only 5 points in hand. Despite...
Suarez back in time to play Brazil
Luis Suarez has completed his 9 month ban for taking a bite out of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014...
ZLatan Tower instead of the Eiffel Tower
The Paris skyline is going to get a minor makeover. Zlatan has very kindly agreed to stay on at...
Bale breaks Gary Lineker’s record
Gareth Bale became the leading British goal scorer in the La Liga when he took his tally of goals...
Buffon sets safe hands record
Gianluigi Buffon set a Serie A record on Sunday for not conceding a goal for 974 Serie A minutes....
Manchester United win dull, dreary derby
The Manchester United v/s City derby was a pretty dull,plodding kind of game.There was no edge.No high stakes to...
Liverpool self destruct in second half
Liverpool finished the first half against Southampton with the score reading 2 – 0 in their favour and a...
Smoke and mirrors: Jose Mourinho’s reported multi-million dollar Man Utd pre-nup
By now football fans will have taken a gander at an El Pais article which reports Man United enter...
Fabregas derails West Ham’s CL bid
West Ham were hoping to overtake Manchester City and move into fourth place and they looked set to do...
Wenger still believes
Arsène Wenger said Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Everton demonstrated his team’s mental strength and had kept their Premier League...
Leicester hold course
Leicester hold steady on course as a 1 – 0 win over Crystal Palace took them eight points clear...
Draws
In the Champion’s League quarter final draw Barcelona pair up with Atletico Madrid and City have a mountain called...
Ahmad Dawabsheh gets to visit Real Madrid
Five-year-old Ahmed Dawabsheh lost his mother, father and 18-year-old brother during a firebomb attack on his house in a...
De Gea’s heroics fail to save United
Manchester United drew the first leg of their game against Liverpool and lost 3 -1 on the aggregate.De Gea’s...
Barcelona complete the formality of beating Arsenal
The MSN trident all scored a goal each as Barcelona completed the formality of eliminating Arsenal from the Champions...
Bayern come back from a two goal deficit..!
Juventus took a 2-0 lead but two late Bayern goals forced extra time before Thiago and Kingsley Coman, on...
Eden Hazard misses 10,000 cups
Eden Hazard has failed to hit the target this season.Not a single goal to his credit. He slipped from...
Atletico proceed to CL quarters after 210 goalless minutes
No goals were scored by either Atletico Madrid or PSV Eindhoven across both legs of their pre quarter final...
City secure joyless CL qualification
For the first time in their history Manchester City qualified for the quarter finals of the Champion’s League. The...
Leicester City take one more step towards sporting immortality
Gary Lineker described Leicester City’s EPL title hopes as as possibly the most “unlikely triumph in the history of...
Lets face it: This is no longer a farce, Arsenal are a poorly coached side
Another day, another defeat. This time in the FA Cup, the one bright spot in an Arsenal season for...
Dortmund fans exemplary example
Borussia Dortmund narrowed the gap between themselves and Bayern to 5 points when they beat Mainz 2-0 in the...
Arsenal bow out of FA Cup
Wenger is up against it again as his quest for a third FA cup title was ended with a...
West Ham and Manchester United draw FA cup quarter final
Dimitri Payet scored a free-kick for West ham and Anthony Martial scored the crucial equaliser for United. The FA...
Zlatan scores four in PSG’s fourth title winning game
Paris Saint-Germain clinched their fourth Ligue 1 title in a row with a 9 – 0 win over Troyes...
Manchester City fail to beat Norwich City
Manchester City failed to beat third from bottom club Norwich City and their title hopes are fading into the...
Bayern go 8 points clear of Dortmund
Bayern Munich and Barcelona both have 8 point leads over their nearest rivals in their domestic leagues. Bayern beat...
Barcelona beat Getafe 6 – 0
Barcelona have an 8 point lead at the top.Getafe got an absolute mauling.Messi scored a goal,had three assists and...
Chelsea dumped out of FA cup by Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku, the striker Mourinho sold in the summer of 2014 to accommodate the arrival of Diego Costa,scored two...
Steve McClaren becomes the sixth sacked manager
Steve McClaren became the 6th manager to get the boot this season the others being Dick Advocaat (Sunderland),Brendan Rodgers...
News about a couple of legends
A video compilation of some of Xavi’s contributions to his team Al-Sadd in the 2015 -16 season shows that...