Portugal beat Poland on penalties
Renato Júnior Luz Sanches became the youngest player to represent Portugal in an international game – beating Ronaldo’s record...
Monthly Archives: June 2016
UEFA refuses to give one minute silence for Instanbul victims
UEFA refused on Wednesday to hold a minute of silence for Istanbul Atatürk Airport bombing victims ahead of the...
Italy show Spain the door
Catenaccio, is an Italian word which roughly translates to “door bolt.” and it has been the title associated with...
Brexit 2 – Iceland dump England out of Euro 16
Many pundits and fans are calling the loss the most embarrassing in English football history, as a disjointed and...
Finally some high scoring games
Euro 2016 has been kind of remarkable for the number of games that have been won in the dying...
Messi calls it quits after Copa heartbreak
Messi announced his retirement from international football after Argentina lost to Chile in the Copa America finals on penalties...
Clean Sheet podcast: The USA finish fourth and Germany comes alive in the Euros
Please join Wil Walker and Shourin Roy of Soccerblog for the Clean Sheet podcast where we will discuss the...
Portugal beat Croatia in the 117th minute
Portugal are through.This after 116 tedious minutes of them and Croatia kicking the ball around with great intent and...
Xherdan Shaqiri scores the best goal of Euro 2016 so far
Switzerland have been eliminated from Euro 2016 after a penalty shootout against Poland. Xherdan Shaqiri scored the goal of...
How will Brexit affect the EPL ?
Daniel Schofield writing in the Telegraph says… “Potentially significantly, potentially not at all. Mostly it depends on whether the...
Gareth Bale and Anthony Martial in funny ad
Good acting all around as Bale and Martial act in this funny ad for Foot Locker.
Zlatan says goodbye
Zlatan Ibrahimovic,after 116 caps and 62 goals,has retired from international football after Sweden were knocked out of Euro 2016...
Ireland get past Italian reserve guard
A late goal from Robbie Brady was enough for Ireland to beat a reshuffled Italy side 1-0. Italy,knowing full...
Ronaldo goes on record creating spree
Ronaldo scored two goals against Hungary to come within one goal of Michel Platini`s record mark of nine goals...
Iceland pull off huge last gasp win over Austria
Arnor Traustason’s goal deep into stoppage time helped Iceland beat Austria 2-1 and send Iceland joyously into the round...
Turkey hang in there
Turkey came back from the dead to beat the Czech Republic 2-0 in the Euro 2016 Group D clash...
Croatia set up Spain – Italy quarter final
Ivan Perisic’s late winner gave Croatia an unexpected victory over Spain. They top the group and Spain go second...
Argentina outclass USA
The much hoped for USA upset victory over Argentina never materialised. USA were outclassed 4 – 0 . Messi...
Bales takes pole position as Wales eliminate Russia
Wales thrashed Russia 3 – 0 to go to the top of Group B. Bales became the tournament topscorer...
Venezuela outclassed by Messi
Messi scores 54th international goal to tie Gabriel Batistuta’s record and Argentina thumped Venezuela 4 – 0 to set...
Chile beat Mexico by an unbelievable 7 goals
A black day in the history of Mexican football. They suffered the worst loss in an official competition in...
Euro 2016 update and highlights
Lukaku led Belgium’s resurgence.He scored two and Witsel a third to take Belgium into the last 16 The Irish...
Clean Sheet podcast: Soccerblog and Wil Walker discuss the USA’s progress to the Copa semi-finals
Hello, folks! The USA has shrugged off all those dire predictions with its entry into the Copa America Centenario...
Turkey thrashed 3 – 0
Turkey got tiki taka-ed 3- 0 and Spain enter the last 16 with their eyes fixed on a historic...
USA enter Copa Semis after battle in Seattle
USA slugged it out toe to toe with Ecuador,held out to win 2 -1 to enter the Copa Cenetenary...
N Ireland eliminate Ukraine
Northern Ireland shocked Ukraine 2-0 in Euro 2016 Group C on Thursday thanks to goals from Gareth McAuley and...
Poland hold Germany to first goalless draw of Euro16
Germany and Poland ended the game at zero goals each and four points each.
England and France post late late wins
Daniel Sturridge’s injury-time winner gave England a 2 -1 win over Wales in a much hyped match.Wales need to...
Copa America game highlights
Argentina raced out to a 3-0 first-half lead and won by that final score in a one-sided Group D...
Hungary shock Austria 2 – 0
Old Historical Joke: Europe’s old kings, princes and emperors are passing around the cherry brandy in heaven and debating...
Iceland freeze Portugal
Nani scored for Portugal in the first half and Birkir Bjarnason equalised for Iceland five minutes into the second...
Ciaran Clark’s own goal gives Sweden a draw
Sweden powered by the invincible Zlatan Ibrahimovic were down 1 – 0 against the Republic of Ireland and looked...
Gerard Pique gives Spain a late winner
Spain put memories of Georgia behind them and started their Euro 2016 campaign with a pretty convincing win over...
Italy upset Belgium 2-0
Italy went to the top of Group E with a 2 – 0 stunner over top seeded Belgium. Thibaut...
Germany post comfortable 2 – 0 win over Ukraine
Germany beat Ukraine 2- 0 courtesy – goals from Shkodran Mustafi and substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger. They showed flashes of...
Brexit – Brazil crash out of Copa America
Brazil have bowed out of the Copa America. They entered the match knowing a win or a draw would...
Soccerblog and Wil Walker discuss the Copa America Centenario and more in today’s podcast
Please tune in today at 5:30 PM for the Clean Sheet podcast as Shourin Roy of Soccerblog and Wil...
England unable to make history against Russia
England found out the hard away that it’s never over till the fat lady sings. They were leading 1-...
USA top their Copa America group
Clint Dempsey’s solitary first half goal against Paraguay was enough. Team USA defended doggedly and went on to win...
Euro 2016 opening ceremony
If you happened to miss the opening ceremony you can read a write up on the proceedings here.. The...
Dimitri Payet screamer gives France 89th minute win
An outstanding late late goal from Dimitri Payet gave France an 89th minute win 2-1 over Romania. Giroud scored...
BBC prepare for Euro 2016
BBC have created this ad on Euro 2016 putting it in the context of the glories of Europe of...
Ecuador come back to draw against Peru
Peru were two goals ahead of Ecuador before they went into stirring fightback mode to produce one of the...
Uruguay on brink of elimination
A Suarez less Uruguay will be eliminated if Mexico win or draw against Jamaica.This is after they lost their...
Safe hands
David Ospina pulled off a incredible save for Colombia against Paraguay yesterday. Worth a watch all on its own…
Nike create brilliant new Euro 2016 ad
Starring C Ronaldo and a body switch. Ronaldo gets an A+ for his acting and Nike have taken this...
Portugal go into Euro 2016 on a high
While Spain head into Euro 2016 with the hangover of that 1- 0 home loss to Georgia hanging over...
Colombia first to move into round two
Colombia became the first team through to the knockout stage of Copa America Centenario after a 2-1 win over...
Haiti no match for Brazil
Philippe Coutinho grabbed a hat-trick as Brazil hammered Haiti 7-1 in a David v/s Goliath game in which Goliath...
Pain in Spain
Spain head into Euro 2016 on the back of an astonishing 1- 0 home loss to Georgia. Georgia have...
USA chalk up Copa America win
USA came back from the brink to stay in contention. They beat Costa Rica by a huge 4 –...
New EPL season game ball has uncanny resemblance to Petr Cech
The new EPL season ball created by Nike looks awfully like Petr Cech’s head. Or at least that gadget...
Argentina and Panama win their Copa America games
Panama won their first ever Copa America game by beating Bolivia 2-1 in a rain soaked game at Citrus...