Liverpool get some consolation
The clouds of gloom around Anfield lifted a bit as Liverpool with a 2 – 0 win over Spurs...
Author: Anish John
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...
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.
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...
Man U salvage draw through a controversial self goal
Cameron Jerome scored for Birmingham after Jonny Evans made a hames of a clearance. Man U managed to draw...
Togo decide to play on….
Those who died in the attack are the Angolan bus driver, the team’s spokesman Stanislas Ocloo and assistant coach...
Fernando’s fifty – video log
A compilation of his 50 marvellous goals – many thanks to whoever took the trouble to put them together...
Fernando’s fifty
I just discovered that while I was busy with affairs of state during the week after Christmas ,Torres had...
EPL bosses want to call off the African Cup …
Hull boss Phil Brown wants his two players back home now. “I am appalled. This throws a question mark...
English Premier League gets snowed out…
A combination of snow and sub-zero temperatures have produced mayhem in the EPL sporting calendar … Apart from the...
Puma and the African unity kit..
Puma present a “unified African kit” the continent’s teams can use if their national colours clash during the African...
Beckham’s second debut for AC Milan
Milan coach, Leonardo gave Beckham full marks for his performance in their 5-2 win over Genoa.
Landon Donovan gets caught at the Mexican border..
Landon Dononvan gets caught at the mexican border trying to smuggle himself across disguised as a handlebar mustache. He...
Sevilla coach dedicates win over Barcelona to Sergio Sanchez
Sevilla beat Barcelona 2-1 on their own turf and coach Manolo Jimenez dedicated the Copa del Rey win to...
Amazing goal from Clint Dempsey
Dempsey pulls a wonderful goal out of nowhere.It didn’t win the match for Fulham though.They lost to Stoke 3...
Cristiano Ronaldo and the art of diving…
Check out his diving skills against Osasuna the other day.The ref didn’t buy it though..so he needs more practice.
A song for the World Cup
…and then there’s the official World Cup Anthem – the remixed version of Wavin’ Flag by K’Naan…
Beckham not famous enough..
David Beckham was turned down for a appearance on The Simpsons because producers thought he wasn’t famous enough……
Video:Chelsea Watford 5 – 0
Daniel Sturridge scored his first two senior goals for the team as Watford found themselves outplayed.John Eustace put the...
An update on the Mascot
The mascot for the African Cup of Nations is an artistic impression of the Giant Sable antelope, which is...
Eduardo’s brilliant header against West Ham
Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 .Alessandro Diamanti had put the Hammers ahead on the stroke...
African Cup of Nations kicks off on the 10th of Jan
The host country is Angola. Since the first African Cup of Nations tournament was held in Sudan in 1957,...
Liverpool rumours
Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are on their way out apparently. Mourinho is lurking around Gerrard.The new year hasn’t...
Fabulous Fabregas
He scored two goals out of three against Aston Villa and Arsenal are just four points behind Chelsea.Fabregas was...
Rooney inspires Man U to a 3-1 win
Rooney was involved in all the goals of the game.He scored the first.A lousy back pass to the goalkeeper...
Mancini starts on a winning note
Roberto Mancini began his stint as manager of Manchester City with a 2 – 0 win over Stoke City.The...
Liverpool get a bit of Christmas joy
The Christmas break did Liverpool a bit of good because on the 26th they managed to do something they...
No good news for the cows in South Africa yet
The proposal to slaughter a cow at every 2010 World Cup venue in a traditional South African blessing ritual...
Kaka and Ronaldo make a feeble attempt at saying Happy Christmas
They get as far as merry Christmas and then for reasons best known to themselves seem to find the...
Luis Suarez scores 6 goals
Luis Suarez scored six goals for Ajax against WHC Wezep in the fourth round of the KNVB Beker. The...
Cruyff’s dream team give Maradona’s Argentina another nightmare
Yohan Cruyff’s Cataonian dream tream gave Argentina a 4 -2 beating in a friendly.Maradona,still in search of that magic...
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA/FIFPro World XI of 2009: Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid); Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), John Terry (Chelsea), Nemanja...