2006 – World Soccer in serious trouble A thought provoking analysis by Mike Collett that 2006 has been the year of problems for World Soccer –...
FIFA loses to Mastercard FIFA officials have ended up with the eggs in their faces as MasterCard were awarded an injunction against the...
Ronaldo double for Real Madrid Ronaldo scored twice in the last four minutes to earn Real Madrid a 2-2 draw against Dynamo Kyiv in...
Manchester United get past Benfica Man U in their do or die Group F game against Benfica were almost laid low by this stunning...
Naohiro Takahara joins hat trick club Naohiro “The Sushi Bomber” Takahara – scored the first hat trick (video) in the German League in Eintracht Frankfurt’s...
Shevchenko nears record goal tally Andrei Shevchenko scored his 57th goal in European competition in the Chelsea vs Levski Sofia game yesterday.He is now...
More Ronaldinho Magic Well…Barcelona will live to fight another day..or maybe they fought to live another day -whatever.Anyway they beat Werder Bremen...
Blatter’s summer plans Climate experts are have warned that El Nino is going to play havoc with summer holiday plans in the...
Ronaldo’s latest dive You can get a good look now at why Gareth Southgate was so very angry. …….and then take a...
Crowded at the top The top spot on the Premiership goalscorers chart is a bit crowded these days. Didier Drogba and Nwankwo Kanu...
Barcelona face must win match Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Germany’s Werder Bremen will determine whether Barcelona become the first reigning champions to be...
Cristiano Ronaldo in diving incident again Bitter words from Middlesbrough’s manager Gareth Southgate after Ronaldo’s 19th minute theatrics won Man U a penalty against them....
10 great goals in November Critistiano Ronaldo,Claude Makelele,Aaron Lennon,Robin Van Persie,Colin Kazim Richards,Louis Saha,Sylvain Distin,Nicolas Anelka,Tugay and Mikel Arteta….in that order.Take your pick.
Video : Arsenal 3 – Tottenham 0 Emmanuel Adebayaor scored the opener and Gilberto Silva chipped in with two penalties….all this without the services of the...
FIFA needs to get greener This post in may from Christian outlined the efforts made in Germany to make World Cup 2006 more environment...
Uproar in South Africa about World Cup Preparations Toyi toyi is a Southern African dance that became famous for its use in political protests in the apartheid-era...
Keep the Promise World Aids Day 2006 : I found soccer related programmes to mark the day and to raise awareness among...
Violence mars UEFA cup match Dutch fans went on the rampage as French side Nancy inflicted a 3 – 0 defeat on Feyenoord in...
Blatters are Forever That title should read Diamonds are forever.There is a reasonably good reason for the variation – this being that...
Video :Fulham 2 Arsenal 1 Robin van Persie’s great free kick was not enough .Arsenal lost a man (defender Philippe Senderos ) and the...
FIFA player of the year to be declared soon The FIFA player of the year has been shortlisted down to three names – Ronaldinho,Zidane or Cannavaro. U.S. captain...
Chelsea to launch chinese website 特別一個……that’s ” The special one” in chinese. Rumours are rife that Mourinho is brushing up on the language as...
Somalia and soccer Sepp Blatter was in the news about the suspension of Iran from world Soccer recently .The ban has temporarily...
Konica Minolta duplicates Ronaldinho Attack of the Clones: Every goalkeeper’s worst nightmare ! ….the making.
Cannavaro -its Official The badly kept secret is out .Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro officially won the Golden Ball yesterday (video).He is the...
Blattertalk The latest Blatterspeak includes a provisional lifting of the ban on Iran so that they can participate in the...
Ronaldinho – a dream come true. Ronaldinho – seen here with his FIFPro Player of the year trophies and the smile that launched a thousand...
Totti double inpires Roma into second place in Serie A Totti scores through a magnificent volley against Sampdoria yesterday. He connected sweetly with a deep cross, sending the ball...
Video : Manu U and Chelsea share the points Louis Saha and Ricardo Carvalho help Man U and Chelsea to share points yesterday.
Video :Ronaldinho Magic!!!! An incredible spectacular overhead goal from a genius. Ronaldinho scored 2 out of the four goals in Barcelona’s 4...
El Hadji Diouf – Thriving on Diving An example of his technique…… Some of his reasons for choosing to dive…… “Every player dives, not just me,”...
Bend it like Nakamura Celtic’s rising Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura – after his goal against Manchester United – is taking over from Beckham...
Football is not hate “Even if the circumstances remain unclear, the fact is that … a man is dead. Football is not hate....
FIFA suspends Iran from International Soccer … no,not because of their nuclear weapons program- but because of Governmental interference in the way the game is...
Sunderland versus Wolves – Environmental hazard George Caulkin writing in Timesonline has this eco friendly angle on the longstanding feud between managers Mick McCarthy and...
USA hits lowest FIFA rankings in seven years. The United States has gone and got itself out of the top 30 in soccer rankings for the first...
African Player of the year 2006 More awards to be given out – this time in the Nigerian capital Abuja on the 18th of January....
Champions league :Inter Milan and Liverpool record wins Crespo’s crisp strike takes Inter Milan past Sporting Lisbon and into the last 16. Elsewhere Steven Gerrard and Peter...
Chelsea go down to Werder Bremen Per Mertesacker heading in the winner for Werder Bremen last night .Chelsea and Bremen are even on 10 points...
Video : AEK Athens beat mighty Milan For Athens -Great goalkeeping from Stefano Sorrentino and a great free kick from Julio Cesar.Match report.
Blatter – “FIFA to use Goal Line Technology” Blatter announced yesteday that Goal-line technology will be used in next year’s World Club Championship.He also spoke about his...
Arsenal rallies to beat Hamburg Rafael van der Vaarts stunning goal in the third minute gave Hamburg the lead yesterday.Arsenal equalised through Van Persie...
Video:Highlights of Real Madrid vs Lyon John Carew and Florent Malouda score for Lyon.Ruud van Nistelrooy scored one and then missed a last gasp penalty....
Video: Celtic score historic win over Man U See the sensational Free kick from Shunsuke Nakamura that helped Celtic defeat Manchester United 1 – 0. Celtic keeper...
Media stage walk out at SA World Cup meeting When none of the members of the Board of Directors of the Local 2010 World Cup Organising Committee had...
Refs under fire Referees other than Graham Poll are making the news for all the wrong reasons of late.Blackburn and Tottenham are...
Mario Gomez – Rising star Stuttgart’s 21 year old striker Mario Gomez got high praise from Beckenbauer this week.He said that Gomez should be...
Comments from Johan Cruyff Johan Cruyff on Barcelona’s striker problem …… “You can’t sign anybody decent until the first of January and soon...
Video: Gudjohnsen brace for Barcelona Icelandic international Eidur Gudjohnsen scored 2 goals out of four .Barcelona went back to the top of the Spanish...
FIFPro wins Anti Racism Award C.E.C.R.A, the Anti Racist Organisation in Spain, have awarded FIFPro an International Award for 2006 for their outstanding work...
Roma in seventh heaven. Roma hammered Catania 7-0 producing the biggest Serie A win in 23 years.Enjoy the goals.You will also have to...
Real Madrid pays tribute to Puskas. Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 3-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday as it paid tribute to its all-time...
Beckenbauer for President 61-year-old Franz ( The Kaiser )Beckenbauer, was voted president of Bayern Munich for the 5th consecutive time. He has...