Barcelona win friendly El Clasico
Raphina scored a lovely goal and the Las Vegas crowd chanted Shakira’s name whenever Gerard Piqué touched the ball.Seeing...
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Climate change causing chaos
UK,France and Spain – home to the EPL,the Ligue 1 and the La Liga are reeling under the onlslaught...
Liverpool have to manage without Mane
Liverpool will have to manage without Mane come the new season.But they still have the skill of Sala..the dazzle...
The sacking of Pochettino
Even as Boris Johnson was getting the boot in the UK,equally momentous events were taking place in France,where poor...
Erik ten Hag starts with a thumping win
The Bangkok Century Cup does not rank very high in the ranks of coveted glittering football trophies. However Erik...
Man City become even more formidable
Manchester City’s formidable forward line just became even more forbiddingly formidable. The addition of Erling Haaland to the squad...
World Cup Beer rules
Football and beer is a more or less inseparable combination for fans watching the game. It helps them to...
The rise of another Ronaldo
History,we are told, has the ability,like an echo, to repeat itself.One of the clearest inditations that this is indeed...
Binge watch 18 video documentaries on the road to Qatar 2022
In february 2021,the first episode of a monthly World Cup video magazine on the journey to Qatar 2022 went...
World Cup winners from 1930 to 2018
From Uruguay to France
Zindane’s headbutt immortalised in bronze
Here’s something we at Soccerblog just discovered a little while ago. A 16 foot bronze statue of Zidane’s infamous...
What’s in a nickname?
What’s in a name ? Not much when it comes to roses,plenty when it comes to the naming ,or...
Qatar 2022 will see high tech offside tech
Getting past the offside trap of the opposing team will be quite a task at the World Cup in...
A burger called Messi
Hard Rock International had made Messi their brand ambassador a year or so ago as part of their Golden...
World Cup Trivia
Many things about many world cups can be found here..
World’s best referee won’t be at Qatar 2022
Felix Brych,two time winner of the World’s best referree award won’t be officiating at Qatar 2022 mainly because he...
Qatar heritage and cuisine
As the countdown counts down here’s a look at some information about the host nation.. Heritage More details on...
Zidane hits the half century mark
The beatles expected to start losing their hair when they turned 64.Zidane lost all of it when there are...
Sleepless in Qatar
Looking for a cheap place to stay in Qatar for the world cup ? Keep looking ! And once...
Qatar 2022 official poster
The official Qatar 2022 poster is out and it’s all a mostly grey affair. Designed by Qatari artist, Bouthayna...
Germany equal a historic score over Italy.
The last time Germany beat Italy 5-2 was during World War 2 which started on the 1st of September...
England get a Hungarian hammering
Hungary gave England their worst home defeat in more than 90 years. Not since 1928 ( when Scotland beat...
Erling wants to be number 9
Erling Haaland scored both goals for Norway in a recent 2-1 win UEFA Nations cup win over Sweden. And...
The Ronaldo question thats getting a whole lot of traffic
How did Ronaldo score for Real Madrid against Malaga when seven players and the goalie had positioned themselves as...
Harry Kane goes ahead of Messi and Ronaldo
England were lucky to get away with a draw and Germany were unlucky to end up with a draw...
Ronaldinho memories…
Ronaldinho shares memories on the 20th anniversary of his debut World Cup. 03/06/2002 data que sempre vai ficar marcada...
5 goals from Messi to brighten up your day
Estonia won’t remember this as a particularly bright day.They got beaten 5-0 by Argentina in a friendly in which...
Germany v/s Italy -not the game of the century
There was a time when legends walked the earth.. The greatest game between Germany and Italy was played on...
Holland remembers total football
Holland gave a reminder of their glorious days of the past by beating Belgium 4-1 in their UEFA Nations...
Meanwhile over at the UEFA Nation’s League
The Nation’s League,for those of us who have forgotten all about it,is not that thing that preceded the formation...
Ukraine get some joy
Ukraine are one game away from qualifying for Qatar 2022. They beat Scotland very very convincingly by three goals...
World Cup Mascots down the ages
All the World Cup Mascots from England’s World Cup Willie of 1966 to La’eeb of Qatar 2022. La’eeb the...
FIFA does a bit of greenwashing
Greenwashing has been added to the list of dubious activities,mastered under the reign of Sepp Blatter,that FIFA stands accused...
The Red Parade
It would have been great if had been a parade to celebrate 4 trophies.However it was not to be....
The countdown counts down
The Official Countdown clock was unveiled one year ago on the 21st of November 2021 The current countdown status...
Jose adds another feather to his much feathered cap
The Europa Conference League,essentially a third-tier European Competition behind the Champions League and Europa League was created in May...
The man charged with raising Manchester United from rock bottom
The first thing we notice about the new coach Erik ten Hag is that he has a very similar...
Fortune favours the blues
Fortune favoured blue not red.Both teams scored comeback wins.Liverpool came back to win 3-1 with Mane scoring the equaliser...
Can Steven Gerrard atone for his slip at last ?
Eight years ago Liverpool were on their way to the title when Gerard slipped and gave Chelsea a goal.Manchester...
Erling Haaland’s parting gift to his Dortmund team
Rolex Watches One for each player Each watch costs €13,000 to €15,000. He can afford them because Manchester City...
While we wait ..
Red or Blue ? Liverpool or City ? As we Man City and Liverpool fans gnaw our fingernails down...
The journey of the World Cup Ball
The 2022 World cup ball is called Al Rihla – which is translated as “the journey” from Arabic. Here’s...
Liverpool are still in the hunt.
Klopp had to make 9 changes in his team after the FA cup marathon win over Chelsea and his...
Messi in PSG
After scoring a mind boggling 672 goals in 778 matches for Barcelona Messi has found it difficult in France,...
Jarrod Bowen gives City a scare
Two goals before from Bowen saw Man City going into the half time break thinking about getting pipped at...
Liverpool – two down,two to go
Liverpool keep the impossible quadruple dream alive. After Chelsea and Liverpool battled each other to a standstill at Wembley...
Liverpool are in the CL Final
Liverpool have a date with destiny on the 29th of May. The date looked a bit doubtful when Villareal...
Beckham turns 47
Once one of the greatest free kick takers in the world,now 47. Happy Birthday David Beckham.
Real Madrid win 35th La Liga title in style
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-0 inspite of the fact that Ancelloti rested 8 of his front line players who...
Pep Guardiola on water conservation
“We who wander this wasteland in search of our better selves?”( Mad Max:Fury Road) As we drift closer and...
United draw with Chelsea thanks to De Gea and Ronaldo
If it were not for the heroics of David De Gea at one end and Ronaldo’s undminished goal scoring...
Happy 119th birthday Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid was founded on 26th April 1903 which makes the club a venerable 119 years old today. It...
Will City keep their lead?
It’s a two horse race and they are more or less neck to neck at the moment. City are...
Messi scores a Messi like goal at last
PSG clinched their 10th Ligue 1 title and the title winning goal was scored by Messi – who scored...