Category: Copa America
“90 Minutes for Mandela”
Nelson Mandela will get a special treat on his 89th birthday .A dazzling line-up of past and present world-class...
Copa quarterfinal qualifiers
Claudio Pizarro’s two goals took Peru into the last eight of the Copa America.The game against Bolivia ended in...
Video: USA thumps Poland 6 -1
Freddy Adu scored a hat trick and Danny Szetela scored two goals as the United States defeated Poland 6-1...
Portugal outclass New Zealand
Captain Bruno Gama scored twice in Portugal’s 2-0 victory over the Kiwis at the FIFA U-20 World Cup on...
Barca does not need fat Frank
A bad writer and an even worse player. Chelsea has carried him on their back for so long it...
Torres wants a new deal: Can Liverpool afford his greed?
A new wrinkle in the Fernando Torres deal. Just when Rafa Benitez had all but wrapped up the deal...
Video: Brazil 3 Chile 0 – Robinho hat trick
Robinho scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win for Brazil over Chile in the Copa America.Match report..
Videos: USA vs South Korea
Danny Szetela scored first for the USA… …….and S Korea equalised when Young Rok Shin’s first-time shot beat U.S....
U 20 World Cup: USA draws S.Korea, 1-1
Josmer Altidore tangles with the S.Korean defense The US staved off a tough S.Korean U20 side that was clearly...
Copa update with videos and all
Venezuela got their first Copa win for three decades when they beat Peru 2 – 0 amid refereeing controversies...
Brazil gets another shock
Brazil still reeling from the shock 2- 0 defeat to Mexico in the Copa America had some more reeling...
Video: Jozy Altidore’s aerial ability
This kid should soon be targeted by the European leagues.
Vela, Dos Santos, Bueno, Marcelo, Pato, Aguera: The U20 begins
The U20 World Cup begins in Canada today with 24 teams representing soccer’s future stars. From Diego Maradona to...
Ronaldinho carries the flame
Ronaldinho took a turn in carrying the torch ahead of the 2007 Pan-American Games which are due to begin...
Impossible is nothing…
..a collection of acrobatic goals
Bent become Spurs most expensive signing
16.5 m pounds for a player who is good but not great. He has been the one bright spot...
The Times lists the best 50 players: See if you agree?
The Times best 50 players of contemporary times. Gabriele Marcotti has put together the list. The one player you...
Obafemi to Arsenal: Oh! Wait. There is no contact
OK, I am a bit naive when it comes how the transfer market works but when you say so...
Thank you but we have to let you go
Fabio Capello finds himself cast into the outer darkness after taking Real Madrid to their first league title in...
FIFA raises height and divides Andean Soccer
FIFA lifted the altitude limit to 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level.The revised ruling means Quito (2,800 metres)...
The subtext of this Copa America: The politics of height
Copa America begins with the first match between Uruguay and Peru. Folks, brace yourself. This is going to be...
Beckham and Bush
Becks in a helmet and pads facing up to New Orleans Saints gridiron running-back Reggie Bush ..all for an...
Rocky III and Ronaldinho
Sports editor Eduardo Vieira Da Costa seems to have made a good comparison between football and boxing in a...
Video: Gold Cup – Benny’s winning goal
Benny Feilhaber”s match winning volley.
Socceroos start as Asian Cup favourites
The Asian Cup begins July 7th in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Harry Kewell says that the Australian football...
Mamelodi Sundowns take the game to Barcelona
Mamelodi Sundowns came within 12 minutes of a famous victory in a friendly against Barcelona before some Ronaldinho magic...
Video: Sevilla win King’s cup
Sevilla won the King’s Cup on Saturday for the fourth time in their history with a 1-0 win over...
Letter from Thierry
A letter from Thierry Henry to Arsenal fans starts like this ..”This is one of the toughest pieces I...
The post Henry era dawns on Arsenal
I am a bit choked up as I write. Arsenal’s future without its bonafide star is difficult to contemplate...
Gold Cup -: USA – Mexico final
Frankie Hejduk in the 39th minute and Landon Donovan from the penalty spot in the 45th gave the defending...
Pele statue vandalised
Vandals in Brazil broke off the two arms of a bronze statue of Pele, Brazilian media reported on Tuesday.The...
Real Madrid destroy Israeli peace initiative
An Israeli-Palestinian football team organised by the Peres Centre for Peace -– found themselves at the receiving end of...
Hawkeye’s here
If you imagined some kind of masked caped superhero chap leaping over tall buildings in a single bound –...
Goal II – out in USA sometime soon.?
Goal! 2 the second part of the Football movie trilogy Goal! was released in the UK in February.The U.S....
Barcelona are second best…
…despite a thumping 5 -1 victory over Gimnastic. Goals below….
Video: Real Madrid 3 Mallorca 1
Real Madrid 3 – 1 Mallorca – Madrid Win La LigaUploaded by FootballHeaven …and Becks called it a dream...
Morocco are first to qualify …
Morocco became the first qualifiers for the 2008 African Nations Cup in Ghana after Malawi’s goalkeeper Simon Kapusa made...
FIFA backs club over country.
In another example of biased decision making Mahamadou Diarra and Frédéric Kanouté have been ordered to play for their...
CONMEBOL to take on FIFA
CONMEBOL- CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL – The South American Football Confederation are unanimous in their opposition to the FIFA...
Honduras score the biggest win
Carlos Pavon scored four goals, three in the first half, to take Honduras to a 5 – 0 win...
Boromir bats for the Blades
Lord of the Rings fans are really going to like this.Boromir alias Sean Bean is taking a break from...
Usa vs El Salvador: Beasley scores 2 out of 4
DaMarcus Beasley scores the first goal… …and the fourth. Match report ..
Honduras score historic victory over Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup Action.Four time champs Mexico went down by two costly goals.Carlos Costly scored two second-half goals for...
Africa’s new slave trade
A very informative write up in the Guardian yesterday on the lucrative trade in young players -children in Africa...
Spanish League Action – all the goals
All the goals from the Real Madrid vs Real Zaragoza and Barcelona vs Espanyol games – including another look...
A free kick for the record books
Silvio Spann scored from 42-yard’s out and gave Trinidad and Tobago a 1-0 lead over El Salvador in the...
Owl holds up a soccer game..
An owl held up play for 6 minutes in Finland’s Euro qualifier against Belgium.It landed on the field and...
Franck Ribery closes on a move to Bayern
Franck Ribery stated that one of his prime considerations in moving to a club would be the opportunity to...
Liverpool strikes back ..
Liverpool Football Club’s chief executive Rick Parry said that UEFA was trying to “deflect attention” from its own shortcomings.Quotes…....
Poll’s book needs a better name ..!
Another opinion about Polls literary efforts including a suggestion that his book be called “Yellow Pages” instead of “Seeing...