Ashley Young joins Man Utd
The Premiership champions show they mean business as the Aston Villa winger is the latest to sign on a...
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Al Jazeera gets TV rights to French Ligue
The Arab broadcasting and news giant broke fresh ground as it snaps up one of the TV lots worth...
Gold Cup: Aldo de Nigris guides Mexico into the finals
The veteran striker continues to make a killing off the bench after his header in extra time finally breaks...
2011 Copa Libertadores: Ugly fight between Santos and Penarol
The Uruguayans claim a Santos fan provoked them which led to the ugly scenes after the match when both...
Alisher Usmanov increases his Arsenal share
Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbeki oligarch increased his shareholding to over 29%. Silent Stan Kroenke owns the majority with 66.1%...
The real reason behind Jack Warner’s resignation
Jack Warner sat in a corner, eating bribes and hey …… A five figure annual pension for the rest...
Who is going to coach Inter?
Massimo Moratti: Whither my next coach? With Leonardo’s exit, the Inter coaching job has opened up. So far their...
André Villas- Boas resigns ahead of the big Chelsea move
FC Porto reports Andre Villas-Boas has resigned. The check for €15m needed for his buyout appears to be in...
Soccer’s data revolution: To be pitch perfect
Every data point (pass, cross, offside, out of play etc) mapped in these two hemispheres (one for each half)...
Barca can have Alexis Sanchez for €50m
Barcelona is on the verge of signing Alexis Sanchez. Not so fast says Gianpaolo Pozzo, Udinese’s owner who is...
Andre Villas-Boas is the stealthy one
André Villas-Boas is the stealthy one. His snow job on the media took him off the short list of...
Luka Modric is now officially a wantaway
“Luka, I can’t show you the other part of my body equally excited to see you play” Spurs fans...
This is what awaits Alex McLeish at Villa
Meanwhile Aston Villa fans are contemplating selling their season tickets should Alex McLeish become their manager as is anticipated.
Not too rich for Luka Modric: Chelsea’s offer rejected
Alexander “Skip” Spence? No, it’s Luka Chelsea’s £22m offer for Luka Modric is ridiculed by Harry Redknapp. The only...
Leonardo to leave as Marcelo Bielsa tapped to succeed at Inter
“El Loco” Bielsa might be taking over at Inter Fast moving stuff with Massimo Morratti doing a series of...
2011 Copa Libertadores (first leg): Santos 0 Penarol 0
Penarol was one of the seven clubs in the inaugural Copa Libertadores in 1960 and it also had the...
Cesc Fabregas has not checked himself out
Barcelona might be preparing for its annual summer tempest involving Cesc Fabregas but the Arsenal captain introduces his moment...
Neymar to stay put at Santos: No deal for Real, Chelsea
Pele’s favourite player and the biggest Brazilian hope in years has spurned interest in joining the big European clubs....
The Bombanera’s farewell to its Titan
With luminaries like Don Diego and Juan Roman Riquelme in attendance Boca bade a moist eyed farewell to the...
Martin Palermo calls it a day
Martin Palermo experimenting with unusual methods of scoring goals The Bombanera legend finally hangs up his boots as he...
Wasteful USA get by Guadeloupe, 1-0
The USA missed about half a dozen chances to put the game beyond doubt. Clint Dempsey was most egregious...
Gold Cup: Canada draw Panama, 1-1
Dwayne De Rosario converts a PK but Panama the most thrilling team to watch in Group C draw level...
Ronaldinho shows why he’s so fascinating to watch
No one does these skills more effortlessly. If football was 90 minutes of purely this then Ronaldinho would be...
Gervinho strongly linked with Arsenal
Lille has confirmed that it is negotiating with Arsenal over the sale of their star striker Gervinho. The sale...
Alex McLeish is not the right choice for Villa
Alex McLeish joins the growing list of Judases in the Premiership. His terse resignation by email has set off...
The New York Cosmos will play Paul Scholes’s testimonial
On August 5th the NY Cosmos led by Eric Cantona will play Paul Scholes’s testimonial at Old Trafford. Cantona,...
Gael Clichy to Liverpool and a Hazard warning
Gael Clichy is obviously on his way out. His contract negotiations have broken down and with a year left...
Clenbuterol strikes again: Guillermo Ochoa and four others suspended
Guillermo Ochoa might have a beef with his country’s food suppliers Five members of Mexico’s Gold Cup squad have...
Carl Jenkinson joins Arsenal: Wenger’s trend holds true
Carl Jenkinson or Karil Jenkinpää as he’s known in Finland If Carl Jenkinson is the a harbinger of transfers...
Nasri quells transfer talk
Looks a bit more quiet on the Samir Nasri transfer buzz as the player plays down the rumours. Hopefully...
USA vs Canada: Worst commentating ever?
I have to agree this is the worst commentating but it must be parody, right?
Gold Cup: Michael Bradley, Tim Howard steal show as USA beats Canada 2-0
Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions was a cesspool of lumpy divots which caused the ball to...
Shrek and Justin Bieber to join Blatter’s advisory group
“Hey Sepp, I’m going to squeeze the jelly from your eyes and have it on toast” Sepp Blatter beefed...
Nasri open to a Man Utd move
Arsenal’s position vis a vis Samir Nasri is weak. He’s obviously after more wages and with a year left...
Is Mark Hughes’s real target Chelsea?
All signs point to Stamford Bridge The ready answer to Mark Hughes’s Fulham departure: He was angling for the...
The very durable Brad Freidel moves to Spurs
Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel moves to Spurs after his contract was set to expire this month. The long standing...
Julio Grondona needs a reminder
A riposte to what Julio Grondona said: How about paying 10 pence to the English FA every time an...
Wenger: Samir Nasri will not move to Man Utd
Patrice Evra acting as an instigator (what’s new?) encouraging his France team mate to dump Arsenal and come aboard...
Shakira shows her moves but Barca keeps theirs on the pitch
It’s a relief Barca keeps its best moves on the pitch because Gerard Pique, Shakira’s present love interest and...
Scott Sinclair’s hattrick propels Swansea to the Premiership
The first Welsh side to make it to the Premiership. They join already promoted QPR and Norwich City. In...
Paul Scholes tribute: Over the years
The ginger haired maestro retires after spending 17 years as a Red Devil where he clocked 676 appearances and...
Five things we learned from Man Utd vs Barcelona
Man Utd were the real caricatures in the final In a nod to the Guardian one will attempt five...
2011 Champions League Final: Only one team and it was not Man Utd
The suspicion that the Premiership was fought amongst a group of 30 lb lightweights and won depending on who...
1999 Champions League Final (Camp Nou): Man Utd 2 Bayern 1
Manchester United – Bayern Munich Final 1999… by 91Zuzu91 The bitterest two minutes for Bayern as Utd struck back...
1968 Champions League Final (Wembley): Man Utd 4 Benfica 1
Wembley was a happy hunting ground for Man Utd in their first Champions League victory in 1968 when they...
Weight to go, Kolo!
Kolo Toure is banned for six months from all football because he took pills that belonged to his wife....
Silly season is upon us: Falcao linked with Arsenal
Falcao’s use of telekinesis makes him very dangerous It is bewildering how Arsenal is one club which manages to...
May 26th: Today is a red letter day in Arsenal history
Twenty two years this day the league title hung in balance as Arsenal needed two goals to win against...
FIFA reform first: Suspend presidential elections
Does anyone see the irony in FIFA ordering an investigation into an election opponent of Sepp Blatter without the...
Blackburn and Carlo Ancelotti could work together
Blackbum may rule the roost with him in charge Carlo Ancelotti successfully removed the clause that stipulates he cannot...
Karim Benzema to Arsenal?
At Arsenal next season? Arsene Wenger has been a long time admirer of the former Lyon striker now at...
Ryan Giggs faces the wrath of the Twitterati
This Taiwanese animation lampoons the Giggs affair and makes the salient point. Be afraid, very afraid of censoring the...
Sir Alex goes Tony Soprano on a reporter
Here is Sir Alex caught in the act of trying to ban a reporter who strayed from the reservation...
Sir Alex does not mess around: David De Gea signed
A bold, decisive signing as Atletico Madrid’s David De Gea is signed as a £17m replacement for the retiring...