The West Ham buyout: Kommersant partners, Kia Joorabchian, Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Boris Berezovsky
“Hey Badri, let’s get Kia to go after West Ham.” So it’s finally come to this. A wanted criminal,...
Category: Gossip/Trash Talk
Video: England 1, Macedonia 0
The beanpole scores! đŸ™‚
Video: France 3 Italy 1, Les Bleus over the Azzurris
This result should put beyond doubt that France was the better team in the World Cup too. It also...
Germany 13 San Marino 0
Germany bullied its way through against hapless San Marino, scoring at will, in a record setting spree 13-0. This...
France proves they are more than Zidane: France 3 Italy 1
France did not need Zidane with Sidney Govou It was as we suspected. Italy won the World Cup because...
Video: Brazil 2, Wales 0
Brazil still has a long way to go, despite what Dunga may be saying… This ain’t no team yet!...
Sol Campbell on Racism
This Kick It Out interview with Sol Campbell is rather pedestrian, but it does tell you about Arsenal’s strategy...
Video: England 5, Andorra 0
England beats a high-school caliber team – Andorra. Next up Macedonia. Will Crouch pull his usual vanishing act? Or...
Why would anyone want Zidane’s sweaty jersey?
Now the truth is told. Materazzi did not want Zidane’s jersey, the one that he kept tugging, and one...
Giacinto Fachetti passes on: Azzurri and Inter Milan great
Giacinto Facchetti died yesterday. A giant amongst the Azzurris and an Inter Milan stalwart, who played all 634 games...
League attendence records: Man Utd tops
Manchester City ranks 8th. So we can forget that oft repeated claim that they have more fans per game...
Video: Where is Zoltan Gera?
The Baggies have been relegated. We will probably get to see Gera brilliance in League 1 highlights. Gera is...
France vs Italy: Who will headbutt Materazzi this time?
The European papers are abuzz with the France – Italy Euro Cup showdown this Wednesday, two months after their...
Ashley Cole vs William Gallas: Who got the better player?
William Gallas: A wall: Physical, versatile, and a great tackler. The attack has to go around him. Can play...
Foul: Andrew Jennings book exposes FIFA
Andrew Jennings’s book gives us the scoop on how Sepp Blatter became president and how FIFA awards World Cups.
Peter Velappan: The man behind the Asian resurgence in soccer
In 2007, FIFA has their presidential elections, and Sepp Blatter, the present FIFA president is running again. Sepp Blatter...
Video: Nicholas Anelka at Bolton
Anelka Amazing!!! – video powered by Metacafe Le Sulk is back in the Premiership. Sam Allardyce says that Anelka...
Boris Berezovsky: Roman Abramovich’s partner, Russia’s most feared oligarch
In all the hullaballoo of West Ham being taken over by Kia Joorabchian, in most likelihood, a proxy for...
Chelsea: Disregard West Ham; you disregard your own history
Human memory is not only short, it is fickle. It is astounding how Chelsea have inveigled themselves into the...
Arsenal’s Brazilians: The way to go
Brazil in one way or another has never really seen the English League as a stop for showcasing their...
Mido is baaaaaack! Spurs fans, let the good times roll
Mido is coming back to White Hart Lane. Good times everyone!! Mido commented on the team’s official website, ”I...
To Wayne Rooney: Cock up and play the game
Football players should be seen and not heard. Again it’s not just Ashley Cole calling abuse on Arsene Wenger...
Video: Porto Alegre wins the Copa Libertadores 2006
Independiente Porto Alegre wins the Copa over fancied Sao Paolo for the first time! Porto Alegre is now not...
Ze Roberto: From Bayer Leverkusen to FC Santos
The Bundesliga continues to lose players from overseas. Brazilian player, Ze Roberto is moving back to FC Santos and...
Who is Kia Joorabchian? Is Abramovich behind the West Ham move?
Is Roman Abramovich (L) negotiating West Ham’s takeover? Kia Joorbachian (R) West Ham shocked everybody in the soccer world...
Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal: Be warned, this year’s Premiership is not about you!
Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano come to West Ham, Kanu is on fire at Portsmouth, Aston Villa is being...
Video: Carlos Tevez, the new Hammer Jammer
The buzz on Carlitos is how he dodged Arsenal, Manchester Utd, and Chelsea to come to West Ham. Seems...
Portsmouth, Aston Villa: Their recent fortunes raise little rancour
Mention Malcolm Glazer and his takeover of Man U, and it will get most Mancusian’s gritting their teeth in...
Video: From Bad to Worse
Trainers like these, who needs ’em?
Ballack Style: A Bit Cramped
Ballack’s debut with Chelsea was anything but impressive. He kept crowding Lampard and vice-versa. Maybe Chelsea isn’t going to...
Video: Proof that Germany’s Getting Even Better
This video proves that even without Klinsi, the New Deutschland is on the right track: We simply picked up...
Hargreaves Is Leaving Bayern
Stop the presses. I think we are witnessing some last minute negotiations before the transfer window closes, but the...
Ouch! Ferdinand Breaks Toe
Will England never get lucky? Rio Ferdinand is likely to miss England’s opening two Euro 2008 qualifiers after suffering...
How Keane Might Just Do It!
The Guardian’s Rob Smyth blogs on about Keano at Sunderland: “Roy Keane could well become the most intriguing manager...
Video: Ben Thatcher’s a Moron!
How else do you describe this? One word, to quote John McEnroe: “Moron!” Manchester City has suspended the moron...
Rooney Fights Back Against the FA
Manchester United’s volatile striker, Wayne Rooney, is allegedly threatening to refuse to co-operate with England sponsors if the Football...
Hello Ruudy! Goodbye Ronaldo?
Will Ruud van Nistelrooy send Ronaldo packing? The striker’s performance led some papers to conclude that the club would...
Video: More Robinho
Watch these moves and weep. Reminds me of that summer day in my teens when I realized I was...
Video: Robinho’s First Game for Real Madrid
Robinho’s first appearance for Real Madrid vs. Cadiz on August 28, 2005: The tragedy of this World Cup was...
Will Keane Make it as Manager?
“Once Keano walks into the Stadium of Light, life will never be the same again for Sunderland.” That’s the...
Video: Bobby Zamora: The lad does alright!
Nice little video put together of Zamora’s goals.
Bobby Zamora’s flying start: Hammers escape with a draw
Bobby Zamora is in fine fettle. The West Ham striker seems to have taken the added responsibility on his...
Premiership opening weekend: Portsmouth the club, Kanu the player
Kanu scored two goals in Portsmouth’s very impressive win against Balckburn Rovers. The number 16 club beating the number...
Video: Sheffield United vs Liverpool, 1-1
Steven Gerrard learned a lot from the Italians this World Cup and put it to good use against the...
Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City
Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...
Man U to Bayern: We will get Owen Hargreaves, no matter the cost
Owen Hargreaves’s asking price – £34m. A jawdropping figure for someone that no English club would have paid a...
Can you give Chelsea the blues?
The Beeb says to squeeze the midfield and stop those creative Chelsea midfielders from getting any real estate and...
Video: Crossroads: Robert Plant, Wolves fan and Eric Clapton, Baggies fan go head to head
Robert Plant, Wolves fan reunites with Jimmy Page and then Eric Clapton, Baggies fan with Cream play Robert Johnsons’s...
Ashley Cole benched: Inter rumours? Will Tweedy go along?
Arsene is extracting his punishment. He is benching Cole for the opener against Aston Villa but Cole said he...
The woman behind Sheva: Kristen Pazik
Apparently Jose Mourinho did not want Sheva as much as Roman Abramovich did. As for Sheva he really did...
“Shysters from Siberia” – Is Bates racist or just plain stupid?
Ken Bates has gone over the top again. And the reason is clear – he’s frustrated. Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich...
Video: Norway 1, Brazil 1 – Ding, Dong, Dunga!
Not everyone is impressed by Dunga’s managerial style, or his style when he was a player for that matter....
Football’s World Metrosexual XI: Beckham is out
Goalkeeper: D James (Portsmouth, England) Defenders: S Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain) G Zambrotta (Barcelona, Italy) A Cole (Arsenal, England),...