Edwy Plenel on France’s racism row
Mediapart’s editor in chief, Edwy Plenel writes why the racism row is so damaging and the quota system abhorrent....
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Laurent Blanc needs to resign
Yannick Noah lends his voice against the quota system There seems to be no ambivalence or finessing what Laurent...
Too easy: Man Utd dispatch Schalke 4-1 (agg 6-1)
Darron Gibson was Andres Iniesta with his superb pass to Antonio Valencia which got Utd started. Gibson came up...
Arsenal raise ticket prices and its hefty
As expected the club raised ticket prices in the afterglow of the Man Utd win. Its a whopping 6.5%...
Gonzalo Higuain’s disallowed goal
Franck De Bleekere was spot on with the decision to disallow Gonzalo Higuain’s goal. The referee blew the whistle...
As per Mou: Madrid’s chances just got bleaker
Jose Mourinho will watch the second leg of the Champions League in a hotel room. Aitor Karanka, his assistant...
West Ham owners: Part of the club’s implosion
Another sign the former porn merchants have lost all confidence in West Ham. With friends like these, who needs...
Norwich ride high into the Premiership
Paul Lambert takes the Canaries from League 1 to the Championships and onto the biggest prize, the Premiership in...
Real Zaragoza dodge relegation and Real Madrid
Iker Casillas had a match to forget. Zaragoza dodged relegation as they won 3-2 over the Merengues. Angel Lafita...
Real charge UEFA with ignoring Barca racism
Its all coming to a boil. An aggrieved Real played footage that shows Sergio Busquets mouthing off to Marcelo...
Laurent Blanc playing both sides of the racial divide
France continues to be rocked by after shocks stemming from its World Cup debacle. Mediapart, a Paris based journal...
Against Liverpool Newcastle find themselves South Bound Suarez
szólj hozzá: Liverpool – Newcastle 3:0 Luis Suarez seems hellbent on consigning Fernando Torres to the wayback machine and...
Sandro: Goal of the week
szólj hozzá: chelsea-totten 2-1 wanzery.com Sandro’s bit of magic before Andre Marriner decides to put on the blinkers in...
A leader arrives in Arsenal
Aaron Ramsey gave Arsenal what it craved, a goal and leadership. The Welsh midfielder had big shoes to fill...
Europa Cup SF, first leg: Porto’s Colombians put Villarreal to the sword
Radamel Falcao scored four goals while Freddy Guarin scored one and provided two assists as Porto sank the Yellow...
Mourinho confronts UEFA with his sob story
The fall out over Wednesday’s El Crassico continues. UEFA has decided to open disciplinary cases into both Real Madrid...
Monterrey ends Real Salt Lake’s dream
Yesterday was not a good day for clubs named Real. Humberto “El Chupete” Suazo scored the winning goal for...
CL semi-final, first leg: Two sublime Messi moments stun Real
Spare a thought for Wolfgang Stark. For about 75 minutes this was the El Crassico as players dived, pulled,...
Real Salt Lake on the cusp of making history
Can RSL mail it in? CONCACAF Champions League Finals, second leg: Real Salt Lake vs Monterrey, 10 PM ET,...
A glimmer of hope for Ian Holloway’s men
This once promising season has come unglued for Blackpool. The second half has seen just two wins and more...
Pep Guardiola lays into Mourinho
The lead in to Barca vs Real is just as fascinating. The normally composed Pep Guardiola finally lays into...
Raul leads Schalke. Shocker? Perhaps
Champions League Semi Finals, First Leg Its almost rote now but Real Madrid’s rejects will do well in their...
Roberto Carlos heralds Anzhi Makhachkala’s revolution
szólj hozzá: roberto carlos debüt The ageless Roberto Carlos who many thought would finish his career in Corinthians made...
Edin Dzeko ends his goal drought
szólj hozzá: Blackburn 0-1 Manchester City Fernando Torres toiled for 703 minutes to finally score his first Chelsea goal....
Is the MLS spreading itself too thin?
The MLS family welcomed two new additions to the 2011 season, the Portland Timbers and the Vancouver Whitecaps, increasing...
Arsenal vs Bolton: All the painful highlights
szólj hozzá: Bolton vs Arsenal 2-1 Highligh Highlights with doomsday soundtrack. Painfully familiar patterns repeated themselves. For the umpteenth...
Bolton puts Arsenal out of their misery
It is over. Something has to give. Whether it is Arsene Wenger or the team. Or both. We’ve seen...
Gino Coutinho: Full time goalkeeper, part time pot grower
A cleverly photoshopped jersey leaves no doubt as to Gino Coutinho’s sponsors. The ADO Den Haag goalkeeper is facing...
Man Utd tops world’s most valuable soccer club
This year’s Premiership is still to be decided with Arsenal and Chelsea contending with Man Utd. There is however...
Messi is lasered
szólj hozzá: Messi lézer Real Madrid fans take to a laser to distract the world’s best footballer. First at...
Arsenal vs Spurs in a cracking game
szólj hozzá: Tottenham vs Arsenal 3:3 Gone are the days you could turn to Spurs for comic relief. Nowadays...
Will Jose Mourinho resign if he fails to beat Barca?
Jose Mourinho has already lost the Liga. What if he loses the Copa Del Rey and the Champions League...
Fabregas says club has a choice: Wenger’s experiment or win titles
Cesc Fabregas who Arsene Wenger spirited away from Barca as a 16 year old to lead the charge in...
Serie: Inter’s season goes south against Parma
Pint sized Sebastian Giovinco and Juventus reject Amauri give the dairy farmers a 2-0 win over Internazionale. And once...
Pepe gives Messi a lecture on sanity!
Those who saw El Clasico this weekend saw Leo Messi kick the ball into the stands in a moment...
Dalglish tells Arsene Wenger to sod off (something stronger)
Wenger walks towards Kenny Dalglish whining about the penalty and the added time and the Scot has none of...
Arsenal vs Liverpool: 1-1
112 minutes and two penalties later. Btw, a weak goal kick by Wojciech Szczesny that barely cleared the half...
Paul Scholes: What else would you expect?
A Red card devil. Paul Scholes is a wonderful player but his achilles heel is getting someone else’s achilles...
Europa Cup: Benfica overcome PSV Eindhoven (6-3 agg)
Portugese giants Benfica drew PSV Eindhoven after falling behind two goals as the spectacularly named Balázs Dzsudzsák and Jeremain...
Roman Abramovich: “My team has no personality”
The above headline is not written as mere sensationalism. It is what Abramovich thought of his team after they...
Raul learns the Schalke chant
Raul the Real Madrid legend is on his way to becoming a Schalke legend after his stellar performance gave...
Maradona’s missing Golden Ball melted down to gold bars
Captured crime lord Salvatore Lo Russo reveals in his testimony what happened to Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy won...
Will CR 7 steal Messi’s thunder in El Clasico?
The bedrock of Spanish football will be strip mined in a series of four encounters between Real Madrid and...
Carlo Ancelotti should stay: Lack of choices, rebuilding challenge
Guus Hiddink left Stamford Bridge after his four month cameo righted the ship. The Premiership proved out of range...
Champions League QF: Schalke complete their embarrassment of Inter
Before we say Raul and make no mistake this was all the former Real Madrid man, we’ve to say...
Champions League QF: Heurelho Gomes wins it for Real
Gomes keeps Manuel Almunia company in goalkeeping bloopers. Real Madrid romp home on a 5-0 aggregate and now face...
If you’re wondering where Ruud Gullit is …..
He is in the capital of Chechnya coaching Terek Grozny, a football club whose chief patron is Chechen warlord...
Alisher Usmanov will not sell his Arsenal shares
It seems that the parties concerned with keeping Arsenal in the hands of joint ownership are hardening their positions....
Berlusconi: Ibra “a waste of money”
The AC Milan striker came back from a 3 match ban and is promptly sent off for three more...
Is Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez Sir Alex’s best value signing?
Ian Herbert is convinced he is. 18 goals in 20 starts in his debut year. All indications that Chicharito...
Ancelotti is paying for Abramovich’s £50m folly
“Hey Roman! Look at this classy spittoon.” Can we lay the £50m Torres boondoggle squarely on Roman Abramovich? Except...
Arsenal Supporters Trust: Hedging their bets
Alisher Usmanov is now being glorified in certain quarters within Arsenal’s supporters for holding out on his shares. The...
How is Stan Kroenke financing his Arsenal takeover?
The biggest news over the weekend was 41 year old Jens Lehmann’s return and the commanding difference he made...
Wenger: Less a manager, more a savant
Look to the future is Arsene Wenger’s mantra once again. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater maybe...