Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation
A great account of the history of Indian soccer. From the moment in 1877 that an Indian boy kicked...
Category: Soccer Culture
In today’s India, soccer finds no place
India’s overheating economy along with China’s is the topic du jour nowadays in the global economy. Overnight, the IT...
The Serie defense is tops in goalscoring abilities
We have always known that the Serie has provided the best defenders in the world. But their defense also...
Schalke soccer shocker: Bayern is verklempt
Otto Hitzfeld’s boys are feeling some real pain and there is a sense of doom and gloom choking the...
Vikash Dhorasoo’s film at the Berlinale
Remember the controversial film that French midfielder Vikash Dhorasoo made that landed him in hot water with Raymond Domenech...
Goal 2 – Living the dream
Goal! 2 is the second part of the Football movie trilogy Goal! and is scheduled to be released on...
Long lines outside the San Siro
Ronaldo is back in business at the San Siro Long lines formed outside the San Siro, as security frisked...
Arsenal and the Colorado Rapids team up
Forbes reports that Arsenal made a bit of a reverse investment across the pond forming a business partnership with...
West Ham’s combined football IQ is 24
West Ham’s problem is not the lack of skill and talent. It has plenty of that, after all who...
Dunga defends his sartorial choice: Without jacket
Did Dunga come out for a day at the Carnival or for an international played at Arsenal’s chilly Emirates...
Jon Stewart: TDS host and soccer player
Jon Stewart, TDS host and ex-footie player Jon Stewart, the host of the popular The Daily Show, where many...
India slumps to a FIFA low of 157
India’s FIFA rankings have plunged to 157, its lowest ever. The AIFF secretary general Alberto Colaco, has woken up...
Ryzsard Kapuściński, author of The Soccer War passes away
Little noticed in the US mainstream media but Ryzsard Kapuściński, who wrote The Soccer War passed away on January...
Real Madrid richest club: Spain reigns on England’s parade
Spain and Sergio Aragones put the kibosh on the Three Lions, 1-0 and Steve McLaren had to hear it...
Italy gets cracking: Pisanu decree to be reinforced
Italy opened itself upto soccer business and Luca Pancalli, the FIGC special commissioner stated that games would get underway...
The English response to hooligans: Price them out
Italian authorities in search of answers to curb the soccer violence in the Palermo and Catania match that resulted...
MLS fan: US business feels your pain
US businessmen have spent 2.5 billion dollars buying out Premiership clubs like there is no tomorrow. It has become...
Tom Hicks: Liverpool’s co-owner and his dubious history
Tom Hicks, Liverpool’s new owner George Gillett and Tom Hicks £470m takeover of Liverpool saved the Merseyside club from...
Berlusconi apologizes while Italy shuts down soccer
The unending drama that is Italian life. Where people and institutions fight and make up in extraordinary public displays....
Tiger Woods weighs in on the Beckham factor
Tiger Woods regularly kids Roger Federer that he will break Jack Nicklaus record of 18 PGA titles before Federer...
Aliadere anwers for the Gunners
Arsenal are through to next month’s League Cup final against Chelsea as Jeremy Aliadere came through for the Gunners...
Gareth Bale stays put in Southampton
Gareth Bale rejected a 10 million pound offer from Spurs deferring to Saints manager George Burley’s advise that he...
Video: Liverpool 2 West Ham
Dirk Kuyt’s blast and Crouch complete the victory over a futile West Ham that sinks lower into relegation zone.
Video: Nike’s Brazil soccer training ad
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Udinese is a future powerhouse in Serie A
Udinese??? A club that has been in existence for 110 years and has never won a single Scudetto and...
Gareth Bale: Will he, won’t he?
This January transfer is all about one player. Gareth Bale, the 17 year old Southampton left back who has...
Mexican Clausura preview: Pachuca dominant
The Mexican League has become predictable with a top tier of four clubs. Meanwhile, Hugo Sanchez, the national team...
Video: Ricardo Quaresma, FC Porto’s diamond in the rough
Thanks to Carlos for bringing attention to this wondrous talent. He would be a fantastic counterpart to Aaron Lennon...
Owen Hargreaves is not worth it
There are reports that Man Utd is now close to giving up on Owen Hargreaves transferring this January. Owen...
Video: Harry Enfield’s Arsenal vs Liverpool match
The 1933 Arsenal team meets the 1991 Liverpool team in Enfield’s hilarious spoof. The Gunners led by captain Charles...
Video: Michael Chopra in da house
This is sure to warm the hearts of all the folks back in India where they entertain fond hopes...
Ruud gets back at his ex-manager
The interesting choice of Ruud Van Nistelrooy jumping into transfer speculations involving Cristiano Ronaldo to Real represents another dynamic...
Ronaldo, the fat one is an AC Milan player
Ramon Calderon’s Real has sprung a leak and after his off guard remarks, his unwanted players are jumping ship....
South Africa’s World Cup costs escalate
The national treasury is being called on to make more money available for the building of 2010 stadiums for...
More countries see the Premiership than are in the UN
202 countries.Yes, that is right, 202 countries see Premiership matches. That is ten more than the total member nations...
Jose Mourinho: I see conspiracy theories
Simon Kuper explains Jose Mourinho’s paranoia >>
So when will the Premiership break up?
The Premiership is the richest league in the world and the earnings from TV rights during the 2007-2010 seasons...
Video: Man Utd vs Arsenal brawl at Old Trafford.
Martin Keown and the Gunners go after Van Nistelrooy in this infamous brawl. Another chapter in the contentious rivalry...
Is Man Utd a 70 minute team?
Man Utd seems to rely on its defence to close the deal after the attack has seemingly done its...
West Ham: Homesick on the road
Can Lucas Neill stop those goals? West Ham has not won an away game this season. How bad are...
Video: Deuce’s debut for Fulham
Neat bit of skill and hustle by Deuce that led to the Fulham goal (of which Brian McBride was...
Dempsey impresses in Fulham debut
Clint Dempsey landed at Craven Cottage at full clip to a rousing reception from the Fulham faithful. He was...
The Fugees, the soccer team need your help
The battle for soccer supremacy is not played out in the MLS stadiums or in introducing the designated player...
Just give this year’s Premiership to the Gunners
Ah! Yes but wait. The Man Utd stalwarts will remind us is the small question of the 12 point...
Video: Best soccer teamwork goals
Argentina’s incredible string of 24 one touch passes in World Cup 2006, that Esteban Cambiasso finishes off by scoring...
Sheva and Abramovich: Owner and player should not be friends
Jose Mourinho is proving the Bear Bryant adage ” Winning isn’t everything but it beats anything that comes in...
Video: Nicky Butt’s goal vs Tottenham
Nicky Butt scores the winner against Tottenham. How significant is this? A Butt goal is as rare the return...
Man Utd’s midfield is key to their success
How good is Man Utd’s midfield? Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, and Michael Carrick have combined...
2007 MLS draft: Behind the scenes
Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune looks at the MLS draft from the perspective of being a Chicago Fire...
The strange case of Jared Borghetti
There are a number of reports that portray the ambiguous feelings of the Hispanic population to the Beckham move....
Things that Sir Alex did not say
It is always interesting to hear what your former manager has to say, especially an opinionated one, such as...
Video: Thierry Henry opera at Arsenal
A spectacular bit of wizardry by Henry against Liverpool induces the most maudlin operatic singing by the commentator. It...
Fabio Capello cuts Beckham
This is real good news for Beckham acolytes. He may actually see the start of the MLS season on...
Becks transfer: The invasion of the Brit tabloids
One of the most unsavoury fallouts of the Beckham transfer will be the hard nosed, trashy, and invasive journalism...