Eric Cantona: “City will not be as strong as Man Utd”
Eric Cantona is not a big fan of City’s approach to the sport. City has been neglecting its academy...
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RIP: Naoki Matsuda
Tragic news out of Japan as Naoki Matsuda succumbs two days later after suffering a suspected heart attack. Matsuda...
The best striker in the whole wide world is off to Sporting Lisbon
Nicklas Bendtner’s finest moment in London That would be Nicklas Bendtner. The legend in his own mind is on...
Rooney scores surreal goal…
Wayne Rooney’s famous overhead kick winner for Manchester United against Manchester City with special visual effects.
Copa America 2011: Uruguay run out deserving winners over Paraguay, 3-0
Justice was done. The better team actually won and quite comfortably. The Guarani had come to the finals with...
Ryan Giggs masterminded the NOTW phone hacking scandal
Have fun with this interactive graph from the Wall Street Journal that allows you to click and drag the...
Arsene Wenger is getting drawn into a false war
Wenger has been The Angry One The professor is adopting a less academic tone with his confrontational remarks while...
Homare Sawa: The MVP of the 2011 Women’s World Cup
A beaming Homare Sawa shows of her Golden Boot. 5 goals in 6 matches, none bigger than the 116th...
Women’s World Cup: Australia prevail over Equatorial Guinea, 3-2
The Matildas overcame Gyoengyi Gall’s bizzare non penalty call (sure to be a You Tube classic) and two horrendous...
Women’s World Cup: A surprising Canada make Germany sweat
Christine Sinclair’s goal ended the Germans enviable World Cup record The German women’s team looked like it was coasting...
Giovani Dos Santos’s goal lights up Gold Cup final
The goal of the year. If there was one reason, just one reason to watch the Gold Cup final...
England done in by scoring goalie..
The English U17 goalie failed to keep an eye on his Canadian counterpart Quillan Roberts. Roberts long range shot...
2011 Copa Libertadores: Santos beat Penarol, 2-1
Santos lifts the 2011 Copa Libertadores. Neymar comes good, Danilo follows. Penarol manages to pull back one through an...
Gold Cup: USA enter the finals as Adu signals his arrival
Freddy Adu’s heads up play found Landon Donovan steaming on the right and in a flash the LA Galaxy...
Gold Cup semi-finals: Bob Bradley might have to improvise yet again
Juan Agudelo might get another start against Panama Jozy Altidore underwent an MRI for his strained hamstring to further...
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)...
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...
Czechmate: England crash out of the Euro U21
szólj hozzá: England 1-2 Czech Republic Despite this stunning training ground goal, the U21 English squad like their senior...
Gold Cup: The USA get it right against Jamaica
Bob Bradley gamble opting to sit down Landon Donovan and opening with Alejandro Bedoya and Sasha Kljestan paid off...
The makers of (mostly) undrinkable beer become FA Cup sponsors
The world’s oldest football competition will be sponsored for the next three years by the “King of Beers”. The...
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....
Martin Palermo’s finest moment
The 2000 Copa Libertadores quarterfinals (second leg) between Boca and River Plate. The first leg had gone to their...
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...
Gervinho strongly linked with Arsenal
Lille has confirmed that it is negotiating with Arsenal over the sale of their star striker Gervinho. The sale...
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...
Ronaldo curtain call…
Ronaldo makes his final appearance for Brazil in a friendly against Romania. ……and leaves the field to the applause...
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...
Nike Ronaldo Tribute
The original Ronaldo
Real Madrid v/s Bayern Munich
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich turned back the clock on Sunday night for their annual Corazon Classic match in...
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...
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...
Sepp Blatter wears a crown of Fumaria
Sepp Blatter as mad King Lear. “What crisis?” ” Close pent-up guilts, Rive your concealing continents, and cry These...
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...
Messi’s first goal on English soil..
His first goal in England also equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of 12 Champions League goals in one campaign....
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...
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...
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...
Manuel Giondonato’s goal electrifies Gary Neville’s testimonial
It was Gary Neville’s testimonial, an emotional occasion as he was reunited with brother Phil, Nicky Butt, and David...
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...
Taça de Portugal final: FC Porto toy with Vitória de Guimarães
Andre Villas Boas adds the Portugese Cup to his feathers as FC Porto run riot over Vitória de Guimarães,...
Hugo Rodallega is the last day hero
Hugo Rodallega’s 78th minute winner at the Brittania ensured Wigan remain in the Premiership. Blackburn had already ensured Premiership...
Last day Premiership swink or swim
Charlie Adams and Charles N’Zogbia: Who will be the saviour? Russian roulette. Five clubs battle it out to stay...
Paolo Di Canio: No thugs in our house?
Paolo Di Canio, the former West Ham player turned fascist thug becomes Swindon Town’s newest manager. A leading trade...