Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain begins to answer his critics
The Ox in the Box shows he doesn’t dick around the box Arsene Wenger’s summer signing of Alex Oxlade-...
Category: Soccer History
Soka Afrika: Two footballers take two different journeys
Soka Afrika is probably the first documentary that really tackles the problem of trafficking of young footballers from Africa...
Champions League: Chelsea 1 Valencia 1
Juan Mata’s homecoming did not go as planned. He received a yellow card for his efforts right at the...
Concacaf Champions League: Seattle Sounders 2 Comunicaciones 2
Seattle mounted a stirring fightback through Osvaldo Alonso who scored a dramatic equalizer in the 89th minute to battle...
Carlos Tevez suspended for two weeks
Carlos Tevez faces the maximum allowable punishment under league rules plus docked two weeks of pay which amounts to...
Champions League: Arsenal 2 Olympiakos 1
Alex -Oxlade Chamberlain gave the Gunners the perfect start scoring his CL debut goal with a composed finish. The...
Messi joins Laszlo Kubala as Barca’s second highest scorer
Laszlo Kubala: Played for three countries while becoming a Barca legend in the 1950s With two goals scored in...
Champions League: Napoli 2 Villareal 0
szólj hozzá: CL:Napoli-Villarrea 2-0 270911 Napoli continue their resurgence with a 2-0 win over Villareal in their Group A...
Carlos Tevez gets little sympathy in Argentina
The people’s player is getting a bit of a earful back home. Pablo Ramon for Ole: ” At Man...
Carlos Tevez refuses to budge despite Mancini’s call
szólj hozzá: Tevez The Argentinian striker sits put in protest which prompts a furious Roberto Mancini response.
Trouble in paradise: Roberto Mancini at fault, not Tevez
It’s looking a bit like a video game where you score points for bad behaviour Tell me whose jaw...
Hope Solo and Steve Nash: EA Sports Soccer 12
More Hope Solo. Going hermano e mano with Steve Nash in EA Sports Soccer 12 which is due in...
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy in DWTS
For all you Hope Solo fans. Here she is in DWTS with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She lost it a few...
Young stops a historical FC Basel victory
A double order of Freis? That’s not what Utd ordered but were forced to eat anyway What a comeback...
Theyab Awana: RIP
Theyab Awana one of the UAE’s brightest stars died on Sunday, tragically killed in a car accident. He was...
Carl- Erik Torp recovers from heart attack
Over the weekend, 27 year old Carl-Erik Torp, a midfielder for SK Brann, suffered a dramatic collapse on the...
Stuart Holden to feature in Bolton’s match against Arsenal
Stuart Holden got back into the mix this Tuesday playing for Bolton in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa...
Add Owen Coyle to the list of glowing Wenger testimonials
If Owen Coyle is God, what does that make Wenger? Through Arsenal’s worst start since 1953, it has become...
Maradona takes a whack at an annoying fan
Looks like Don Diego made his best move since the 1986 World Cup leaving a footprint on a fan’s...
Bob Bradley finally takes over as Egypt’s coach
Bob Bradlehotep, the new coach of the Pharaohs The former USMNT coach signs a two year contract that will...
Former Chelsea manager Claudio Rainieri takes over Inter
On the day the Arsenal board came out swinging at Arsene Wenger’s critics virtually promising a lifetime guarantee of...
Turkey unleashes “women’s power” to teach men
The Turkish Football Federation launches its “broadside” against male supporters In Iran, women are banned from watching football matches....
Arsenal faces possible extinction if Wenger were to leave
Arsenal will go poof if Wenger were to leave Guess who said this in 2009? “It is not often...
That was quick: Gian Piero Gasperini sacked as Inter coach
The last gasp of the Gasperini It took just five matches but Massimo Moratti decided he had had seen...
Carling Cup: Arsenal 3 Shrewsbury 1
Debut goals by Kieran Gibbs, Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain, and Yossi Benayoun guided the Gunners to a 3-1 win over Shrewsbury...
Arsenal board backs Wenger
Finally, the Arsenal board responds. And in a positive way. This should be a huge shot in the arm...
Sir Alex shows “tough love”, Wenger needs to do the same
A bit of this will not hurt Arsenal Five matches into the season and a perfect record. An outpouring...
How on earth did Fernando Torres miss that?
The miss of the ages. A clever through ball by Ramires, a streaking Fernando Torres latches onto it, cleverly...
Let every stumbling team nourish themselves on Arsenal’s teat
Sudoku: A cheap way to help improve Arsenal’s lack of concentration That is the adage. On the ropes, manager...
Friday night music: Happy Mondays ” Hallelujah” (featuring Kirsty MacColl)
Embrace it. Feel it. Dance it. The definitive song of the Madchester scene of the “80s”. Given extra juice...
An Angel smiles: Arsenal secure three vital points
szólj hozzá: Ars 1-0 Swe There are two ways of looking at this victory. The first and most practical...
Friday night music: BMRC ” Beat the Devil’s Tattoo”
Love this band. Old school rock n’ roll that will get you all pumped up. Enjoy.
Manchester United stands in solidarity with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl’s NHL stars 6 February 1958 was the darkest day in Man Utd’s history when 23 members of...
Onuohagate: Garry Cook resigns
Quite the plot. Someone in the middle of the night sometime last year managed to hack into City CEO...
Robbie Savage: As per him, Mertesacker was a merengue
Looking for accommodation? There’s a vacancy between those ears Robbie Savage, genius and clairvoyant extraordinaire, gets Arsenal new signing,...
Juventus inaugurates new home and meets Notts County
Juventus inaugurated their new stadium with a visual smorgasbord. In one of the classiest gestures in living memory, they...
Cost Qatar? A $221bn bill for the 2022 World Cup
The 2022 World Cup will set the Qatar government back by $221bn in development and infrastructure costs according to...
Fabio Capello cannot save this English side
Fabio Capello looking for the Philosopher’s stone to transform England? There is no one in this England team save...
Nasri is dealt a lesser hand
Just thinking aloud. What chances Samir Nasri who broke a metacarpal bone in his hand while playing for France...
Hango’s resident Brazilians shake to Shakira’s Waka Waka
Remember FC Stjarnan, the Icelandic club that came up with the innovative goal celebrations that went viral last year....
Paradinha’s gone wild: Amir Sayoud’s disastrous effort
The Arab Spring seems to have have had a liberating effect on penalty taking. This is Amir Sayoud’s PK...
RIP: Bobby Rhine
The longstanding FC Dallas man for all seasons and play by play announcer passed away on Monday evening. The...
Arsenal chose to cheapen Arteta deal risking midfield exposure
The news that Jack Wilshere could be out for another 8 weeks started the usual he said she said...
Frimpong’s Ghana overture means Wenger has to strengthen
Emmanuel Frimpong who has emerged as a very reliable deputy to Alexander Song in anchoring the midfield is seriously...
Earnshaw’s miss of the ages as uninspired England hold off Wales
This match will always be remembered for Robert Earnshaw’s point blank miss and a blinding fingertip save from Joe...
Brek Shea provides a spark in Belgium loss
The Belgians have never lacked for individual talent and the present side have a number of names that are...
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment: Bane or boon for soccer players?
Jonathan Bornstein came back earlier than expected after PRP therapy Jonathan Bornstein was one of the first soccer players...
Thomas Vermaelen: Victim once again to Arsenal’s dreaded “ankle” problem
The achilles tendon: A vital “push off” that helps change the body’s position When does one go from saying...
A more patient USA emerges under Klinsmann
Let us not get wedded to the result against Costa Rica which on the face registers a disappointing loss....
Euro 2012 Qualifiers: Germany crush Austria, 6-2
Joahim Low did not have to dig his nose to strike gold. Mario Gotze serves notice that he might...
Argentina vs Venezuela: India greets Messi with ooh’s and aah’s
Nicholas Otamendi might have gotten Argentina the win with the match’s only goal. But it was Leo Messi all...
Euro 2012 Qualifiers: England cruise to a 3-0 win against Bulgaria
Wayne Rooney scores a brace and Gary Cahill opens his national account. The Bulgarian defense was shambolic although they...
Jorge Valdano predicts Barca and Real will leave La Liga
If football disparity could be measured by economic indicators like the GINI co-efficient, then La Liga would score a...
Bendtner makes news that does not involve dropping trousers
Nicklas Bendtner: “I will never go back to Arsenal,” he is quoted as saying in The Sun. “If I...