DaMarcus Beasley’s car set on fire in Glasgow
Not good. This is the second time that Beasley has had to deal with property being vandalized. Beasley’s team...
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John Terry gets a boost from Ancelotti
I have a feeling Fabio Capello is in close consultation with Carlo Ancelotti regarding John Terry. If so, this...
Video: Keano’s Celtic debut falls short
Celtic failed to get the expected lift from Robbie Keane’s induction as they fall to Kilmarnock. Their £68,000 a...
Video: Chelsea 1 Hull City 1
Hull City v Chelseaby eldoronaldo Chelsea springs a leak in its hull. The smaller clubs have made this year’s...
Will Juventus get Rafa?
From the Independent (via Goal.com): The broadsheet claims that the Turin side’s president Jean-Claude Blanc is keen to reach...
Video: 2010 CAN: Egypt win their 7th title
Egypt beat Ghana, 1-0 as Mohamed Nagy Ismail Afash aka Gedo scored the winning goal to claim their 7th...
Bad choice: Rooney as England captain
Richard Williams floats the idea of Wayne Rooney taking over as captain of the England squad should John Terry’s...
Arsenal rises to its old failings
The best thing about Arsenal’s brutal annihilation at the hands of Man Utd was that it came very quickly....
Stand with Haiti
No time to lose. Check out Partners in Health >> In addition to providing emergency relief, these organizations are...
Disaster Start to Africa Cup of Nations: Togo bus shot, players injured
This is not helping Africa. Who is to blame? Obviously the “rebels” but also, to some extent, Togo –...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Inspiration of the Year
The members of the Iranian team who wore green in support of the green revolution.Some of them were booted...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Idiot of the Year
And the award goes to: FIFA. What’s that you say about fair play?
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Goal of the Year
Nilmar. Enough said. I just hope Dunga takes him to SA!
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Player of the Year
The winner: Lionel Messi. The video doesn’t do him justice. The tragedy here is that with Maradona as coach,...
[UPDATED] SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Coach of the Year
Hold on. We have a new Coach of the Year. After reading NSider’s comment, and deliberating for 2 minutes,...
The SoccerBlog Awards 2009
Since we’re in a giving mood here at Soccer Blog, we’ve decided to end the year by handing out...
The last days of Graeme Souness
Julian Dicks: The end of the “Liverpool culture.” Graeme Souness has been on Rafa Benitez’s back fearing a “meltdown”...
An Everton move improves Donovan’s all around game
Landon Donovan has a way of disappearing as observed in the MLS final against Real Salt Lake, excepting for...
Gaston Aguirre remembers killing the pigeon..
This is an incredible 82nd minute self goal scored by Gaston Aguirre.The goal knocked his team out of the...
Alisher Usmanov increases Arsenal stake
It is a two way battle between Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov and the balance of power lies with...
In Italy, Balotelli struggles for acceptance
The Independent has an article about Jose Mourinho not being particularly effusive about Mario Balotelli’s scintillating performance against Rubin...
Video: A live version of K’naan’s “Waving Flag”
Canada may not be in the World Cup but one of their own will prove ubiquitous. Somalia-born Toronto raised,...
The “fit and proper person” test failed in Pompey’s case
What ‘fit and proper person’ test? Pompey’s revolving door ownership continues. The theme is the same, they are all...
Nadir Belhadj to quit Pompey
Belhadj is not a happy camper at Portsmouth The Algerian wingback and a pivotal player in the national squad’s...
Rafa: Arsenal game begins “a new season”
Wenger might have to contend with the return of Fernando Torres and the possible first full introduction of Alberto...
Notts County is ready for a third takeover
The picture continues to get grainier in Notts County’s ownership saga. The latest sees Sven Goran Ericksson as a...
Video: Brilliant Balotelli leads Inter to victory
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Mario Balotelli’s nifty cutback sets up Samuel Eto’o’s goal after Javier Zanetti’s excellent...
Landon Donovan heading to Everton?
Needed midfielder to fill perennially injured Mikael Arteta’s shoes. The buzz is that Landon Donovan is heading to Everton...
Video: Leonardo scores against game Gunners
Watch Olympiakos v Arsenal (1-0) Goals & Highlights (9.12.2009) in Sports | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com The Gunners...
Unirea can administer Stuttgart’s knockout
Another David against Goliath story in the making as Romanian side Unirea could join Sevilla in the Champions League...
Inter: Can Kazan pull off David over Goliath?
This CL has seen the path to the knockout stage strewn with the shards of the shattered dreams of...
Update: CSKA will not face Champions League ban
As per UEFA last night, any punishment will be confined to Sergei Ignashevich and Alexei Berezutsky using pseudo-ephedrine. The...
Video: Owen gets the glory, Obertan is the architect
Michael Owen’s hat trick against Wolfsburg sank the German team in the CL but the player who impressed most...
CSKA Moscow doping row: Pseudoephedrine on “monitored” list
Should have known better? Wolfsburg may still get through to the playoff stage even after finishing third in their...
Video: Bayern butt out Juve in Turin, 4-1
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Juve crashed out of the CL as they were beaten soundly at home...
John Lennon and a bit of football history
Today, 29 years ago Mark David Chapman gunned down John Lennon outside the Dakota. He was 40 years old....
Ball History: From Telstar to Jabulani
From Pele‘s Telstar in 1970 to the Jabulani for South Africa 2010, the History of the Ball: The first...
Video: Ascoli get the “grandi gesture di fairplay”
Nice bit of sportsmanship by Ascoli.
Leo Messi: Favourite to win FIFA world player of the year
Leo Messi heads a Barcelona contingent to the top five world players of the year category with Andres Iniesta...
Cesc looking for a Drogba like striker
Oscar Cardozo is a “direct style” striker Cesc talks about a direct style as sometimes the best way to...
Video: Marchisio proves Mourinho’s achilles heel
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Rough match with Buffon going at it with Thiago Motta. Sissoko being felled...
Video: Tim Howard saves Everton’s remarkable comeback
A comeback like this can build belief which seems to be in short supply at Goodison Park nowadays. Louis...
Will the AFL sabotage Oz’s 2018/2022 World Cup chances?
”How much do you want this World Cup?” Demetriou was asking his constituents. ”Enough to miss an entire footy...
USA: Travel, acclimatization, and ball speed
A new study done by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up...
World Cup 2010: The Springboks back Bafana Bafana
The 1995 Springboks are celluloid heroes too After praying for New Zealand, Paraguay, and Slovenia but instead getting, Mexico,...
Video: The English get a very very easy draw
Good beer too.
World Cup 2010: Dunga rubs it in against Portugal
Remember Raymond Domenech starting a furore before the Ireland vs France playoff by purportedly calling the Irish, England’s B...
Switzerland: Football immigration good, minarets bad
Earlier, I had written about how immigration is changing the face of Swiss football for the better. The country...
Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup
Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain. As a result bookies have pushed...
Video: Arsenal smoke Stoke, 2-0
Watch More Football Highlights at MySoccerPlace.net Arsene Wenger made sure Tony Pulis was the recipient of a lingering handshake....
The non handshake that was heard around the world
Amy Lawrence weighs in on the hypocrisy of English mores and Wenger decries the mentality of awarding the ceremonial...
El Tri have never lost a match on June 11th
Mexico face hosts South Africa in the opening match on June 11. They have never lost on that day...
Ronald Koeman is out of a job
Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar sack Ronald Koeman. The club lies in 6th place far behind league leaders FC Twente...
Video: More Than Just A Game
I sometimes wonder whether SA’s contribution (with due apologies to all the Bafana Bafana) is not so much there...