Schadenfreude: Martin Jol and Chris Hughton
What a lovely word. Germanic in origin, universal in application. The warm fuzzies one gets when reveling in the...
Category: Soccer Players
Wasn’t Luka Modric the answer to Spurs midfield problems?
It just does not get easier at White Hart Lane. After splashing the cash (£16.5 million) on Modric in...
Possebon’s injury shows not much has changed
How quickly Sir Alex forgets. On Possebon’s injury. ‘You don’t want to see things like that and I hope...
Del Piero’s comeback free kick….
Alessandro Del Piero marked Juventus’ return to the Champions League with this brilliant swerving free kick against Zenit St...
Deep thought: Man Utd players are agents of the US government
Not as far fetched as it seems. The AIG shirts that they wear, the most overt symbol of the...
Mourinho gets threat – hugs Ibramovich
The two stories are not connected.Inter Milan defeated Catania 2 -1 on saturday.Mourinho being Mourinho said at at the...
Juande Ramos star fades a bit
Ramos was the pick of the Premiership managers last season. But this season at Spurs is not going swimmingly...
Freddy Shepherd maybe back in the mix
It seems that Freddy Shepherd is feeling his way back to Newcastle. And he says that Ashley should reinstall...
Ethiopia kicked out of WC qualifiers
FIFA again punishes a national team by intruding into a local federation affair. The general assembly of the Ethiopian...
South Africa: Joel Santana is feeling the heat
The national squad’s performances isn’t impressing the FIFA head. Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer governing body Fifa, says...
Andy Burnham points to a way out
There will be a backlash against rich owners ( with questionable assets) with no previous connection looking to taking...
AIG shirts sponsorship for Man Utd next to go?
AIG sponsorship of Man Utd in jeopardy AIG is in a financial mess and is asking the Feds to...
Lehman takes itself out of the running to buy Newcastle
An attempt at black humour >>
Newcastle to be Bill Gates latest philanthropic endeavour
If he buys it will be under the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation to improve the fans health in...
Gillett and Hicks should go
With Thaksin Shinawatra having acceded Man City for a minority stake, Mike Ashley keen to sell Newcastle of to...
Hleb’s Barca career grinds to a halt
It has been a frustrating Barca season so far. They ground out another draw against Racing Santander in a...
Video: Flamini’s new club records its second loss
All of Carlo Ancelotti’s high powered summer acquisitions were on display. Flamini, Ronaldinho, and Sheva started for Milan but...
Mike Ashley is not going anywhere soon
Getty Images Mike Ashley makes a statement: He added: “One person alone can’t manage a football club and scout...
Video: Titus Bramble scores a spectacular goal
Bramble shows why he is a menace in his own half. Another game, another display by the player whose...
Zola’s new club’s achilles heel: Its defence
Kevin Keen took on the caretaker role today with Zola looking on at his new club. Their attack was...
Walcott helps Arsenal blank Blackburn
Arsenal made the return up north to face a team that has posed so many problems in the past....
The US club vs country debate is a false equivalence
I read Shaka Hislop’s article on the emerging club vs country debate that the US faces. At this point...
Jack Warner and Dwight Yorke get some Roy Keane love
Oy. Roy Keane gets tetchy, very tetchy. A lot of this has to do with Jack Warner’s unsavoury reputation.
West Ham shirt sponsors pull out
The poor global economy continues to take its toll.
Big Phil is a hypocrite
Ah! Big Phil is not above playing mind games. And he does come off as a hypocrite. Just before...
Wengers reaction to Theo- sophy
Reality check time with Wenger. “There’s still a lot to come. From 19 to 23, you become a real...
In which Russell Brand tries the unified field theory
Football (the real deal) aka soccer is what the US does not get. And US politics is what the...
Walcott against Blackburn: Fireworks in the offing!
Theodorus Walcottus Awesomus Arsenal meets Blackburn this weekend, another team that believes in Josip Simunic style of tackling. Here...
Theo! Theo! Theo!
England beat Croatia as Slaven Bilic’s team hit the dirt with Walcott peppering them with some fine marksmanship. Walcott...
Video:Theo Walcott hat trick
A hat-trick. His first goals for England. The first hat-trick of his career. It was a precious occasion. One...
France vs Serbia: Domenech still lives in a bubble
I have no idea why the French federation continues to repose its confidence in a manager that his team...
Bafana Bafana stumble again
SA’s preparation for the World Cup has already been subject to intense scrutiny but their team continues to lower...
Russia vs Wales: Juande Ramos heaves a sigh of relief
Spurs manager Juande Ramos must have been watching this game closely. The Russia vs Wales game just got over...
England goes to fortress Maksimir
Slaven Bilic sporting his Mads Mikkelsen look It is a telling sign that Joe Cole, England’s best player has...
Gianfranco Zola installed as Hammers coach
Zola’s face is a cartoonist’s dream Chelsea’s greatest player is now West Ham’s manager. What does he bring to...
Why Fergie banned Nani…
…from doing somersaults and backflips after scoring.Fabian Espindola of Real Salt Lake thought he had scored a goal did...
Anil Ambani: Will he or won’t he?
Now it is he won’t. If he was to takeover, the fairy tale ending would have been Keegan coming...
Something smells rotten in Newcastle
Does this scenario even look remotely plausible? Kevin Keegan agreeing to becoming a club’s manager on the condition that...
Mark Hughes is incongruous in the new Man City
Less than two months ago, Mark Hughes was the manager of Blackburn, a team with players more at ease...
Arsenal: Peter Hill Wood keeps the door ajar for Usmanov
When you talk about Arsenal’s future, it is usually in measured, nuanced terms much like its soccer. Unlike Man...
Nike:What Joe Cole and Iniesta and Ruud know…
Joe first…. Then Iniesta…. and if that’s not enough here’s what Ruud Van Nistelrooy knows.. Original Joe Cole ad...
Oliver Kahn: Time to say goodbye
All good things come to an end.A final exhibition game between Bayern Munich and a team made up of...
Cobi Jones seeks to get Galaxy back on track
Before there was David Beckham in the US, there was Cobi Jones, the real deal. He was a lethal...
Video: CL qualifier: Arsenal beat FC Twente, 2-0
Arsenal came back in the second half with Gallas and Adebayor’s goal. They were missing Cesc and it showed...
One dimensional US attack: Where was the wing play?
Looking back at the difficulties with set pieces that the Nigerians had, one has to ask where was the...
Beijing Olympics: The US is elbowed out of contention
Michael Orozco’s elbow to Solomon Okoronkwo’s chest as the two grappled was picked up by the German referee who...
The longest running sideshow: Berbatov going to Man Utd
Man Utd is on the verge of landing the Bulgarian. They have eyed him for a over a year....
Beijing Olympics: Adu and Bradley to miss Nigeria match
Jozy Altidore meets the Nigerians A big day in US soccer as the men’s national team take on the...
Flamini’s replacement: Gokhan Inler?
Wenger has made signing a central midfielder to complement Cesc Fabregas a priority. With Flamini’s departure, the team has...
It is official: The Beckham hangover is over
This was not too long ago. “Alexi Lalas believes David Beckham’s legacy can be greater than Pele’s for football...
Brandi Chastain: Geographer
Brandi Chastain: “We have to remember. New Zealand is a small island in the middle of the ocean, so...
Beijing Olympics: An old nemesis rears its head
I just saw Hope Solo and Lisa Chalupny, in a tentative moment, make the first big mistake as both...
Sir Alex Ferguson: He was for foreign player quotas before he was against it
Sir Alex Ferguson on November 7, 2007 arguing for quotas on foreign players. “For the good of the game...
Video:Messi scores in Argentina’s Olympic opener
Lionel Messi scored for his country in their opening Olympic men’s football match in a narrow 2-1 win over...