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Messi agrees €500m Real deal
This and other such April Fool nonsense here..
Sir Alex Ferguson is unconvinced Jose Mourinho is the answer to United’s future
Marcus Rashford has justified Louis Van Gaal’s faith in him. Jose Mourinho is keen to cement his move by...
Sanchez brings good news to children in his country
Alexis Sanchez has bought two artificial pitches for children in his hometown of Tocopilla. “I built two football pitches...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: In crucial win USA knock four unanswered past Guatemala
No love for Klinsmann. Lando must feel some vindication. Jurgen Klinsmann went to his veterans this time to bolster...
Ronaldo Portugal’s all time leading goal scorer
Ronaldo scored his 56th goal for his country as Portugal beat Belgium 2-0 in a friendly. Belgium were without...
Holland bring England back to earth
Hodgson had warned that England must not get carried away after their spectacular comeback win in Germany and a...
Spain unable to beat Romania because they had the numbers
Romania held a struggling Spain to a goalless draw in a friendly in preparation for Euro 2016. Vicente del...
Pele the Movie: Official Trailer
The long awaited movie about the journey of Edson Arantes do Nascimento from playing football in the poverty ridden...
England’s basis for optimism: Club level resilience and collectivism
Jamie Vardy’s brilliant improvisation and first England goal There is the usual plethora of opposing reactions to the Three...
Suarez scores comeback equaliser
Suarez made his first competitive start for Uruguay since being handed a nine-match suspension for biting Italy defender Giorgio...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: High flying Mexico finish off Canada
The low key Juan Carlos Osorio has gotten El Tri off to a blinding start. Make it four out...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: Guatemala heap misery on poorly playing mistake prone USA
Jurgen Klinsmann looks a bit sad, so too the national side The regression of the MNT under Jurgen Klinsmann...
Jan Olsson tribute to Cruyff
Jan Olsson’s claim to fame is that he happens to be the Swedish player who was bamboozled by Johan...
Cruyff remembered in Holland – France friendly
Netherlands fans unfurled a giant banner of an iconic Cruyff image during a friendly game with France. The game...
Ronaldo misses second penalty in a row
Ronaldo is on a hat trick of missed penalties.He missed from the spot for Real Madrid against Sevilla on...
Dutch master and football’s savant Johan Cruyff passes away at age 68
One of the game’s legends has passed on fighting till the very end his battle with cancer. Johan Cruyff...
ZLatan Tower instead of the Eiffel Tower
The Paris skyline is going to get a minor makeover. Zlatan has very kindly agreed to stay on at...
Bale breaks Gary Lineker’s record
Gareth Bale became the leading British goal scorer in the La Liga when he took his tally of goals...
Eden Hazard misses 10,000 cups
Eden Hazard has failed to hit the target this season.Not a single goal to his credit. He slipped from...
Lets face it: This is no longer a farce, Arsenal are a poorly coached side
Another day, another defeat. This time in the FA Cup, the one bright spot in an Arsenal season for...
Zlatan scores four in PSG’s fourth title winning game
Paris Saint-Germain clinched their fourth Ligue 1 title in a row with a 9 – 0 win over Troyes...
Manchester City fail to beat Norwich City
Manchester City failed to beat third from bottom club Norwich City and their title hopes are fading into the...
News about a couple of legends
A video compilation of some of Xavi’s contributions to his team Al-Sadd in the 2015 -16 season shows that...
Fifa agrees to the use of video tech
Winds of change at last bringing tidings of long awaited reform to archaic laws. Referees will be assisted by...
Leicester remain in the lead as Spurs Arsenal ends in a draw
Leicester remain on top of the EPL table after the Arsenal Spurs derby ended in a dramatic 2 –...
Carlos Kameni’s moment of madness
Malaga’s goalkeeper Carlos Kameni will want to forget this crazy own goal he scored against Valencia yesterday. He tried...
Messi scores 6th free kick of the season
Messi scores off another totally amazing free kick. You tube link to the penalty kick here.. Barcelona beat Sevilla...
Toure scores a beauty
Yaya Toure scored this beauty in the 90th minute to ensure that City won the game against Dynamo Kiev...
Christian Pulisic makes Bundesliga debut
Christian Pulisic from Pennyslavania is the the youngest American to debut in a major European league, and the eighth...
Brilliant new Messi Commercial
A simple message. Don’t go down.
Thomas Muller scores a brilliant goal
Thomas Muller produced this marvelous scissor kicked goal against Darmstadt in the Bundesliga yesterday….
Arsene Wenger is more a pundit less a coach
Arsene Wenger, the pundit is sure the £100m mark for a player transfer will be “easy to reach” but...
The Losers at Lazio: Racism Rampant in Serie A
Napoli’s Kalidou Coulibaly got heckled and taunted by racist Lazio fans. Referee Massimiliano Irrati had to suspend play in the 68th...
Closed: The “Sir Alex Ferguson Stand” at Old Trafford
Manchester United are shutting a large section of the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand for this month’s Europa League tie...
Old Man Ronaldinho Shows He’s STILL Got IT
No words… Fluminese practice>>
Louis van Gaal: “We Can Still Win!”
REALLY? Not with what Scholes calls “negative style football.” Keep it moving, cuz. Still, Rooney scores at Anfield,...
The Return of Zidane!
Wait a minute! From headbutts to kicking ass – the man is back. When Zidane replaced Rafa at Real...
EPL will lose the lion
The bosses of the EPL are going to sack the lion and also get rid of the word ‘Barclays’...
Carli Lloyd is the player of the year
Carli Lloyd was adjudged the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year 2015 and it is a fitting tribute to...
Kane keeps Tottenham Spurs in the hunt
Kane came off the bench to score his 50th goal for the club and thus prevented Spurs from being...
Marco Verratti does the Cheetah tackle..
The resemblance between Marco Verratti and a Cheetah does not seem very obvious at first.But if you take a...
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wins CAF award
Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first player from his country to win the Confederation of African Football’s player...
Drogba calls it a day?
French publication L’Equipe has reported that Drogba has decided to retire from playing and would be leaving Montreal Impact...
Ballon d’Or Top Ten
The Top Ten winners.. And another top ten who didn’t make it to the top.
2015 Ballon d’Or results leaked ?
Dutch journalist Michael Abbink, who writes for NU Sport, tweeted that FIFA have made another hash of things and...
Everton take first leg from City
Romelu Lukaku scored a second-half header and got Everton a precious 2 -1 win against City in the first...
Barcelona beat Espanyol in ill tempered clash
Barcelona will be seeing a lot of Espanyol these days.They are playing three games against each other in the...
Joe Allen has a Pirlo Moment
Joe Allen pulled off an awesome no look pass to Jordon Ibe which led to Liverpool’s winning goal against...
The Linguist
Petr Cech revealed in an interview that he is able to speak Czech, English, French, Spanish and German –...
Barcelona and Real Madrid end 2015 on highs
Barcelona wound up their last game of the old year with a 4-0 win over Real Betis.Suarez added two...