Deep thought: Where are you, Bernd Schuster?
It seems like aeons ago, that Real won the title but it was just last season and the coach...
Category: Soccer Politics
Stan Kroenke is recession proof
Stan Kroenke will not be denied. As his Colorado Rapids muddle along, Stan Kroenke upped his stakes yet again...
Swine flu leaves Mexican stadiums empty
Hector Reynosa of Club Gualdajara uses Sebastian Penco of Chile’s Everton as a spittoon. The Chilean media saw this...
Asian Football Confederation: Mutiny in the air
Mohammed Bin Hammam, AFC president is thumbing his nose at FIFA directives that reinstate the voting rights of five...
Other clubs do it, why single out Juve?
The “Black Italian” The racist taunts that Mario Balotelli seems to attract occurs obviously because of his colour but...
Everyone is Messi-ed up: Its Andres Iniesta
Chelsea vs Barca, CL semi-final first leg. The spotlight is on Leo Messi as it should be, arguably the...
A certain Rupert Lowe finds no love
Theo Walcott’s former club will fold if they do not find a investor in about a week. Rupert Lowe’s...
The POTY award to Ryan Giggs is bogus
What happened to Frank Lampard? I love Ryan Giggs but this year’s POTY award is bogus. It took only...
Steve Zakuani has Arsenal blood
Seattle beat San Jose, 2-0 yesterday. Steve Zakuani scored a goal and assisted in the second, as the Sounders...
Klinsi is a victim of Bayern’s dissociated personalities
Klinsi is in deep, deep trouble. With the loss to Schalke, Bayern slips to third and is now in...
Outcasts United: A Refugee team, An American Town
Remember Warren St John’s article in the NYT about soccer being played by immigrant children of families resettled from...
Keane comes out swinging
Good times. The man with a mouth is back in the saddle again at Ipswich City. And he starts...
World Cup 2010: Jacob Zuma coasting to a win
Jacob Zuma’s ANC faction, which is backed by unions and the SACP is heading to a resounding victory in...
Djibril Cisse is the Premiership comeback player
When did he fade? Actually his career almost came to an end with a spate of injuries at Liverpool...
Hillsborough documents to be made public
Some welcome closure for the families affected by the tragedy. The Home Office in consultation with the South Yorkshire...
Soccer fans: Eduardo Galeano is required reading
Eduardo Galeano became the talking point when Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez met up in a very anticipated encounter...
SAF gets down and dirty
Making a mountain out of a molehill is par for Sir Alex. Then channeling Allardyce to air his grudges...
April 15: Today we remember the 96 fallen at Hillsborough
A tragedy that killed 96 LFC fans. In the aftermath, it bought an end to perimeter fencing, over crowded...
World Cup 2018: Kissinger’s selection is antithetical to Obama’s message
Barack Obama smarting from West Ham’s weekend loss against Spurs and a 75% failure rate in the Final Four,...
Bernd Schuster breaks his silence
Even George Steinbrenner in his heydays could never match Ramon Calderon in his contemptuous disregard of managers. Exhibit A...
Man U’s debt soars
Its presently about £650m. But Man U should pass the stress test.
Der Kaiser is angry
Der Kaiser has taken an exceedingly dim view of Bayern’s shellacking at the hands of Barca. “This is a...
The A League is not happy with Verbeek
It never works when a national coach is so openly contemptuous of the domestic league. Even as the national...
World Cup 2010: South Africa exposes its hypocrisy
I would like to point out the hypocrisy of the South African government when they deny the Dalai Lama’s...
I fear for soccer
I fear for soccer. I fear for soccer as long as Barca plays like it played today. To cast...
Javier Aguirre: Will he be the antidote?
Javier Aguirre re-takes the reins of the Mexican coaching job. He was the coach of the 2002 World Cup...
Film: The Damned United
Brian Clough’s ill fated 44 days at Leeds United. The legend even had Muhammad Ali talking on TV about...
FIFA: Good on them
A minute silence was observed by teams before kickoff in all of the World Cup qualifying fixtures played today....
Controversial choice: Henry Kissinger joins the US World Cup bid
Looks like US Soccer is putting together a pretty star studded cast to bring the 2018 World Cup stateside....
Stan Kroenke shakes it up again
Liverpool’s ownership has settled down with Tom Hicks on a long term investment plan at Anfield which includes buying...
Tragedy strikes the Ivory Coast match
22 people killed and 132 injured as ticketless fans tried to stampede the stadium before kickoff. I have no...
Maradona makes peace with Veron
The new era of Maradona pragmatism begins. “He let the tortoise get away with some of the things he...
Blatter vs WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency has warned that soccer faces “consequences” if its officials resist a new rule on testing...
Blatter proves he’s an imbecile again
There really was no need but he’s gone and done it again anyway.A fitting response to his latest dithering...
Beckham: Bye, Bye, L.A., Hello Milan!
David Beckham‘s score in front of Fabio Capello will surely help him say goodbye to that dismal excuse of...
Gallas stripped of captaincy
BBC is reporting that William Gallas has been relieved of his duties. He was also not present on the...
What happened to Senegal?
On 5 September 2008, Senegal met Algeria at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in a World Cup qualifier. In the...
Can Barack Obama revive soccer diplomacy?
Most Americans now prefer diplomacy towards Iran rather than seek a knee jerk military solution. After virtually turning off...
2010 World Cup qualifiers: Socceroos sneak by Bahrain
Pim Verbeek looked like he wanted to pluck every nose hair off Harry Kewell. Why Kewell remains on this...
Walcott out for six weeks
Add another blow to Arsenal’s nightmarish season. Theo Walcott is out for six weeks with a shoulder dislocation and...
Maradona fires back at England
Maradona measures the miss in the 1966 final I had no idea that Argentina was playing England. A proxy...
Kolkata clubs on the move
Finally, it would appear that the Kolkata clubs, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are showing signs of life. East...
Mike Ashley will not be able to sell Newcastle
For the price he is asking for. Not at this time. Zabeel Investments backed out of spending money on...
Wenger needs a reality check
Anytime you talk about Arsenal, you have to qualify it with the paeans that Arsene Wenger so richly deserves....
Ramon Calderon sharpens his knife
Real is ruled by a cabal of madmen and amoral shysters straight out of Herzog’s Aguirre, The Wrath of...
Maradona: The telenovela: Hoopla
Diego Maradona landed in Scotland just before Wednesday’s game and with a curt “I don’t speak English” blew by...
Sinisa Ubiparipovic: Ubiquitous now, you be the judge
Sinisa Ubiparipovic should now be worth more than his $33,000 annual salary. One of the standouts in NY’s historic...
Arsenal is bleeding respect
Arsenal vs Villa was supposed to showcase the best and brightest talent. But only one team showed up to...
Man City: Mark Hughes wants cojones
Jones puts a crimp on Gazza Man City is in the midst of collective player angst and Elano adds...
Maradona: The telenovela begins: Resignation
Now it is Oscar Ruggeri. Maradona wants the former Boca defender and 1986 team mate as his assistant. Ruggeri,...
Obama boosts US chances of hosting World Cup
The UK is probably going to get shafted if this is true. Obama’s election as president has so boosted...
Steve Bruce: “We’ve had our backsides kicked.”
These statements should be treated as a conspiracy against Arsenal to lull them to sleep. How many opposing managers...
Alexi Lalas resurfaces: He has words for Beckham
Remember Alexi Lalas and his grandiose pronouncements on how Becks would single handed turn the MLS into a world...
MLS playoff attendances continue to tank
New England Revs drew 5,221 fans for their first leg game against Chicago. Just woeful. The other games were...