Nigeria not entirely sold on Lars Lagerback
Lars Lagerback: Big beer ambitions The salary of Lars Lagerback, the Swedish coach now the helmsman for the Super...
Category: Soccer Skills
Cote D’Ivoire hope: Hiddink will likely leave before Russia contract up
Guus Hiddink not part of the 2010 World Cup? Not possible. Right on cue, Didier Drogba reportedly reaches out...
Best backheel goal in the recent past…
This nifty backheel goal was scored by Elio for Beira Mar against Chavez in the Portuguese Liga Vitalis yesterday.
Video: Wenger’s press conference
Wenger talking about how much he admired a great technical tackle as much as a good offensive creative pass...
The Michael Owen experiment comes to a crashing end
Sir Alex Ferguson’s gamble results in a familiar end for the ex-Liverpool man. We feel just a bit horrible...
Bruce Arena nixes Donovan’s Everton extension
Sunday’s match against Hull might be the last for Donovan in a Toffees jersey. As it stands Landon Donovan...
Carlos Tevez points to his own past when bringing up Terry
Two legendary coxswains stare each other down Carlos Tevez was run out of Argentina partly because he was caught...
English clubs reject CL playoff proposal
By a vote of 11-9. What I found interesting was David Moyes’s reasons for rejection. “While it might be...
Shawcross earns kudos with Ramsey contact
The Stoke defender has been in the news for a number of reasons which must have left him quite...
The US midfield went missing
The difference between the Dutch and the US was that they had a midfield. Wesley Sneijder showed us what...
Is Goldman Sachs going to run Manchester United?
Jim O’ Neill, a Goldman Sachs big wheel fronts the Red Knights consortium One must ask how many degrees...
2010 Algarve Cup Final: The USA beat Germany
The Algarve Cup threw up a star in Lauren Cheney who scored the winning goal for a pulsating, 3-2...
Football managers: England needs a Rooney Rule to bridge the huge racial gap
Keith Alexander’s passing away was tragic on so many levels. Only 53 years of age and in his second...
Leighton Baines set to earn first England cap
Leighton Baines, Everton’s wingback is the favourite ahead of Stephen Warnock of Aston Villa in the Egypt friendly to...
The Arsenal blogs react to Ramsey’s injury
Everyone is focusing on the outrage. Arseblog has a particularly emotional response and I don’t blame him. But it...
Ramsey undergoes surgery
A tibial shaft fracture reduced with an intrameduallary nail Arsenal released a statement on Aaron Ramsey’s condition. He underwent...
Video: Hilario was a disaster
Petr Cech may have a question or two with his goalkeeping but after today’s goalkeeping display, Hilario is the...
Video: Arsenal 3 Stoke City 1
One really feels terrible for Arsene Wenger at the loss of Aaron Ramsey. He gave the Welshman his second...
Video: Wayne Bridge disses John Terry
Wayne Bridge refuses to shake hands with John Terry. It’s probably best that he retired from international duty. Otherwise...
Arsenal rally magnificently after Ramsey’s horrific injury
Our thoughts are with Aaron Ramsey. We hope that the extraordinarily gifted Welshman will be able to resume his...
Adebayor is slapped with a four match ban
The League of Extra-ordinarily Badly Behaved Ex- Arsenal Players just added four more banned matches to their kitty. Eleven...
Europa Cup: Sporting Lisbon 3 Everton 0
One way traffic at the Jose Alvalade Stadium as Miguel Veloso, Paolo Mendes, and Matias Fernandez pummel Everton. Check...
Bridge could have provided mistake free insurance
A weather vane? Or a bridge too far? Feeling a bit bad for the bloke. Wayne Bridge should never...
Video: Tough times for Viola fans
AC Milan CEO, Adriano Galliani had to leave Stadio Artemio Franchi under protection of bodyguards as Viola fans booed...
The last days of Pompey?
Mt Vesuvius erupts destroying Pompeii Financial administration looms large for the club if they do not find a buyer...
RVP to be back early April?
A smidgen of good news with regards to RVP. The Arsenal striker is making rapid progress in his rehab...
The USA shakes off rust to overcome El Salvador
Sacha Kljestan scored the match winner in extra time For the first 45 minutes the US laboured mightily to...
Video: CL last sixteen: CSKA Moscow 1 Sevilla 1
A familiar name to Liverpool fans announces his CL arrival with a jaw dropping ripper that leaves Andres Palop...
Video: CL last sixteen: Inter 2 Chelsea 1
John Terry anticipation of Milito cutting to the left turns out wrong as the Argentinian instead moves to the...
Heavens! Mourinho’s Inter out- Chelseas Chelsea
Say it isn’t so! Wasn’t it Arsenal playing Chelsea a few weeks ago as they swamped a defense that...
Wesley Sneijder is Inter’s key man
UEFA Champions League Internazionale Milan vs Chelsea Stadio Giuseppe Meazza For most part of the last weekend match against...
2010 Algarve Cup: USA 2 Iceland 0
Lauren Cheney: A different kind of Cheney The USA got off to a great start in the Algarve Cup...
Robbie Findley’s chance to cement a World Cup spot
U.S. Men vs. El Salvador Raymond James Stadium; Tampa, Fla. Feb. 24, 2010 @ 7 p.m. ET ESPN Classic...
More Mourinho potshots at Ancelotti
“In England it is never easy, you can lose any game, but when a team is always strong, strong,...
Ancelotti vs Mourinho: Fancy a little taste of the bad blood?
The two managers meet tomorrow at the San Siro. And Carlo Ancelotti remembers those bitter days of Zero Tituli...
England’s defense woes mount with Rio’s injury
England’s defense with a spate of injuries, off pitch scandals, and questionable skills wears a fragile and unsettled look....
Video: CL last sixteen: Bordeaux 1 Olympiakos 0
Michael Ciani’s 45th minute header of a swerving free kick by midfield maestro Yoann Gourcuff was the difference. It...
Video: CL last sixteen: Barcelona 1 VfB Stuttgart 1
Timo Gebhart’s beautifully placed cross had Cacau leaping over Carlos Puyol for Stuttgart’s 25th minute strike. For most part...
Ashley Cole: A segue into extra marital “tapping”
Cheryl Cole makes an attractive looking victim Contrast the difference with how Chelsea is handling Ashley Cole’s misdemeanours and...
Jose Mourinho: A caged bird sings
“I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When...
The Taxman Cometh
The image rights of footballers nets them a hefty sum of money. Wayne Rooney receives £760,000 a year from...
Video: Robinho scores Gooool de Pele!
The announcer Jose Maia erupts into hyperbolic caterwauling after Robinho scores against Bragantino with a cheeky chip shot. Goool...
Salvador Cabanas will not give up his World Cup dream
Simply amazing. “He still doesn’t know what day it is, nor where he is and he hasn’t asked why...
Craig Gardner talks from both sides of his mouth
Via The Independent: From a ‘Birmingham Mail’ interview with Craig Gardner, then of Aston Villa, in 2007: “I’m a...
Kiko Macheda? Man Utd’s young super subs missing
Kiko Macheda on his way to instant stardom Against Everton in a losing effort, Sir Alex chose to replace...
Liverpool vs Man City: Dreary as they come
Carlos Tevez is away with his baby son in the ICU For two teams with a chance to put...
Meerkat gives Thierry Henry a ball control demo
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks but the same doesn’t apply to meerkats.The old meerkat learns the...
Manuel Pellegrini: The predatory Spanish tabloids smell blood
Marca commissioned a poll which found almost 7 out of 10 Madridistas refute Pellegrini’s statement that this is the...
Sir Alex: A bit schizophrenic when it comes to Rooney
After the Milan win: ‘It is the area of biggest improvement and with him doing that you have to...
Bendter finally connects
Bendtner is as frontline as we get in our injury depleted striker corps. But clinical finishing is clearly not...
Arsenal blogs react to Porto performance
Ruben Micael demanding the ball before the dazed Arsenal defense comes to its senses Arseblog: “There’s no two ways...
The psychology of WAGS deconstructed
A bridge to nowhere? “If the obsession with Wags represents one thing, it’s surely a means of putting women...
Patrick Vieira could face a three match ban
Say hello to my little friends! The ex-Arsenal and now Man City enforcer lost no time in stamping his...
This Arsenal team’s intelligence is questionable
One can fully sympathize with Fiorentina’s frustration at the clearly offside goal that gave Bayern their win. A draw...