Gallas stripped of captaincy
BBC is reporting that William Gallas has been relieved of his duties. He was also not present on the...
Category: Soccer Skills
In which Gallas shows that he is not very smart
“I replied: ‘How are you speaking to me? Who do you think you are? You are only 20 years...
What happened to Senegal?
On 5 September 2008, Senegal met Algeria at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in a World Cup qualifier. In the...
Little Zizou: Execrable movie
This movie could easily have been titled, Little Zizou: A Gratuitous Reference To or the Incredible Vanishing Zidane. Apart...
Maradona’s demeanour impressive
I think the verdict has been quite positive. Typically El Diego sucks up all the oxygen where ever he...
El Diego begins with a victory
So it appears that Argentina played like gangbusters for the first 20 minutes and then faded away letting Scotland...
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...
So what should Terry Butcher do?
Terry Butcher has to now live with the fact that Maradona will be the topic du jour of the...
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...
The Church of Maradona
The true believers all 120,000 will be praying for their prophet today as he takes on Scotland. Jonathan Franklin...
Maradona fires back at England
Maradona measures the miss in the 1966 final I had no idea that Argentina was playing England. A proxy...
Bayern to set up an academy in India
The overwhelming response to Bayern’s visit in May this year when 120,000 fans came to see Oliver Kahn play...
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...
Video: Vedad Ibisevic continues his sharp shooting ways
Ibisevic scores his Bundesliga leading 14th goal as our favourite team 1899 Hoffenheim continues its dream run beating Wolfsburg,...
Michael Bradley inflicts some misery on Bayern
Bayern was poised to take three points as they were coasting to a 2-0 victory over lowly Borussia Moenchengladbach...
Wenger needs a reality check
Anytime you talk about Arsenal, you have to qualify it with the paeans that Arsene Wenger so richly deserves....
Video: Al Ahly win a record sixth African CL trophy
Al Ahly scored first as Ahmad Hassan cleverly flicked a Mohamed Aboutreika cross into goal. Abdoul Karim Lassina equalized...
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...
Terry Butcher unfiltered
Lots of Terry Butcher who would like nothing better than giving Maradona a black eye and jail Scottish blaggards...
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...
Dema Kovalenko is not a happy camper
The man best known for ending Brandon Pollard’s career shows no love for his former coach, Juan Carlos Osorio....
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...
Barack Obama: Soccer’s newest non-playing hero
A flurry of articles examining Obama’s relationship with soccer. David James believes Obama’s transformational presidency will be good for...
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...
Video: The VW Routan soccer mom
Just a trifle better than Sarah Palin. The guy is so not looking forward to this journey. The VW...
NY Red Bulls: Dane Richards is the one man wrecking crew
Richards puts on the burners The NY Red Bulls came through for the greatest win in their 13 year...
Gillett closer to a mea culpa
A vote of no confidence. George Gillett, the less Dick Chenysque partner of the Gillett and Hicks duo says...
Arsenal: The recurring morning afters
I suspect we are in for many morning afters. It was Stoke this time. We are getting to the...
MLS palyoffs: Last minute equalizer saves Crew
The Wizards went ahead with a 53rd minute goal by Arnaud and then played the last 15 minutes a...
Can Kansas City pull it off?
The hottest team in the MLS is without Josh Wolff but Claudio Lopez is peaking at the right time....
Sir Alex opens up a can of worms
The words exchanged between Sir Alex and Ramon Calderon might escalate into a diplomatic fracas between the Spanish and...
Soccer’s upper echelons: Despots and dementia
Marca’s cover morphs Sir Alex into the Franco of Manchester Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson came off the...
Arsenal: The morning after
Arseblog speaks for all of us. Simply unacceptable.
2010 World Cup: Afro-pessimism rears its head?
An old and deep rooted fear was stoked by a SA minister promoting the World Cup at the Beijing...
Arsenal continue to leak open field goals
Arsenal: 22 goals for, 10 against This draw was not caused by a lack of height, Arsenal has been...
Video: David Bentley’s wonder strike
The present Premiership season’s best goal. The match of the season too. Bentley’s whinger status remains unchanged. Clichy just...
Spurs vs Arsenal: What just happened?
88 minutes: Arsenal leading Spurs 4-2 seemingly coasting along and then the whole world falls apart as Arsenal implode...
Deep thought: Will Russell Brand tar Obama by association
Brand resigned today from his BBC radio show following obscene calls left on the phone of Andrew Sachs that...
Maradona the manager is not a good choice
If Maradona can take Boca out of their current neurosis and put them on top of the table, I...
Freddie Ljungberg joins the Sounders
Ljungberg signs on with Seattle Seattle Sounders signed ex-Arsenal midfielder and one time Calvin Klein undie model Frederik Ljungberg...
Charlton Athletic: Dubai faces financial woes of its own
The reasons Zabeel Investments gave for not pursuing the Addicks were concerns regarding foreign ownership and the economic downturn...
The financial cost of letting Juande Ramos go
It could be over £20m. For that price they could have gotten Arshavin.
Spurs make wholesale changes
Harry Redknapp gets points right away for ass kissing Daniel Levy, on whose feet this whole mess should be...
Eduardo to be back for Arsenal duty
I have to hand it to Eduardo and his rehab team that have made this early return possible. In...
Gallas up in smoke
Remember that huge flap about Arsenal defenders being short of height after their loss to Hull City. Well, we...
Dennis Bergkamp back as coach?
This would be the best news in the world. Let it please be Arsenal in some capacity or the...