Asamoah Gyan against England..
This injury time goal from Gyan gave Ghana a draw against England in a friendly that was played on...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
Kuyt brace in Holland 5 goal haul…
Holland beat Hungary 5 – 3…. Van Persie,Sneijder and Nistelrooy scored the other 3
Matias Fernandez scores a glorious freekick for Chile
Portugal Chile friendly.Portugal were 1 goal up when Matias came up with this blistering freekick.The ball is travelling fast...
Bin Hammam: Reflects Asia’s rise and football’s need for transpareny
He looks better than Septic Bladder Mohamed Bin Hammam who has done more than anyone to put Asia and...
Wenger turns to Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann who definitely has tiger blood in his veins returns to Arsenal to help out with their goalkeeping...
Wenger sidetracks personal deficiencies to go after UEFA
In all of the furore surrounding Robin Van Persie’s dismissal by Massimo Busacca a simple truth seems to have...
Barcelona’s quality bowls over ten man Arsenal
One can’t but wonder with Arsenal on the ropes, Nicklas Bendtner could have pulled off the most outrageous heist...
Issa Hayatou has to act immediately to ensure player safety
“All the protesters are taking Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” James Dorsey at www.mideastsoccer.blogspot.com alerts us to CAF...
Caroline Wozniacki sends Liverpool some love
The Danish tennis player is the world no.1 and she showed she’s also an ardent Reds supporter especially of...
Qatar wants to add Man Utd feather to its World Cup cap?
Andy Green in a Guardian article thinks paying £1.5bn for Man Utd is too much. But it maybe a...
Arsenal show magnificent character against Barca
Whatever Arsene Wenger said at halftime seemed to work a charm. Arsenal’s bright start vaporized as Barca began painting...
What are your favourite Ronaldo moments?
The real Ronaldo, the player called O Fenomeno retired a day ago. In a nutmeg, he was brilliant. You...
Congratulations, Egypt!
There are very few moments so transcendental in a lifetime. Today is one of them as Hosni Mubarak stepped...
France are getting back to the way things used to be..
France won their fifth straight game under Laurent Blanc the latest win being over Brazil. Brazil were down to...
Sunday showdown at the Bridge: Torres vs Carroll; Drogba vs Suarez
Fernando Torres vs Andy Carroll; Didier Drogba vs Luis Suarez Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel combined fetched the Reds...
Andy Gray gets the boot from Sky: Good riddance
This is a video clip with presenter Charlotte Jackson. Andy Gray makes a lewd remark to Jackson which critics...
Australia and Japan – Asian Cup finalists
The Aussies thumped Uzbekistan 6 – 0 to power their way into the finals. Japan on the other hand...
Qatar bow out of Asian Cup
Qatar were done in by an 89th minute goal from Japan.They were in the lead two times in the...
Neymar continues to impress
Chelsea’s initial bid of 35 million euros for Neymar has failed to entice him to the EPL.He scored his...
No surprises in the India South Korea game
India played out their last game against South Korea and lost 4 – 1. Ah well.The cricket team is...
India bow to the inevitable
India has a total area of 3.29 million sq. km.Bahrain on the other hand is a mere 620 sq...
Brilliant goal from Qatar’s Yusef Ahmed
Qatar got back into things with a 2 – 0 win over China – both goals from Yusef Ahmed.The...
Iran take down the defending champions
Iran came from one goal down to beat the defending champions Iraq 2- 1
And the Ballon D’Or goes to …… Xavi
Actually, it went to Leo Messi, who in any circumstance is not an undeserving winner. But when you look...
If only they could play like the cricket team
The Indian cricket team is going from strength to strength but the football squad unfortunately are not making much...
FA Cup: Denilson’s stupidity costs Arsenal against Leeds
Arsenal continued to find ways to get to goal only to be thwarted by poor finishing and Kasper’s Schmeichel’s...
Asian Cup update:China beat Kuwait 2 – 0
Kuwait defender Messad Neda got a red card for kicking Yang Xu. China got two goals from Zhang Linpeng...
Qatar loses to Uzbekistan in Asian Cup opener
Odil Akhmedov scored from a 30 yard belter to give the Uzbekis the lead. The goal was reminiscent of...
Spotlight: Qatar hosts the AFC Asian Cup
The Asian Cup begins in Qatar today providing a preview to the world’s biggest dance in 2022. Can the...
Kristine Lilly: Class act retires
Kristine Lilly, retires after 24 years. The most capped player in men’s or women’s soccer history with 352 caps....
England retain The Ashes, wins the series 3-1!
The English cricket team will not look like this when they return home This is a magnificent victory. It...
Asian Cup 2011
From January 7th to January 29th. The AFC Asian Cup takes place every four years, having had its first...
Time for Beckham or the MLS to give it up
Trite but true – won’t someone show Beckham the door? It is interesting to note that Harry Redknapp is...
Septic Bladder sets up another anti-corruption committee
Another year and yet another FIFA committee. Sepp Blatter is setting up an anti-corruption committee to investigate the ethics...
Beckham to play for Spurs
Harry Redknapp expects Beckham to introduce some class to this Spurs side David Beckham is set to return to...
Robin Van Persie to Juventus?
A familiar sight – RVP nursing an ankle Juventus is reportedly preparing a £20million bid for Robin Van Persie...
Liverpool’s miserable season got more miserable
Rafa Benitez’s replacement at Liverpool, Roy Hodgson is also not having an easy go either. Now that the Inter...
Leonardo: ” Inter is my biggest challenge”
Rafa Benitez gets the boot and Leonardo, the former manager of AC Milan takes over. Inter have been a...
Blatter and blather: More lies and lip service
Sepp Blatter is peeved that the English are not too happy with the results. Nor are the Australians, Spaniards,...
Inter’s ordeal continues against Werder Bremen
A weakened Inter team is spanked by Werder Bremen and finishes second to Spurs in Group A. Goals from...
Mike Ashley needs mental help
“He’s out there operating without any decent restraint” Chris Hughton who took Newcastle back to the Premiership in an...
African Awards shortlists….
Time to listen to the African theme song again… The shortlisted Nominees…. Didier Drogba (Côte D’Ivoire/Chelsea) Salomon Kalou (Côte...
Barcelona tidal wave in Ballon D’Or
Xavi, Iniesta, and Leo Messi are the three nominees for FIFA’s Ballon D’Or award for player of the year....
Lazio send Inter into purgatory
Rafa Benitez’s days are numbered. Today, the Serie champions fell to Lazio, 1-3 as Giuseppe Biava, Mauro Zarate, and...
The FA wants respect? Nix David Beckham
Oh! F**k, is he going to throw a cleat? According to a NOTW report David Beckham is being primed...
Neither England nor Sepp Blatter come off looking good
The “simple football player” made a passionate and successful case for his country The BBC is getting a lot...
Not England’s finest hour
Only two votes cast in favour as England crash out in the first round. Russia topped the first round...
Qatar gets 2022 World Cup
The stadiums inside will have regulated climate controls systems. Outside may not be so much fun in the 45-50...
Michael Chopra’s Indian debut? He faces citizenship requirements
The All India Football Federation is decidedly ambivalent to the idea of Michael Chopra representing India. “Michael Chopra is...
N Ireland goalie passes the ball to Chamakh
He didn’t mean to pass the ball to Chamakh but that’s what N Ireland goalie’s Alan Blayney’s attempted clearance...
Messi beats Brazil in the 90th minute..
Argentina scored their first win over their arch-rivals in five years. In 89 games between the two nations there...