Torres to have knee surgery: Big blow for Liverpool and Spain
Fernando “El Nino” Torres season comes to an end with the Spanish striker scheduled to undergo knee surgery on...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
World Cup 2010: FIFA drops the ball on SA ticketing
Over 500,000 tickets went on sale in SA over the counter in the final phase. Organizers are confronted with...
Sol Campbell: An England call up?
Probably the best value for money signing that Wenger could have made. While Mikael Silvestre is hands down his...
CL semi-finals: Mourinho should spurn the Scudetto for Europe
Wanted: A European title for this smartly turned out gentleman With the Serie turning into a dogfight between Inter,...
Zesh Rehman: Yeoman work to bring the game to British Asians
Zesh Rehman against Liverpool: The first British Asian to debut in the Premiership Ex- Fulham and now Bradford City...
What Messi brings to football
Tim Vickery highlights how Messi sets up a decoy for other players. Even when not scoring goals at his...
Stuart Holden update: Back to training in two weeks
Good news for Stuart Holden and US soccer fans. The Bolton winger will be back to full training two...
Wayne Rooney could find himself ready for Bayern
Indications are that there are feverish preparations afoot to get Wayne Rooney out on the pitch in time for...
Raymond Domenech’s continuation is “outrageous and irresponsible”
Joining Karl Henry in the moaning after is Raymond Domenech, a man whose squad selection is determined on arbitrary...
Before or after: The matter of Cesc’s broken leg
There is no way a player with an already broken leg could have played an entire game like Cesc...
Becks in April Fool’s joke with the Socceroos
Pim Verbeek needs help with the Socceroos and the FFA tapped crocked David Beckham to be his assistant. Listen...
Video: A Messianic performance shatters Stuttgart
Lionel Messi we bow once again! We have lost count of your superlative performances. Following on the heels of...
Achilles (for David Beckham): Epic Poetry?
Achilles (for David Beckham) by Carol Ann Duffy Myth’s river- where his mother dipped him, fished him, a slippery...
Marcelo Lippi: “Cassano who?”
Cristiano Ronaldo would get paid to do this. I do it for free. Wheeee! The tormentone refuses to go...
Achilles tendon rupture: The end of the road for Beckham?
This has to be short and brutal. But a ruptured achilles tendon could spell the end of David Beckham’s...
Video: Rampaging Rooney finishes Fulham
Man Utd went on top of the table with Wayne Rooney scoring his 22nd and 23rd Premiership goals (video)....
Mbombela Stadium: Built on corruption and hit lists
Jimmy Mohlala was killed after exposing corruption in the ANC The NY Times has an article by Barry Bearak...
The Serie comes out against FIFA’s goal line technology dismissal
Sepp Blatter and the FIFA Luddites have gotten their first serious challenge. The FIGC chairman Giancarlo Abete came out...
World Cup 2010: SA gets condom help from Britain
SA will become the condom-nation during the World Cup. In the fear that an estimated half a million tourists...
RIP: Endurance Idahor
Nigerian player Endurance Idahor of Sudanese club El Merriekh playing against Al Amal collapsed after a tackle from one...
Wes Brown adds to Man Utd and England’s mounting injury list
The dreaded metatarsal fracture crops up before the World Cup. This time it is Wes Brown who is to...
Donovan’s signs out in style at Goodison or does he?
A goal and an assist as Everton swamp Hull, 5-1. So is this Donovan’s Everton swansong? He still has...
Zidane, Henri Emile, and Algeria after the World Cup?
Looks like Zinedine Zidane maybe a step closer to taking over the Algeria job after the World Cup. Rabah...
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...
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...
The US midfield went missing
The difference between the Dutch and the US was that they had a midfield. Wesley Sneijder showed us what...
USA vs Netherlands: Nigel De Jong deserved the red card
Nigel De Jong should have gotten a red card. Stuart Holden is out for six weeks with a fractured...
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...
England,Argentina and Spain win their warm up friendlies..
2 goals from Peter Crouch and one from Shaun Wright Phillips saw England to a comfortable 3 -1 win...
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...
Irish eyes are not smiling.
Nothing much to smile about really.They got beat 2 – 0 by a friendly Brazil team at the Emirates...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Hiddink to helm Turkey
Guus Hiddink is moving again. “The Turkish Football Federation chairman and vice chairman met Mr Hiddink in Amsterdam (Tuesday)...
John Terry: All’s well that ends well
Yey! Score one more for forgiving WAGS. England can breathe a bit more freely because given their defensive woes...
What if the Cameroonian team had come under attack, Mr Hayatou?
One wonders if Issa Hayatou, the CAF president would have acted in the same arbitrary and high handed manner...
Euro 2012: Ireland vs France rematch?
In rehearsal at least. The countries await the final verdict on the Euro qualifiers. But Michel Platini thinks that...
Hansson chosen to officiate World Cup matches
Thierry Henry can hope that Martin Hansson officiates one of France’s matches. This time he might be able to...
Rio’s elevation has no one singing encomiums
The pundits are holding back their plaudits.
Hiddink heads Nigeria wishlist
Shaibu Amodu will now coach Nigeria’s homegrown players Shaibu Amodu has been sacked as expected. The Super Eagles were...
Jesse Marsch: A welcome addition to the USMNT
Beckham is greeted by Marsch in his first season. By the sheer dint of longevity, Jesse Marsch proves to...
Salvador Cabanas might play again
This would take a miracle but there is a slim chance that it might happen.
Capello removes Terry from England’s captaincy
Fidelity 1 Infidelity 0 (on this one occasion) On the eve of Wayne Bridge’s return to Man City, Capello...
Has Tiger Woods’ peccadiloes helped John Terry?
One can’t help but wonder if Tiger Woods has helped out John Terry. One has not seen the sort...
Togo seeks redress against Angolan separatist movement
The Togo government has filed a complaint in a French court against the organizers of the Africa Cup of...
Mohamed Zidan shows a thoughtful side
It is gratifying to see Mohamed Zidan who I have always thought highly of as a player mature before...
Egypt cracks FIFA top 10
Egypt’s fantastic CAN campaign vaulted them from 24th position in December 2009 to the 10th position in FIFA’s latest...
John Terry gets a boost from Ancelotti
I have a feeling Fabio Capello is in close consultation with Carlo Ancelotti regarding John Terry. If so, this...
Video: 2010 CAN: Egypt win their 7th title
Egypt beat Ghana, 1-0 as Mohamed Nagy Ismail Afash aka Gedo scored the winning goal to claim their 7th...