Indian football: Michael Chopra is a good first step, now recruit the diaspora
Chopra wants to be the Sachin Tendulkar of Indian football Finally it’s happened. Michael Chopra, journeyman striker, will give...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
Jack Wilshere: Will the metamorphosis succeed?
That’s the first lesson England found another quanta of energy in their Euro qualifier against Switzerland. Roy Hodgson, surprised...
Dream start for Conte
Conte, who replaced Cesare Prandelli who resigned after Italy’s World Cup exit got a dream start seeing his team...
Willian gives Dunga his second win
Brazil beat Ecuador 1- 0 in a friendly – the winning and only goal being scored by Willian Enner...
Euro 2016 Qualifying: Hiddink starts on a losing note as the Czechs beat the Dutch, 2-1
Hiddink was verbolgenheid after the Dutch lost to the Czech Republic. Guus Hiddink, switched to Louis Van Gaal’s favoured...
Scottish football: Poisoned by juxtaposition, independence will stop self loathing
With the Yes group taking a slim lead for the first time, Scotland faces a knifes edge in the...
Alaba gets an Elbow from Zlatan
Zlatan was not too impressed with the attention that David Alaba was paying him during the Euro qualifier between...
Spain start title defence
Spain chugged to a 5 -1 win over Macedonia as they began their Euro title defence campaign. Spain 5-1...
The Three Lions do a bit of roaring again
Danny Welbeck – playing in place of the injured Sturridge scored 2 goals to take England to a 2-...
Nigeria lose for the first time in 33 years
No such scenes of Jubilation now. This was last year – shortly after they won the African Nations Cup....
Aleksandar Kolarov free kick denies France
Of course he was wearing his national colours when...
Gibraltar make a rocky start
The Gibraltar defence did not live up to the rock that they are famous for. They were a very...
Albania shock Portugal 1- 0
A Ronaldo less Portugal’s Euro 2016 Group I qualifying campaign started with disaster.They lost 1- 0 to a team...
Muller ensures German win
Darren Fletcher’s team did their best to topple world champions Germany in their opening match of Euro 2016 qualifying....
Two – Zero International Friendlies
We have had a frenzy of international friendlies most of which seem to have been won by the same...
International: Boring, boring England beat Norway, 1-0 through Rooney’s PK
Calum Chambers made his debut for the England side Arsenal fans should be quite encouraged with Danny Welbeck’s second...
International: Young guns shine as USA beat Czech Republic for the first time, 1-0
Joe Gyau’s first USMNT appearance was impressive. Reminds one of Charlie Davies with his power and speed. Alejandro Bedoya’s...
International: Angel Di Maria’s sturm und drang as Argentina light up Germany, 4-2
This could become a familiar celebration to Utd fans. Good thing he lets his feet do the talking. Germany...
Bollywood and Indian cricketing legends behind new Indian Super League
In Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, a Bollywood fluff piece made circa 2006, Abhishek Bachchan plays Rikki, a Chelsea fan and...
Sepp Blatter will continue as FIFA emperor as Platini bows out
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.” In Sepp...
Klose will never score for Germany again
One month after breaking the all-time World Cup scoring record Klose has called it quits on his international career....
Xavi says goodbye…
Xavi brings his stellar,sublime,virtuoso international career to a close after 133 caps and being a key player in the...
Luis Suarez- Paul McCartney interview before the World Cup
Suarez interviewed Paul McCartney just before a Paul concert in Uruguay way back in April 2014. One of the...
Brazil do the unbelievable – Dunga’s back…!
In a decision that beggars belief Brazil reappointed Dunga as the manager to lead them in their quest to...
Giorgio Chiellini bitten again
Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini who was bitten on the shoulder by Luis Suarez during the world cup has been...
Nico Rosberg has run in with FIFA intellectuals.
German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg’s idea of celebrating Germany’s World cup win by putting an image of the...
England drop to 20th spot in FIFA Rankings
Languishing in 20th spot – far below USA,CostaRica,Croatia,Mexico and Bosnia Herzegovina – England has fallen. Alas. However if it’s...
Who will Replace Scolari?
Big Phil’s time is up. That was not the beautiful game. Soccerblog’s vote to replace him is Zico. Yes,...
#GER destroying #BRA: 5-0
And it’s not even halftime yet! Germany exposes Brazil’s weaknesses – all of them: – lack of midfield: no...
Happy July 4th!
Take it easy y’all, and pick another team (or teams) to support. This is what you do when your...
Obama Calls Up Our Heroes
WATCH:
Brazil at the Rubicon
This is it for Brazil. Either they find their form or they get to watch the rest of the...
Super Eagles crash out
Paul Pogba Togba broke the deadlock late in the second half.The game had been pretty evenly balanced till then...
A tale of missed sitters
An image of CR7 sitting down kind of sums up his performance at Portugal’s inglorious exit game.He missed a...
Xherdan Shaqiri scores hat trick
Switzerland join France in the last 16 after they beat Honduras 3-0. Xherdan Shaqiri scores a brilliant hat trick.
Messi ..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iran goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi can take consolation from the fact that when he was finally beaten he was beaten...
Boateng vs Boateng
As Germany prepare to face Ghana later on this evening it will the second time where two brothers –...
Here’s What Brazil is Lacking…
The problem with Scolari’s team is midfield playmakers. Where’s this team’s Zico, Falcao, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Rivelino, Rivaldo, Socrates, and/or,...
Messi on target as Argentina beat Bosnia Herzegovina 2 -1
Sead Kolasinac conceded an own goal with just three minutes on the clock – sending the ball the wrong...
Halftime: Japan 1, Ivory Coast 0
Keisuke Honda strikes first with a great left-footer. The Ivory Coast players are physically stronger, but have not yet...
Italy 2, England 1
A spirited England lose to Italy. Super Mario does the job, while Rooney still hasn’t scored. The bright lights for...
The Return of Total Football? Holland 5, Spain 1
All Goals – Spain 1-5 Netherlands – 13-06-2014 Spain finally meets its match. Van Persie and gang obliterated Spain...
OMG! Van Persie ties Spain just before Halftime
Spain 1, Netherlands 1. A beautifully placed header by Robin van Persie will go down in history as one...
Fred’s flop puts Nishimura in the spotlight
Yuichi Nishimura is public enemy number 1 in Croatia after a pretty ghastly display of officiating at the opening...
The Latest from Manaus
England arrival greeted by polite Brazilian fans: Meanwhile, the pitch is being spray-painted green: Maybe they’ll need to play...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Witchdoctor Jinx Continues
Cristiano Ronaldo cut short his training session with Portugal on Thursday, and left the field with an ice pack...
Brazil 3, Croatia 1
The Samba boys played a bit better in the second half and score two more. All goals by Brazil:...
Line in the Sand at Halftime: Croatia 1, Brazil 1
An unlucky Marcelo starts the scoring with an own-goal against Brazil: Neymar shows he’s got vision with this goal...
Can Croatia Shock Brazil?
The Croatian team manager Niko Kovac thinks so. With two Brazilians on the Croatian team along with the soccer...
Scolari’s Spy? “Ronaldinho” crashes Messi’s party in Belo Horizonte
A Ronaldinho look-alike pays Messi a surprise visit as the Argentinian team practice in Belo Horizonte: Read all about...
Are You Ready?
Just to remind you why this game is worth saving from the jaws of Blatter’s FIFA:
Rooney: “This is the best squad I’ve been a part of…”
Bash Street Boy Wayne Rooney shares a few thoughts before Italy: