The strange case of Jared Borghetti
There are a number of reports that portray the ambiguous feelings of the Hispanic population to the Beckham move....
Category: World Cup History
Pele: The ultimate collectible
The Carnival edition on Pele Amidst the hue and cry of David Beckham coming to the USA with the...
Happy New Year to all our readers
Thank you for coming out and supporting Soccerblog. We hope we can continue to keep our readers informed about...
Video: Tribute to Mohammad Aboutreika
CAF might have dropped him from their nominees for African player of the year but Aboutreika shows why he...
Fulham transfer: Dempsey faces work permit issues
Clint Dempsey is almost set to join US compatriots Brian McBride and Carlos Bocanegra at Fulham. The only issue...
Ten soccer events that shaped 2006
1) The headbutt that was heard around the world: It cost France the World Cup Zinedine Zidane in his...
Klinsmann’s decision reflects a political reality
A German soccer fan expressed his delight when Klinsmann turned down the USA job. I think he along with...
BBC Panorama, Dec 10: Andrew Jennings buttonholes Jack Warner
Those who enjoyed Andrew Jennings expose the corruption in FIFA starting with Sepp Blatter’s secret payout of £1m worth...
Gianluca Vialli: Cheats never prosper? Yeah, right!!
Read The Italian Job and Gianluca Vialli’s take on cheating in football. As he says, Machiavelli is an inspiration,...
Video: Alex de Souza compilation
Alex De Souza of Fenerbache, Palmeiras, and Cruzeiro shows of his amazing skills. He is 29 years old and...
Saburo Kawabuchi: The man behind Japan’s resurgent football
It seems as if Japan has been playing football all its life. The reality is that organized football is...
What ails Indian football? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, AIFF chief
Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, the present Union Information and Broadcasting Minister is also the president of the All India...
What ails Indian football? Cricket provides an insight
Growing up in India, where cricket was such a huge game, when we formed teams in our neighborhood park,...
What ails Indian football? An overview
It is the state of affairs in Indian sports that when you google ‘What ails Indian football?’ you not...
Ferenc Puskas: A player with a supernatural left foot and an imprudent generosity
El Pais has a beautiful little article on how Real team mates and opponents alike remember Puskas. Gento, Stefano,...
Video: 1954 World Cup, Germany 3 Hungary 2
The Mighty Magyars should have won this finals. An injured Puskas scored the first goal and was denied an...
Wembley, November 1953: Hungary 6 England 3
Billy Wright (L) Ferenc Puskas (R), Wembley 1953 A match that destroyed the aura of the invincibility and changed...
The Mighty Magyars: A fable as Hungary struggles
With the passing away of Ferenc Puskás, the last of the Mighty Magyars is gone. There is only one...
Video: 1986 World Cup final: Argentina 3 W. Germany 2
Jorge Burruchaga seals Argentina’s win over Germany, in a footrace after a great little flick from that pibe Maradona...
Arsenal FC: The Argentinian club is making waves
Arsenal FC lost to Boca Juniors, 1-2 in the Apertura 2006 but is overall an impressive 4th position in...
FIFA’s proposal to protect national teams: Should Owen Hargreaves be insulted?
Today FIFA and FIfPro proposed the implementation of a six plus five system, whereby six members of a side...
Andrew Jenning’s FOUL! exposes Sepp Blatter, Jack Warner, and FIFA
Andrew Jennings is in the forefront of exposing corruption in the sporting world. His most famous book translated into...
Neurosciences and Diego Maradona: Why he is the best player
A recent article in Nature Neuroscience (Nature Neuroscience – 9, 1083 – 1084 (2006) doi:10.1038/nn0906-1083) discusses how we pay...
Video: Johan Cruyff
The sad part of it was that Holland never won a World Cup despite his genius. Instead it was...
Video: Nelinho in the 1978 World Cup
Nelinho uses the Magnus effect to score one of the most memorable goals in World Cup history!
Emir Kusturica’s Maradona: Out in 2006
Maradona shows his solidarity! Look out for Emir Kusturica’s documentary on Diego Maradona in post production now. It is...
Gianluigi Buffon’s successor: Federico Agliardi
Palermo put it past Lazio, 2-1. Federico Agliardi, their goalkeeper kept out 12 shots at goal. It would be...
South Africa Will Not Host the World Cup
We’ve been hearing reports about the violence in South Africa from our readers for some time now. It seems...
Video: France 3 Italy 1, Les Bleus over the Azzurris
This result should put beyond doubt that France was the better team in the World Cup too. It also...
Giacinto Fachetti passes on: Azzurri and Inter Milan great
Giacinto Facchetti died yesterday. A giant amongst the Azzurris and an Inter Milan stalwart, who played all 634 games...
France vs Italy: Who will headbutt Materazzi this time?
The European papers are abuzz with the France – Italy Euro Cup showdown this Wednesday, two months after their...
Ashley Cole vs William Gallas: Who got the better player?
William Gallas: A wall: Physical, versatile, and a great tackler. The attack has to go around him. Can play...
David Goldblatt: The Ball is Round
For soccer lovers this is the ultimate book. A 992 page book on everything and anything to do with...
Foul: Andrew Jennings book exposes FIFA
Andrew Jennings’s book gives us the scoop on how Sepp Blatter became president and how FIFA awards World Cups.
Arsenal’s Brazilians: The way to go
Brazil in one way or another has never really seen the English League as a stop for showcasing their...
Mido is baaaaaack! Spurs fans, let the good times roll
Mido is coming back to White Hart Lane. Good times everyone!! Mido commented on the team’s official website, ”I...
Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City
Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...
Joachim Löw: Germany hammers the Swedes, 3-0
Joachim Löw, Germany’s new coach, on a winning note Germany left off, with the Swedes in the World Cup,...
Owen Hargreaves: From most reviled to England’s cornerstone
It was not too long ago that The Sun compared Owen Hargreaves to “a mass murderer” and Hargreaves was...
FIFA elections 2007: Sepp Blatter should be fired this time
No sympathy for the devil this time! Joseph Blatter is standing for re-election to be president of FIFA in...
Eye on Egypt: Mohamed Zidan included in the Pharoahs
The soap opera that is Hassan Shehata and his relationship with Egyptian strikers, Mohamed Zidan and Ahmed ‘Mido’ Hossam...
Simon Kuper on Michael Ballack’s debut
Ballack, who should make his official debut for Chelsea in the FA Community Shield against Liverpool tomorrow at Cardiff’s...
Steve McLaren: A man in control or plain doggone rash
Steve McLaren has already shown that he is ready to take outsized chances. He has booted out Beckham in...
David Beckham: The decline and fall of metrosexuality
I hope it is over. Can I go and wallow in my body odour without feeling like I have...
The rise of Maggie Thatcher: The decline in England’s football fortunes
The only good thing that came out of the Margaret Thatcher and Ronnie Raygun lovefest in the 1970’s across...
Guus Hiddink’s biggest challenge: Russian indifference
Melancholy is a big part of the Russian nature. It is a theme that runs deep in Russian literature,...
Video: More Aaron Lennon
More reasons why we should not waste anymore time on Beckham. This guy is England’s and Tottenham’s future.
Video: Goodbye, David Beckham! Time to bring Aaron Lennon
Steve McLaren and Terry Venables should be unsentimental: Bring Aaron Lennon in. He deserves a full 90 minutes. Lets...
Video:More Ribery
Ribery feast from his days at OM and Galtasaray! Ljungberg, Henry, Rosicky, Walcott, and now Ribery. Arsenal’s speed kings!
Video: Pele’s nightmare before there were cards
These were the ’70s before there were cards for the sort of stuff you’ll see on this video. The...
Video: The legend that was Garrincha
Jaw dropping stuff! As Eduardo Galeano writes, “There never was a right winger like him. In the ’58 World...
Video: In which Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves becomes a hero
Spurs legend Greavesie gets dribbled on by a dog, an incident that so amuses Garrincha, that he takes it...
Womens World Cup 2007: Testesterone involved
It’s all that testesterone, Brandi! Scientific studies have shown that competitive sports increase testesterone levels in men. This is...