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World Cup: England canvass through canvas
Sunderland v Aston Villa match in 1895. Painting by Thomas Hemy Paul Hayward writes about a painting that could...
“Refait” – The remake of the 1982 France Germany semifinal…
Wikipedia has the details about the classic 1982 World Cup semifinal game that has gone down in legend and...
Bob Bradley’s future still uncertain
Bob Bradley met with Sunil Gulati yesterday to discuss his future as national coach but reportedly nothing was resolved....
Ibrahimovic: A €40m Milan move in the works
The Spanish media outlets are saying that a deal is in the works that will bring Ibra to AC...
Inter sweeps the UEFA awards
A clean sweep – the first time since the awards were instituted in 1998. Diego Milito won the footballer...
Aston Villa crash out against Rapid Wien, 2-3 (agg 3-4)
Kevin McDonald’s boost as interim coach took another turn for the worse as Villa came unglued at home against...
Liverpool left it late defeating Trabzonspor, 2-1
It all looked a bit grim for Liverpool as Teofilo Gutierrez’s 4th minute goal stood for 80 more minutes...
Champions League draw: Arsenal’s Brazilian pitfalls
Former Arsenal striker Eduardo will go up against his old club The Champions League draw took place in Monaco...
Barcelona beat AC Milan to take the Joan Gamper Trophy
The traditional pre season friendly was made even friendlier by Ronaldinho’s return to Barcelona.Made special by the fact that...
The Mascherano hangover before Trabzonspor
Javier Mascherano did not travel with the team to Turkey in Liverpool’s second leg fixture. He is evidently trying...
Sebastien Squillaci is finally a Gunner
Evidence that Squillaci comes from the Uri Geller school Squillaci signs a three year contract with Arsenal which is...
Galliani goes Ibra shopping to Barca
Adriano Galliani is in Barcelona to thrash out a transfer deal for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He will meet with Sandro...
Paul Scholes: Will he come out of retirement?
Wayne Rooney and James Milner have all come out with statements saying that they would love to have Paul...
Mourinho targets Wenger, Capello, and Benitez
The not so Special One Jose Mourinho is feeling a wee bit omnipotent nowadays and it really makes no...
Crouch and Bale put on a show against Young Boys, 4-0
Spurs swept aside Young Boys at the Lane, 4-0 to progress on aggregate (6-3) to the CL first round....
Glazers and Man Utd: Another sink or swim story
The Guardian reports that the Glazer family business, First Allied Corporation is facing financial difficulties which raise questions of...
Two brilliant goals in the last 24 hours…
Angel Di Maria’s fantastic solo effort for Real Madrid against Penarol and then this awesome volley from Pazzini for...
Werder edge Sampdoria in a thriller, 2-3 (agg 5-4)
This match lived up to its billing as Giampaolo Pazzini lit up the pitch with a very impressive opening...
Braga’s Brazilians stun Sevilla, 4-3
Matheus gets the party started after Andres Palop who had a nightmare in goal spills the ball and the...
Sebastien Squillaci reveals a ruthless temperament
Anything remotely ruthless from an Arsenal player needs to be celebrated – so it will be great to see...
Neymar lauded for staying back at Santos
Chelsea tries to lure the highly rated Santos prospect who shone in Brazil’s victory over the USA in a...
Don’t like the look of the linesman ? – take him down…!
Corinthians right-winger Jorge Henrique took the linesman down in an attempt to get at a pass that was a...
Liverpool want more for Mascherano
The Reds midfielder was pulled from yesterday’s game as his head and heart it appears belong to Barcelona. But...
Jacob Zuma tarnishes SA’s “feel good” World Cup
One of the reasons for holding the World Cup was South Africa’s desire to showcase its vibrant democracy –...
Man City toy with Liverpool, 3-0
Liverpool had to be very, very good to beat City. But all the signs on the pitch pointed to...
Nick Clegg gets ahead of himself
Nick Clegg waxes lyrical about England’s 2018 World Cup chances. “You could technically hold the World Cup here tomorrow.”...
Referees seeing red
Hungarian ref Alvaro Garcia Miguel gave Gábor Nagy of Haladás a red card and then gets it snatched out...
Ibrahimovic’s Milan move is pie in the sky
His agent Mino Raiola, who is also employed by Mario Balotelli says that 99.9% Zlatan Ibrahimovic is going to...
Wenger to double the ante for Schwarzer?
The transfer deadline looms. Every other goalkeeping option is conjecture. What is real is that Mark Schwarzer wants an...
Squillaci set for Arsenal medical on Monday
According to Sevilla, Sebastien Squillaci will be traveling to London on Monday for a medical in preparation for a...
Hoffenheim shock Werder, 4-1
The post Mesut Oezil period did not begin well for Thomas Schaaf’s Werder Bremen as the club was taken...
Villa’s debacle puts more pressure on a Bradley arrival
Bob Bradley going public with his interest in coaching Aston Villa could not have been better timed as the...
Man Utd vs Fulham: An absorbing encounter ends 2-2
An absolutely gripping encounter at Craven Cottage replete with “Where is Mark Schwarzer?” Rumours are that he was kept...
Rafa Marquez super strike againt Toronto FC
Marquez put together this 30 yard screamer that tore a hole in the ozone. Great strike. The Mexican talisman...
Newcastle pound Villa into a six goal submission
Highlights with an irritating techno track. Turn volume down. Watch Newcastle take apart Villa at St James Park. Jon...
Messi back to scoring hat tricks
Super stuff from Messi in the Spanish Super Cup.Barcelona beat Sevilla 3 -2 on aggregate to win the cup...
Another 6 goal feast: Chelsea v/s Wigan
Wigan are still in the nightmare.After the 4 – 0 hammering from Blackpool last week,it was a 6 –...
Gareth Bale scores the goal of the Premiership ( so far )
Gareth Bale scores a brace. The first one was sheer luck but the second off a delectable cross by...
Blackpool get a reality check
The 4 – 0 dream start against Wigan last week may have led them to believe that they would...
Premiership: Arsenal vs Blackpool
Arsenal meet Blackpool at the Emirates: 10:00 AM (EST) ESPN2 Ian Holloway may or may not treat us to...
Stephen Ireland earns our sympathy
How bad is Roberto Mancini? The only creative midfielder in your midst and he is sidelined. Sure, he is...
Huang down, how many more to go?
Kenny Huang and QSL Sports end their bid, frustrated at Liverpool’s foot dragging. Maybe it is George Gillett and...
Anderlecht’s goalkeeper does John Cleese manouver…
Jan Lecjaks scored a brilliant own goal for Anderlecht in their Champion’s league match against FK Partizan. The goalkeeper...
Octopus Paul: Ambassador to England’s 2018 World cup bid
England tightened its tentacles on the 2018 World Cup as Octopus Paul was announced as ambassador to their bid....
Carlos Quieroz in all sorts of trouble
Rumours are that Carlos Quieroz who surprised everyone by surviving the axe after Portugal’s dismal World Cup is most...
Real’s summer clearance: Gago, Van Der Vaart, Lass, and Diarra
Clubs with some money can look to getting any of these players for the Real summer special. Jorge Valdano...
Peter Kenyon headlines Huang bid
Liverpool’s convoluted takeover saga got a bit more wrinkled with Peter Kenyon now heading the negotiations for the Kenneth...
Comedy reigns in Anderlecht vs Partizan’s encounter
Nothing wrong with the first two goals which were genuine. The third goal was a spectacular one scored by...
Internacional win the Copa Libertadores beating Chivas, 3-2
After winning the first leg, 2-1 in Mexico, the Brazilian club was favoured to win the second leg at...
Arsenal’s injury woes: Frimpong out for at least 6 months
Emmanuel Frimpong whose Arsenal trajectory was just taking off suffered an ACL injury during training that will keep him...
Second time around: Schwarzer bid rejected
Arsenal does not improve on its earlier bid. Predictably, Fulham feels insulted and turns them down. Schwarzer may not...
Gallas to join Tottenham
Maybe Gallas can do some more of this while at Spurs Another classy act by the former Arsenal captain-...
Liverpool 1 Trabzonspor 0: Joe Cole delights, disappoints
Joe Cole a split personality? He slips a sublime pass to Ryan Babel who scores the only goal in...