Minnows beat up the indomitable lions
Underdogs Gabon beat the indomitable Cameroon team 1 – 0 in the second shock result of the tournament.Football pundits...
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Benitez on the brink – Liverpool out of FA Cup
He vows to fight on but it ‘s looking bleak.Their 2 -1 knock out by Reading is their 12th...
More evidence that goalkeepers are crazy
Here’s a trick that even mad Jens might think about twice before trying.The Mozambique goalie in the game against...
Togo keeper still unconscious
Kodjovi Obilale, the 25-year old Togolese reserve goalkeeper is said to be in a serious but stable condition at...
African Cup of Nations:Malawi win their first ever game – and how
They are ranked 73 places below Algeria and were always the underdogs going into this game having never won...
Tevez hat trick for Man City
Fergie must be musing on what might have been.His loss has been Mancini’s gain and he’s delighted with the...
Is Ronaldinho showing signs of an imminent recovery ?
AC Milan beat Juventus 3 – 0 and two of those goals came from one who not so long...
Another Messi Hat trick..
Barcelona put 5 goals past Tenerife – three of them from Messi.
Didier Drogba: “Africa Unite!”
Didier Drogba wants the Togo tragedy to unite Africa: “People have an opinion of Africa and it is not...
Angola gives away 4 goals in 15 minutes and ties Mali
An amazing game to kick-off the Cup of Nations tournament in Angola. Did Angola choke? In other news, the...
Wesley Sneijder saves Inter Milan
Massimo Maccrone opened the scoring for bottom of the table Siena with a scorching long range shot.Wesley Sneijder chipped...
Man U salvage draw through a controversial self goal
Cameron Jerome scored for Birmingham after Jonny Evans made a hames of a clearance. Man U managed to draw...
Togo decide to play on….
Those who died in the attack are the Angolan bus driver, the team’s spokesman Stanislas Ocloo and assistant coach...
Fernando’s fifty – video log
A compilation of his 50 marvellous goals – many thanks to whoever took the trouble to put them together...
Fernando’s fifty
I just discovered that while I was busy with affairs of state during the week after Christmas ,Torres had...
EPL bosses want to call off the African Cup …
Hull boss Phil Brown wants his two players back home now. “I am appalled. This throws a question mark...
Disaster Start to Africa Cup of Nations: Togo bus shot, players injured
This is not helping Africa. Who is to blame? Obviously the “rebels” but also, to some extent, Togo –...
English Premier League gets snowed out…
A combination of snow and sub-zero temperatures have produced mayhem in the EPL sporting calendar … Apart from the...
Puma and the African unity kit..
Puma present a “unified African kit” the continent’s teams can use if their national colours clash during the African...
Beckham’s second debut for AC Milan
Milan coach, Leonardo gave Beckham full marks for his performance in their 5-2 win over Genoa.
Landon Donovan gets caught at the Mexican border..
Landon Dononvan gets caught at the mexican border trying to smuggle himself across disguised as a handlebar mustache. He...
Sevilla coach dedicates win over Barcelona to Sergio Sanchez
Sevilla beat Barcelona 2-1 on their own turf and coach Manolo Jimenez dedicated the Copa del Rey win to...
Amazing goal from Clint Dempsey
Dempsey pulls a wonderful goal out of nowhere.It didn’t win the match for Fulham though.They lost to Stoke 3...
Cristiano Ronaldo and the art of diving…
Check out his diving skills against Osasuna the other day.The ref didn’t buy it though..so he needs more practice.
A song for the World Cup
…and then there’s the official World Cup Anthem – the remixed version of Wavin’ Flag by K’Naan…
Beckham not famous enough..
David Beckham was turned down for a appearance on The Simpsons because producers thought he wasn’t famous enough……
Video:Chelsea Watford 5 – 0
Daniel Sturridge scored his first two senior goals for the team as Watford found themselves outplayed.John Eustace put the...
An update on the Mascot
The mascot for the African Cup of Nations is an artistic impression of the Giant Sable antelope, which is...
Eduardo’s brilliant header against West Ham
Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 .Alessandro Diamanti had put the Hammers ahead on the stroke...
African Cup of Nations kicks off on the 10th of Jan
The host country is Angola. Since the first African Cup of Nations tournament was held in Sudan in 1957,...
Liverpool rumours
Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are on their way out apparently. Mourinho is lurking around Gerrard.The new year hasn’t...
The Discipline of Futsal
It’s no surprise that the best players in the world – Kaká, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo, and Marta all started...
A Prayer for Edwin van der Sar’s wife
At times like these, we realize that soccer is just a stupid game. Get well soon Annemarie.
Beckham at Right-Back?
Leonardo suggests that Becks may have to fill in as a defender at AC Milan. Let’s hope they don’t...
Manchester United 5, Wigan 0
Sir Alex finally sees his team gel. Funny how they usually do this when it matters most. Rooney looks...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Inspiration of the Year
The members of the Iranian team who wore green in support of the green revolution.Some of them were booted...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Idiot of the Year
And the award goes to: FIFA. What’s that you say about fair play?
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Goal of the Year
Nilmar. Enough said. I just hope Dunga takes him to SA!
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Player of the Year
The winner: Lionel Messi. The video doesn’t do him justice. The tragedy here is that with Maradona as coach,...
[UPDATED] SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Coach of the Year
Hold on. We have a new Coach of the Year. After reading NSider’s comment, and deliberating for 2 minutes,...
The SoccerBlog Awards 2009
Since we’re in a giving mood here at Soccer Blog, we’ve decided to end the year by handing out...
Fabulous Fabregas
He scored two goals out of three against Aston Villa and Arsenal are just four points behind Chelsea.Fabregas was...
Rooney inspires Man U to a 3-1 win
Rooney was involved in all the goals of the game.He scored the first.A lousy back pass to the goalkeeper...
Mancini starts on a winning note
Roberto Mancini began his stint as manager of Manchester City with a 2 – 0 win over Stoke City.The...
Liverpool get a bit of Christmas joy
The Christmas break did Liverpool a bit of good because on the 26th they managed to do something they...
No good news for the cows in South Africa yet
The proposal to slaughter a cow at every 2010 World Cup venue in a traditional South African blessing ritual...
Kaka and Ronaldo make a feeble attempt at saying Happy Christmas
They get as far as merry Christmas and then for reasons best known to themselves seem to find the...
Luis Suarez scores 6 goals
Luis Suarez scored six goals for Ajax against WHC Wezep in the fourth round of the KNVB Beker. The...
Cruyff’s dream team give Maradona’s Argentina another nightmare
Yohan Cruyff’s Cataonian dream tream gave Argentina a 4 -2 beating in a friendly.Maradona,still in search of that magic...
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA/FIFPro World XI of 2009: Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid); Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), John Terry (Chelsea), Nemanja...
Bob Dylan can add a new line to his old classic..
After Lampard almost collapsed from exhaustion after the number of times he had to retake his penalty.… This is...
Messi centrestage as Barcelona make history
Barca collected their 6th cup for the year.Messi scored a historic extra time winner to take Barcelona to their...