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Arsenal go five up on Man Utd!
Arsenal polished off Blackburn with goals from Senderos and Adebayor. It increases the gap between Man U and Chelsea...
Egypt’s ACN success emphasizes its strongly nationalistic legacy
Egypt’s sixth ACN title cementing its position as the dominant African soccer power underscores the success of its vibrant...
Video:Real Madrid in 7 goal blitz
Real Madrid beat Real Valladolid 7 – 0 to take an eight-point lead at the top of the Primera...
Brazil beats Ireland in Olympic prep
Brazil emerged victorious after an exhibition that marked the beginning of the South Americans’ preparation for the Beijing Olympics....
Video:Manchester United lose to Manchester City
Man U seemed to be weighed down by history.
Egypt Beats Cameroon; Wins 6th ACN Finals
Egypt beats Cameroon 1-0 (about 8 minutes into the video) egypt/cameroon Mi-tmps2-p3Uploaded by avigon Defending champions Egypt won a...
Update: Egypt win the ACN title through Aboutrieka’s strike
Congratulations to Hassan Shehata and the Pharoahs as they overcame the Lions and Samuel Eto’o. Zidan came on the...
Cantonaphiles: Listen up! He is in a new movie
Eric Cantona can be seen in a new movie Jack Says, a pulp action thriller with lots of blood...
Egypt vs Cameroun: The ACN final
The match has started and it promises to be a fitting finale to one of the freest flowing and...
The Munich air disaster: Frank Swift, Man City’s connection
A minute silence was observed by 76,000 fans at Old Trafford before the start of the Manchester derby to...
The goals continue to flow in Africa
Ghana came from behind to win the third-place at the Africa Cup of Nations in a six-goal thriller.Boubacar Sanogo...
What does one make of the EPL’s overseas plan?
“It’s a strange and comical idea,” Platini said. “I laughed because it will never be received by Fifa, by...
Vítor Hugo Gomes Paços…
….plays for the Portuguese U 21 side and is nicknamed “Pele”.He scored a stunning goal in Portugal’s under 21...
Bikey will miss the final for this moment of madness
Cameroon defender Andre Bikey will miss the African Nations Cup final after getting a red card for pushing a...
An Arsenal fan’s tribute to the Man Utd fallen: Fifty years later
It is often said that you can never count out Man U till the final whistle is blown. As...
African Cup finalists finalised
Egypt beat Ivory Coast 4 -1… …and the hosts Ghana lost to Cameroon.
Video: USA Mexico draw friendly at 2 goals each
Jonny Magallon scored two goals for Mexico but his team was nevertheless held to a 2-2 draw by the...
Capello starts on the right note
Shaun Wright-Phillips gave Capello a win to start off things with.Eren Dediyok’s goal equalised the first-half opener from Jermaine...
African Cup:The other two semifinalists
Egypt vs Angola.Look for Manucho’s 25-yard thunderbolt.Egypt won nevertheless taking the game 2 -1 Cameroon vs Tunisia.Cameroon bulldozed their...
Drogba denied award – says its not cricket.
Drogba was victim of some dastardly deviation from the straight and narrow when he was denied the chance to...
Lorrie Fair: First US Woman in Womens’ Premier League
Former United States international Lorrie Fair, the youngest member of the U.S. World Cup-winning team in 1999, arrived in...
Ghana and Ivory Coast into the semis
10 man Ghana took the hard way into the semis-fighting their way in 2 goals to 1. The Ivory...
Video Roundup: Africa Nations Cup 2008
Ghana and Ivory Coast are through to the semi-finals. Those videos will be here soon. Meanwhile, enjoy the rest...
Video: Fela Kuti: Music and Soccer
Fela ‘Anikulapo’ Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat music. Musician, political activist, human rights campaigner, and mesmerizing performer. Here he...
Video: Baaba Maal: Music and soccer
The ageless Baaba Maal revels us with Hamady Boiro, part of the griot musical tradition of Western Africa. I...
An LFC co-operative could provide a template for future club ownership
Sick and tired of how clubs give themselves away to ownerships who look on them as mere cash cows,...
January transfers come through for Pompey, Latics, and Spurs
Jermain Defoe made an instant impact at Pompey as the ex-Spurs scored a goal on his debut from a...
Super Bowl: Lawrence Tynes, Celtic fan maybe the key
courtesy: Tim Roske /AP Scotland will be watching Super Bowl Sunday as one of their own tries making history....
Adebayor closes in on Ronaldo
Adebayor is catching up with Ronaldo.His two goals in this game bring his tally up to 21.Ronaldo is 6...
Arsenal win as Wenger reveals a Ronaldo link
The big story doing the rounds was Wenger’s admission that Arsenal was inches close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo before...
Obama is a West Ham fan
One more good reason to support Obama.
Footballet
Vienna’s glitziest event of the year, the Opera Ball, kicked off on Thursday evening with some soccer legends taking...
Capello anoints Agbonlahor
Gabby Agbonlahor is now an English squaddie Gabriel Agbonlahor’s inclusion in the England squad is cause for celebration. He...
Why Pim Verbeek is wrong for the Socceroos
Pim Verbeek assumes the mantle of the Socceroos coach in the wake of the disastrous Graham Arnold tenure which...
Ronaldo leaves the goalie standing
Fergie is calling it the best free kick he has ever seen Ronaldo taking.There’s a clearer video here.Man U...
Ex-NBA executives take over Derby
Seems like the cross over of US based owners into buying out English soccer clubs continues even as their...
Welcome news: Flamini and Fabregas get on the board
This time around Adebayor had company in scoring Arsenal’s goals against Newcastle. Fabregas scored his sixth goal and his...
Drogba scores his second
Didier Drogba scored the first goal in a 3-0 victory over Mali.You can take a look at that here...The...
Video: Newcastle bite the dust again
A repeat defeat.Abedayor led the charge again and the final score was Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0.
Essien takes Ghana into the quarter finals
Michael Essien took Ghana to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations after a 2-0 win over Morocco...
Another diving header
The south african goalkeeper seems to be attracting this kind of goal.Tunisia’s Francileudo Dos Santos scored a great goal...
Video: Manchester United vs Tottenham Spurs etc
Cristiano Ronaldo helped Man U to a 3-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur by scoring two out of the...
Deep thoughts by Max Bretos on the ACN
On FSC Super Sunday, Max Bretos came all fired up taking the CAF to task for organizing the ACN...
Video: Eto’o ties ANC goal record
With this penalty, Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o Fils, three-time African Footballer of the Year, scored his 14th cup of nations...
Video Roundup: Africa Nations Cup 2008
For those of you who missed the action over the past week, here’s a round-up of all the games...
Maradona: The heart of a champion
” I have always wanted to play football, but I didn’t know where or how I wanted to play....
Video: Ali Farka Toure: Music and soccer
While the ACN showcases the incredible African talent in soccer, here is African legend, the late Ali Farka Toure...
Arsenal and Adebayor back on track
It was a relief to see Arsenal regroup and play the sort of soccer that they are capable of...
Video : Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0
Adebayor walked down the road to redemption by scoring 2 goals out of 3 and taking Arsenal back to...
Liverpool’s owners can’t afford to alienate Rafa
Having secured the £350m loan that will keep them as Liverpool’s owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett have now...
David and Posh Beckham: Gas guzzling couple
I am going to break Soccerblog’s New Year’s resolution of not mocking David Beckham. Sigh. It took a little...
Ivory Coast coast into the quarter finals
Ivory Coast beat Benin ( A tiny country on the west coast of Africa) 4 -1 and are the...
Beckham in Africa
David Beckham reminded the world not to ignore the deaths of tens of thousands of children during a visit...