Ghana: The crucible of African soccer
It is befitting that the current ACN is hosted by Ghana to be followed by the World Cup in...
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Eddie Johnson leaves for Fulham
The deal is in the bag and Eddie Johnson, K-City’s striker leaves for Fulham, a haven for US players,...
African Cup:Take a look at these goals
This goal comes off a fine diving header by Manchester United’s new signing Manucho.It gave Angola a one goal...
Spurs win: Halley’s comet re-visits every 76 years
Once in a blue moon Spurs gets to win over Arsenal. Yesterday, was the day. They won big because...
Arsenal dumped out of Carling Cup
Arsenal’s first defeat to Spurs in 21 games spanning eight years ended with the score reading 5 -1 and...
Video: Egypt get past Cameroun in their ACN opener: 4-2
Egypte Vs Cameroun – CAN 2008 Les ButsUploaded by kingofspirits Yesterday, Ivory Coast got past their toughest competition, Nigeria....
The politics of gestures: The politics of entitlement
Man Utd boss Sir Alex is in the news again for making an obscene gesture at Wally Downes and...
Banks financing Liverpool’s loans announce record losses
Monday. Bloody Monday. It was a bloodbath on the Asian and European stock exchanges as they reacted badly to...
A note about FSC’s Super Sunday
Super Sunday on FSC has the trio of Andy Houlihan, Gary Richards, and Christian Miles. They discuss the Premiership,...
Video:Manchester United lose to Al Hilal
The game was played to mark the retirement of Al Hilal’s legendary Saudi international Sami al-Jaber.The game ended at...
Man U’s Manucho: Angolan striker meets Bafana Bafana
Man Utd fans will get a chance to follow the exploits of Manucho, their latest signing, in the Africa...
Video: Salomon Kalou brings down Nigeria
0-1Uploaded by bobrivers Great bit of skill by Salomon Kalou as he sashays past four defenders and scores as...
Video: Fastest goal by Fred
3.17 seconds. In a match played between America Futebol Clube/ MG (Fred’s junior club) vs Vila Nova Futebol Clube....
Liverpool fans are sick of their prevaricating owners
What else can you say? It is tempting to say, I told you so. Liverpool’s buyout by Tom Hicks...
Lawrence Tynes, Celtic fan kicks the NY Giants to the Superbowl
The NY Giants are going to Glendale for Super Bowl 42 after defeating the Packers, in a game which...
Fastest goal in the west
Joseba Llorente struck the fastest goal in Primera Liga history on Sunday in Real Valladolid’s 2 -1 victory over...
Now thats how you score a goal in the last minute
Sulley Muntari scored a 25 yard last gasp wonder goal taking Ghana to a 2-1 opening win over Guinea.A...
Keegan is an anachronism: Can he deliver at Newcastle?
In short, an inspirational figure. Will the good times roll in Newcastle? Watching Kevin Keegan’s heroic visage on the...
Videos: Arsenal and Man U win
Emmanuel Adebayor scored 2 and Rosicky the third as Arsenal took the game away from Fulham. Rooney and Ronaldo...
Arsenal wins through its flanks
Two good things happened today as Arsenal eased past Fulham. Eduardo showed he was more than a fox in...
Countdown to African Safari begins
All eyes turn to Ghana as the countdown for the 26th African Nations Cup approaches the zero hour. 47...
Bojan Krkic may be in the Spanish team
Barcelona whiz kid Bojan Krkic could be in line for the Spanish national side for the Euro 2008 says...
Chinese coach goes against ancient chinese wisdom
An ancient Chinese saying about facing the future apparently goes something like this “Meet all changes by remaining unchanged.”...
A travesty: Newcastle’s ouster of Allardyce
Allardyce falls a victim to Newcastle’s collective madness A nice spin: Its called mutual consent nowadays. Both get a...
Totti scores his 200th goal
He scored two goals in Roma’s 4- 0 win over Torino – the milestone goal being a penalty.He becomes...
Video:Mallorca dump Real out of Copa del Rey
Ariel Ibagaza gave Real Madrid a king sized shock when his 83rd minute goal proved decisive in eliminating them...
Arsenal vs Man Utd: Shades of Obama vs Hillary
Arsenal: A team full of funny sounding names. Routinely pilloried for being anti-English. Emirates. Small budget. Inexperienced and young....
Video:Gerrard Hattrick
Two more goals thrown in as well.Steven Gerrard scored three as Liverpool overwhelmed Luton 5-0 on Tuesday to reach...
Will Klinsmann be the “agent of change” at Bayern Munich?
Well, well, well. Who says the Germans can’t change? Who says Uli Hoeneß isn’t a “Queerdenker” himself? And this...
Drogba back on target
Didier Drogba scored the second goal (free kick) in Ivory Coast’s 2-0 African Nations Cup warm-up win over Kuwait...
Who needs Ronaldinho ?
Carlo Ancelotti denied any AC Milan interest in Ronaldinho after Ronaldo and Pato helped to demolish Napoli 5 -2...
Belletti scores a rocket.
The Spurs gave him enough time and space to write his name on the ball.The second goal came off...
Ronaldo scores his first hat trick….
Apart from all that running faster than a speeding bullet he also went and scored his first hat trick.Man...
Ronaldo races a Bugatti
I’m back from goofing off in S Africa.This new ad campaign from Nike shows Cristiano Ronaldo beating the world’s...
In which David Beckham tries some finger-lickin’ Soul Food
I had meant to stick this silly video on here a while back, but hey…
Soccer Blog returns, finally…
Now that some of us at Soccer Blog have finally recovered from our New Year’s celebrations, it’s about time...
Video:Manchester United goes into the lead..
….with this 4 – 0 thrashing of Sunderland.
Video: Boxing day classic: Chelsea vs Aston Villa
Great game. Theatrical and nail biting. Chelsea is down through two early Shaun Maloney goals. Phil Dowd very harshly...
Boxing day stumble: An old failing dogs Arsenal
Too many passes and too few to pull the trigger. Unless you count Tomas Rosicky who can’t buy a...
African cup of Nations
The African Cup of Nations due for kick off in Ghana on the 20th of Jan will be the...
Manuel Almunia must be feeling good
Almunia’s huge moment when he stopped Robbie Keane’s penalty probably sealed his first place position permanently. Jens Lehmann has...
Soccerblog wishes its readers Merry Xmas
Fox Soccer Channel has a special on Arsenal’s greatest moments starting at 1 PM today. I can’t think of...
Soccerblog’s 10 events that rocked the soccer world in 2007
The Iraq national team wins the Asian Cup If we could provide an example of a definitive moment which...
Reuters: The year in pictures
Thierry Henry contemplates the crystal ball and sees Barca Bolivian president Evo Morales makes his case for high altitude...
Vote for the African footballer of the year 2007
The BBC has an online poll going.Last date to submit your votes is the 4th of Jan.The winner will...
Real Madrid beat Barcelona at home…
Barcelona lost to Real at Camp Nou for only the 2nd time in 24 years.Julio Baptista scored the only...
Manchester United and Chelsea keep the pressure on Arsenal
Ronaldo scored both the goals in Man U’s 2 -1 win over Everton.Cahill scored for Everton.The game might have...
Tom Hicks been busy since the Liverpool acquisition
via The Telegraph (AP) “Make eye contact, Tom and give us the real scoop. Are you in or not?”...
Video: Liverpool bury Portsmouth…
…by four goals to one.
Video: Birmingham’s defence in full meltdown
Horrible defending by Birmingham gifted all three goals as Gary Megson and the Trotters can look forward to Xmas...
Video: Stephen Hunt’s controversial goal sinks Sunderland
Dean Whitehead beats up on the Reading mascot but Reading has the last laugh as Stephen Hunt’s volley is...
Crouch’s outburst reflects fashionable xenophobia
John Obi Mikel is scythed down by Peter Crouch in a two footed tackle and the Nigerian midfielder is...
Arsenal: Bendtner soars high for the winner
The storyline: Two clever back heels, Almunia, and a soaring Bendtner. Arsenal pull it off. An enervated Gunner team...