Spanish victory over Argentina for Aragones
Xavi Hernandez’s 32nd-minute long shot in their 2-1 win against Argentina .
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Miroslav Klose is German Player of the Year
Miroslav Klose – leading scorer with 25 goals last season and Golden Boot winner at the World Cup –...
Zidane among FIFA player of the year 2006 nominees
Zinedine Zidane,Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard are among those nominated for this year’s FIFA World Player of...
Peter Crouch in the air
It’s a bird,it’s a plane, it’s a windmill…..!
Video – Croatia vs England
A bizarre self goal. Robinson swipes at thin air ! “I went to kick the ball,” he said, ”...
Croatia 2 England 0
England went behind to a header from Croatia’s Brazilian-born striker Eduardo da Silva early in the second half.Goalkeeper Paul...
Kaka’s winner against Ecuador
Ronaldinho hit the crossbar twice on free kicks after being introduced into the game in the second half.His pass...
The road to South Africa – another bump
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has called on FIFA to award the 2010 World Cup to Australia as uncertainty continues...
Brazil beat Ecuador
Dunga’s tactic of getting his players to share rooms has paid off .Brazil won their game against Ecuador extending...
Euro Mascots in legal battle !
Trix and Flix,Flitz and Blitz or Zigi and Zagi ? Trix and Flix won. The choice of the names...
Glenn Myernick passes away
Glenn Myernick, Bruce Arena’s chief assistant with the US team at the past two World Cup finals, and a...
Video: Portugal 3, Azerbaijan 0
Cristiano Ronaldo scores three times – although only two of them count. [Scolari would’ve been a great coach for...
Video: England 0, Macedonia 0
Someone needs to wake up… even if it’s just one lion! Once again, the English team underwhelms us with...
Video: Brazil 4, Kuwait 0
A friendly Brazil destroys a club team masquerading as the Kuwaiti national team. Still, it’s fun to see Brazil...
Time to show the pluck of the Irish
The Irish papers have been baying for manager Steve Staunton’s head after Ireland’s humiliating 5-2 defeat in Cyprus on...
Portugal ready for Poland
Portugal play Poland next and Ronaldo wants another win though Scolari is willing to settle for a draw. Portugal...
Dunga tries new tactic
Brazil’s national soccer team arrived in the Swedish capital on Sunday for a friendly against Ecuador sometime this week....
What he actually told Zidane
Materazzi has also written a book ! His book is called “What I actually told Zidane” and in it...
Charlie the Bonnie Prince
“The Bonnie Prince” is the title of the autobiography of Chelsea legend Charlie Cooke .It was released in the...
Euro Update
Rooney’s lost form remained lost and McClaren’s English honeymoon came to an end with the goalless draw that was...
McClaren stays with the tried and trusted
It will be Macedonia and not England who will be playing the 3-5-2 formation at Old Trafford today.Steve McClaren...
World Eleven Shortlist
The FIFPro World XI team will be named from these 55 players in November this year.
World’s Best Team
In July and August this year 43,000 professional footballers belonging to the 40 professional organisations across the world that...
African Cup of Nations -what’s in a name !
The Bafana Bafana’s badly need to win against the Chipolopolo on sunday if they want to qualify for the...
Coaching dilemmas
Roberto Donadoni is struggling to get the World Cup champions to make it to the Euro 2008 championship. With...
Barthez says goodbye
France’s most garlanded goalkeeper Barthez follows Zidane into retirement . He made the announcement on French television channel TF1....
The longest goal ?
20th Sept 2006- Liverpool vs Newcastle. Is there a greater long distance goal scorer than Xabi Alonso ?
Peter Crouch statistics
Sam Wallace writing in The Independent about Crouch and McClaren has this interesting compilation of statistics on Peter Crouch....
Beckham quotes
Yesterday in an interview with the BBC Real Madrid president Ramon Calderón said: “As far as I know he’s...
Road to South Africa
Another bend in the bumpy road to South Africa 2010 . FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi stated yesterday that...
Dempsey voted Player of the Year
New England Revolution midfielder Clint Dempsey, seen here scoring the only American goal at this year’s World Cup, was...
Boys from Brazil
Here’s something to put on the shopping list.Boys from Brazil – The BBC’s history of the Brazilian national team,...
Didier Zokora dives again
Didier Zokora sets new heights in the art of diving in Tottenham’s win against Portsmouth over the weekend. Glenn...
World Cup Site wins award
The Web Marketing Association’s 2006 WebAward for Best Events Website went to Ericsson and Zooma for their work on...
Ronaldo dazzles
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer scored twice to put Manchester United back on top of the Premiership with a 2-0 home...
Documentary on German World Cup Team
Soenke Wortmann the top director who won acclaim for his movie “Miracle of Berne” [A movie about the German...
Video: Tribute to Bill Shankly
Under Bill Shankly, the Reds lay their foundations to one of the best football clubs of the world.
Bill Shankly’s reminder to Anfield: On his 25th death anniversary
As Reds fans wonder what maybe going wrong with their season, in 9th place in the Premiership after a...
Video: Robin Van Persie! Gunners shoot down Charlton, 2-1
Definitely a candidate for the most spectacular goal of the season! Persie sprinting 15 metres full tilt, and then...
Where is Shourin Roy?
For those of you who are asking that question, relax. He’s busy with an off-off-broadway play for alteregoproductions… They’re...
Amy Lawrence: How Wenger Changed English Football
In the 10 years since his first match in charge of Arsenal in October, here are 10 ways in...
Video: Reading 1, Man U 1
What it’s like from the stands: Man U was lucky to get the tie. Three questions: 1. Will Sir...
Farewell Freddy Adu!
Soccerblog has been talking about the MLS business model for some time now. Now it’s time for that model...
Jose and his Amazing Technicolour Overcoat !!
Funny song on Mourinho “The Special One” sung to the tune of Andrew LLoyd Webber’s “Any Dream Will Do”...
Homeless World Cup final today
Mr. Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace sent his special...
Mad as a Blatter ?
Blatter’s latest idea about scrapping penalty shootouts may be considered to be one of his better ideas.He has made...
Raul out,Ruud out,Parker in.
Real Madrid’s Spanish international captain Raul has been left out of the squad chosen by national boss Luis Aragones...
Amazing Acrobatics by Peter Crouch
His season’s tally is 10 goals including this scissor kick against Galatasaray on Wednesday .
Drogba’s hat trick for Chelsea
Drogba scored his triad in the 39th, 52nd and 68th minutes against Levski Sofia on wednesday
Euro 2008 mascots unveiled
The official mascots for Euro 2008 were unveiled in Vienna recently. The mascots are a kind of double barrelled...
Saha’s goal against Benfica
Saha scores his fifth goal of the season
Blatter proposes an end to penalty shoot outs.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes future World Cup finals should not be decided by penalties . Penalty shoot-outs were...
Saha wins it for the Red Devils
A lone goal by Louis Saha helped Manchester United beat Benfica . Sir Alex Ferguson got the “bloody different...
Homeless World Cup
News and Webcam coverage and Pictures of action from the Homeless World Cup currently underway in South Africa