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Its curtains for David Beckham
There was no way a sane manager was going to take David Beckham back into the team to play...
John Terry is the England captain
John Terry or Steven Gerrard, both would be great captains but Steve McLaren has this to say about Terry:...
Neuromuscular anatomy and football skills: Crossover dribble or nutmeg?
Pele, Garrincha, Eusebio, Puskas, Boniek, Maradona, Cruyff, Platini, Bergkamp, Ronaldinho, have some pretty amazing ball dribbling skills, you’ll agree....
The rise of Maggie Thatcher: The decline in England’s football fortunes
The only good thing that came out of the Margaret Thatcher and Ronnie Raygun lovefest in the 1970’s across...
Guus Hiddink’s biggest challenge: Russian indifference
Melancholy is a big part of the Russian nature. It is a theme that runs deep in Russian literature,...
Inside track: Gerrard edges Terry for England job
There seems to be a gradual consensus that Steven Gerrard is the better candidate for the captain’s job than...
Video: More Aaron Lennon
More reasons why we should not waste anymore time on Beckham. This guy is England’s and Tottenham’s future.
Video: Aaron Lennon owns John Terry
I am sure Steve McLaren remembers this moment and so does John Terry. Seriously, you would have to be...
Video: Goodbye, David Beckham! Time to bring Aaron Lennon
Steve McLaren and Terry Venables should be unsentimental: Bring Aaron Lennon in. He deserves a full 90 minutes. Lets...
The Big Market
Is the United States starting to enjoy the beautiful game? I believe so. I’ve never heard so many Letterman...
Arsenal bludgeons Dinamo Zagreb, 3-0
Arsenal stayed on course for the European Championship beating Dinamo Zagreb through Van Persie’s goal, and a pair by...
Franck Ribery’s song: Tombes des Nues by Zebda
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Steven Gerrard set to take over as captain
He could be wearing England’s armband I think it is a step closer. The news that we are waiting...
Video:More Ribery
Ribery feast from his days at OM and Galtasaray! Ljungberg, Henry, Rosicky, Walcott, and now Ribery. Arsenal’s speed kings!
Video: Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry, Ri- be- ry!!
Check this piece of fancy footwork by Ribery. This is the year Arsenal gets it all back from the...
Franck Ribery to Arsenal; Gallas too?
This is a great bit of news for the Gunners. Ribery has been snapped up by Wenger for £13.5m...
Politician owners of football clubs? Never vote for them
Why owning a football club should be a red flag for voters electing politicians? Silvio Berlusconi, owner of AC...
Video: Pele’s nightmare before there were cards
These were the ’70s before there were cards for the sort of stuff you’ll see on this video. The...
Video: The legend that was Garrincha
Jaw dropping stuff! As Eduardo Galeano writes, “There never was a right winger like him. In the ’58 World...
Video: In which Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves becomes a hero
Spurs legend Greavesie gets dribbled on by a dog, an incident that so amuses Garrincha, that he takes it...
Frank Lampard misses with this one too
What is with these football players? All of them seem to be in self confessional mode. A book by...
Video: Mido’s year at White Hart Lane
Yeah, the Keano and Mido show! We still want him back. So let the rumours fly.
Thaksin Shinawatra: Remember me, Liverpool FC!
Writing the article about Liverpool’s finances reminded me of those days when everyone was going nuts about the reported...
Womens World Cup 2007: Testesterone involved
It’s all that testesterone, Brandi! Scientific studies have shown that competitive sports increase testesterone levels in men. This is...
Liverpool FC: In performance far more than its monies worth
Liverpool is the most storied English football club there is with 18 League titles and 5 European Championships. Of...
Soccer crooks: Bernard Tapie, folk hero or snakeoil charmer?
Marina Zenovich finally meets Tapie Soccer as with every professional sport has its share of crooks and swindlers. The...
Who wants Franck Ribery?
Franck Ribery is not happy at Olympique Marseille joing a long list of disillusioned players in this very active...
Does country size have anything to do with soccer prowess?
Perusing the list of largest countries in the world, one is struck by the fact that very few of...
Pascal Chimbonda: Is his price worth it?
Wigan just paid £5.5 m pounds for Emile Heskey and now they want to recoup that by dangling Pascal...
Franklin Foer’s analysis: Which form of government is most likely to win the World Cup?
I read Franklin Foer’s afterword in the The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup. In it he discusses...
ANC faultlines: Jacob Zuma, the GINI coefficient, and South Africa 2010
Jacob Zuma, ANC deputy president (L); Thabo Mbeki, SA’s president (R) The ongoing trial of Jacob Zuma, former deputy...
Zidane’s song: Coup De Boule (The Headbutt)
Thanks to ems we have the translated song of the summer hit “Coup De Boule”. Who said the French...
German soccer: Olli Kahn bows out
Timo Hildebrand: vfB Stuttgart’s goalie and Germany’s future Joachim Low our new national coach will not have the services...
Man U misses the bus again: Vieira signs with Inter
After all Man U’s huffing and puffing and reported interest in Patrick Vieira, finally Inter bags him. I don’t...
John Terry or Steven Gerrard?
Steve McLaren has to decide on who is the best to lead England. John Terry or Steven Gerrard. This...
Dunga’s team to face Norway
Dunga begins working without many players from the World Cup team. Some big names like Ronaldinho, Kaká, Roberto Carlos,...
The great divide: US Mens soccer vs its youth teams
The FIFA holds its youth World Cup every two years (U-20) and most of the talent on display form...
Why this might be Tottenham’s year with Robbie Keane and Edgar Davids?
Keano played his best football the second part of the season for the Spurs. He is one of the...
Video: Robbie Keane celebration
Enjoy the brilliance of Keano! No matter your club affiliation, this man is top notch.
Arsenal move to sign Black Star ace, Illiasu
Arsenal have taken Ghana World Cup star Shilla Illiasu on trial. The defender impressed in his debut in the...
FIFA’s 17 Commandments for South Africa 2010
SOUTH AFRICA has given world soccer body Fifa 17 guarantees as part of the contract to host the 2010...
Ledley King out again: Will miss 6 weeks of Tottenham’s season
The news keeps getting bad to worse for Ledley King. Out of the England squad with a metatarsal fracture...
Carlos Alberto Parriera: Bfana Bfana’s new coach
Parreira became South African soccer’s 14th coach in that many years since they resumed playing in 1992. He has...
Video: Egypt a soccer powerhouse: 2010 World Cup
Egypt has always done well in the CAF. This is their fifth title as they won the 2006 Africa...
Video: Funny football bloopers
Keep yourself entertained till the EPL begins!
Is Alex Ferguson throwing it all away?
Arsenal, Tottenham, and Liverpool have consolidated their clubs and there does not seem to be much interest in getting...
Video: Egypt’s Zidane: Mohamed Zidan
Mohamed Zidan is a striker for Werder Bremen now playing for FSV Mainz. He is one of the most...
Video: Tony Yeboah’s Goal for Leeds United
Brilliant, brilliant goal. Alas, Yeboah’s talent could not be seen to more people around the world. But this shows...
Video: Manu Chao’s Santa Maradona
Manu Chao will be playing August 7 at Central Park and this is just one of his best songs,...
Reggie Rockstone celebrates the Black Stars
Reggie Rockstone, the singer who originated Ghanian hip hop also called hiplife was so moved by the performance of...
Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and the Black Stars
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and Rev. Martin Luther King No story on football in Africa can be...
Soccer, we turn our lonely eyes at you!
Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, and now Justin Gatlin. When does fact end and when does fiction begin? I am...