by Geoff Lemon, 4 Jun 2013
Halfway through the English Premier League season just gone, it hit me. I was done. My resignation letter may not have hit the boss’s desk, but in spirit I was already out the door. I watched the new generation of Chelsea talent – the sublime skills and pace of Eden Hazard, the twinkling feet of [...]
by Stratty, 21 Feb 2013
I have been an avid football fan since the age of five, always wanting to know where the superstars of world football play their club football and what country they are from. The peaks and troughs of a club or country’s form, and the reasons why, has always interested me. Portuguese football had its golden [...]
by AFP, 21 Aug 2012
Robin van Persie’s Manchester United debut ended in disappointment as Marouane Fellaini gave Everton a 1-0 English Premier League win at Goodison Park on Monday. Van Persie came off the bench for the last 22 minutes as United searched for an equaliser after Belgian midfielder Fellaini headed Everton into a second half lead. But the [...]
by AFP, 10 Aug 2012
Some of the Europe’s biggest clubs stayed on course to reach the Champions League group stages on Wednesday by securing victories in the tournament’s third qualifying round. Celtic, Anderlecht, Fenerbahce, FC Copenhagen, Panathinaikos and Dinamo Zagreb all secured their places in Friday’s draw for the play-off round, where they will be joined by sides from [...]
by AFP, 4 Aug 2012
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Friday that his Portuguese striker Ronaldo should have won this year’s Ballon d’Or and not Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. “For me, the best player of a season must be one that won,” Mourinho told ESPN. “What (Ronaldo) did helped the team to win something big and I don’t think in [...]
by AFP, 18 Jul 2012
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced that world football’s governing body has adopted a new code of ethics in the wake of a series of damaging corruption scandals. One of the central planks of the new code is that there will no longer be a time limitation for the prosecution of bribery and corruption cases. [...]
by Graham Dunbar, 6 Jul 2012
Football finally embraced goal-line technology as FIFA’s lawmaking panel approved two systems for use in matches on Thursday. FIFA will introduce goal-line technology at the seven-team Club World Cup in Japan in December, and plans to use it in Brazil at the 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said the [...]
by Zee, 21 Jun 2012
Two weeks after the much anticipated tournament began, football fans have strapped themselves in for the nail biting and enthralling end to the competition. Now eight countries are left, with Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and England coming through. Before the quarter-finals begin, I’d like to review the group stages. The group [...]
by Tom Williams, 5 Jun 2012
A goal-rich European football season suggests Euro 2012 could be a high-scoring tournament, despite the likely preponderance of apparently conservative single-striker formations. The 2011-12 campaign was one of the most prolific in the modern history of the European game. Barcelona and Real Madrid both smashed through the 100-goal barrier in La Liga, the Catalans amassing [...]
by AFP, 31 May 2012
“All in one rhythm,” is the official slogan of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, FIFA announced Tuesday, saying it would unite fans who head to the Samba nation for the football extravaganza. The official slogan was a joint effort between Brazil and the footballing world, said FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke at a ceremony [...]
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