Real’s dream of taking the upper hand in the match against Barcelona was not meant to come true as Barcelona beat their arch rivals at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
Barcelona fought back from allowing the fastest El Clasico goal ever to defeat Real Madrid at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and beat their archrivals to the top of the La Liga standings. The start of the game was promising for Real Madrid as the Catalans were three points clear of Barcelona with a match in [...]
According to Carlos Tevez’s advisor Kia Joorabchian, the Argentine footballer wants to stay in Europe. Though the Manchester City striker has been linked with his ex-side Corinthians and is currently training in Argentina after the fall-out with Manchester City, he prefers playing with a European club. Carlos Tevez has already received an offer from AC [...]
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo as well as Barca team mates Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez have been nominated for the FIFA player of the year award. The three nominees have been chosen Monday from 23 prominent footballers. Last year, it was Messi who won the top FIFA award and beat his teammates Xavi and [...]
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona unleashed criticism of Pele, saying that the Brazilian record-breaking footballer must have been on the wrong medication when he said that Santos and Brazil forward Neymar was better than Barca’s Lionel Messi. At Thursday’s press conference in Dubai, Maradona stated that Neymar was a good footballer but he would never [...]
Silvio Berlusconi, the owner of Italy’s most popular professional soccer team, AC Milan, and Italy former president, has declared that he will come back as president of the Serie A champions. The 75-year-old former politician took over at Milan in 1986 and rescued the Italian side from bankruptcy by engineering the flow of vast investments [...]
Los Angeles Galaxy half-back David Beckham has not revealed yet what his next club move will be, but says that there are plenty of alternatives. The 36-year-old star footballer enjoys popularity in the Unites States as he was given his first title there last week. However, the Englishman’s future is uncertain as his contract with [...]
Granada’s home match with Mallorca was abandoned as an assistant referee was hurt by a fan. Linesman Aguilar Rodriguez was getting ready for a Mallorca corner when a fan in the stands threw an umbrella at him that hit his cheek. Rattled about the about the unpleasant incident, referee Gomez and his assistants Rodriguez and [...]
The new American owner of Italian side Roma plans on reviving the once-great team and generating positive brand awareness through marketing. A.S. Roma president Thomas DiBenedetto said that he wanted to open the club’s youth academies all over the world, starting from America. According to DiBenedetto, Roma has already struck a bargain with an academy [...]
Sepp Blatter made a controversial statement regarding racism, dismissing it as normal for on-field provocation. According to the FIFA president, victims of racial insults and their offenders should shake hands at the end and forget everything. The official added that in his opinion, racism and discrimination disappeared after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa [...]
Yesterday was a good day for the strikers of the leading Spanish squads. Cristiano Ronaldo netted two goals and led Portugal to a 6-2 victory over 10-man Bosnia that propelled his squad to the EURO 2012 finals. His team-mate Helder Postiga also netted twice and Miguel Veloso scored another goal for Portugal to snatch the [...]
David Beckham’s dreams of getting on the England squad for the Euro 2012 finals in Ukraine and Poland have been shattered by England head coach Fabio Capello. Beckham, who has led his side LA Galaxy to the MLS Cup Final this season has always hoped to add to the 115 caps that he has earned [...]
Five Chile players have been excluded from the national squad after missing a team curfew, according to Chile football manager Claudio Borghi. Birmingham left winger Jean Beausejour, West Brom right back Gonzalo Jara, Juventus defensive midfielder Arturo Vidal, Atalanta central midfielder Carlos Carmona, and Palmeiras’ attacking midfielder fJorge Valdivia were the footballers involved who got [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for his side, Real Madrid, during their 2-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais. The Portugal international was extremely pleased with this achievement and thanked his coach and teammates for helping him to produce this accomplishment. The 26-year-old striker scored both of Real’s goals in the Spanish side’s 2-0 victory over [...]
A Romanian football fan was charged for violent behavior during the game between Petrolul Ploiesti and Steaua Bucuresti. He ran onto the field mid-game and a powerful punch to the face of Steaua Bucuresti’s George Galamaz which broke his cheekbone. The supporter, Dragos Petrut Enache, was detained for 24 hours, according to prosecutors. In the [...]
Brazil’s minister of sports, Orlando Silva, who was supposed to be in charge of the 2014 World Cup that will be staged in Brazil resigned because of corruption charges a day after an investigation into this matter was launched. The former minister is the member of the government of current Brazil president Dilma Vana Rousseff [...]
If FIFA has its way, footballers will see red cards less often. A FIFA panel suggested that referees be more indulgent towards football players who commit fouls in the penalty box. A special FIFA Task Force, including representatives of FIFA, leagues, national federations and football players, with German coach and former player Franz Beckenbauer at [...]
Mexican C.D. Guadalajara have imposed a fine on two players for their inappropriate behavior during a goal celebration. After netting a hat-trick in Guadalajara’s 5-2 victory over Estudiantes, striker Marco Fabian de la Mora pretended to shoot his teammate Alberto Medina in the head, expressing his happiness at his side’s advantage. This gesture was not [...]
The bribery scandal involving FIFA’s ex-president Jack Warner and Caribbean football officials took a new turn after The Daily Telegraph shared a video that shows Warner telling Caribbean Football Union members what to do with cash gifts of then-FIFA president candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam. After an investigation into this matter, Asian Football Confederation head Bin [...]
A major corruption scandal has broken out in Brazil. Brazilian Football Confederation (BFC) president Ricardo Teixeira will be looked into by the police in an investigation of illegal transfer of capital, including money laundering. The police investigation will focus on three FIFA’s stop officials, including BFC president Teixeira, South American Football Confederation chief Nicolas Leoz [...]
Having a contract with one of the most successful football clubs in the world does not always mean that everything is peachy. Getafe’s winger Pedro Leon experienced it first-hand. The 24-year-old footballer who was loaned to Getafe by Real Madrid this summer after failing to get a spot in the starting lineup admitted to feeling [...]
