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.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson suffered a mixture of shock and disappointment as he watched his team lose 2-1 to Basel and get dumped from the Champions League. The Swiss squad’s win moved the Red Devils to third in Group C and to the Europa League. It is the first time in six seasons [...]
Nothing promised that a misfortune was about to happen as Wales manager Gary Speed was seemingly happy during his interview on national TV about the upcoming Wales national team’s matches. And a few hours later, the 42-year-old Wales manager and retired English Premier League footballer was found dead of an apparent suicide. Speed was the [...]
Bayer Leverkusen player Michael Ballack thinks that the bad patch that his former side Chelsea hit was caused by the lack of mental energy at Stamford Bridge. Ballack played with Bayer Leverkusen who defeated Chelsea 2-1 in this week’s Champions League fixture. The German footballer who had previously played with Chelsea for four years said [...]
England manager Fabio Capello will have to miss his son’s wedding as England will face Spain in a friendly on Saturday while the Italian’s youngest son Pierfilippo will be getting married to his fiancee Tiziana in Milan. The exhibition match was originally scheduled for Friday evening but the game was moved to Saturday as Barcelona [...]
Reigning English Premier League champions Man United will sign a deal with Belgian teenager Andreas Hoelgebaum Pereira in January of next year, according to Holland’s media. Andreas’ father is Marcos Pereira who previously played for Belgian clubs St-Truiden, Mechelen and Antwerp will sign his contract on the 1st of January when he will turn sixteen [...]
England manager Fabio Capello has announced his 25-man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Spain and Sweden. Manchester United’s centre back Rio Ferdinand and striker Wayne Rooney were omitted from the squad while England captain John Terry was selected despite the pressure on Capello to leave out Terry. John Terry is currently being investigated over [...]
Ipswich Town striker Michael Chopra openly admitted his gambling problem, claiming to have lost £2 million gambling and saying that he played with an injury to settle his debts. A product of the Newcastle United Youth system, Chopra came into the Sporting Chance Clinic to fight his addiction. The Sporting Chance Clinic was founded by [...]
If there was anything that could restore Arsenal’s confidence, it definitely happened on Saturday as the Gunners hammered Chelsea 3-5 in the London derby. Everything could have turned out differently for the West London side. Chelsea scored the opener through Frank Lampard after 13 minutes. The hosts had a few more chances to increase the [...]
The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) intervened in the conflict between Carloz Tevez and his club, Manchester City. As you probably know, Manchester City wanted to fine the Argentine professional footballer £1 million, which constitutes his four weeks’ salary for refusing to warm up during the 2-0 away loss to Bayern Munich. After that incident, Man [...]
An English Premier League club whose name was not disclosed conducted DNA tests in order to determine what footballers are more prone to injury. The decision to carry out tests was taken after innovative work by English scientists linked proneness to the rupture of tendons, the most common football injury, to genes. The influence that [...]
If Arsenal had any doubts about resigning Robin van Persie, they don’t have them anymore after his stellar performance that brought the team a victory after a poor start of the season. Van Persie became the hero of the game after scoring both of Arsenal’s goals including a late winning goal in a 2-1 win [...]
If you wondered who is at the top of the football money list, you don’t have to wonder anymore. According to the football magazine Four Four Two, the owner of Manchester City, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahya, is believed to be even richer than Roman Ambramovich who owns Chelsea and the richest man in [...]
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. has decided to be tough on the club’s fans who chanted insulting phrases during their Sunday’s 2-1 win over Arsenal. Both Harry Redknapp and Arsène Wenger were the victims of offensive chants, as well as Tottenham Hotspur’s striker Emmanuel Adebayor who is one of the Togolese players who were attacked with gunfire [...]
Football world is not all roses. There is a feud going on between Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton for and Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Karl Henry. Henry started the feud last season last season. He said that Barton was “whining” when the players faced each other in last season’s 1-1 draw between their sides. And [...]
Gratitude is a rare virtue. Former Plymouth Argyle head coach Peter Reid who had to pay the heating bill with his own funds and sell his medal to pay wages to his players was sacked. Reid’s obvious loyalty to the English fourth tier football club was not enough to keep his place with one of [...]
Channel Four’s documentary “Dispatches: The Truth about Drugs in Football” revealed the names of footballers whose drug tests have been concealed. According to the documentary, Birmingham‘s Garry O’Connor was one of the players who have allegedly tested positive for drugs, with the club and the FA keeping the result of the test a secret. Striker [...]
Neil Warnock, the manager of English Premier League club Queens Park Rangers, said that it was possible that the club would try to sign David Beckham in January after QPR owner Tony Fernandes tweeted that it would be great to bring the midfielder back to England. Beckham has played in the United States with Los [...]
A few days ago, 31-year-old Belgian-born French footballer Steed Malbranque who played with Premier League clubs Spurs, Fulham and Sunderland was reported to have quit football as his son was stricken with cancer. These reports appeared in France and were further spread by the British media. But it turns out that Malbranque who transferred to [...]
The Chief executive of Manchester City, Garry Cook, has been accused of writing an insulting e-mail to the mother of English footballer of Nigerian descent Nedum Onuoha who also acts as an agent for her son. Cancer-stricken Dr Anthonia Onuoha sent a e-mail to Manchester City F.C. executive officer Brian Marwood saying that she would [...]
Fans are what makes football, and Arsenal are afraid for their fan base after a thrashing 8-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester United. This is why Arsenal will pay the value of a ticket for next Premier League away match for those of their fans who have attended the humiliating loss to Manchester United. [...]
