Friday, September 09, 2011

Grant Wahl: Soccer should create own equivalent of NFL Red Zone channel

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Another NFL season is upon us, and so is one of the greatest inventions known to man: the NFL Red Zone channel, which whips around from city...

England: Premier League Weekend Previews & Predictions

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Surely the Gunners hit their nadir against Manchester United last time out? Well, anything less than a home victory against Swansea would se...

Spain: La Liga Weekend Preview & Eduardo Alvarez's Quiniela

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Barcelona full-back Dani Alves has fired his side up for Saturday's La Liga trip to Real Sociedad. The defending champions go into their...

Germany: Bundesliga Weekend Preview

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Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath has been given a vote of confidence ahead of their meeting with his former club Schalke this weekend. The Wolve...

Italy: Serie A Weekend Previews

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AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes his team will still be the side to beat in Serie A this season. The Rossoneri open the 2011-12 ...

Euro 2012: Here We Go Again

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While the fight goes on for England (surely), the Republic of Ireland (possibly), Northern Ireland and Scotland (it could still happen) to q...

Manchester City Chief Executive Cook Quits

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Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has resigned over claims he emailed defender Nedum Onuoha's cancer-suffering mother mocking h...

Richard Williams: Juventus open doors to new home with Notts County as starstruck guests

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They could have invited Barcelona, Real Madrid or Manchester United to inaugurate their fine new stadium. Instead a great Italian institutio...

Wenger: Panic Buys and Historical Truths in the Transfer Market

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I went to the website Transfer League to look at Arsene Wenger’s recent transfers. I was looking for a pattern for this oft-cited project. B...

Tony Pulis confident Peter Crouch can ditch high life for Stoke

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The player's wife, model and television presenter Abbey Clancy, is reportedly unhappy about the prospect of leaving London and there h...

International Football: The Post-Euro 2000 Blues

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Didier Deschamps knew instantly. As David Trezeguet thundered the ball into the roof of Italy's net to win Euro 2000, the French captai...
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Friday MLS Forecast

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The Forecast looks at Zac MacMath's first start for Philadelphia and previews the full weekend slate.
Thursday, September 08, 2011

USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann willing to be patient with Bolton's Stuart Holden

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Klinsmann watched Holden play for the Trotters' reserve side against Rochdale's second string and was impressed by what he saw. ...

Eight Finals Before the Finals

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A selection of eight games that really shouldn't have been wasted on the earlier rounds of the tournaments they took place in. Editor...

Qatar 2022 could cost £138bn

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The cost of hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is expected to reach £138 billion - with £28 billion alone spent on creating a new city wh...

England old guard 'tainted by failure of World Cup' face axe from Fabio Capello for Euro 2012

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Fabio Capello will carry out a radical overhaul of the England squad once qualification for Euro 2012 is secured after deciding that too ma...

Manchester City's Mario Balotelli set to testify in Mafia investigation in Italy

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The forward will be grilled on his links to Mario Iorio, a catering entrepreneur charged with money laundering in connection to an investiga...

Sid Lowe in Spain

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Spain's big two prosper while many of their league rivals do not even have a shirt sponsor. Barcelona and Real in La Liga of their own ...

Marina Hyde: Manchester City's Garry Cook – A man for football's crazy times

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The blunder-prone chief executive at Eastlands is almost beyond parody, except that he is also the perfect embodiment of the Premier League.

Norman Hubbard: The Importance of Defensive Midfielders

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The best in the business, at least in the Premier League, is Nigel de Jong . Ascribing City's unexpected transformation into entertaine...