Rafa Benitez heaved a sigh of relief after Liverpool beat Porto for 4-1. The Spanish manager seemed to have saved his job. It was however not easy for Liverpool in the beginning when the team was being threatened with elimination from the Champions...
Chelsea extended their unbeaten run to 13 games as they thrashed Norwegian side Rosenborg last night at Trondheim. The Blues emerged 4-0 winners on the night, and the margin of victory might have been more, and deservedly so.
In an earlier round...
When the opposition boasts of players of class of Adriano, Kanoute, Fabiano & Crespo it is a huge gamble to be resting your big guns as you take them on. Arsenal is probably the most under-rated football side among the top 4 of the EPL but even...
Former Sporting star Cristiano Ronaldo scored the second winner in as many matches against his old club to knock the Portuguese team out of this season's Champions League and maintain Manchester United's hundred percent record in the competition. There...
The draw for the 2010 Football World Cup was held on Sunday in Durban, South Africa. In an ironic twist of fate, England have been drawn in the same group as its recent nemesis, Croatia, who had recently snuffed out England's hopes of playing in Euro...
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Despite earlier claim by Steve McClaren that he will not step down as the manager of the English football team after the team's unceremonious exit from Euro 2008, the English manager will be sacked by the FA board. After losing to Croatia at...
If England qualifies for Euro 2008 next summer, the FA should arrange cash prizes, not for Steven Gerrard and company but for the unheralded Israeli team which has played a major part in providing Steve Mclaren's men the perfect boost ahead of...
For the Boston Celtics, this is certainly uncharted waters. The NBA outfits have hardly ever had tasted success in the big arena but so far this season, optimism and hope have flourished in equal measure. The Celtics are the only unbeaten team in the...
Since the departure of Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho from Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, Chelsea's high-profile players have hinted to follow in their former manager's footsteps. After Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard admitting to consider...
Martin O'Neil, in his 50th premiership game in charge of Aston Villa, saw his side getting the better of local rivals Birmingham City in the 105th Midlands derby at St. Andrew's. Sunday's 2-1 win at the backyard of Birmingham City was Villa's...
Italian football has always been a center of attraction in all Europe. But more often than not it is for all the wrong reasons. It has not yet fully recovered from the match-fixing scandal of last season, and the recent incident of fan's violence...
Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun scored the first hat-trick of this season's Champions League as five-time European champions Liverpool recorded the competition's biggest ever win after crushing Turkish side Besiktas 8-0 at home. The victory keeps the...
Arsenal's influential French defender William Gallas turned from a potential villain to a hero after he scored a stoppage time equaliser against bitter rivals and reigning English champions Manchester United at the Emirates stadium on Saturday's...
Frank Lampard's future with Chelsea has been under the scanner ever since Italian giants Juventus and Spanish champions Real Madrid approached the influential England midfielder at the fag end of the last season. Now with the influential Jose...
South America might be a football-crazy continent, but most of the countries lack the necessary infrastructure to host the most widely watched single sports event -- the FIFA World Cup. The only nation in the continent capable of hosting the mega...
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