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 will cast further aspersions on the image of the Italian Football [...]
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 third successive second-city derby victory. England U-21 striker Gabriel Agbonlahor scored a late [...]
Wayne Rooney inspired Manchester United to a thrilling 3-3 draw with Chelsea after being 0-3 down. He converted two penalties into goals to put Man U back in the match. The third goal was scored by the substitute Javier Hernandez to level the scores. This was a remarkable comeback for the Red Devils and the [...]
Brazil World Cup workers threaten nationwide strike Workers in charge of renovating the stadiums for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil have threatened to go on strike if their demands are not fulfilled. For many months, the workers have been demanding unified salaries and many other benefits. Earlier, there have been instances of isolated strikes [...]
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 their future at the London club at the end of the season, number one goalkeeper Petr Cech has spoken [...]
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 NBA and have also won their games in convincing style as [...]
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 wednesday’s critical encounter with Croatia at Wembley. But, the person who would be [...]
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 Wembley, the FA board has convened an emergency meeting today to discuss [...]
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 2008. England have been relegated to the second batch [...]
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 was some consolation for Sporting Lisbon though as they would now compete in Europe’s second-tier competition, [...]
