Cristiano Ronaldo literally rose to the occasion when the Portuguese winger nodded home to propel Manchester United to a 1-0 win over his former club Sporting Lisbon in their Champions League opener. Man U manager Alex Ferguson also fielded Wayne Rooney, who returned from a broken foot and was more or less subdued in the [...]
Suddenly the vintage rhythm is back and England are on the front foot once more. After Steve McClaren’s team were held to a 0-0 draw in Tel Aviv by Israel way back in March, the suspicion that this highly talented England team could fail to qualify for the Euro 2008 finals was strengthened. But what [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo literally rose to the occasion when the Portuguese winger nodded home to propel Manchester United to a 1-0 win over his former club Sporting Lisbon in their Champions League opener. Man U manager Alex Ferguson also fielded Wayne Rooney, who returned from a broken foot and was more or less subdued in the [...]
Football is all about money. This was proved once again when Manchester United decided to sell striker Giuseppe Rossi to Spanish club Villarreal for a reported £6.7m fee. It is worth mentioning in this regard that not so long ago Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson termed Rossi as the best young talent in football [...]
Stefan Wessels surfaces to become the first German player ever to sign the English football club, Everton. Being one of the top five most successful English clubs in terms of major honours, club Everton signs German goalkeeper on free transfer, for a stipulated one-year contract. It has been club’s fourth summer signing so far. The [...]
England fought tooth and nail and played out of their skin to hold formidable Germany to a goalless draw and brighten their chances of making it to the knockout stage of the World Cup of women’s football tournament. After the draw against Japan in the previous match, England could not afford to lose this one [...]
England’s under-19 international can aptly be judged likewise City legend, Colin Bell as Eriksson’s choice to keep the player within the club has yet again made a great difference to the side. The rampaging second-half goal to win the match and propel Manchester City to second spot is indeed, pick of the Premiership. Johnson’s decisive [...]
Rosenborg are the perennial UEFA Champions League visitors but have never transcended beyond the borders of the group stages. It was a mismatch then when Chelsea, who have galloped into the semi-finals of the competition twice in the last four years, hosted the Norwegian champions at Stamford Bridge in Group B on Tuesday. Roman Abramovich [...]
Jose Mourinho stuns the world of football especially, Chelsea’s fan base by leaving Stamford Bridge. No one had predicted his premature depart with a Premier League season still on and the destiny of bringing the Champions League to Chelsea still unfulfilled. It appears inevitable that his relationship with owner Abramovich grew increasingly bitter that led [...]
Rafael Benitez might have taken Liverpool to two UEFA Champions League finals in the last three years but his team’s performance against FC Porto in Group A on Tuesday in their first match of the competition this season left much to be desired. Playing with the strongest line-up against the Portuguese champions in Oporto, Liverpool [...]
