McCarthy out of Republic’s Euro 2012 squad
• Holland and Germany name their provisional squads• James McClean makes 23-man party for Poland and UkraineThe Republic of Ireland have named their 23-man squad for Euro 2012 and the manager, Giovanni Trapattoni, explained that the Wigan Ath...
Euro 2012 Squads Begin Rolling Out
Most domestic seasons haven’t closed, yet the names of those heading off to the lands of continental glory in the Polkraine are already dropping, along with some of the squads to be whittled down in the coming weeks (the deadline being May 29th). Today Giovanni Trappatoni announced Ireland’s formal 23 and Germany a damn close...
Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker in Germany’s provisional Euro 2012 squad
• Injured centre-half in 27-man party• Four players will be cut on 29 MayArsenal's Per Mertesacker has been named in Germany's provisional 27-man squad for Euro 2012 despite the centre-half not having played since 11 February when he suffered ankle...
Euro 2012 faces diplomatic crisis over Tymoshenko
Germany leads west European and EU states threatening to boycott football tournament unless Yulia Tymoshenko is releasedThe 2012 European Championships were heading towards a diplomatic fiasco on Monday after more EU leaders said they would join Germa...
Angela Merkel plans Euro 2012 boycott if Yulia Tymoshenko kept in jail
Daughter of Ukraine's imprisoned opposition leader calls on Germany to 'save the life' of her motherAngela Merkel is planning to boycott next month's Euro 2012 football tournament in Ukraine unless imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is relea...
Real ace rubbishes ‘choking’ accusations
Real Madrid right-back Sergio Ramos has hit back at suggestions that yesterday’s Champions League elimination to Bayern Munich was a sign of a massive collapse on both an individual and team level. Two Cristiano Ronaldo goals within the opening 14 minutes put Real in the driving seat with a 3-2 aggregate lead, only for Arjen...
The good, the bad and Mexico
Just a few things I caught in my daily crawl around the series of tubes that is the interwebs ...
The Good
FC Nurnberg signed Timothy Chandler to a two-year extension. The deal has him all signed up to be there until the summer of 2015, but I guess w...
Woot-Woot!
Kaiserslautern striker Andrew Wooten has stamped his first Bundesliga start with his first Bundesliga goal. Seven minutes before intermission, the U.S. prospect ably fired home to cap a counter and give the visitors a rare 2-0 lead at Hertha Berlin...
Heynckes hails Bayern’s dynamic duo
Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes has congratulated his entire team for delivering on his instructions during the club’s famous 2-1 win at home to Real Madrid last night, with particular praise reserved for the goal scorers Franck Ribery and Mario Gomez. Ribery opened the scoring for the hosts in the 17th minute at the Allianz...
Bayern skipper: Ronaldo is unstoppable
Bayern Munich skipper Philipp Lahm has admitted that Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be stopped for the duration of an entire 90-minute match and hopes that his teammates can at least limit the damage that the Portuguese winger can cause. Unlike Barcelona defender Dani Alves’ disrespectful remarks towards Chelsea, there has been a lot...
Another Traffic Jam (updated)
We're all fully aware this is by far the biggest scoring season for Americans Abroad? Right? Right... so anyway, Fabian Johnson has wiggled into the area to score Hoffenheim's third as they rout Hamburg.UPDATE: I can almost hear the reaction now.www.to...
