Sepp Blatter flaps his gums about corruption
Sepp Blatter whose cronies are the ones square in the eye of the present bribery allegations is now flapping his gums about corruption. Yes, all window dressing for an election year. FIFA is very, very concerned about Lord Triesman's allegations...
Rise and Shine: The Jay De Merit story
Stirring documentary about Jay De Merit who arrives in England with a dream of playing in the Premier League and with little money on him scraps around in a non-league club. Two years later he's playing for Watford in...
Expose on Australia’s World Cup bid wins prize
The Australian category for best sport writing went to Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker of The Age for their articles exposing the money trail involved in Australia's unsuccessful World Cup bid. Two perfectly lovely characters by the name of Fedor...
Qatar wants to add Man Utd feather to its World Cup cap?
Andy Green in a Guardian article thinks paying £1.5bn for Man Utd is too much. But it maybe a price the Glazers could settle on to make a tidy profit. If there is anybody that can pull it off without...
What are your favourite Ronaldo moments?
The real Ronaldo, the player called O Fenomeno retired a day ago. In a nutmeg, he was brilliant. You could have had three legs and he would have found a way between each of them. He brought immense beauty...
Congratulations, Egypt!
There are very few moments so transcendental in a lifetime. Today is one of them as Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt after 30 years of despotic rule. Bowing to an unprecedented show of people power. It is...
And the Ballon D’Or goes to …… Xavi
Actually, it went to Leo Messi, who in any circumstance is not an undeserving winner. But when you look at a man commanding a soccer ideology as perfectly as Xavi in Spain's greatest sporting achievement then his claim to...
Spotlight: Qatar hosts the AFC Asian Cup
The Asian Cup begins in Qatar today providing a preview to the world's biggest dance in 2022. Can the tiny oil and gas rich country start turning around the skepticism that greeted it's shock selection? How about their national...
England retain The Ashes, wins the series 3-1!
The English cricket team will not look like this when they return home This is a magnificent victory. It is cricket and as such has no place on a blog about soccer/football but for those growing up around that...
Boring, boring Citeh frustrate Arsenal
If Edin Dzeko is by any remote chance reading this blog, I implore him not to come to City because he'll become a castaway in Roberto Mancini's grind scheme of things. City came to the Emirates not to play but...
