Ashley Cole set to move to Real
It is looking increasingly likely that Ashley Cole will be playing for Real Madrid this season. The Merengues are reportedly willing to offer a £30million bid for him. If he goes, he will re-unite with Jose Mourinho, responsible for bringing...
So who is in your World Cup XI?
We could make this easy- throw in the Spanish, the Germans, and Diego Forlan. But here is my World Cup XI picks. Remember this is a sort of subjective opinion of the best players, so what their team accomplished although...
Octopus Paul plans to appear in Bigg Boss
A World Cup sand sculpture in Bhubaneshwar, India with Octopus Paul Octopus Paul is landing a few big gigs after his eight for eight prediction. The Oracle of Oberhausen is all set to make an appearance in the Bigg...
Ballack’s agent: A "gay combo" defines German football
Alexander Osang's article in Der Speigel highlights the new German football- attractive, full of flair and invention, with a multicultural face that captured the nation and won followers all around the world. In that same article, he also talks...
Tragedy strikes the World Cup
If you have not already read it. Two bombs went off in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Sunday while people were watching the World Cup finals, killing 74 and wounding hundreds of others. An Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist group...
World Cup finals stats: Spain was a control freak
Look at Spain's heavy numbers (passing accuracy): Xavi dominates From the Guardian's Datablog • 3547 - Spain have now made more successful passes in a world cup than any team since 1966 Other statistics: Possession: Spain 62.9% Netherlands 37.1%...
Johan Cruyff: From totalfootball to totalantifootball
Johan Cruyff speaks: "This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style, yes it served the Dutch to unsettle Spain. If with this they got satisfaction, fine, but they ended up losing. They were playing anti-football." Rinus Michels probably...
Richard Williams: Spain played anti-football
When Eric Wynalda makes more sense than Richard Williams, you begin to wonder. But people like Williams have a platform to spout utter rubbish. Read his smarmy article to realize why England will never win another World Cup. They really...
Video: Nigel De Jong kung fu
How on earth did Howard Webb not give De Jong the boot?...
Thomas Muller gets the Golden Shoe
This has been a brilliant World Cup for Thomas Muller who earned his first cap earlier this year against Argentina. Five goals and three assists. He is a deserved winner of the Golden Shoe and FIFA's Young Player title....
Diego Forlan wins the Golden Ball
No quibbles with this choice. Diego Forlan was the best player this World Cup- that free kick against Ghana will be hard to forget. " I'm enjoying it and I'm delighted, but I'm very aware that it's the result...
Video: Iker makes you go awww ……
St Iker and Sara Carbonero, Round 2. Last time, she was supposedly a distraction, this time around she was his muse....
