Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Real Madrid: The Calderon Experiment
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Real Madrid will be looking to take on a number of European clubs this summer for their top stars as Calderon’s ‘project’ to rebuild Madrid’s legacy begins in earnest this…
Arsenal and Real Madrid Prepare For Fabregas Battle
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Real Madrid’s new president Ramon Calderon made the transfer of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal to the Bernabeau part of his campaign promise and with Capello already on his way, Arsenal…
The Ashley Cole Auction
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole is back from England duty, and the race to sign him looks to intensify as both Madrid and Chelsea are hoping to buy him.
Ronaldo: I Want To Leave Manchester United
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Manchester United fans will wake up today to news that Ronaldo has confirmed what everyone feared: He doesn’t want to play for Manchester United anymore.
United’s Ronaldo Not To Blame For Rooney’s Dismissal
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 4 2011Manchester United and England fans must be wishing that when Cristiano Ronaldo picked up an injury against Holland his World Cup should really have ended in tears.
England’s Plan For Beating Portugal
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012By this point, very few people consider England as genuine contenders for joining Germany and Italy in the World Cup semi finals. And if that was a stretch, hardly anyone…
Germany-Argentina Post-Match Fight (Video & Analysis)
Ahmed Bilal • Jul 11 2014Read the Germany v Argentina preview. Update: The ‘Frings punch’ clip has been added – please see the link at the end of this article. By now everyone has probably…
Chelsea Should Have Bought Tevez Instead Of Shevchenko
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012The official storyline behind Chelsea buying Shevchenko has been that Mourinho wanted a player with Champions League experience – a striker who was proven on the European stage and would…
FIFA Clears Arsenal After Beveren Probe
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012The Arsenal-Beveren issue raised so spectacularly by BBC Newsnight is finally laid to rest as FIFA clears Arsenal of any breach of club ownership rules over their dealings with Belgian…
Fabio Aurelio To Move To Liverpool
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Rafa Benitez has been tracking Aurelio for quite some time, and with the left-back’s contract expiring on Friday, he is expected to travel to Anfield over the weekend to sign…
Germany vs Argentina – Quarter Final Preview
Ahmed Bilal • Jul 2 2010Read the latest Argentina v Germany preview. The hosts vs the most ‘complete’ team in the tournament. At this stage it’s hard to chose between sides, but a lot of…
Arsenal Fans: Henry was fouled. World: No he wasn’t.
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012It’s really cute how Arsenal fans are saying that we should ‘move on’ and ‘stop living in the past’. These be the same fans who took their frustrations out on…
Henry: I’m not a diver. World: Yeah right.
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Seeing the Arsenal captain, legend and top goalscorer Thierry Henry dive last night after he ‘ran into Puyol’ was a scene right out of Hollywood mystery movies – where the…
Going Lampard?
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 11 2011A shoutout to SoccerBlog, who have added a very useful term to our football lexicon: Lampard – As used in this sentence: “Have you gone Lampard on us?”
Argentina vs Mexico Match Preview
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 26 2010Get all updates for the latest Argentina v Mexico match here. Argentina have a foot already in the quarter-finals as the square up against goal-leaking Mexico at Leipzig tonight. If…