Month: May 2010
Chelsea score eight, Everton leave it late, and Burnley have one last Hurrah
Updated:The build up to the final day of the 2009/10 Premier League season created more tension than the day itself in the end, however fans were still treated to a…
Read more »Top Five Bets For The 2010 World Cup
Updated:It seems we have been looking forward to this for many years (well, four in total) and with just one month to go until the biggest sporting event in the world it is time to have a gamble on the World Cup if you haven’t had one already.
Read more »La Liga title race to go down to the wire as Spain’s top two pick up victories
Updated:The La Liga title race will go right down to the wire after both Real Madrid and Barcelona picked up all three points on Saturday. The Blaugranas are just a…
Read more »Van Gaal showered in Germany’s finest, but winning the league tastes even sweeter for The Bavarians
Updated:Bastian Schweinsteiger kept to his word of giving manager Louis Van Gaal a beer shower after the German giants clinched their 22nd league championship. A real comedy of errors from…
Read more »09/10 Premier League Final Day Live Blog
Updated:It’s D-Day in the Premier League as all 20 teams kick off at 16:00 on Sunday, with one final chance to decide on their final positions in th table this season. With fourth place decided on Wednesday night this week, and the relegation battle done and dusted, all that remains to be seen is who will be crowned Champions of England; Chelsea? or Manchester United?
Read more »Jamie Carragher Set For Shock England Return?
Updated:Reports in this morning’s Daily Telegraph are suggesting that Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher may be poised to make a shock return to the England squad for this summer’s World Cup….
Read more »Van Bommel and Bayern set to make history this Saturday
Bayern Munich will clinch their 22nd German league championship in the beautiful Olympic Stadium which played host to the FIFA World Cup final four years ago. The Bavarians travel to…
Read more »“Roma captain racially abused me” – Balotelli
Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli has accused AS Roma captain Franceso Totti of racially insulting him during the Coppa Italia final Wednesday night which saw Inter lift their first piece…
Read more »Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp Named Manager Of The Year
Updated:Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has been named ‘Barclays Manager of the Season’ just two days after seeing his side qualify for next season’s Champions League. Speaking to Spurs’ official…
Read more »Group A will be the tightest group this summer
Updated:Much interest is always taken in Group A. Not necessarily because it offers much excitement, but because it offers us the opening game, which we have far too long to…
Read more »Alves points to this weekend’s clash against former club Sevilla as pivotal in La Liga race
Updated:Barcelona’s eccentric full back Dani Alves has set the gauntlet ahead of this weekend’s penultimate round of fixtures in the La Liga title race. Alves and his Barcelona team mates…
Read more »Man City Chairman Al Mubarak: ‘Mancini Will Be Boss For Many Years’
Updated:Manchester City’s club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said that current manager Roberto Mancini will remain in charge ‘for many years’. City’s saw their hopes of qualifying for next season’s…
Read more »Rafa Benitez Opens Talks Over Liverpool Future
Updated:Liverpool have confirmed that they have held the first in what they hope to be a series of talks with manager Rafa Benitez over his future at the club. Benitez…
Read more »Manchester United 2010 US Trip Schedule
Updated:In July 2010 right after the World Cup, the Manchester United squad will go to the USA to prepare for their 2010/2011 season. They will be visiting Toronto, Philadelphia, Kansas…
Read more »Spurs qualification ends superb week for English managers
Wednesday night’s heroic display from Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham side completed a hugely successful week for a dying species, that species being top flight English managers. Harry now joins Steve McClaren…
Read more »Coventry City correct to call time on Coleman
WHILE the decision to sack Chris Coleman might have come as a surprise to most outside the Ricoh Arena, for a large band of Coventry City supporters the writing was…
Read more »11Kicks Fantasy Football Review
Updated:It had to happen eventually. The conversion of football from a joyful sporting pursuit into a sprawling global business had to have side effects. They are visible everywhere; from shirt sponsorships to endorsements, from stadium names to media coverage.
And now, it seems, the world of fantasy football has decided it is time to get with the times.
Read more »Spurs snatch Champions League spot from Manchester City
Updated:Tottenham Hotspur came out victors on what proved to be the most vital match of both sides’ seasons on Wednesday. Tottenham are now guaranteed the fourth and final Champions League…
Read more »First step in Inter’s quest for the treble as they capture the “Coppa Italia”
Updated:Inter Milan are up and running in their monumental attempt of being the first Italian club in history to clinch the treble after taking their first step to such greatness…
Read more »Marouane Chamakh Is ‘Counting The Days’ Until Arsenal Switch
Updated:Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh has all but confirmed he is to join Arsenal at the end of the season by admitting he is now ‘counting the days’ until he makes…
Read more »City Vs Spurs: What landing fourth really means
Updated:Follow Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur live on Soccerlens! As the season draws to what can only be described as the most exciting yet strangely under par finale, it is…
Read more »“We don’t deserve respect, we demand it” – Jose Mourinho
Updated:Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho was in another defiant mood ahead of his side’s Coppa Italia final with AS Roma by hitting out at their president Rosella Sensi demanding her respect….
Read more »Kaká: Man City On The Verge Of Becoming A ‘Super Club’
Updated:Unsettled Real Madrid star Kaká has admitted that, should Manchester City qualify for Champions League football next season, they could be on the cusp of becoming a dominant force in…
Read more »How Massimo Moratti can try and hold onto Jose Mourinho
Updated:Massimo Moratti of Inter Milan is finally living his dream; the one he must have arguably seen, ever since he would have been a small boy during the Grande Inter…
Read more »Soccerlens TV: City v Spurs, Champions in Holland and Germany plus Champions League race in France
Updated:Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. The Episode 27 of the show covers the Eredivisie champions FC Twente…
Read more »Sven-Goran Eriksson Keen For Ivory Coast To Avoid Paying The Penalty
Updated:With the eyes of the footballing world set to focus on Africa this summer you could forgive Sven-Goran Eriksson for starting to feel a little anxious. The former-England manager has…
Read more »Nike Football: Take the Stage for South Africa 2010
Updated:This summer Nike will be sending one lucky competition winner to South Africa together with Tinchy Stryder and Anton Ferdinand. Who the hell is Tinchy Stryder? Why is Anton Ferdinand…
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