Month: June 2010

Liverpool have ended days of mounting speculation by announcing that they have parted company with their Champions League winning manager Rafa Benitez. The club have confirmed the news via a…

It is only in recent times that African nations have risen to prominence on football’s World stage, most notably thorough their performances at the World Cup. Apart from Egypt’s participation…

From the outside looking in, it would appear that the planets are aligning for Rafa Benitez. If you subscribe to the theory of Occam’s Razor – that the most obvious…

The Guardian and the Observer are going for an extensive online coverage of the 2010 World Cup. They will be producing World Cup guides, wall-charts, match day programs, daily podcasts,…

Chelsea are the champions. Congrats to them… now piss off, this is a Manchester United review, no more shit about Chelsea. I still remember the unease I felt after the…

ESPN is playing the lead role in 2010 World Cup coverage worldwide even leaving the host nation’s TV channel way behind. The top commentators of the game John Motson and…

If you thought Nike’s ‘Write the Future’ ad was the best, then this Nando’s ad is the shit! They have broken all barriers of good advertisement. Who could’ve thought putting…

My grandmother’s house is on the other side of the street from the Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, Italy. Every weekend she hears the screams of the fans, cheering their…

Another day, another fresh wave of transfer rumours sweeps across cyberspace, and there’s some biggies this morning! It looks like Liverpool may have to brace themselves for a huge double…

While watching a game at Old Trafford from one of the VIP boxes, Manchester United ace and England’s only hope at the World Cup, Wayne Rooney sneaked in on a…

So, the boys are now at altitude. JSpector says the early arrival helps alleviate the burning in your lungs, which crops up immediately and lasts about three days. Helloo, Azteca….

It’s finally happened. For several seasons Rafa had the backing of Liverpool fans and seemed untouchable, especially given the unpopularity of the American owners. But a dismal perfomance in the…

To help keep your finger on the pulse of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, you will need expert opinion, tips and exclusive information throughout the tournament. The…

Just hours after Barcelona said that they bad ‘entered formal discussions’ with Arsenal over Cesc Fabregas, and Xavi cheekily commented (in fairness, he answered the question posed to him) that…

Barcelona have confirmed that they have entered ‘official’ negotiations with Arsenal over the transfer of their influential captain Cesc Fabregas. The Catalan giants have submitted a written offer which is…

Not many teams will be more happy with their draw than La Furia Roja, who have every right to feel they will saunter through this group, with all the ease…

There’s always a lot of talk about the Group of Death, a phrase used past the point of cliche, up until it has become little more than irritant. This year…

Unlike Group C, there is no clear underdog in this group, just one supreme overdog. Netherlands qualified perfectly, and will no doubt make it through. Van Persie (if fit) lines…

As the World Cup gets nearer and the media attention reaches fever pitch, it is impossible in the UK to escape the media spotlight placed on the tournament. In England…

Last Chance for the England Chieftains? At one point Terry, Lampard, Gerrard and now Ferdinand have all held the captaincy yet all four are likely playing their last World Cup…

It’s that time of year again, the period in the football calendar that we objective observers know affectionately as ‘silly season’. The transfer window has re-opened like a veritable Pandora’s…

After seeing off Egypt in the latest installment of the world’s most violent international football rivalry to qualify for the World Cup, Algeria should be feeling pretty pleased with themselves….

ESPN, the U.S. sports broadcasting giant of 5,000 employees, is preparing to launch their coverage of World Cup South Africa 2010, their seventh World Cup and largest operation ever outside…

In a move that would have left the British Tabloids proud, the German paper Bild ran a story that the Dutch players indulged in a party the night before the final with, shock horror “Naked girls and Champagne”. None of the allegations were ever proved but it must have had an unsettling effect on the team. So at 3pm BST on the 7th July 1974 English referee Jack Taylor led out the two teams into a full Olympic Stadium in Munich. Game on, or not quite. Someone had forgotten the corner flags, and a desperate search for them took 7 minutes.

Though only a small sample-size, the World Cup can be career-altering. Franck Ribery was a surprise inclusion to the French squad in 2006. A few great performances for France later,…

It has been no secret that for the past two decades since Argentina lost the 1990 FIFA World Cup final to West Germany in the Stadio Olimpico they have sincerely…

Maria from South Africa emailed us about something very interesting her daughter has been up to. Her daughter’s name is Levonne De Freitas and she happens to be a big…