World Cup All-Time Top Goal Scorers
On July 13, 1930, France’s Lucien Laurent scored the first-ever World Cup goal to kickstart a 4-1 win over Mexico. Since that afternoon in Uruguay, a plethora of players, both…
“Only three people in history have managed to silence the Maracana…”
The Maracana. Brasil’s preemptive monument to a victory that was meant to be, should have been, so nearly was, but, thanks to Alcides Ghiggia, never became. The 1950 World Cup…
The world watches North Korea’s campaign with interest; will it’s citizens?
There was a ripple in the sea of football when North Korea (or Korea DPR as they are politically known) qualified for the world cup. The have the lowest world…
The richest show in town
What is the most you have ever paid for a ticket for football? An official one, mind, not one from a tout. £40? Certainly not if you follow your team…
Cesc Fabregas needs to move to Spain to fulfill his potential at the international level
Xavi and Andres Iniesta kept Cesc Fabregas and Xabi Alonso out of the Spanish starting eleven during their triumph in Euro 2008. Do we expect to see anything different in…
AIKy breaky heart
Swedish football is an enigma to me. Every year a new team tends to dominate – if you look at the Allsvenskan winners in the past few years you can…
Rotor’s Return: Goals, Ghosts and Stalingrad
Russia has never been short of a ghost or two. The restless souls of Ivan the Terrible and Lenin’s would-be assassin Fanni Kaplan roam the walls and towers of Moscow,…
Zidane: “It would be dishonorable to me. I prefer to die.”
In an exclusive interview with the Spanish daily, El Pais, from Madrid, Zinedine Zidane discussed his lingering strong feelings about his last professional appearance in Berlin. He would rather die…
Marcello Lippi: “I don’t want roosters in the chicken coop.”
Italy boss, Marcello Lippi, discussed Amauri of Juventus, his management philosophies and the leadership example of Fabio Cannavaro during an interview with the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello Sport….
Xavi more important than Messi
Lionel Messi’s level of superstardom has reached another strata in the last few weeks following his hat-trick against Arsenal and the opening goal of El Clasico; all of it on…
Bordeaux’s season hanging by a thread
Last year’s French champions Bordeaux might have broken their worst run of form since 2004 last week with a win after three defeats versus Lyon, but they are still deep…
Zamora for England
Up until last night Darren Bent could consider himself the unluckiest English striker in the country – despite bagging 22 goals this season Bent has continually been overlooked by Fabio…
Champions League semis will see Mourinho audition for the Real Madrid job
By his own admission Jose Mourinho isn’t happy in Italy. He is itching to either return to his beloved England or satiate his ego further by taking charge of the…
Beware the underdog; Arsenal could bite
There is something quintessentially British about tonight’s Champions League second leg at the Camp Nou, something that harks back to the days of English clubs pre-ascendancy in the Champions League….
