Egypt keeper storms out to Switzerland

CaughtOffside.com • Arsenal prepare for £10m ‘dream’ signing!
Arsene Wenger has taken a shine to a player who has always struck me as just the kind of player the Frenchman likes. Tranquillo (hence the dream reference in the headline!) Barnetta oozes class a proponent of a style of ‘total’ football in so ...

Bundesliga • Snapshot: Golski
Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez during Germany’s 4-0 victory over Switzerland. Too bad there’s only room for one of the two alongside Klose. Though, Podolski might have a chance to replace Schweinsteiger in Germany’s midfield. ...

The Beautiful Game • International friendly round-up
Quickfire style... Denmark 1::1 Czech Rep. -- Koller has a big head. Egypt 0::2 Argentina -- Eh... Sweden 0::1 Brazil -- Duckboy likes chips. Ukraine 2::0 Serbia -- A Shevchenko sighting. Spain 1::0 Italy -- Wonder Villa volley. Austria 3::4 ...

Last Kick • In Egypt, Women’s Soccer Carries A Cultural Kick
3/27/08 By: Angelo Solomita, www.nyunews.com When you think of Egypt, what comes to mind? Probably not sports. The same can be said about NYU, where sports take a back seat compared to most colleges. So it made for an interesting experience ...

Borussia Dortmund • Juve want Petric; Dortmund eye Bochum encounter
According to Bild, Juventus are preparing to mount a €20million bid for Mladen Petric. In a later report from Tribal Football (which is completely unreliable), the boys from Turin are also mulling the idea of sending Tiago plus cash to Dortmund in ...

CORRECTED-WRAPUP 2-Soccer-Dutch roar back as Greece sink Portuga (Reuters)
(Corrects Switzerland-Germany venue to Basel)

Joint hosts Switzerland and Austria face host of problems (Reuters)
Co-hosts Switzerland and Austria have mountains to climb to get ready for Euro 2008 after the two Alpine nations were beaten in Wednesday's warm-up friendlies.

Al Hadari feels wrath of Egypt's fans (Reuters)
Argentina's players could be forgiven for wondering why Egyptian fans were jeering their own goalkeeper during the 2-0 friendly defeat by the two-time World Cup winners in Cairo on Wednesday.

FA Extends Mascherano Deadline
Because of his participation in international play with Argentina, the FA has added 24 hours to Javier Mascherano's deadline to respond to the charges against him. The Argentine midfielder was participating in his country's 2 to nil win over ...

Euro 2008 organisers call for travel bans for hooligans (Reuters)
Euro 2008 organisers have asked countries to try to impose travel bans on hooligans to stop troublemakers reaching June's tournament in Austria and Switzerland, Austria's interior minister said on Monday.