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A bit of conjecture here. The injury news is looking a bit more positive but that might not be what could be worrying Arsene Wenger now.
He has to get William Gallas and Bacary Sagna to refocus on club football after the Ireland France odyssey. Gallas of course was one of the principal ...
Soccer
Arsenal
France
Arsène Wenger
William Gallas
Aston Villa
17 arrests for a match fixing scandal which affects 200 matches in nine European countries.
The matches include the Bundesliga second division, and the leagues in Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia and Austria. 12 Europa matches and 3 CL matches are said to be ...
Soccer
Bundesliga
Belgium
Switzerland
Croatia
Turkey
Austria
Douglas Adams will tell you that the best way to escape from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal is to close your eyes.It is so mind boggling stupid that it thinks if you can't see it, it can't see you.
Our own football version of the Bugblatter is sitting with mouth tightly closed and is ...
Soccer
World Cup
The Egyptians summon the Algerian envoy twice, recall their envoy from Algiers. Sudan summons the Egyptian envoy in Khartoum. The Algerian embassy is currently under siege in Cairo with thousands of fans trying to storm their compound. It's all happening in rapid succession.
Now Egypt has ...
Soccer
Egypt
World Cup
Sports pundits and fans are going full tilt at Thierry Henry calling him a "cheat", "morally reprehensible", "unsportsmanlike", "a snake oil salesman".
Richard Williams crosses that line when as a Brit he forgives Maradona's hand of God goal saying it amounts to breeding.
"To rank the ...
Soccer
Thierry Henry
France
Diego Maradona
Author Randall Barfield sends us 10 questions from his Little Soccer Quiz Book . See how many you get right >>
1. Sir Alex Ferguson is boss of which UK team? 2. In what city is the Santiago Bernabeu stadium located?
3. Where is player Brandi Chastain from?
4. Who presented ...
Soccer
David Beckham
Alex Ferguson
Pelé
Francesco Totti
Thierry Henry
My introduction to Daniele De Rossi was the vicious elbow that he threw at Brian McBride, leaving his face bloody in the USA vs Italy match in the 2006 World Cup. It left a negative impression of him but here is De Rossi doing something rare in football nowadays, acknowledging that he ...
Soccer
France
Brian McBride
USA
Italy
World Cup
Arsene Wenger had some good news .
"After being assessed by the Arsenal medical staff, the club can confirm that Kieran Gibbs has sustained severe bruising to the bones and soft tissue of his right foot."
There is no fracture of the metatarsal as feared at first. Gibbs injury is short ...
Soccer
Chelsea
Arsène Wenger
Arsenal
Denilson
Amidst all the drama with the Ireland vs France match and earlier the Egypt vs Algeria showdown, the USA played a friendly with Denmark. Bob Bradley started Jeff Cunningham and I am happy to say, it turned out well because he scored his first international goal and nearly set up Altidore ...
Soccer
Denmark
World Cup
USA
Its not just the Egyptian and Algerian governments having a holy go at each other.
The replay request is now being echoed in the upper echelons of the Irish government as Brian Cowen, the Irish PM is now suggesting that he will approach the French premier Nickolas Sarkozy to discuss a replay ...
Soccer
France
World Cup
FIFA
Berbatov scored twice in a friendly against Malta and went on to become Bulgaria's leading goalscorer - notching up 48 goals in 74 games.
Soccer
Landon Donovan - Most Valuable Player of the MLS for the 2009 season..
Soccer
Landon Donovan
Major League Soccer
The Egyptian ambassador to Algeria was recalled by Cairo as the soccer feud between the two countries has now escalated into a full scale diplomatic row.
It is also believed that Hosni Mubarak himself called the Algerian ambassador, Abdel Qader Hadja hours before the recall of the Egyptian ...
Soccer
Egypt
World Cup
Two of his former projects, Australia and South Korea, that he nurtured to World Cup glory are in. Russia, his current and most talented team which in actuality should have the easiest of playoff passages, are out.
Soccer
World Cup
Australia
South Korea
Russia
Guus Hiddink
Thierry Henry's left forearm makes first contact with the ball but then as the ball bounces off ever so slightly his hand comes up and he steers the ball onto his foot. The first touch was inadvertent but his second touch had clear intent. What is so amazing about this is that the ...
Soccer
Thierry Henry
World Cup
France
FIFA to Ireland: Thou shall not qualify . Internalize the meme, you will not win a playoff game.
Soccer
FIFA
World Cup
Seems like a whole lot of past and present Arsenal connections have played or are playing a very influential part in the France vs Ireland match and its aftermath.
The latest is Liam Brady calling FIFA for a replay which he says would be only fair given that it was a clear handball by ...
Soccer
World Cup
France
Thierry Henry
FIFA
Arsenal
Montevideo, Uruguay was the site of raucous celebrations as the Charruas drew the Ticos at the Centenario but thanks to their away win at Estadio Saprissa on November 14th clinched passage to the 2010 World Cup on goal aggregate.
Sebastian Abreu lost his markers after Diego Scotti ...
Soccer
Uruguay
World Cup
Costa Rica
Before Adebayor, Robinho and the other eight strikers at City, there used to be Georgios Samaras. Although highly touted by Stuart Pearce, he failed to make an impact in the two years while at the club.
When Sven Goran Ericksson was made manager Samaras was confined mostly to the ...
