Zenit triumph in the European Super Cup, beating Man United 2-1 in Monaco

Zenit St. Petersburg did it again. Beating off tough competition to take home the European Super Cup to mother Russia for the first time. Following up last spring’s success, when they carried home the UEFA-cup from Manchester with some style, they now defeated [...]

Liverpool have started the season in remarkably unremarkable fashion. Unconvincing, and yet strangely impressive. It is often said that teams poised for glory win games even when they aren’t playing well. This must be what ‘Pool fans hope is ahead of them, this season. Despite tepid displays against average teams such as Standard Liege, Sunderland [...]

Sidibe celebrating his winning goal in injury time against Aston Villa

New boys Stoke have already assumed parity with last years hapless losers Derby; when it comes to Premiership victories, after their first Top tier contest at Britannia Stadium - against high flying Aston Villa. Having soundly beaten Manchester City in the last round, one could [...]

England playing at Wembley

England were down, but not out, in their Wembley friendly versus Czech Republic. Joe Cole saved blushes from the hosts with his injury time scrap poke, giving a 2-2 scoreline to the low-tempo International Friendly.
England Coach Fabio Capello had said the time for experiments were over and named John Terry as his [...]

With football underway in England and Germany, with Spain and Italy set to follow in the near future, the footy-frenzy is set to reach new heights in the months ahead. While it is too early to make serious predictions, due to good or bad opening performances, some notes are worthy to be made.
Some teams have [...]

 
 
With all the self-proclaimed experts and pundits rolling up their sleeves in anticipation while letting the drivel juice swivel from their conservative pen. We enter the race of gloomy forecasts and untold prophecies, with this, equally bombastic calculation.
 
Brimming with money and confidence, the English Premier League boasts more Brazilians than any other foreign nationality in the [...]

Much has been said already about the great Cristiano Ronaldo saga that has plagued the sports pages most of this summer; with Ronaldo and Real Madrid seemingly trying to engineer an early Old Trafford exit, much to the chagrin of Ronaldo’s mentor and United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. Rather unsurprisingly the reigning European Champions League [...]