The old Intercontinental Cup was always the weak brainchild of FIFA and never had much chance of surviving in the competitive world of football. For sure - it was competitive at times. Not least toward the end of the sixties when over-zealous Argentineans transformed the alleged friendly game into a field of blood soaked horror. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]