Feel it, it’s here! Those are the words in everyone’s lips here in South Africa as the 2010 FIFA World Cup spectacular approaches. Well yesterday Spain opened the way for everyone by being the first team to announce the final 23 man squad for the tournament. With only veteran Marco Senna as the notable omission, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 23, 2010
We’ve been treated to some interesting outbursts from Premier League team owners through the course of this season. It’s arguably been one of the most entertaining seasons in recent memory. At least since the Special One and his utterances left Chelsea. Particularly interesting has been the effect of the pronouncements by owners on the performances of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 16, 2010
Supporters of the Premiership’s top clubs – Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool – will blindly tell anyone who will listen that the English Premier League is the strongest in Europe. This despite the failure of any of England’s bigger clubs to progress to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League this season. Liverpool failed to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 9, 2010
Game on! The Premier League this season has really morphed into three distinct battles. Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal will fight for supremacy over the next five games. It’s by no means a foregone conclusion that the top three will remain in this order till the last day – the lead has already changed hands [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 26, 2010
I would hate to be Andrew Andronikou right now. In fact, I can’t think of many people with a worse job. Andronikou is, of course, the administrator of nearly bankrupt Portsmouth – the first club to enter administration since the Premier League was founded in 1992. He’s made the bizarre decision to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 19, 2010
It was the cruellest of heartbreaks. When you get winded without being punched. The kind that gets inflicted by that girl you really like. Where you prepare (read: set yourself up for) failure on “that” date. And you find yourself ready to cry. And here I’d kidded myself that I’d be writing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 18, 2010
Lionel Messi was once again the hero when the European champions convincingly beat Stuttgart to advance to the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night. Watch the goals
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
Didier Drogba was twice on target as Chelsea trounced hapless Westham United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Watch the goals:
Continue reading...Thursday, March 11, 2010
Manchester United easily disposed of AC Milan at Old Trafford with 4 goals and no reply from the visitors to take the aggregate score to 7 – 2 to the Red Devils. Watch the goals:
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sunderland thrashed relegation-threatened Bolton, while Birmingham got revenge on Portsmouth for their FA Cup loss at the weekend. Sunderland 4 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light, Sunderland Tuesday 9 March 2010 Kickoff: 21:45 Goal Scorers: Fraizer Campbell ‘0 1-0 Darren Bent ‘63 2-0 Darren Bent ‘73 (pen.) 3-0 Darren Bent ‘87 4-0 Portsmouth 1 – 2 Birmingham City Fratton Park, Portsmouth Tuesday 9 March 2010 Kickoff: 21:45 Goal [...]
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