Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of building a new 58,000 capacity stadium in London have been given a major boost after the government approved a compulsory purchase order allowing building work to begin. The club has been clearing space around White Hart Lane for the past two years and this announcement means that Spurs can finally start […]

There are no words you can give you perspective about when you lose a colleague. It gives you perspective on how blessed one is to actually be working in this “calling”. When Argentine journalist Jorge “Topo” López passed away this past week, one reflects and one realizes. López, like many other people (myself included) in […]

I remember fondly a Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen during the 2012-13 season. Bayern Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer runs up towards the Leverkusen goal. He dribbles and sets up a cross that drifts into the area, and in the end the ball skips off the crossbar. Bayern loses the game. This was no […]

It's obviously a coincidence that the two teams with the best looking shirts for the World Cup will meet in the World Cup Final on Sunday. Both Germany and Argentina's home and away shirts are splendid. The shirts are available for you to order online so they can be delivered to your doorstep. The World […]

So much of the discussion regarding ESPN's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been centered around what a magnificent job the network has done, but the fear of what's going to happen after ESPN hands over the rights to FOX Sports, which effectively happens after the World Cup coverage ends on Sunday night. […]

Yaya Toure’s controversial agent Dmitri Seluk has struck again. Just months after claiming Toure wanted a move away from Barclays Premier League Champion Manchester City because the club snubbed him on his birthday, Seluk has once again created a firestorm. This time the subject is the World Player of the Year award known as the […]

Orlando City could soon have another Brazilian superstar to join Kaka in Central Florida. AC Milan is once again in the process of negotiating a transfer of a Brazilian to the MLS expansion team, this time the target is Robinho. The 30 year-old Brazilian striker wants to move to Florida and Major League Soccer according […]

Southampton Football Club have unveiled their away shirt for the 2014/15 season, one week after unveiling Southampton's home shirt for the upcoming season. Just as with the home shirt, Southampton have decided to design and manufacture their away shirt themselves instead of giving their profits to adidas, Nike or another brand. Other than the lack […]

Two inspirational and magnificent videos have been released in Argentina to try to lift the team on to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final against Germany. The first video entitled "Heroes Inspire Us" features footage of famous incidents in Argentine sport, to help inspire Argentina on to greatness. The second video features footage of […]

I hate to burst the bubble of Brazil fans and South Americans looking forward to watching Saturday's Third Place Final between Netherlands and Brazil, but most of the world couldn't care about the game. The game is a glorified friendly, and it always has been and always will. In future years, few people will remember […]

Comedian Jimmy Fallon, host of The Tonight Show, made fun of the Germany and Argentina players during one of his monologues on Friday night. Fallon created several fictitious awards that FIFA would be giving out, such as "Best Listener," "Most Likeliest to Stare At You While You Eat," and other "awards." Watch the video below, […]

Sunderland have unveiled their home shirt for the 2014/15 season. The challenge with a Sunderland home shirt is how do you differentiate it every season while making sure it retains the red and white stripes. In this year's design by adidas, they've added a gold trim to the cuffs and collar, as well as a […]

New Manchester United's manager, Louis van Gaal's summer has been busy. Aside from coaching the Netherlands' national team he has signed three players to Manchester United, Angel Di Maria being the latest set to be moving to Old Trafford. According to mutliple reports Di Maria has agreed to a deal of £150,000-a-week after not coming […]

The possible recipients for the 2014 FIFA Golden Ball award, Golden Glove and Best Young Player have been announced, four Argentinians have been nominated and their German opponents in the final have five total nominees. Players are evaluated by FIFA's technical group and selected by the committees of the technical group. The Golden Ball is […]

Miguel Herrera received a contract extension set to leave him as head of El Tri until 2018 as the Mexican Football Federation announced today. Herrera recently lead the Mexican National team to the knock-out stages of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after El Tri was close struggled to qualify for the World Cup itself. […]