Arminia Bielefeld gained a point and a little breathing room in their fight to stay up this year. Things didn't start brightly when their defenders fell asleep and allowed Andriy Voronin to ghost onto a ball delivered by keeper Jaroslav Drobny and slot home a 13' lead. They leveled in the 40' when right back […]

At just over 6 feet 4, it is hard to imagine West Ham’s target man Carlton Cole easily fitting under anything. But in recent weeks Cole and his West Ham team mates, under the guidance of first year manager, Gianfranco Zola have been quietly putting in some solid performances and getting results that has seen […]

While many expect Bayern to cruise through the second half of the season, their loss at Hamburg means it's not a foregone conclussion. Who do you think will win the title and feel free to post why you think. Who Will Win the League ( polls)

Vicente del Bosque has named his squad for the February 11th friendly versus England in Sevilla. Barcelona players Gerard Piqué & Sergi Busquets got their 1st ever call up for La Furia. Piqué was called up to provide cover in case Valencia's Raúl Albiol & Barca's Carles Puyol are not fit. Busquets replaces injured Arsenal midfielder, Cesc […]

Breaking news: The Premier League has announced that out of the six TV packages available for bidding in the UK for the 2010-2013 seasons, Sky Sports won five of those packages with Setanta getting the sixth and final one. That means that ESPN's attempt to bid on the rights ended in failure — in the […]

FIFA have a massive decision to make in December 2010: who will host the 2018 World Cup? There are many strong contenders to stage the tournament, from Australia to Russia, but there should really only be one country in FIFA’s minds. As well as looking at transport links and stadia, the 24-man executive committee who […]

Once the final two TV packages are finalized in the United Kingdom, the Premier League will focus next on the bidding for TV rights in the US. While the rights in the UK will still primarily be owned by Sky Sports, there may be more revolutionary changes in the United States. But who will win? […]

Saturday 7:45 am Manchester City v Middlesbrough (Live Setanta Sports. Replays: Saturday 8:30 pm, Monday 11 am, Wednesday 9:15 am and 6 pm). The time has come for Gareth Southgate to shut up and simply get a win, something his side hasn't done in twelve games. Shay Given should be between the posts for Manchester […]

Steve Cherundolo being ruled out of the US-Mexico clash provides an opportunity for Marvell Wynne to finally work his way into the full national team setup. But not so fast, my friends, to quote a somewhat well known College Football pundit from the state of Florida. For just about every notable victory the US National […]

If you're bored with the same old story lines in the Premier League that are repeated on blogs and websites around cyberspace, choose from the following Premier League-related articles that you may enjoy instead: ECB Abandon Plans for English Premier League (The Cricket Blog). We can now thank the Credit Crunch for one thing. Cricket […]

In a George-less edition of the show, we have none other than Major League Soccer Talk guru Kartik Krishnaiyer joining us talking about the upcoming US-Mexico matchup as well as all things CONCACAF. MAF Show 2

Micah Richards wins the Christmas stupidity award. It took seven weeks, but we find out tonight that Micah Richards was arrested over a December 24th attack outside a Hale nightclub. It is alleged that Richards attacked an eighteen year old male. In something that Mark Hughes has had some practice with, he's already coming out […]

Mario Yepes, Camilo Zúñiga, and Cristian Zapata make their respective returns to the Colombian national team. All three players were part of Eduardo Lara's call up for the Colombian's upcoming friendly against Haiti in the city of Pereira. Zapata has become one of the young defensive stars in Serie A as he has esatblished himself […]

Atlético Madrid defender Luis Amaranto Perea was called up to take part in next week's friendly against Haiti in the Colombian city of Pereira. Perea was one of two Spanish league based players that was called up by by coach Eduardo Lara for this friendly. The other was Hercules' midfielder Abel Aguilar. The biggest […]

Wednesday Sevilla 2 Athletic 1 SEV: Duscher (61'), Acosta (90'+2') ATB: Llorente (42') ——————————– Barcelona 2 Mallorca 0 BAR: Henry (34'), Márquez (73')