Six foot three inch Ivorian central midfielder Yaya Toure has joined big Premier League spenders Manchester City on a five year deal from European club giants Barcelona. Toure joins older brother Kolo in the Eastlands setup and his signing pushes City’s spending to over £60 million pounds following the earlier captures of Hamburg and Germany […]

Now that Brazil is out of the 2010 World Cup after a underwhelming performance against a very strong Dutch team, the favorites no longer have a chance to win the tournament. But who do you think will now win the World Cup? Before we get to the poll below, I would like to add that […]

Germany march into the quarter-final of the 2010 World Cup against Argentina, one of the favourites to win the tournament. Joachim Loew's side was dismissed at the beginning of the tournament after captain Michael Ballack was ruled out with an injury, and was overlooked because of the fact that many of Loew's squad are under […]

Brazil's star striker Luis Fabiano is looking to win the World Cup trophy with his country this summer, but second on his to-do list soon after is a high profile move to either Manchester United or AC Milan. Fabiano has openly spoken of his intentions to not re-sign with current Spanish side Sevilla, and has snubbed […]

Four years ago, which seems like a lifetime in Internet years, the 2006 World Cup experience was very different than it is today. There were only a handful of soccer podcasts worldwide. Soccer blogs were a relatively new thing. And the TV coverage was decent. All games were televised but national anthems were skipped and […]

After two days off from the 2010 World Cup, the panel is bad together to preview Friday's matches in South Africa: Brazil versus the Netherlands and Ghana versus Uruguay. Joining me to talk about them is our regular panel, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer.

After two days off from the 2010 World Cup, the panel is bad together to preview Friday's matches in South Africa: Brazil versus the Netherlands and Ghana versus Uruguay. Joining me to talk about them is our regular panel, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer.

Germany captain Philipp Lahm has added to the tension ahead of the already much-anticipated quarter-final encounter between Germany and Argentina. Lahm, who was in the side in the 2006 World Cup when Germany defeated Argentina on penalties, has continued the mind-games that Bastian Schweinsteiger started. From Goal.com; "Bastian said what he said and I can […]

Newcastle United has launched its new official home kit for the 2010-11 season. According to Newcastle United, "The Puma shirts are made from a lightweight, breathable fabric to provide maximum comfort and breathability." Roger Harrison, Marketing Director of Puma UK, said: "We're very proud to launch the new home shirt as it has always been […]

Not too long ago, I wrote a blog regarding the six new teams that would be playing in the Championship next season via relegation and promotion. One of these teams is Hull City, a side that has had an adventurous past decade or so. My belief was that Hull wouldn't be promoted straight back to […]

Major League Soccer's decision to take only part of the month of June off for the World Cup has come under some scrutiny in recent weeks. Supporters of the schedule, and likely MLS owners as well, point to the potential for a World Cup TV ratings and interest bounce for the league. The thinking is that fans […]

I'm trying to pretend it's not true, but there's only seven games left in this World Cup tournament (I'm not counting the third place game, which is a waste of time and a silly idea). When you think about it, seven games isn't much. That's a typical Saturday in the Premier League. So since we're […]

This weekend, soccer fans around the world will be licking their lips at the prospect of four World Cup quarter-final games, each of which will be intriguing for different reasons. The games are: BRAZIL v HOLLAND, Friday, 10am ET. URUGUAY v GHANA, Friday, 2:30pm ET. GERMANY v ARGENTINA, Saturday, 10am ET. SPAIN v PARAGUAY, Saturday, […]

Man, I am seriously jonesing for some football. After nearly three weeks of up to three games a day, suddenly, my world has dropped off a cliff. A blank, non-football day arrived yesterday and worse still has been followed by another one. What do I do? How do I live my life without the skeleton […]

With Italy out of the 2010 World Cup, we have plenty of time to plan for the future and avoid any mistakes we made in this tournament. So it's important to know what Italy did wrong, the mistakes that cost us dearly in the World Cup, making us end up last in the group, behind […]