Chris Wondolowski scored two more goals as the United States advanced to the Gold Cup quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Cuba today. Cuba shocked the American fans when they took the lead in the 36th minute when Ciprian scored from Martinez’s cross. But the U.S. equalized just before halftime when Landon Donovan scored from […]
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Uefa on Wednesday announced that Lazio will play their next two UEFA competition home matches behind closed doors plus fined the club €40,000. Lazio was on a suspended sentence for instances of racist abuse from supporters during this season and stadium inspectors spotted around 300 members of the crowd performing Nazi salutes during the 2-0 […]
Real Madrid retained its title as the biggest club financially in the world as a new Deloitte report showed that the combined revenues of Europe’s top 20 clubs exceeded €4.8b in 2011-12, a 10% rise from the previous season’s top 20. In a clear indication that Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules will not work, the […]
Bradford City is within reach of Wembley after stunning Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final. Bradford, who knocked out Arsenal in the quarter-finals, are now only 90 minutes away from becoming the first side from the lowest tier to reach the final of this competition since Rochdale in […]
After Tuesday night’s remarkable comeback win by Arsenal in the Capital One Cup, I did not think anything could top that. But Wednesday nights three remaining matches came close. Chelsea came from behind three times to beat Manchester United 5-4 after extra time, while Norwich upset Spurs 2-1 and Swansea knocked out holders Liverpool 3-1 […]
More proof that Manchester United and Real Madrid are the two biggest and most popular football teams in the world as a new report shows that these two clubs have sold more shirts than any other team over the past five years. Worldwide, the two clubs have sold on average 1.4 million shirts per season […]
It was not that long ago that Toon Army were up in arms over Mike Ashley and the Cockney Mafia’s running of Newcastle United. But over the last couple of years Ashley has retreated to the background and let the football people run the club. No surprise then, that Newcastle’s fortunes have turned up since […]
Another game and another argument between Roberto Mancini and another manager. The Manchester City managed has had touchline clashes with Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson as well as with Everton coach David Moyes and Mark Hughes when he was Fulham manager. Last night it was Paul Lambert’s turn to clash with Mancini. The City […]