Barcelona and Real Madrid might be two of the biggest football clubs in the world, but at times they act like petulant children. According to Catalunya Radio, Barcelona secretly filmed Real Madrid defender’s Pepe’s during 2010-11’s Clasicos, with the goal of recording all his tackles on Barcelona players. The radio station’s El Club de la […]
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Almost a year on from racially abusing Anton Ferdinand John Terry has publically apologized for his actions and has accepted the FA’s four match ban and £220,000. Terry will now miss the games against Spurs, Man United (league and cup) and Swansea. In a statement, Terry said: “After careful consideration, I have decided not to […]
The fear of every club manager is that their players come back from international duty in Real Madrid have been left counting the cost of the international break after a number of their players reported back with injuries, notably left-backs Marcelo and Fabio Coentrao. Brazilian Marcelo broke a metatarsal while training for his country’s friendly […]
Atletico Madrid or as they are known by their official name, Club Atlético de Madrid, have the misfortune of sharing Mardrid with one of Europe’s biggest clubs. But Atletico is a big club in their own right having won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996. […]
Following on the lines of my earlier post about Spain‘s football federation chief denying that racism is a problem in Spanish football the Serbian FA have responded to the English complaints about racism in their U21 match in Krusevac last night. Taking a page from the Spanish FA’s manual, the Serbia FA today denied that […]
Unbelievable comments last week from Spain‘s football federation chief who denied that racism is a problem in Spanish soccer despite several racist incidents among its fans at Euro 2012 and La Liga matches. Angel Villa Llona, president of the Spanish FA and a member of both FIFA and UEFA’s executive committee was asked how racism in Spanish football […]
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is out of contract at the end of the season and is frustrated that team policy means that Chelsea are only offering him a one year deal. One group that is willing to offer Lampard a multi-year contract is Major League Soccer according to MLS commissioner Don Garber. ‘Frank Lampard’s a […]
There was no shortage of surprises across Europe on Tuesday and World Cup qualifying continued. Spain were held to a 1-1 draw at home by France, while Germany threw away a four goal lead and had to settle for a 4-4 draw with Sweden. There was frustration for Portugal also, as they has to score late to […]
In a game that they could not afford to lose, the U.S.’s World Cup dreams were hanging by a thread less than five minutes into the game against Guatemala when Carlos Ruiz outpaced Carlos Bocanegra to make it 1-0 Guatemala and stun the sold-out crowd of 16,947 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The U.S. needed a […]