The New England Revolution got its 2013 season off to a winning start with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night. Jerry Bengtson scored the game’s only goal in the 62nd minute, finishing from close range after Kelyn Rowe and Juan Toja combined to create the chance. Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis made […]
Lionel Messi became the only player in football history to have scored in 17 consecutive league games, bettering the previous mark of 16, set by Teodor Peterek. Peterek had scored 22 goals in 16 consecutive league matches in the Polish First Division way back in 1937-38. The goal, Barca’s second in the 2-0 win over […]
Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers picked up huge victories on a crucial day for the sides near the bottom of the Premier League. Paul Lambert’s Villa had looked to be heading for the drop when Nathan Baker put an attempted clearance into his own net against Reading. But Christian Benteke and Gabriel Agbonlahor hit […]
According to figures released by French soccer’s licensing authority, the DNCG, Paris Saint-Germain reported a loss of €5.5m for the 2011-12. Considering that since the Qatar Investment Authority in 2011 bought PSG in 2011 that they have spent more money on players than any other team in Europe, a loss of only €5.5m seems unusually […]
In his Friday press conference, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reacted to widespread reports in Thursday’s newspapers that Wayne Rooney would be sold by United in the summer after being dropped for the Real Madrid game. “He’ll be here next year,” Ferguson said. “You can have my word on that.” “There is no issue […]
Barcelona have confirmed that they will be using the Qatar Airways logo on the front of their shirts, breaking a 113 year tradition of having no corporate sponsors there. In a lucrative €35.4 million per year deal, club president Sandro Rosell said the airline will replace charity Qatar Foundation as its shirt sponsor from 1st […]
Tottenham Hotspur have one leg in the Europa League quarter-finals after an impressive 3-0 dismantling of Inter Milan at White Hart Lane tonight. Gareth Bale with his 21st of the season, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Jan Vertonghen were all on target in a one-sided match. It was not a good night for Spurs’ London rivals Chelsea, […]
We had none of last night’s drama in the Champions League as both Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain progressed as expected into the quarter-finals. In Turin, Juventus beat an outclassed Celtic side 2-0 on the night and 5-0 on aggregate. Any hopes that the thousands of Celtic fans in the stadium had of a miracle comeback […]