Busy day in Dallas, as the FC Dallas have announced that they are bringing back former All-Star forward Kenny Cooper in a trade with the New York Red Bulls. Dallas also acquired forward Eric Hassli from Toronto FC for a conditional second-round pick in 2014. Cooper enjoyed the most successful spell of his career in […]
U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann looks ahead to the first game of the final round of World Cup Qualifying, and discusses some of the challenges the team will face going up against Honduras. No real surprises in Klinsmann squad for Honduras. It’s a squad heavy on European-based players that is led by […]
First match-fixing and now doping. Not the best day to be a football fan. If you follow cycling, you will be aware that over the last 10 years, Spanish doctors have been linked with some of the biggest doping scandals in that sport. With all the money that is involved in professional football it is […]
Europol today launched the “biggest-ever investigation into suspected match-fixing in Europe” in which 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved. European police say that they have uncovered an Asian betting syndicate responsible for more than 380 suspicious games, including Word Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League […]
According to Martin Lipton at the Mirror, Rafa Benitez has been an ultimatum. Beat Wigan this weekend or be sacked! Roman Abramovich is said to be furious as Chelsea’s post-Christmas tailspin. Saturday’s loss at Newcastle came on the back of poor draws at Swansea, Brentford and Reading. Abramovich, who is not known for his patience, […]
Wayne Rooney’s goal helped Manchester United beat Fulham 1-0 today. Rooney’s tenth goal in as many games sent United ten points clear of Manchester City, who play Liverpool tomorrow, and a massive 16 points ahead of third-placed Chelsea. Going back to the start of last season, Rooney has now been involved in 68 goals in […]
Another transfer window comes and go and Kaká still remains at Real Madrid. This is the second consecutive transfer window that Kaka has tried to leave Madrid but has been unable to put together a deal that pleased all parties. The biggest stumbling block appears to be Madrid president Florentino Pérez’s insistence that Kaka be […]