Spain rattled the woodwork three times but suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Honduras at St James Park and crashed out of the Olympics. Jerry Bengtson’s seventh-minute header, his third goal in two games, ensured that the Spaniards, whose senior team are reigning World and European champions, will go home early following […]
Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has been given the medical all-clear to resume playing after undergoing knee surgery earlier this summer. The 34-year-old Spain defender returned to training with his team-mates last week after missing the end of the 2011/12 season, including his nation’s triumphant European Championship defence, and going under the knife in May. A […]
Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini has said it is impossible for his players not to be affected by the current uncertainty regarding the future ownership of the club. The Andalusians qualified for the Champions League for the first time ever in May after spending over 50million euros on players last summer but have yet to make […]
BBC Sport is reporting that Liverpool have accepted a bid of £7 million from Fiorentina for midfielder Alberto Aquilani. The 28-year-old has flown to Italy from the Reds’ pre-season tour of the United States to complete his move. Aquilani had recently said that he was optimistic of returning to the Liverpool first team fold under new manager Brendan Rodgers […]
In a big statement of intent for this season, Roma have bought striker Mattia Destro from Genoa. Genoa will receive a fee of €11.5m for Destro’s initial 12-month loan, a further €4.5m if Roma want to make the switch permanent next year and co-ownership of promising duo Giammario Piscitella and Valerio Verre. The latter will […]
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association in relation to comments posted on Twitter at the end of John Terry’s recent trial. Ferdinand denied he was being racist after responding to a tweet describing Chelsea’s Ashley Cole as a “choc ice”. The term used relates to the […]
The New England Revolution could not hold onto a 1-0 half-time lead as they ended up losing 2-1 to the Philadelphia Union on Sunday night at PPL Park. Saer Sene’s swerving long-distance drive opened the scoring in the 12th minute and the Revs (6-10-5, 23 pts.) maintained their lead until the 59th minute when Freddy […]