The Argentina v Brazil game at MetLife Stadium yesterday had been billed as a battle between Lionel Messi and Neymar. But it turned into the Messi show as the Barcelona star dazzled the 81,994 in attendance with an incredible halt-trick as Argentina beat their bitter rivals 4-3. This was Messi’s last game of the season, […]
Denmark stunned tournament favorites Holland on Saturday, winning 1-0 and throwing the “Group of Death” wide. In the group’s other match, an unimpressive Germany side beat Portugal 1-0 as Portugal failed to take advantage of their scoring opportunities late. Michael Krohn-Dehli scored against the run of play when he picked up a loose ball close […]
Reports out of England say that David Beckham has been named in Stuart Piece’s Team GB for the London Olympics. The full squad is scheduled to be announced next week, but by all accounts Beckham will be one of the three over 23-years-old in the GB team. The 37-year-old Beckham has made no secret of […]
Euro 2012 got off to an incident-packed start on Friday with Group A favorites Russia thrashing the Czech Republic 4-1 while Greece spoiled the party for co-hosts Poland in a drawn opening match as both teams finished with 10 men. Russia captain Andrei Arshavin turned in the kind of inspired performance that Arsenal fans forgot […]
Italy centre back Andrea Barzagli will remain in their Euro 2012 squad after coach Cesare Prandelli and medics decided he would be available for some of the tournament despite a calf problem. “The scan this morning showed a noticeable improvement in the player’s calf,” Italy team doctor Enrico Castellacci was quoted as saying by ANSA. […]
Norwich City and West Brom have filled their vacant manager spots, leaving European Champions Chelsea as the only Premier League side without a manager. In his Norwich press conference, Chris Hughton said that he is determined to keep top scorer Grant Holt at Carrow Road. Hughton stressed that Holt, who has handed in a transfer […]
That is not something that you see very often. Roman Abramovich has been outbid on something he wants. What he wanted was the was to build a new stadium at Battersea Power Station. But those plans appear to have ended today as administrators announced that Abramovich had been outbid by a joint bid by two […]
There were some interesting things that came out of Ivan Gazidis’s meeting with the Arsenal Supporters Trust earlier this week. Two good write-ups on the meeting are here and here. While Gazidis has a knack of talking a lot and saying nothing, the fact that he was willing to meet with Arsenal supporters last night and stayed around […]