Two first half goals from Giovani Dos Santos and Javier Hernandez were enough to see Mexico stun Brazil 2-0 in front of almost 85,000 fans in Dallas today. Dos Santos opened the scoring in the 21st minute when he picked up a pass from Pablo Barrera, beat Brazilian defender Danilo and cleverly lobbed his shot […]
England’s preparations for the upcoming European Championship have been dealt another blow as Chelsea’s Gary Cahill will miss the tournament after breaking his jaw against Belgium on Saturday. Last week it was Cahill’s Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard who was forced to withdraw from the England squad due to injury. Then England boss Roy Hodgson turned […]
England won for the second straight time under Roy Hodgson on Saturday, while European Championship co-host Poland and the Netherlands both enjoyed easy victories. The same could not be said for Italy, who lost for the third consecutive game as the Italian match fixing scandal continues to engulf the team’s Euro preparations. At Wembley, Danny […]
Benny Feilhaber and Kelyn Rowe each scored one goal and assisted on the other as the New England Revolution claimed a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night at rain-soaked Gillette Stadium. Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis made three saves to guide New England to its second shutout of the season. The victory was […]
Russia piled on the misery for embattled Italy with a 3-0 victory in Friday night’s international friendly in Zurich’s Letzigrund stadium. Alexander Kerzhakov put the Russians in front on the hour mark, having been denied by the post in the first half. Roman Shirokov made it 2-0 with 15 minutes remaining and added his second at […]
Paul Lambert has become Aston Villa’s fourth manager in two years after walking out on Norwich City. A Villa club statement read simply: “The Board of Aston Villa are delighted to confirm that Paul Lambert has been appointed Villa manager.” Norwich prohibited Lambert from talking to Villa earlier this week and refused his resignation in […]
More shocking news out of Italy, that Italian captain and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been interrogated by Turin tax police for his alleged involvement in illegal gambling. Buffon was interrogated by the police on Thursday, although the investigation is not said to be related to the latest match-fixing scandal that has hit Italian football. […]
Walter Mazzarri has vowed to stay at Napoli and will be offered a new one-year contract extension, Partenopei president Aurelio De Laurentiis has confirmed. Mazzarri guided Napoli to the Champions League knockout stage in 2011-12 and ended the club’s 20 year-wait for a Coppa Italia triumph, though a fifth-place Serie A finish meant his side […]