Arsenal were held to a goalless draw at home by Chelsea, while Newcastle United staked their claim for a Champions League berth with a routine 3-0 win against Stoke City as Tottenham Hotspur lost at Queens Park Rangers 1-0. Chelsea coach Roberto Di Matteo made eight changes from the side that beat Barcelona in midweek, […]
Italy’s footballers will return to the pitch this weekend with heavy hearts following the death of Piermario Morosini. Last weekend’s games were called off after the Livorno player collapsed and died last Saturday during a Serie B game at Pescara. A minute’s silence will be observed at all Serie A games this weekend in memory of […]
Former Juventus football director Luciano Moggi does not feel it wise for the club to release Alessandro Del Piero at the end of the season. With his current deal set to expire at the end of the campaign and Juventus staying silent on their end, it is looking increasingly likely that Del Piero will be […]
Manchester United have been named the most valuable football club in the world for the eight consecutive year by Forbes. United are also ranked as the most valuable team in any sport, worth $2.24billion (£1.4bn), $385million more than baseball’s New York Yankees and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. Arsenal are fourth on the list, worth 1.29billion […]
When did Wigan turn into Barcelona? I was certain that today’s Arsenal v Wigan match was a home banker. How could it not be. Wigan had never won at the Emirates in the Premier League But I was totally forgetting that Wigan had just beaten Man United and should have beaten Chelsea (robbed by the linesman). And tonight at […]
Italian soccer was shocked today as Livorno’s Piermario Morosini collapsed on the pitch during the first half of the game between Livorno and Pescara. A defibrillator was used, but attempts to revive the player proved to be in vain as Morosini was declared dead at the Santo Spirito hospital in Pescara. A trainee at his […]
In a beautiful day in New England the Revolution lost for the second consecutive game, losing 2-1 to D.C. United. Once again the Revs got an early goal, but their Achilles heel of conceding late, came back to haunt them again. Revolution coach Jay Heeps gave Jose Moreno his first New England start and he […]