Newcastle United are up to fifth in the Premier League after they beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0, while Arsenal’s poor run of form continues as they were held 0-0 at Bolton. Newcastle took a 12th-minute lead when Blackburn’s Scott Dann deflected a 25-yard shot from Ryan Taylor past stranded Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson. Blackburn, who remain […]
As if the defending MLS Champions needed any more offensive firepower, the LA Galaxy announced today that Edson Buddle would be rejoining the Galaxy after terminating his contract with FC Ingolstadt by mutual consent. Buddle’s addition gives LA the league’s best forward tandem, as he and Robbie Keane will lead a line that should feast […]
Two goals from Fernando Llorente has given Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 first-leg advantage in their Copa del Rey semi-final against giant-killers Mirandes, and seriously dented the Cinderella dreams of the third division team. Llorente scored twice in the first half to seemingly put Athletic firmly in control of this tie. But the minnows, who have […]
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has criticised the performance levels of Spanish referees this season. Rosell’s club felt aggrieved by the decision of the Spanish federation’s competitions committee not to punish Real Madrid utility man Pepe for appearing to stamp on Barca forward Lionel Messi’s hand earlier this month. Rosell said in quotes reported by marca.com: […]
There is an interesting battle going on at Inter at the moment between the manager Claudio Ranieri and Inter’s best player Wesley Sneijder. And it is a battle that Sneijder cannot win. Sneijder was taking off at half-time during Inter‘s defeat at Lecce last weekend and when asked about being substituted after the game by […]
Inter Milan were the busiest team on transfer deadline as they brought in three players and let two leave. Inter signed both Fredy Guarin and Angelo Palombo to reinforce their midfield and also Juan to help out with their defence. The additions of Guarin and Palombo allowed Inter to finally allow Thiago Motta to join […]
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis was interviewed by Fox on Sunday and he said that Arsenal will never be able to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City in the transfer market but believes Arsene Wenger’s focus on developing young players is the correct way to run a football club. While City and […]
Chelsea continue to hemorrhage money after announcing a loss of £67.7million for the financial year ending June 30, 2011. That is only a slight drop decrease from the loss of £70.9million in 2010, as Chelsea struggles to fall in line with UEFA’s new financial fair play rules. Since Roman Abramovich bought the club, Chelsea have […]