After the international break, La Liga resumes this weekend with a big match between league leaders Real Madrid and third-place Valencia at the Estadio Mestalla. Coming off guiding Portugal to Euro 2012, Cristiano Ronaldo will look to pick up where he left off at league level, after smashing a hat-trick in Real’s 7-1 belting of […]
In a move that baffles me, the New England Revolution have named the color commentator on the team’s television broadcasts as their new coach. I am shocked that with so many good coaches available, hello Garry Smith, that the Revs would hire a coach with no professional coaching experience. Actually Heaps has never been a […]
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell was in a pretty combative mood Tuesday at a conference in Doha as he took aim at both FIFA and UEFA. Rosell was asked whether clubs would ask FIFA and UEFA to pay players during the World Cup or European Championship and he replied: “This is what we are discussing with […]
Spain’s centre-right People’s Party said it will push Real Madrid and Barcelona to have more equitable distribution of income from television rights, according to PP policymaker Miriam Blasco. “You have to support the small teams as well, because it’s true that the Spanish league would not exist if it was not working for all the […]
Spain’s poor form in friendlies continued Tuesday when they needed a stoppage-time goal from David Villa ij order to get a 2-2 draw at Costa Rica. Spain fell behind after an uncharacteristic howler from captain Iker Casillas. The Real Madrid goalkeeper miscontrolled the ball near the edge of the penalty area just after the half […]
Big night for U.S. soccer and the men’s national team won in Europe for the first time in 3 1/2 years, beating Slovenia 3-2. Yes that is not a misprint. The U.Sc. scored three goals tonight, more than doubling the number of goals that they had scored in the previous six games under Jurgen Klinsmann. […]
Last week we covered tha ESPNsoccernet reported that Brazilian star Neymar had agreed to join Real Madrid next summer from Santos for around £53m. Well today we learnt that the ESPN story was wrong as Neymar announced that he will stay at Santos until at least 2014. “I’m very happy, it’s another decision I’m taking […]
In a move that is sure to further infuriate the Toon Army over his ownership of the club, Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has ended 119 years of Newcastle United history and heritage by re-naming St James’ Park the Sports Direct Arena. Newcastle Chairman Derek Llambias says that Newcastle needed to sell the naming rights to […]
Shocking move by the Colorado Rockies who fired coach Gary Smith. What makes this decision such a head scratcher is that Smith led the Rapids to their first MLS Cup less than a year ago. Managing director Jeff Plush said Monday that he decided not to renew Smith’s contract, which ended after the season. The […]