It wasn’t pretty but Chelsea secured their place in the first knock-out round of the Champions League following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over CFR Cluj on Tuesday. A late goal from Didier Drogba secured the win for Chelsea and left the Blues second in Group A behind Roma who beat Bordeaux 2-0 in Rome behind […]
The BBC had a really interesting post about how Uefa president Michel Platini is looking to shake things up. What Platini wants to do is reduce the number of non-champions from countries such as England, Spain and Italy and increase the number of champions from the likes of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Latvia in the competition. To […]
Real Madrid today announced that they had sacked Bernd Schuster as coach and replaced him with former Tottenham manager Juande Ramos. Ramos’s first game in charge will be Wednesday’s Champions League match at home to Zenit St Petersburg. Real Madrid have struggled this season under Schuster and currently sit fifth in the Primera Liga, nine […]
A look at the winners and losers in the English Premier League after week 16 of action. Winners Manchester United All wins are equal in terms of points but some are more important than others. Nemanja Vidic’s injury time winner against Sunderland was really important as Manchester United could not afford to slip further behind […]
Interesting stories coming out of Italy about how Nike, who sponsor Inter Milan, have backed plans for them to sign Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo has long been a target of Spanish giants Real Madrid, but the twist to that transfer saga is that Real Madrid are an Adidas team. Having Ronaldo appear in […]
Sunderland announced this morning that Roy Keane has left his position as manager of the club. Keane had held crisis talks with the club’s board on Thursday morning after which it was decided the two parties would go their separate ways. Keane’s position has become under a great deal of speculation, but the timing of […]
Carling Cup Final Tickets. Buy Carling Cup Final Tickets The final takes place at Wembley on Sunday, 1 March. And then there were four. Wednesday’s Carling Cup action did not provide the upsets that Tuesday night did, as Manchester United and Spurs both avoided the upsets that tripped up fellow Premier League teams Arsenal and […]
Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign Netherlands striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar from Ajax. The 25-year-old, who will sign a contract until 2013, will not be available for Real until January when he will be available to replace compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with […]
Cristiano Ronaldo’s incredible year continued tonight as he became the fourth Manchester United player to win the European Footballer of the Year award. The 23-year-old Ronaldo adds the Ballon d’Or award to the FIFPro World Player of the Year trophy he won in October, and the Professional Footballers Association and the Football Writers awards. He […]