Best Football-Related Disclaimer/Retraction Ever

By Laurie | May 13th, 2008

This was a little tidbit from today's Daily Mail: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH In our article 'Abramovich snaps after Russia blow it against Israel' 21 November 2007, we reported that Roman Abramovich had stormed into the Russian players' dressing room after ...

"Quarantine" for British fans Heading to Moscow?

By Laurie | May 8th, 2008

Last month before the France-England friendly in Paris, I had the thrill of being sardined into a Metro train heading out to the stadium as several drunken English fans launched into off-key renditions of, among other things, "God Save the Queen." ...

Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles

By Inara | April 26th, 2008

Though there's still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though they might be relegated) while in Greece, Olympiakos won their 36th title (thank ...

Episode 20: Champions League Semifinal Preview

By Ian Rose | April 22nd, 2008

It's the most wonderful time of the year ... perhaps not, but it's pretty damned close. European football seasons, both domestic and continental, are coming to a close, and not far off over that horizon is the joy of Euro 2008. We focus on the big ...

Racism Alive and Well at Torpedo Moscow

By Daryl | April 3rd, 2008

Efforts to kick racism out of Russian football took a bit of a blow this weekend when FC Vityaz Podolsk's Cameroonian fullback Jerry-Christian Tchuissé was sent off six minutes from full time. Not for a horror tackle or for abusing the ref, but for ...

Don't Have Guus To Kick Around The Rumor Mill Anymore

By chris | March 25th, 2008

(Go here to check out that ingenious pic full size.) Not too long ago you couldn't hear the name "Guus Hiddink" without hearing "Chelsea FC" somewhere in the vicinity of the same sentence. Guus has ended speculation on his future - namely the one ...

9 Reasons Livorno Loves Lucarelli

By Marco | January 16th, 2008

As we all know by now (Thanks to Martha and Francesco ) Lucarelli is going to Parma. He's not coming back to the little Tuscan town by the sea, he'll be finishing off his days in Emilia-Romagna. I mean who can blame him, Parma has sister cities like M

The wild Vagner Love rumor...

By Magnusson | October 18th, 2007

According to Tutto Mercato, the first name Eric Gerets gave his new bosses when he took over at the Commanderie was that of brazilian phenom Vagner Love. The 23 year-old who's tied to CSKA Mocow until 2011 and who had a more than impressive Copa America

First JT is IN!!!! Then He Is OUT!!

By Andy | October 16th, 2007

Earlier on today Chelsea and England captain John Terry declared himself fit for England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia on Wednesday. England trained this evening on the plastic pitch for the last time before Wednesday's game and it h

Chelsea FIVE Named in England Squad

By Andy | October 5th, 2007

Now unless you are a Chelsea fan living outside of England, the following information is not going to be of any use to you. England's manager Steve McClaren has named FIVE Chelsea players for the forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia at

Russia vs. Estonia: Playing for Sevilla Makes Sense

By Ivan | March 26th, 2007

Now it's clear that playing for European clubs improves Russian footballer's skill. Year ago Russian national team was like Italy or Saudi Arabia (closer to Arabia, actually) – all consists of home-based players. And now Russia overtakes Estonia in

Gus Hiddink

By Andy | February 11th, 2007

Gus Hiddink the man publicly louded by the media and press as Chelsea's new manager when Jose quits in the Summer is facing 10 months jail in Holland for tax evasion charges. Hiddink today has said that despite the allegations he is not interested

Transfer Time: From Russia with love, maybe

By Sam | January 7th, 2007

Hola amigos, I know it's been a while since I rapped at ya, but I've been quite the busy bee of late. Here's more on transfers, of course. If you know French footie as much as I, you'll know that when January comes around, approximately six thousand pl

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