Articles tagged with "brazil"
Romario to Play Again, at the Age of 43
By Daryl | August 14th, 2009Seems that Romario can't stop playing football. The striker, who graced the likes of PSV, Barcelona and, er, Miami FC during his 23 year career, ...
Kaka Needs A Kid Leash
By chris | August 12th, 2009Kaka's a pretty big deal. A really big deal, in fact. Somewhere in the top 25 most recognizable athletes in the world, or thereabouts (a ...
The Inconvenient Truth
By Gianfranco | August 11th, 2009My ridiculous schedule and an old fashioned case of writers block have made this blog a bit of a downer lately for both you and ...
Zlatan's Move To Barca Was Always In The Cards
By chris | July 28th, 2009Take a good look at this picture of Zlatan lounging about during his Malmo days, taken sometime 'round the turn of the millennium. In it ...
Weekend Kisses
By Lotte Cox | July 28th, 2009After new arrival Diego Milito scored both goals (Zlatan who?) in Inter's preseason win over AC Milan on Sunday, Javier Zanetti could think of only ...
Elasi Earns Selection For Young Socceroos
By Marcus | July 17th, 2009Melbourne young gun Nathan Elasi has been selected in a 20 man squad who will play in the Copa Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina as ...
The 8 Second Red Card
By chris | July 13th, 2009Ze Carlos set a highly dubious record this weekend in Brazil, getting sent off despite being only the third person to touch the ball after ...
Photo: Health Conscious Fan At The Copa Libertadores
By chris | July 9th, 2009Caption: Brazil's Cruzeiro supporter smokes trough a surgical masks to protect against the swin flu before start the first leg football match of the Libertadores ...
Corinthians Get Some Good PR, Learn How To Celebrate & Andre Santos Has Snoop Dogg Bling
By chris | July 3rd, 2009A couple weeks ago Corinthians were the shame of Brazil, desperate for some type of good news. Bad celebrations, fans killing rival fans, setting more ...
Daily Dose: June 30th, 2009
By Daryl | June 30th, 2009Something to read while you watch Kaka arrive in Madrid... The real reason Americans don't like soccer... (East Coast Bias) ...and why it doesn't matter anyway (MouthPieceSports) Beginners ...
Vanderlei Luxemburgo is the New Ashton Kutcher
By Daryl | June 30th, 2009I've seen it reported on the internets recently that Vanderlei Luxemburgo resigned as Palmeiras coach via Twitter. Brilliant as that may sound, it's sadly not ...
Going From Bad To Worse In South America
By chris | June 30th, 2009Starting off with "Ooh...ahh...death threats in Colombia!" probably won't read any different than any other news story about South American football which hits the news ...
Daily Dose 06.27.09 Confederations Cup Edition
By Laurie | June 27th, 2009We're all about the Confederations Cup today. (And be sure to stop by this page tomorrow for all your Confederations Cup liveblogging action. ...
Daily Dose: June 24th, 2009.
By chris | June 24th, 2009Stuff to read while you showboat with Robinho..... Benjamin Maradona-Aguero wears a rug. (Dirty Tackle) Newcastle United now a stage play - presumably a tragicomedy. (The Spoiler) Puma ...
Child Boldly Scoffs At Vinnie Jones' Workout
By chris | June 22nd, 2009[Dirty Tackle] Some have probably seen both of these videos - the destined for success Vinnie Jones workout and the child with poor table manners from ...
Daily Dose: June 5th, 2009.
By chris | June 5th, 2009Stuff to read while you watch the fluffy Ronaldo turn back the showboating clock.... Kaka is just the beginning of a revolution. (SoccerLens) Along with the arrival ...
The Offside Guide to Summer Soccer
By Daryl | June 3rd, 2009The big European leagues have declared their champions and shut up shop for the summer. They won't be back until August. So this is where we ...
Daily Dose: June 1st, 2009.
By chris | June 1st, 2009Stuff to read while you watch your team get relegated then get beat down by the popo (0:40)..... A word-based account of Real Betis' dramatic relegation. ...
Transfer Talk: Youth Is Served.
By chris | May 22nd, 2009Liverpool mounted a €22m bid, which was then firmly swatted away by Aurelio De Lorentiis with a Dikembe Mutumbo finger wag, for Argentinian wild child ...
Dani Alves: Proudly Unwaxed
By Lotte Cox | May 7th, 2009Despite earning a card during the match that will rule him out of the Champions League final in Rome, Dani Alves was still fired up ...
Coritiba Foot Ball Club Extends Its Services
By Andrea | May 2nd, 2009Coritiba Foot Ball club from Brazil has extended its services to Chivas...all without charge. The club from the capital city of Parana has offered to ...
That Didn't Take Long: Adriano Returns.
By chris | May 1st, 2009You're shocked, I know. Adriano has come to realize the sunset years aren't quite what they were built up to be and he will now dust ...
Bobo Goes To Brazil.
By chris | April 24th, 2009Bobo Vieri quite sadly spent most of last year with a fork sticking out of his back. So after being quickly ushered out of Firenze, ...
Daily Dose: April 23rd, 2009.
By chris | April 23rd, 2009Stuff to read while you watch the man quietly playing perhaps the best football on planet earth right now, Andres Iniesta..... Man who lost job bet ...
Daily Dose: April 21st, 2009
By Daryl | April 21st, 2009Something to read while you consider the tragic case of the last hooligan (who appears to live in Canada)... The truth about Gisele and Jose (Dirty ...
Ronaldo Turns Back The Clock
By chris | April 21st, 2009Everyone expected Ronaldo - né The Fat One - to flash his superior technique and nose for goal back in Brazil. The legs may go, ...
Thiago Neves Has Anger Issues
By chris | April 17th, 2009Normally this would be just another story of the insanity which envelopes South American football: Brazilian player whips ball at ball boy. And in most ...
Nike Tells Us Neymar Is Quick.
By chris | April 14th, 2009The latest Brazilian Name To Remember Neymar - the 'new Robinho' - is mighty talented. So much so he's still got a Nike viral despite ...
Mental Breakdown In Brazil
By chris | April 13th, 2009Another day, another wacky incident from South American football. Much to our delight, Pedro Santilli, coach for Comercial in Brazil's second division, loses his mind ...
Poll: Adriano Is Going, Going...Gone?
By chris | April 9th, 2009There was big news yesterday. Sort of. Because Adriano - the 27 year old Internazionale wild child - announced his immediate retirement. Sort of. L'Imperatore ...
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