

Articles tagged with "fifa"
Zamalek Flash News (ZFN)
By MiDoS | November 7th, 2008- Zamalek's chairman, Mamdouh Abbas resigned from his post. Abbas opted to hand in his resignation after learning that The Egyptian National Sports Council (NSC) ...
Daily Dose: November 3rd, 2008.
By chris | November 3rd, 2008Stuff to read while your kibbles 'n bits are assaulted during a corner..... Slovak police in trouble over Hungarian riots. (101 Great Goals) 10 Reasons Why This ...
Mission Accomplished!!!
By BoriQa | November 1st, 2008¡Misión Cumplida! was the headline in the Spanish newspapper El Vocero covering the thriumphant return of the Puerto Rico Islanders to the island from Panama ...
Daily Dose: October 24th, 2008.
By chris | October 24th, 2008Stuff to read while you realize Kun Aguero should stick to his day job..... (vid via Off The Post) Old Firm bad for the development of Scottish ...
Forum Topic of the Day: FIFA or Pro Evo?
By Daryl | September 24th, 2008It's become one of those personality defining questions: Beatles or Stones? Tea or coffee? Blonde or brunette? And now mariconada_phoenix has gone and asked it on ...
The FIFA cover boy
By Jake | September 10th, 2008The FIFA 2009 Cover... featuring the man himself De Rossi as the poster boy, well, for Italy anyway it’s nice to see no matter what ...
Thou Shall Not Spit
By Jack | September 4th, 2008This is what happens when you disperse some flem. Chelsea starlet Slobodan Rajkovic has been banned by FIFA for 12 months after hawking a loogie at ...
FIFA 09 - The Demo and Real Time Player Info!
By Dave Martinez | August 26th, 2008Chomping at the bit to play some FIFA 09? Well, your opportunity may come a bit sooner than you think. EA will be releasing an ...
Mutu Owes Chelsea €17.17 Million. Does That Seem Fair?
By Daryl | August 14th, 2008It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For ...
Jozy Altidore's First Olympic Goal - Masterpiece.
By Dave Martinez | August 10th, 2008Soccer Clinic: Barcelona 6 - Red Bulls 2
By Dave Martinez | August 7th, 2008From the opening whistle, the Red Bulls looked star struck and tentative. Trotting out a 4-5-1 formation (which you all know I LOVE), I ...
Its Barcelona Day!
By Dave Martinez | August 6th, 2008Isnt it just Red Bulls luck that the day Leo Messi is given the green light to rejoin his club team, it would be on ...
Kenyon Wants Proper Enforcement of Player Contracts
By Daryl | July 28th, 2008Interesting comments from Chelsea chief exec Peter Kenyon today while on the club's Asian tour. He basically wants some sort of enforcement of player's contracts, ...
Blame Blatter, Not C-Ron
By Daryl | July 13th, 2008Now we've all had time to recover from Sepp Blatter comparing Cristiano Ronaldo's five six figure contract at Man Utd to modern day slavery, it's ...
I'm A Slave 4 U
By Ale | July 11th, 2008So everyone's in an uproar the past few days about FIFA president Sepp Blatter likening Manchester United's treatment of Ronaldo to that of a "modern ...
FIFA Lets Ligue 1 Extend Transfer Window
By Julien | July 11th, 2008Potential FIFA controversy? Ligue 1 reached an agreement with FIFA to extend the mercato to August 31st from the original August 17th. It is a ...
The ramblings of a madman (Blatter, not me.)
By Rob | July 10th, 2008Sepp Blatter has described footballers on long-term contracts as "like modern slavery". I'll let you read that back. Players like C-Ron, earning Millions of pounds ...
"El Zurdo" Jorge Rojas - Red Bull
By Dave Martinez | June 29th, 2008With a smiling face and a crowd of fans, El Zurdo Rojas not only confirmed the rumors, but took it all a step forward - ...
Cricket Moves Against Mugabe ... Should Football Follow?
By Ian Rose | June 27th, 2008We've had a few comments here on the site suggesting that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa should be boycotted, partially in response to ...
Karim Benzema on Cover of FIFA 09
By Inara | June 26th, 2008I don't play video games. I've never owned a gaming system, nor have I ever wanted one. Online Literati is about all I'm capable of. ...
No Special Treatment For England, But Win Stands
By Ian Rose | June 5th, 2008Three Lions haters, line up for this one. FIFA announced today that England's win over Trinidad and Tobago will stand and continue to be ...
Vinotinto Jorge Rojas back in the Picture?
By Dave Martinez | June 2nd, 2008Univision is reporting Jorge Ramos, Vinotinto (Venezuelan National Team) veteran, with 76 caps to his name, will be a Red Bull soon. Left sided player? ...
FIFA Says "Screw the EU, We're Voting for 6+5"
By Laurie | May 30th, 2008FIFA met this week and took some important votes on several key issues. The one that could have the most impact on the ...
Sepp Threatens to Suspend Iraq
By Ian Rose | May 25th, 2008Considering all the horrible things that have taken place in Iraq over the past five years and before, administrative suspension probably isn't the biggest worry ...
Switzerland Considering Taking Lyon to FIFA
By Inara | May 22nd, 2008For a guy that doesn't play, Patrick Muller creates his share of drama. Ever since the happy news that Muller was among the Swiss call ...
Sepp Blatter Thinks Too Many Brazilians are Playing for Other Countries
By Laurie | May 16th, 2008It's not just foreign players in clubs that worry FIFA President Sepp Blatter. It's also the foreign players in national teams. His biggest ...
6+5 or 4+4 = Inter 2009?
By Johonna | May 8th, 2008Today Joseph S. Blatter, the president of FIFA had a press conference to explain why he feels that "6+5 Rule" is integral for the future ...
Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard ...
Jorge Rojas, Vinotinto Vet, and Chris Innes - Trialists
By Dave Martinez | April 8th, 2008Who says we need to pilfer Chicago for all our acquisitions? Jorge Rojas, 30, a Venezuelan National veteran with 78 caps to his name, and the ...
Red Bulls 1 - 0 Carolina Railhawks
By Dave Martinez | March 28th, 2008Always nice to go into a season with a win. I just watched the replay. For you guys. So I hope you appreciate it. ...





