Articles tagged with "rumors-news"
Breaking Down Those Player of the Year Votes
By Martha | December 19th, 2006In selecting the FIFA Player of the Year, each national team captain and coach voted for three players, ranking them first through third, and points ...
Adriano Goes Walkies
By Martha | December 19th, 2006As if Adriano didn't have enough problems, he turned up missing (best expression ever?) for training yesterday, and reportedly hasn't been seen since. Since I'm ...
Another Award For Canna
By Martha | December 19th, 2006At an event with the completely surreal theme of Football Meets Mozart, the rumors suggesting wee Fabio Cannavaro would take home the FIFA World Player ...
Palermo Boss: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Christ, talk about a hard gig: After his team's dismantling by Roma, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini decided that not only is he bummed out about ...
Cagliari Dump Coach, Pretend that Will Help
By Martha | December 18th, 2006After his team had their asses handed to them by an Udinese squad playing with 10 men for the entire second half, Cagliari coach Marco ...
Yes, the Pope Will Pay Football. Wearing That Giant Hat!
By Martha | December 18th, 2006Sorry, that's a total lie. But, really, what Vatican-related story isn't made better by the addition of that mental image? That's what I thought. While His ...
Monday's Mostly Ill-Tempered News Roundup
By Martha | December 18th, 2006•More whinging about the referees: This time, it's Messina chief Pietro Franza who is playing the corruption card, blaming his team's loss to Inter on ...
Morning News to Reminds Us That, Sometimes, Nobody Really Cares Where Kaka Plays
By Martha | December 16th, 2006Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri, two players in the Juve youth setup, died yesterday after falling into a freezing lake on the Juve campus. The ...
That Other Cup. You Know, the One With All the Teams Nobody Knows Anything About.
By Martha | December 15th, 2006I was going to talk about the UEFA Cup draw (yes, that also happened today -- talk about bad timing), but first things first: Parma ...
The Latest on Italy's Whiniest Czech
By Martha | December 15th, 2006In the week or so since Pavel Nedved went all self-righteous on us after receiving a five game ban, he has in no way become ...
Oh, Snap: Berlusconi in Sheva Smackdown Shock!
By Martha | December 15th, 2006Ah, old love. Why, just a few weeks ago, Silvio Berlsuconi was waxing nostalgic about the good times he'd shared with Andriy Shevchenko, and publicly ...
Champions League Draw: It's Getting Serious Now, Bitches.
By Martha | December 15th, 2006The draw for the first knockout stages of the Champions League took place earlier today, and all three Italian team had their most fervent prayer ...
Breaking News: Berlusconi, Kaka Declare Eternal Love
By Martha | December 14th, 2006Not surprisingly, the recent flurry of press reports about Kaka leaving Milan for Real Madrid have led to an explosion of denials from Milan's powers ...
Whoa, Check it Out: A Rumor That Was Actually True!
By Martha | December 14th, 2006About two weeks ago, we mentioned Juve's rumored love for the gawkiest scoring machine this side of Peter Crouch, AKA Miroslav Klose. And, what do ...
Today's Milan Rumor Roundup, Or: Whatever Will We Do When the Transfer Window Closes?
By Martha | December 13th, 2006On any given day this week, I swear I read 10 different rumors about which players Milan will be bring in to rescue them from ...
Jonathan Zebina on the Wrong Side of the Bed
By Martha | December 12th, 2006There's been so much inspiring press coming out of Turin lately -- Juve are at the top of the table on the verge of promotion, ...
Kaka Going Spanish? For Real (ha-ha) This Time?
By Martha | December 12th, 2006It looks like Milan's dismal season is making a certain wildly gifted Brazilian midfielder doubt his commitment to the club -- and, believe it or ...
Ancelotti is Gone! (It Must be True, the Papers Say So)
By Martha | December 12th, 2006Despite the endless love and votes of confidence being draped all over Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti by Silvio Berlusconi and the non-blackmail paying (just so ...
Ascoli Are SO Hating Life Right Now
By Martha | December 12th, 2006Until today, the only thing that was keeping poor, poor Ascoli off the bottom of the table was the fact that Reggina started the season ...
Newsie Odds and Ends for Monday
By Martha | December 11th, 2006•Before that whole Calciopoli thing, Fiorentina were sitting pretty: After being dead and buried as a club just a few year before, they capped a ...
Inter's World-Beating Kiddie Squad -- Nothing But Class, Baby
By Martha | December 11th, 2006Those of you who don't spend as much time on the Inter website as I (read: everyone) may not be aware of the incredible depth ...
Delicious Breakfast Rumors (And a Bit of News)
By Martha | December 9th, 2006•Not so fast, Inter -- Juve, too, are interested in the media circus that follows David Beckham around bringing England's most famous aging winger to ...
More Big-Name Shopping for Inter
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Apparently the current line of thinking in the Inter half of the San Siro is "Today, Italy. Tomorrow? The world!", because hot on the heels ...
It's a Big Week for Blackmail in Italy
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Yesterday, our beloved Totti was being blackmailed -- and apparently paid -- over compromising photos of him with one Flavia Wind (Could that be a ...
I'm Sorry, What?
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Don't start counting that fourth World Cup just yet, friends -- two groups of fans appeared in a French court yesterday, insisting that the World ...
A Totti-Heavy Rumor and News Roundup
By Martha | December 7th, 2006•Don't look now, but it sounds like the great and saintly Totti might have been photographed with (gasp!) a lady who wasn't his wife, and ...
Sheva Loves Chelsea And Would Totally Leave. Wait, What?
By Martha | December 7th, 2006Sigh. Just when we thought we'd examined every nook and cranny of the Shevchenko saga, another wrinkle pops up: We're finally hearing from Sheva himself, ...
It Seems Inter Are Preparing to Do a Little Shopping
By Martha | December 7th, 2006You know all the endless talk about how Beckham is headed to the USA next season, what with the rule being named after him and ...
UEFA's Team of the Year: This Time, We Can't Blame the Writers
By Martha | December 6th, 2006UEFA have announced the 60 nominees (players and coaches) for their team of the year (11 players, as you might expect, and one coach) -- ...
Stand Back Everyone, Pavel is Pouting!
By Martha | December 6th, 2006You surely heard yesterday about the massive, five-game ban handed to Pavel Nedved as a result of his sending-off against Genoa last weekend. The extreme ...
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