Just How Corrupt is European Football?

It's difficult to answer that question with any precision. But seems the answer is "a lot more corrupt than we realized". Because German prosecutors think ...

VotD: Diego's Dream Move

Atlético vs Chelsea: Scary Teams Scaring Teams

We aint afraid man, I swear. The mighty Chelsea is in town and despite the 4-0 thrashing that they gave us two weeks ago, our ...

Rapid to Taunt Celtic/ Falkirk CIS Cup Game Team News

The thing that came on the mind of most Celtic supporters when Rapid Vienna was assigned to the same Europa League group was "revenge." ...

Daily Dose: September 15th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you wonder why Rafa is showing off his balls so arrogantly.... Taking your time during penalties making scoring more likely. (British Psychological ...

Michel Platini Ends The Big Money Era

Michel Platini's been throwing his weight around since assuming the UEFA high throne and, whether or not you agree with his ideologies, he's getting stuff ...

Eduardo's Diving Suspension Rescinded

This is a real shame. According to the uefa website, this is the logic behind their decision: 'Not established' Following examination of all the evidence, notably the ...

FIFA Done With Chelsea, Manchester United Next.

Everybody is well versed on yesterday's big news of Chelsea's transfer ban until 2011, a protracted legal battle which has surely only just begun. When ...

Photo: Michel Platini's Personal Hell.

Michel looks the part of a man preferring the gallows as he's caught in the cross(hot)winds of his two favorite people, Fergie & Arsene. Do ...

The Favorites and Underdogs for Advancing in Europe

It's that time of year again, and after a few qualifying rounds, both the UEFA Champions League and the newly branded Europa League have drawn ...

Video: First 5 games of the season

Here's a short compilation made up of Francesco's highlights of the season so far:

Maldini's UEFA Recognition

A little diversion as we prepare ourselves for the derby...prematch post up tonight...

Thursday Milan Musings

-Oddo: It’s important to say I am not happy with Oddo but Milan put the player and team in this position and now appear to ...

Champions League Draw gifts us with Milan vs. Kaka and Inter vs. Ibra

The Champions League draw always provides entertainment. Even though the random drawing and the whole ceremony is fairly boring, it's always interesting because it always ...

Daily Dose: August 4th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you casually chip one in with :03 left on regulation against the big, bad Bundesclub..... ...only to lose on penalties. Can a football ...

The Best Sports Websites of 2009

With the fiscal year closing so soon, SportBusiness.com hurriedly mashed together a list of the year's best sports website before they get crackin' on the ...

Stop Worrying About Transfers Fees

Real Madrid's €215m (and counting) spending spree seems to have Michel Platini a bit worried. In a recent interview with French sports daily L'Equipe, the ...

Chelsea appeal Drogba, Bosingwa bans

Not much going on in the world of Chelsea at the moment. I'd gauge tomorrow will change that drastically. Anyway. On the official front, the Blues ...

Azzurrini defeat Belarus 2-1 and march on to semi-final vs. Germany

The Italy U-21 side went into their last group game with 4 points and only needed a draw to advance to the semi-final, but a ...

Azzurrini defeat Sweden 2-1 featuring the best and worst of Mario Balotelli

After the 0-0 draw with Serbia in the opening match, the game against hosts Sweden was very important, as a loss or a draw would've ...

UEFA hands out bans, fines -- shocking

All-powerful Uefa, so pure and righteous, finally took aim at Chelsea today. Hefty suspensions and substantial fines were handed out for the Blues' so-called improper conduct during/after the Champions League ...

Drogs & The Unibrow Sent To The Champions League Corner

Everybody knew the Chelsea choir was in trouble, but UEFA came down harsher than some may have expected for bringing the integrity of Europe's acronym ...

Azzurrini draw opener with Serbia 0-0

Not a bad start for the Azzurrini but not the best start either. The Italian U-21 side drew 0-0 with Serbia in a game where ...

Goal-Line Refs for Europa League

As mentioned in yesterday's Daily Dose, UEFA is going ahead with that extra goal-line referee idea first proposed in Juanuary 2008 and recently trialled during ...

Casiraghi announces U-21 Championship final roster

On June 16th, Italy will play their first game of the UEFA U-21 Championship 2009 vs. Serbia. The Azzurrini find themselves in a group with ...

The Champions of Europe.

Barcelona took continental honors last week but now, with virtually every European league that runs from fall-spring having closed its doors for the season, it's ...

Daily Dose: May 22nd, 2009.

Stuff to read while you watch the proclamation that 'There Is Only One Ronaldo' (0:14)..... News you didn't see coming: Drigba, Bosingwa and Chelsea charged by ...

I've Got A Bad Feeling About This

Reports coming out of Italy, courtesy of newspaper La Repubblica, say that plans are being drawn up by Ultras to cause massive trouble on the ...

UEFA Continue Vendetta Against Common Sense

Well, they're nothing if not consistent in their eternal battle against football and common sense. For today, UEFA threw out Man Utd's appeal that Darren ...

UEFA To Discuss Fletcher Red Card

We'll find out Monday whether the appeal against Fletcher's red card in Tuesday's Semi-Final is successful after UEFA agreed to discuss the decision at a ...