It's my kind of Sunday! First, this is an excellent sharp retort from Boltgirl to Rudy's  bull about Obama's record.  Truth will out (I hope). On the first full day of NFL action the Pats pulled out a scary win - and it remains to be seen what Brady's status will be.  He walked off ... but [...] Click to continue reading...

Interesting story today from Tuttosport. On the last day of the transfer window, Palermo signed 26 year old striker Davide Succi from Lega Pro side Ravenna. The Milan youth team product was one of the best strikers in Serie B last season, scoring 18 goals but unable to save Ravenna from relegation.

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Sven McClarens England impress England came through their toughest test with a superb 2-0 victory against the gardeners, plumbers, estate agents of Andorra. With Germany proving there are no easy games in International football with a very unconvincing 6-0 win in Liechtenstein this was a warning to the rest of the world that England are back! Click to continue reading...

With the Paralympic Games in Beijing now underway, the Argentine futsal side which won the Blind World Cup in Buenos Aires in 2006 are setting out to emulate the pros who took Olympic gold a couple of weeks ago, and began their campaign by beating European champions Spain 2-0. Silvio Velo, known since the World [. Click to continue reading...

The best player of these early days of the calcio season is without a doubt Antonio Di Natale. In the first day of the season Di Natale scored 2 wonderful goals vs. Palermo and yesterday he saved Italy with 2 goals vs Cyprus. (That makes 9 goals in 22 appearances now for the Azzurri)

Di Natale is a late bloomer.

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AEK drew their first of two friendlies this weekend 2-2. AEK played wusing the 4-4-2 formation. The goals for AEK were scored by RAFIK DJEBOUR!! in the 5th minute and Pantelis Kafes in the 30th minute. Augustin Pelletieri, according to some newspaper reports, still needs a bit of time to adjust to the new formation. Click to continue reading...

Andorra coach David Rodrigo claims his side's 0-2 defeat against England was a moral victory for the tiny country. While it was undoubtedly a better result for Andorra than England would have hoped for, it was a somewhat predictable outcome. In fact, I predicted it here. But I am not convinced that this adds up [. Click to continue reading...

It was second versus first in the Estadio Monumental on Saturday afternoon, as Argentina hosted leaders Paraguay in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. The selección didn't look particularly hot in front of their own fans, falling a goal down early on after dominating the opening exchanges before going a man down [. Click to continue reading...

No Cooper.  No Adu.  No Altidore.  Really?  To the disappointment of many American fans (myself included), Bob Bradley continues to call up players like Brian Ching, Eddie Johnson, Frankie Hejduk, and Eddie Lewis over younger players.  The most common excuse given by supporters of Bradley's strategy is the experience argument. Click to continue reading...

And they're off... in Europe at least. Most of the globe have started World Cup qualifying, but this weekend sees the teams from Europe start their campaigns to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. As well as asking three fans what they think of their team's chances we also: Review the news in the Good, [. Click to continue reading...

Few clubs have supporters quite as adept at knowing who they want to be their next manager as Newcastle United. Then again, few clubs give their supporters quite as much practice as Newcastle United. The hugely unpopular departure of Kevin Keegan has left Mike Ashley in a sticky situation where he needs to make an [. Click to continue reading...

Football has gone crazy this week. Manchester City got rich and Robinho got signed, there was Alan Curbishley and Kevin Keegan's decision to leave their posts, and the whole Dimitar Berbatov saga. What we need to settle things down is a return to normality. And what could be more routine than England struggling to beat a [. Click to continue reading...

It's World Cup qualifier week and European teams get their campaigns off to a start, while there's also action across the globe in Asia and South America. Languagecaster.com also brings you another English for Football phrase. For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources with: Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists ** NEW ** Football language glossary Transcript (To [. Click to continue reading...

Thomas Rooney – Freelance Sports Journalist West Ham United are in a strange situation right now. Their manager Alan Curbishley quit yesterday after a disagreement with the clubs owners over the transfer policy at Upton Park and now it seems no-one wants to take over the reigns. Both Harry Redknapp and Slavin Bilic [. Click to continue reading...

After the delusion that was the Olympic games, the Azzurrini returned to the pitch to continue qualifying for the UEFA 2009 U21 Championships. The big story was the debut of Mario Balotelli, who after receiving Italian citizenship a few weeks ago was finally eligible to be called up. The Azzurrini needed a win to guarantee first place in the qualifying group, but anything less meant they would have to conquer qualification on Tuesday in Croatia.

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One of the Italians to move abroad this summer was World Cup winning fullback (and team barber) Massimo Oddo. The 32 year old right back had a nightmare season last year. He wasn't himself at all, he played poorly, all his crosses ended up in Row Z, and he found himself left out of the national team set-up, missing Euro 2008.

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I've been dreaming for the great one to journey to my hometown of Portland, Oregon, for many... well, two years now. Not as a member of my club the Timbers, not in the flesh, but in 24-frames per second. Moving pictures... in the hyper-reality of cinema... in the celluloid guise of the brilliant film Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. Click to continue reading...

A simple assignment for Arsenal de Sarandí on Thursday night in their defence of the Copa Sudamericana, and the test was passed at a canter. Having beaten Deportivo Motagua 4-0 in Sarandí in the first leg a couple of weeks ago, Daniel Garnero's defending champions got through the second with a 2-1 win over the Hondurans in Tegucigalpa. Click to continue reading...

Home United quest for the title continues as they easily beat Gombak United 3-0.The three goals came from Shi Jiayi and Kengne Ludovick,who scored two of the three goals.Obatola ang Njoku were sent off in that match. Meanwhile,title challenger Super Reds defeated Woodlands 2-1.Both Sper Reds goals were scored in the first half. Click to continue reading...

Rivaldo finaly explains, in a little more detail, how and why he abandoned AEK for the football hinterland of Uzbekistan. A few things to note about this article. First, Bunyodkor general director Tavakkal Kadirovich is quoted as saying the negotiations took two months. SO basically as soon as last season was over [. Click to continue reading...

Who had their bets on Stefano Colantuono? The Roman manager has been sacked only after one game by Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini. Colantuono was sacked this season and replaced by Francesco Guidolin and then was brought back when Guidolin was let go and then confirmed as manager for the coming season.

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Another year, another announcement. It actually appears we've got this sorted this time, but we've been burned before and it does seem like there is a new announcement every year, so we'll just have to wait and see. Still, its hard not to get a little excited at the prospect of looking more [...] Click to continue reading...

The fallout from the clásico against San Lorenzo on Sunday is beginning to die down in Núñez now, after two days of bitter attacks on Cuervo defender Sebastián Méndez for his horrific attempt to snap Radamel Falcao García in two at the end of the match. Now, though, manager Diego Simeone has to look forward to the [. Click to continue reading...

So it seems to be a FIFA rule that each national team manager must submit a mega-list of 50 players that will be available for selection for World Cup qualifying games. I'm unsure about the rules of this list and if/when players can be changed or added (and info about these lists are hard to find, the list was unveiled by a Fiorentina website) but it does show you the players that the national team manager has in consideration.

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