The well known match fixing scandals of the past in Italy and South America have rocked world football over the years. The allegations made against Bruce Grobbelaar and others a few years ago in England forced the officials and fans in that country to assess their own game. As fans, we need to know that the [. Click to continue reading...

It's a sobering thought, but evils like this exist everywhere.

Here's a particularly striking passage from MDS's post over at FanHouse:

After past scandals about soccer ball companies using child labor, many companies started putting labels on their balls that say the balls weren't made with child labor.

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In another adventure of the saga called As the Stomach Turns, Jack Warner blasted back at Roy Keane with comments that you can read in this article. You know its funny, I've been to Ireland many times and I never realized that it was such a large country. Jack Warner truly is a clown and an example of all that is wrong in this game. Click to continue reading...

So, a twenty-two year old goalkeeper has been charged with blackmail against a Premier League footballer. The story is that currently club less Goalkeeper Ashley Timms, is accused of demanding £15,000 from an unnamed player. He appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged with making an unwarranted demand for money with menaces between March [. Click to continue reading...

Romario, the legendary Brazilian striker who was a living embodiment of the lost art of a prima donna striker who actually delivers, threatened and bullied his way to a successful reinstatement of his playing status after initially banned for 120 days due to failing a drug test after a Brazilian league match playing for his current club Vasco de Gama. Click to continue reading...

After Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and a whole list of players, Ronaldo seems intent to be top of the list not only for scoring goals, but also for scoring prostitutes. The flying Manchester United winger cum striker was spotted once again hiring and bedding prostitutes, this time in Rome after a recent FA Cup tie, and had 2 in a row to boot, perhaps in line with the number of goals he usually scores per match. Click to continue reading...

First, there was the Roy Keane prawn sandwich jibe. Now, you have Alex Ferguson comparing the Theatre of Dreams to a funeral parlor. Then one of their fan clubs' leaders accused the club of being a 'police state'.

Why didn't anyone use the appropriate term - Sex Club?

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I cannot remember how long it has been since teams, players and fans all over the world have attributed Juventus' success to bribing referees and the like for results. Every penalty they receive would be the act of corrupted men in black on the take. With money from the Juventus petty cash kitty. Scandalous revelations and a legal punishment in recent years have also set the club backward and tarnished their name further. Click to continue reading...

Ah, Italian football, the pinnacle of the footballing world. Yeah, and if you believe that, let me go collect some dog crap, roll it together, dry it out, and sell it to you as a truffle.

It always baffles me why anyone outside of Italy other than expat Italians or those of Italian descent give a rat's ass about the sport there. First of all, outside of Juventus, Inter, Milan, and Roma, most of the teams are crap. Click to continue reading...