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Jesse Jackson Wades In On Russian Racism Row
It is a problem that keeps rearing its ugly head. Racist incidents keep happening at Russian soccer grounds and there is growing concern that not only is nothing changing, but that nothing will change in time for the World Cup arriving in 2018. This week there has been a furor as Anzhi Makhachkala defender Christopher [...]
TweetCarlos Tevez Returns, Manchester City Close Gap On Manchester United
As soon as Carlos Tevez’s name was announced on the substitutes bench for Manchester City last night, as they took on Chelsea in the English Premier League, it was inevitable something was going to happen. He had created many a sore head around Manchester –with his infamous ‘Welcome to Manchester’ billboard when he moved across town to [...]
TweetBig Positional Changes In The English Premier League
Last night there was some renegotiating of positions at the top and bottom of the English Premier League. Strugglers Queens Park Rangers pulled themselves out of the relegation zone with an unexpected 3-2 win over Liverpool; Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur swapped their respective 4th and 3rd position after the Gunners beat Everton 1-0 and Spurs [...]
TweetReal Madrid To Open $135 Million Theme Park in United Arab Emirates
There is little doubt that Spanish soccer club Real Madrid is one of the world’s most famous, and well-known, with a rabid fan base that will do anything for their team. Real Madrid is hedging their bets this time around by opening a $135 million, “Disney-style” theme park to reportedly be built on the Al [...]
TweetEveryone Please Calm Down About Messi
As my fellow soccer writer Alan Dymock pointed out, Lionel Messi can now, without fatuous overreach, be compared in many ways to Michael Jordan. Both helped transform their respective sports. Both built huge followings of fervently devoted fans. Both shattered record after record. Barcelona’s coach, Pep Guardiola, claimed as much, saying, “You have few players [...]
TweetUPDATE: Fabrice Muamba Progressing Enough For Bolton To Start Playing Competitive Soccer Again
It has today been announced that Bolton Wanderers will return to competitive soccer this Saturday, just one week after Fabrice Muamba collapsed. Bolton had cancelled an English Premier League fixture following the harrowing event at Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane, but they now feel equipped to carry on. According to Associated Press journalist Rob Harris on [...]
TweetVideo: Every Goal Lionel Messi Has Scored For Barcelona
Want to see every single one of Lionel Messi’s goals? Well this video dates back to 2005 when the pocket rocket first blasted onto the scene in Spain’s premier soccer division, La Liga. Since then he has played up top with star names like Samuel Eto’o, Ronaldinho, Deco, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson and [...]
TweetIt Is Hard To Describe Lionel Messi As He Eclipses All-Time Barcelona Scoring Record
Last night 24-year-old Lionel Messi broke the Barcelona FC all time scoring record, formerly held by Cesar Rodriguez from the 40s into the 50s. He did so in a La Liga match against Granada, at his home ground the Nou Camp, and he did so whilst blasting home a hattrick. There are jocular suggestions from [...]
TweetVideo: Lionel Messi Breaks Barcelona All Time Scoring Record
Lionel Messi is a wizard on the pitch. Tuesday, Messi scored his 232rd goal with Barcelona, which put him past Cesar Rodriguez for the most goals in Barcelona history. It was the second of three goals on the day, as Messi continues to prove his greatness. The kicker is that Messi is only 24. 24 [...]
TweetThis Week in the Public Domain: Foot Ball, Kingston-Upon-Thames, 1846
This week’s image is of a soccer match (or is it the after-party?) in England in 1846. As I’ve previously written, soccer has very unruly beginnings; matches were often played for a full day or several days, and could be played across entire towns and over sprawling country-sides. As one can see in this image, [...]
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