U.S. coach Bob Bradley threw a couple of surprises in today when he announced his 23-man squad for the upcoming Gold Cup. I expected to see Timmy Chandler, Teal Bunbury or Alejandro Bedoya in the squad and an a little surprised that they were not included. Brad Guzan was an expected miss as he is […]
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Liverpool have announced that they lost £20m last year. The clubs latest numbers cover the period August 2009 to July 2010 when the club was under the ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The accounts, obtained exclusively by the Liverpool Echo, show that Liverpool paid £17.7m in interest payments in 2010, up from almost […]
Clint Dempsey 10th and 11th goals this season helped his side Fulham beat Bolton 3-0 on Wednesday night. The goals helped Dempsey move past Brian McBride and Steed Malbranque, who both previously scored 32 league goals for Fulham. The American midfielder hooked a half-cleared corner into the net after 15 minutes and tapped in Eidur […]
Lionel Messi extended his lead atop the ESM Golden Shoe standings to four points at the weekend after scoring in Barcelona’s 2-0 victory over Osasuna. Messi came off the bench to score, while his nearest challenger Cristiano Ronaldo, who also started on the bench at the weekend, failed to score in Real Madrid’s rout of […]
Napoli’s late season swoon continues as they lost 2-1 away to Palermo, a defeat that ends their title hopes. The defeat leaves Napoli third, six points behind league leaders AC Milan with four matches left to play. The game started perfectly for Napoli as they went ahead from Edinson Cavani’s first minute penalty. But Federico […]
There is an absolutely amazing interview with Cesc Fabregas Spanish magazine Don Balon in which the Gunners captain blast Arsene Wenger. Here are some of his comments: “It [Wenger’s position] is now easier to understand because I’ve been here for many years,” said Fabregas. “Obviously, if you come from Spain and you say to [Unai] […]
AS Roma have become the first major Italian team to have foreign ownership after a group of American investors signed a deal to buy the club. The consortium, led by Thomas DiBenedetto, have agreed to buy a 67% controlling share of the club for 70.3m euro’s. DiBenedetto is also a partner in Fenway Sports Group, […]
The title races in both France and Germany took another turn this weekend, while AC Milan and Manchester United took anther step towards winning their respective championships. France The Ligue 1 title race tightened as leaders Lille were upset 1-0 by Monaco. Luckily for Lille, there other title contenders failed to take full advantage of […]
Stan Kroenke is poised to launch a full takeover of Arsenal after agreeing deals to buy shares owned by Danny Fiszman and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith. Kroenke, who already owns 29.9% of Arsenal will acquire the 16.1% owned by Fiszman and Lady Bracewell-Smith’s 15.9% stake for about £11,000 a share, or £225m according to BBC Sport. […]