The financial troubles at Portsmouth go from worse to worse as the club’s web site has been closed down today due non-payment. A club spokesman said: “Our website is down because the club has failed to keep to the payment plan agreed with our service provider.” If Pompey doesn’t have the money to pay for a […]
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It was a game that actually lived up to the pre-game hype. In probably the most anticipated Carling Cup game in recent memory, defending champions Manchester United beat archrival Manchester City 3-1 to reach the League Cup final against Aston Villa. Wayne Rooney’s 21st goal of the season in stoppage time prevented the Manchester derby […]
Is their a more disliked executive in world football than Manchester City chief-executive Garry Cook? Cook was heavily criticized for the way that he handled the firing of Mark Hughes’ last month and he drew ridicule when he accused AC Milan of “bottling it” in the wake of his failed attempt to sign Kaka. Well […]
A very poor U.S. team lost 3-1 to Honduras tonight, and the performance asked more questions than they answered. Because this was not an official FIFA international weekend, none of the U.S. stars like Landon Donovan and Tim Howard played. Instead this second-string U.S. team was comprised of MLS players and they were completely outplayed […]
It will go down as one of the most memorable Carling Cup semi-finals in history. Blackburn Rovers, 1-0 down from the first leg jumped out to a 2-0 advantage on aggregate through two goals from Nikola Kalinic. But Villa got back on level terms when former Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock scored and then Blackburn defender […]
Former Manchester United player Carlos Tevez scored twice as Man City took a 2-1 advantage into the Carling Cup semi-final second leg at Old Trafford next week. United had taken the lead in the first half from a Ryan Giggs tap-in but the game changed right before half time when ref Mike Dean penalized Rafael […]
Gunmen opened fire on the coach carrying Togo’s national football squad to African Cup of Nations in Angola, killing the driver and wounding nine others, including two players. L’Equipe said the wounded players were Serge Akakpo, who plays for Romanian first division side Vaslui, and reserve goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, who is with French fourth division […]