New England Revolution midfielder Benny Feilhaber is among the 20 players called in by U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann for the team’s annual January training camp, which will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 3, in Phoenix, Ariz. The annual camp held in January for players in their offseason is a largely domestic-based group […]
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Antonio Nocerino and Zlatan Ibrahimović were on target as AC Milan went top of Serie A by beating Siena 2-0 at San Siro. Nocerino drove the Rossoneri in front with a low shot through a crowded penalty area nine minutes into the second half. Ibrahimović confirmed victory with a powerfully-struck penalty, awarded after goalkeeper Željko […]
Chelsea’s recent winning streak was halted by a 1-1 draw at Wigan Athletic, Jordi Gómez capitalising on a horrible mistake from Petr Čech to equalise two minutes from time. The Blues were on course for a fourth consecutive Premier League win when Daniel Sturridge collected a long, diagonal ball from Ashley Cole and drilled a […]
Landon Donovan has agreed to join Everton on a two-month loan from MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy. The agreement, which was reached on Thursday following recent discussions between Everton, LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer, is pending paperwork that needs to be finalised. Once that is completed, Donovan is set to join Everton over the […]
Shocking news today that Wales manager Gary Speed is dead. Speed was found dead at his home near Chester in an apparent suicide. A spokesman for the Cheshire Police said: “At 7.08am today, Cheshire Police was informed of a sudden death at an address in Huntington, Chester. “Officers went to the scene where a 42-year-old […]
Manchester City today losses of £194.9 million for the financial year 2010-11, the highest such figures ever posted by an English football club. The £195m consisted of a net loss of £160.5m and £34.4m to write off player contracts. These are incredible numbers and City tried hard today to put a positive spin on them: […]
Big night for U.S. soccer and the men’s national team won in Europe for the first time in 3 1/2 years, beating Slovenia 3-2. Yes that is not a misprint. The U.Sc. scored three goals tonight, more than doubling the number of goals that they had scored in the previous six games under Jurgen Klinsmann. […]
Last week we covered tha ESPNsoccernet reported that Brazilian star Neymar had agreed to join Real Madrid next summer from Santos for around £53m. Well today we learnt that the ESPN story was wrong as Neymar announced that he will stay at Santos until at least 2014. “I’m very happy, it’s another decision I’m taking […]
In a move that is sure to further infuriate the Toon Army over his ownership of the club, Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has ended 119 years of Newcastle United history and heritage by re-naming St James’ Park the Sports Direct Arena. Newcastle Chairman Derek Llambias says that Newcastle needed to sell the naming rights to […]