Archive for the 'Soccer' Category

MLS – Columbus and Houston at the Top of the Eastern & Western Conferences

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

By Claudia Beckford
The US men’s professional soccer league or MLS is currently at its peak in action after this weekend when all teams have just completed their 22nd game out of the 30 ones each group plays during the regular season, which will soon come to an end in late October.
The present Eastern Conference leaders […]

Real Madrid or Chelsea – Robinho’s Choices to Continue Playing in Europe

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

By Claudia Beckford
The 24-year old Brazilian forward known as Robinho who plays for the Spaniard giant Real Madrid since mid 2005 has recently stated that he would like to consider the proposal made by the English Premier League team Chelsea before the start of this year’s new season.  Nevertheless, Robinho’s time to negotiate with his […]

Cristiano Ronaldo & Manchester United Saga Not Settle Yet

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

By Claudia Beckford
The 23-year-old Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo who is considered as one of the best football players in the world, has been for some time now, facing a constant struggle to either put an end to his current contract with the English team, Manchester United, and join the giants at Real Madrid in Spain, or […]

Victory And Defeature For Bayern Munich

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

By Emeli Dean
On April 24th of this year the Semifinals of the37th UEFA Cup took place. The Europe Cup Competition for football clubs was founded 1971 and is organized by the Union of Europe Football Association (UEFA). The German record football champion Bayern Munich could achieve a tie at the semifinal’s first leg against the […]

US Soccer - MLS recent game updates

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

By Claudia Beckford
The United States Soccer League 2008 season recently began; both conferences’ teams have played a total of 7 games and already we can see some very important point differences amongst the groups; for example: in the Eastern Conference the Chicago Fires lead by 16 points closely followed by Columbus; and in third, fourth […]

Suspension For The Italian Football Star Francesco Flachi

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

By Emeli Dean
The Italian football player Francesco Flachi’s negative verdict of a sixteen month suspension was already pronounced last year but hadn’t been made definite because the Italian Olympic Committee had raised an objection. The reason for the verdict was the failure of a drug test taken from the 31-year-old forward after a home game […]

AC Milan Looking For Revenge

Monday, December 10th, 2007

By Audrey Nolan
The AC Milan Captain Paolo Maldini is looking for a revenge against the Argentine team Boca Juniors in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup. They are both the favorites to meet in the final on December 16th in Yokohama.
In 2003 Milan lost by penalties against the Argentine team during the Toyota […]

The so awaited Beckham’s debut with the LA Galaxy

Monday, July 30th, 2007

By: Jane Richy
The 35 year old British midfielder – David Beckham — made his debut in the US MLS with the Galaxy from Los Angeles, he played as a replacement for just the last twelve minutes of the game last Saturday June 21st at the Home Depot Center in front of a 27,000 crowd that […]

Beckham’s Debut Might be Against Chelsea

Monday, March 12th, 2007

By Audrey Nolan
The first game that David Beckham may play with his new team the Los Angeles Galaxy will be against the Chelsea in an exhibition game on July the 21st during a tournament that the promoters are calling the “World Series of Football”.
The 31 year-old player signed up a $250 million contract for […]

Bayern Munich midfielder announces retirement

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

By Audrey Nolan
The Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Deisler announced his retirement from football on Tuesday January the 16th, at the age of 27 due to persisting knee damage and psychological problems while on a news conference held by Bayern.
He said “ I had no longer faith in my knee” after missing the 2006 World Cup, […]