Archive for the 'Soccer' Category

David Beckham is Galaxy’s New Star

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

By Cindy Ferguson
David Beckham has signed a five-year contract with Galaxy, which is a member of the Major League Soccer association in the United States and is located in Los Angeles, California. The contract is worth £128million and has become the largest deal in history.
The 31 year old, Beckham, is now looking to leave Real […]

Xabi Alonso Back to La Liga

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

By Cindy Ferguson
Midfielder Xabi Alonso is expected to return to Spain for La Liga’s next soccer season to play with Atletico Madrid.
The team, Atletico Madrid, is currently ranked fourth place in La Liga’s table after an excellent season and rumors have it that they are eager to sign Alonso, whom currently plays in England for […]

Barcelona Not In a Good Spot

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

By Cindy Ferguson
The current Champions League Title Defenders, Barcelona, may not reach their desired goal of being the first club to play 400 European matches after being put in a tough spot by Chelsea as this team currently holds the number one spot for their group.   
The club presently occupies the third place in Group […]

Cannavaro: Europe’s Best Player

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

By Julie Smith
The Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro received the Golden Ball Award. No defender had won this award in the last 10 years and the Italian is the third defender in thirty years to achieve this.
The Golden Ball Award is given to Europe’s best soccer player since 1956. It was created by the French football […]

Could Buffon be the winner of the Ballon d’Or?

Friday, November 17th, 2006

By Camilla Mancini One of the most important awards in soccer after the FIFA World Cup, the Ballon d’Or (in English Golden Ball) is still waiting for a new owner. The French magazine France Football had been giving this award since 1956 to the player who performed best during the year. In English it is known […]

Ronaldo, injuries and overweight clouded his stardom

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

By Marshall Smith
It seems Ronaldo is lacking leadership on Brazil’s national squad lately as Dunga, their current coach, has opted for other forwards. This is mostly due to all the critics generated due to his performance at the world cup.
Even before the world cup started, many people were asking for Ronaldo to be dropped and […]

Last Weekend at the Bundesliga

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

By Jill Woods
It seems that Berlin had a lot of action last weekend in the Bundesliga Championship. Hamburgo tied once again last Sunday against Hertha Berlin with a 1-1 score during the third stage of the championship. This is the third time that the team ties getting the 11th position in the board.
Hamburgo team had […]

2006 Champions… after 24 years!

Monday, July 24th, 2006

By Camilla Mancini 
On July 9th, the must exciting match of the World Cup 2006 took place at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, the remarkable Italian team played against the splendid France on a game to define the champion and the second place of the FIFA World Cup 2006.
The match started with a frightening moment for the French when their […]

Miroslav Klose, Germany’s Scorer

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Miroslav was born in Poland and began his career with SG Blaubach Diedelkopf and Homburg before signing for Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern in 1999. He forced his way into the full team via their amateur side.
He made his international debut in March 2001 against Albania and scored a winning debut goal after coming on from the […]

Who is still on it? Who is leaving?

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

By Camilla Mancini

Today started the last round of matches for the first part of the World Cup, some of the teams already know if they are going to be part of the final eights or if they are going back home. Such as:
Germany and Ecuador: which met today in the field, both already know they […]