Articles tagged with "World Soccer"
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Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-12 08:00:13
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This is how famously troubled São Paolo loan star Adriano got himself sent off against Santos on Sunday. He goes nose to nose with Santos defender Domingo, but then can't resist giving ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-11 16:30:48
1. Standards have dropped
There's been a lot of praise heaped on Man City fans for respecting the minute's silence before the Manchester derby, in memory of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster. Obviously it's a good thing that City fans honoured the silenc ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-09 16:42:19
Stuff to do while you sneak into a church to look at porn on a nun's computer....
Mohamed Aboutreika makes the good player guide (Just Football)
A history of Revs attacking midfielders under Steve Nicol (Blue Blooded Journo)
An advance look at t ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-09 11:29:22
With the Cope de Verano (now called Torneos de Verano) over and done with, Argentinean football got serious again this weekend with the Clausura 2008 kick off. It's a fascinating year for Argentinean football because last season saw the big boys fall ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-08 14:00:48
Rob Styles may have felt hard done by when the Premier League dropped him for refereeing the August 2007 Liverpool vs Chelsea match like a blind man. But rough as it can be in the Premier League for the men in black, it could be a lot worse. It could ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-08 13:00:06
Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon has finally killed off the Kaka to Real Madrid rumour, which we genuinely feared was going to live forever. The rumour actually predates The Offside, as it all started when Calderon was elected Real president in J ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-07 17:15:36
Some new to read as you ponder the fact that Tom Jones' chest hair is insured for millions:
Premier League subs benches may need lengthening (EPL Talk)
Casting a National Soccer Hall of Fame ballot (Kenn.com)
Cristiano Ronaldo forgets his modest ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-07 12:34:48
All credit to Scotland's national team players, as they've decided to continue with a win bonus scheme that only rewards them for actual World Cup 2010 qualification. There's apparently a pot of £2.5m available to reward the players involved should ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-07 08:30:14
I double checked, and it's not April 1st. So this news is real. The 20 Premier League clubs have voted to approve extending the Premier League season from 38 to 39 games per club. The resulting ten extra fixtures would be played overseas, in whicheve ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-06 16:00:47
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster. On February 6th, 1958, a plane carrying Manchester United players and staff back from a successful European Cup quarterfinal against Red Star Belgrade crashed while trying to take off fro ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-02-06 12:01:40
Before we get back to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals tomorrow, there\'s a big day of international football friendlies today. No points at stake, ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-06 08:30:38
We've been hearing about the six plus five rule for a while now. If you're not familiar, the proposed rule would mean every starting eleven in club football must feature at least six players eligible to play for the national team where that club is b ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-05 12:17:34
Not so long ago, Didier Drogba was all set to ditch Chelsea. "Something is broken at Chelsea," remember? Well after a few months under Avram Grant, and after enjoying his new gaffer's support with the whole knee surgery and Africa Cup of Nations busi ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-05 10:30:55
Middlesbrough fans rejoice, for your goal-scoring messiah has received a work permit. Alfonso Afonso Alves - the £12 million Brazilian - had to sit out the Tyne-Tee derby this past weekend while papers were shuffled. But now the former Heerenveen ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-04 14:43:02
1. The offside rule is very very confusing.
First Everton's Andy Johnson was offside but inactive, then James Vaughan slide tackled Brad Friedel outside the box and squared it to Johnson who was now onside and active and skipped past a Blackburn def ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-04 10:09:44
Saturday
Portsmouth vs Chelsea
Nicolas Anelka got his first Premier League goal for Chelsea after Joe Cole's light as a feather knock down gave the Frenchman an easy chance. But Jermain Defoe reaped the rewards of admitting he's inferior to Di ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-01 15:53:27
Saturday
Portsmouth vs Chelsea
Harry Redknapp gets to road-test his January signings Jermain Defoe and Milan Baros when he takes on Avram Grant's gang at Fratton Park. Also worth watching for the confused look on Defoe's face when he gets to star ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-01 12:00:38
If you're American, and having trouble picking a candidate to replace George Bush, then the following news may or may not help: Barack Obama (currently in a sort of Presidential Champions League semi-final against Hillary Clinton, with Mitt Romney pl ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-01 09:00:40
If you're not familiar, the above clip is from the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between England and Argentina. Little El Diego jumps with the pretty damn big Peter Shilton but scores by using his hand. Twenty-two years later it's still a sore poi ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-01 05:30:07
SLAM! The January transfer window is officially shut. Nothing gets in or out until June 1st now. So time to take stock and see which Premier League clubs made good use of the self-improvement opportunity that is January, and which let it pass them by ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-28 15:01:35
We made certain promises when Pato debuted that we wouldn't go overboard with this whole thing. And we're going to try and stick to that, honest we are. But the young Brazilian scored twice at the weekend to confirm his status as a bona fide Seri ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-23 17:00:06
You might think the 2008 January transfer window has been a bit quiet, with only Nicolas Anelka's £15m move up the social ladder to Chelsea standing out. But what if I told you that Premier League clubs have already spent £93m on players this month ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-22 10:30:48
This is a LiveBlog of the earlier January 22nd Group C match between Egypt and Cameroon. Click here for the Egypt vs Cameroon Africa Cup ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-22 08:00:09
Just 7.3 seconds. That was the length of time from kick-off to Joseba Llorente having the ball in the net for Valladolid against Espanyol, which almost equaled the record for fastest goal in Spain's top flight. The record is actually 7.2 seconds, ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-21 17:00:56
The big story in the Premier League this weekend was the return of Kevin Keegan and his glorious attacking football. Instead we saw a Newcastle team with a defender (David Rozenhal) playing centre midfield and a goalless draw. Not really Kev's fault ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-19 20:30:55
Africa Cup of Nations kick-off is close and team previews are complete. So please find below all the World Cup Blog team previews organized by ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-18 17:00:34
Something to read while you watch your toast very closely...
Adriano scores in his triumphant return. Twice. (Brazil Offside)
Game highlights. Done in Lego stop-motion. (Look! It's a little lego red card!) (Bundesliga Offside)
Who is Africa' ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-18 13:00:24
The transfer window is now either half-closed or half-open, depending on how you see the world. There've already been a few players switching clubs this month, and that's good news for fantasy football players in The Offside Fantasy League. Certain p ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-18 12:51:28
The final 23-man squads for the African Cup of Nations were handed in to the Confederation of African Football last Thursday, January 10th and are ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-18 00:36:59
A few days ago I published a little post here on World Cup Blog about Abedi Pelé, where I referred to him as Africa\'s greatest ...
