Benfica survived the first-half sending off of defender Sidnei to win a physical city derby against Sporting Lisbon 2-0 on Monday.The win illustrated the gulf in quality between the two Lisbon sides this Liga Sagres…
In the aftermath of England’s 3-0 win over local South African side Platinum Allstars, it emerged that Wayne Rooney verbally abused the referee. This sort of behaviour is unacceptable and Rooney needs to learn the…
Since the start of Ipswich Town’s pre-season campaign a lot of fans have been worried about how the team has been performing. Losses to lower league sides such as Southend and Luton are never good…
Tony Pulis has put the disappointment of conceding an injury time equaliser against Dynamo Kiev on Thursday night behind him, and praised his Stoke team for their performance in the Europa League clash. Transfer deadline…
A 'surprised and disappointed' Roberto Di Matteo has decried West Bromwich Albion's decision to relieve him of his duties on Sunday. West Brom placed Di Matteo on gardening leave after the Baggies lost 3-0 defeat…
Tottenham boss Andre Villas Boas has slammed Roman Abramovich's lack of patience and criticised his decision to sack him from his role as Chelsea manager. The Portuguese coach came to Stamford Bridge with high expectations,…
Would United really be better off without the Irishman? For many months now I’ve been trying with little or no success to defend Darron Gibson on these pages. The much maligned midfielder has been a…
Palmeiras joined Campeonato Paulista leaders Santos on 10 points after beating Paulista 3-1 on Thursday. Former Roma and Real Betis midfielder Marcos Assuncao put hosts Palmeiras 1-0 up 18 minutes into the match at the…
It seems to be the common theme to get on a footballer’s back because the type of money they are on, for what is simply kicking a leather football around for 90mins of play. While…
Every season we see footballers making the move from established Premier League clubs to one of the bigger clubs and regularly these players soon find that life is not always as good as they hope…