October 20th, 2009 All the major teams didn’t manage to secure a win in today’s Champions League clashes. Barcelona 1-2 Rubin The away team scored in the 2nd minute of play through Ryazantsev. The scoreline remained undisturbed till the 48th minute, Ibra moved past two Rubin defenders to net in the ball from a Xavi [ Read More ]
Archive for October, 2009
More involvement by international parties looking to buy a stake or own Premier League clubs. Newcastle – Tyneside businessman Barry Moat will find out this week whether his £80 million bid to buy Newcastle has finally succeeded. West Ham United – An American consortium look to come up with a £100m takeover at troubled Hammers. [ Read More ]
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty along with her boyfriend Raj Kundra entered the All India Football Federation (AIFF), showing an interest in Indian football. The duo who own the IPL team, Rajasthan Royals, spent some time at the AIFF headquarters with general secretary Alberto Colaco. He was kept busy answering questions. Colaco said- “It was a [ Read More ]
Champions League October 20th, 2009 matches roundup English Premier League Mike Jones refereeing deflated! Referee from the controversial Sunderland v Liverpool encounter might face the axe from the remainder of the Premier League. He had earlier adjudged the “beach-ball goal” legitimate, which helped Sunderland secure a win over The Reds. Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea Drogba [ Read More ]
English Premier League Everton are interested in Inter Milan’s Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma (26) Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Manchester United and England centre-back Rio Ferdinand (31) Manchester United are planning a bid of 40 million Euros for Valencia left winger David Silva and striker David Villa, who will be up for sale at the [ Read More ]
India recorded another loss in the AFC under-16 qualifiers, this time it was to hosts UAE. The Indians started off well, attacking from the beginning and almost scored in the third minute. Followed by another miss two minutes later when Shashank’s powerful shot went sailing over the bar. However, they finally took the lead in [ Read More ]
It was a thrilling round of Quarter Final matches in the U-20 World Cup, the most electrifying being the Italy – Hungary encounter. All together there were 4 red cards in the match, Italy having 3 send-off’s and Hungary with one. Hungary managed to score the fastest goal of the tournament when Matteo Gentili shoved [ Read More ]
Argentina clinch victory in the dying minutes of the game and keep their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup alive. Palermo has certainly made a successful come back to the big stage helping Argentina edge closer to qualifying, since being called upon by Maradona to join the World Cup 2010 squad. Maradona choose to [ Read More ]
According to the Daily Mail, Barcelona’s Carlos Puyol could move to the Premier League. Both Arsenal and Man City have shown interest in the Spanish defender, whose contract at the Nou Camp ends next summer. Puyol thinks its time to test himself abroad and what better place to do so than the Premier League. The [ Read More ]
Arsenal 6 – 2 Blackburn Arsenal could have finished with a higher goal tally, they played some memorizing football led by Captain Fabregas. The Gunners’ skipper was involved in all goals, before being substituted and had another marvelous game. Arsenal were put in front by Arshavin after being behind Blackburn twice during the half-time, the [ Read More ]






