Argentine and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi had won the FIFA World Player of the Year award. Earlier, he won the European Player of the Year. He has helped his club secure an unprecendented six titles this season. The 22-year-old has picked up the award for the first time, beating last year’s winner- Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Bracelona team-mates Xavi and Iniesta. Messi was quoted saying: “I’m extremely happy. We’ve just ended [...]

According to a sting operation held by the News of the World(NOTW), England and Chelsea captain- John Terry sells £10K tickets for private access to himself and the club, through a fixer- Tony Bruce. Terry reportedly took 200 50-pound notes from the NOTW investigators for a tour of the Premier League team’s five-star training facility. He said that the money would go to a childrens charity but added “If the [...]

It was an astonishing comeback by the European Champions, being a goal down for most of the match. The European Footballer of the Year- Lionel Messi scored the decider for Barcelona in extra time as they lifted the trophy in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Earlier, Esudiantes’ Mauro Boselli scored in the 37th minute and the scoreline remained till the dying minutes of the game, the 89th minute to be precise. [...]

Argentine club- Estudiantes reached the Club World Cup Finals beating an eight-man South Korean side – Pohang Steelers 2-1. The Argetine side will now face European Champions Barcelona in the finals. Leonardo Benitez’s double strike secured a win for the Los Pincharratas. They played with a home advantage, with their supporters urging them on. The AFC Champions had a horrid game with three players being sent-off, including captain Hwang Jae-won [...]

Spanish La Liga and Argentine forward Lionel Messi has scooped up the much sought after Ballon d’Or award for the European Player of the Year. Messi said: “I’m happy to have won, and on top of it all by a wide majority” The award is decided by a poll of world football journalists from a shortlist of 30 players. Messi played a major role to help Barcelona won the treble [...]

The African Cup of Nations draw has been finalized as follows: Group A: Angola, Mali, Algeria, Malawi. Group B: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso. Group C: Egypt, Nigeria, Benin, Mozambique. Group D: Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Gabon. The tournament is to be held from Jan 01 st to 31st , 2010.

According to reports European football has been hit by a massive match-fixing scandal with approximately 200 matches are under investigation. There were simultaneous police raids in Germany, Britain, Austria and Switzerland, around 50 raids and the police have arrested 17 people as part of the investigation, which encompasses nine European leagues, the police officials said at a news conference in the German city of Bochum. Matches under investigation were played [...]

Check out this controversial goal scored after Henry surely handled the ball, in tonight’s France Vs Ireland World Cup play-off.

Germany 2-2 Ivory Coast The Germans came back with a bang after the shocking death of Robert Enke. Previously, they had cancelled the friendly versus Chile after receiving the devastating news. The German’s were still emotional and it could be seen when captain Michael Ballack placed Enke’s number one shirt on the bench among the substitutes. Ivory Coast paid their respects by wearing T-shirts which bore a portrait of Enke [...]