The Premier League says the new rules are designed to increase the number of young ‘home-grown’ players in the Premier League, with a long-term aim of giving more options to the England manager. But what will they actually mean in practice? BBC Sport explains the key points of the new system:
Fabregas is keen to return to Barcelona. World Cup winner Fabregas was a youth player at Barca before moving to the English Premier League club in September 2003 and the player has made it clear he wants to return to the Catalan capital. Local media reported on Monday that Barca’s new president, Sandro Rosell, would [ Read More ]
Liverpool have signed Joe Cole on a four-year deal – subject to a medical. The 28-year-old England midfielder left Stamford Bridge in June after failing to agree a new contract with the Premier League champions. He was linked to Arsenal and Tottenham but has opted for Liverpool, who failed to qualify for the Champions League. [ Read More ]
Andres Iniesta sealed the first World Cup win for Spain in extra time. It wasn’t a high skilled, free flowing match. The referee had to stop the game on more than a few occasions and had to dish out cards, including a red card to Johnny Heitinga after picking up a second yellow card.
4-1 Germany thrash England 4-1 to secure a place in the World Cup quarter finals. Thomas Mueller scored twice as Germany’s young side overwhelmed a sloppy English defence. The Germans counterattack was a skillful display. Germany brought about England’s biggest ever defeat in the World Cup finals.
The French World Cup squad homed in a posh hotel The French Football Federation will have to account for this choice, if the team exits early. Chile arrived in South Africa on Sunday with Argentine-born coach Marcelo Bielsa The coach is keen to get Humberto Suazo fit, the striker is likely to miss the opening [ Read More ]
Rafa Benitez parted ways with Liverpool on Thursday, after 6 years. According to the British media Benitez was paid around 3.0 million pounds ($4.42 million) although he had agreed on a five-year contract in March last year. The terms of that deal stated that the Spaniard was entitled to a severance package of approximately 16.0 [ Read More ]
ALGERIA Faouzi CHAOUCHILounes GAOUAOUIRais M BOLHIMohamed ZEMMAMOUCHE Djamal ABDOUN Chadli AMRI Nadir BELHADJ Habib BELLAID Ryad BOUDEBOUZ Madjid BOUGHERRA Rafik DJEBBOUR Abdelkader GHEZZAL Adlane GUEDIOURA Lazhar HADJ AISSA Rafik HALLICHE Foued KADIR Medhi LACEN Abdelkader LAIFAOUI Kaled LEMMOUCHIA Yazid MANSOURI Karim MATMOUR Carl MEDJANI Mohammed MEFTAH Mourad MEGHNI Djamel MESBAH Hocine METREF Rafik SAIFI Anther [ Read More ]
Australia’s World Cup squad reached Johannesburg on Wednesday, 26th May 2010, becoming the first team to arrive in South Africa for this month’s Football World Cup! Coach Pim Verbeek told reporters:






