English Premier League English Sunday papers suggest that Chelsea continue to show interest in Anderlecht’s 16-year-old wonderkid Romelu Lakuku. The 6.3ft striker has scored seven goals in 16 games. Portsmouth’s Director of Football – Avram Grant has recommended Marseille winger Hatem Ben Arfa and Nice striker Loic Remy. According to the News of the World- Liverpool are ready to poach Eduardo from rivals Arsenal in a £10million deal. West Ham may [...]
Subroto Paul is named the ‘Player of the Year’ by the AIFF. The Indian goal keeper has had a spectacular season, he also helped India retain the Nehru Cup by saving 3 penalties. Derrick Pereira, his Pune FC coach was delighted by the news and has tipped him to be the next captain of the Indian Football team. According to Goal.com Pereira said- “Absolutely. He can definitely captain the Indian [...]
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 forward pass. Later in the 73rd minute Rubin were put ahead with Karadeniz’s shot which [...]
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. Birmingham - Carson Yeung, the new owner of Birmingham stated his intentions to make the [...]
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 casual meeting. Shilpa and Raj were quite enthusiastic about Indian football and wanted to know [...]
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 put Chelsea ahead with a nice touch to get some space and then a shot [...]
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 end of season. Liverpool looking to get U-20 Hungarian team’s midfielder Vladimir Komanin The People, [...]
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 score reading Arsenal 3 – 2 Blackburn. These were the only goals to be scored [...]
Yesterday saw the 2005 champions – Liverpool losing 2 – 0 to Fiorentina, in the Champions League and now their 2005 opponents – AC Milan fail to overcome FC Zürich. Milan fell behind in the 10th minute of proceedings, after FC Zürich’s Finnish defender Hannu Tihinen, back-heeled the ball into the net from a corner. Milan tried to comeback but the Swiss side worked hard to keep their lead secure [...]
Possible starting Line-ups: Man City: Shay Given, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Gareth Barry, De Jong, Zabaleta, Craig Bellamy, Carlos Tevez, Santa Cruz. West Ham: Green, Faubert, Upson, Tomkins, Ilunga, Parker, Noble, Hines, Diamanti, Franco, Cole. Manchester City team news Stephen Ireland will not start the match due to a sickness bug, he was anyway expected to miss out when he was hospitalised midweek after complaining of dizziness. Gareth [...]
