World Cup preview: Spain v Switzerland

We preview Wednesday’s match up between World Cup favorite Spain and easy to overlook Switzerland

World Cup managers forgot their knives

So many ties and 1-0 wins in the 2010 World Cup… why won’t anyone go for that second goal?

Champions League and Europa League quarter-finals draw

On Friday morning the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the Europa League took place. Here’s what we have to look forward to.

The old onion bag: Barcelona baby boom

Barcelona fans had much to celebrate the first week of May in 2009. First, on May 2nd, they kicked the bejesus out of Real Madrid 6-2, effectively ending any questions as to who would be La Liga champs. Then, on May 6th, Andres Iniesta scored a screamer of a goal in the last seconds of [...]

The trouble with United

There has been a lot in the British press over the past week about the shocking level of debt being carried by Manchester United, which currently stands at £700m or $1.114b. That’s right, more than $1 billion.
Last Monday the Glazer family, owners of the club and proud Americans, announced a plan to float a bond [...]

Champions League draw

UEFA announced the Champions League draw for the round of 16 this morning. The results are, with the first team listed in each match-up at home for the opening leg of the knock-out round:
February 16/March 10

AC Milan (ITA) v Manchester United FC (ENG)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v Real Madrid CF (ESP)

February 17/March 11

FC Bayern München (GER) [...]

UEFA Champions League Update

The UEFA Champions League is your basic Royal Rumble of European club teams. The big leagues send their best teams to directly into the round robin phase of the competition while the smaller league champions have to fight through a qualifying stage in order to make the 32 team competition. Progressing from the round robin [...]

Match fixing scandal rocks Europe

Law enforcement officials in Germany announced today that 50 raids in Germany, Switzerland and England have resulted in the arrests of 17 people in connection with an alledged match-fixing ring. Those arrested are described as “leaders of the gang.” A further 200 people are suspected of being involved in the match-fixing ring. The gang is [...]