Argentina secured automatic qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa in the summer after defeating Uruguay 1-0 in October. The team had struggled in the qualifiers and Diego Maradona had received much flak for his below-par performance as a coach.
After that win, the former World Cup winner explicitly taunted his critics and [...]

Robert Enke Died! (Rest In Peace) 24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009

Germany International Goalkeeper Robert Enke Died Aged 32
Probably Reason of the His Death is That The Train Crached to Him or He commited Suicide

Hannover 96 president Martin Kind announced the death of the former Barcelona stopper on Tuesday afternoon, according to the agency [...]

Ohio State dominated the line of scrimmage and the second half, cruising to a 24-7 win over Penn State at Beaver Stadium.  After a tight first half, Ohio State outscored the Nittany Lions 14-0 in the second half of a game that provided Buckeyes’ quarterback Terrelle Pryor the signature win he had been seeking.  The [...]

Henrik Larsson Announces Retirement
Swedish striker Henrik Larsson has announced he will end his playing career after Helsingborg’s first division match against Elfsborg on November 1.

Larsson, who plays for Helsingborg in the Swedish league, won the Golden Boot as Europe’s top scorer in 2000-01 while at Celtic, where he is still known among fans as “the [...]

Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish football player of Bosnian and Croatian parentage who plays for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.
As of February 2009, Ibrahimović, along with Kaká, were the highest salaried football players in the world with an annual pay of €9 million.
Ibrahimović won the Capocannoniere on [...]

The team has played under the following names: Stakhanovets (1936-1946), Shakhtyor (1946-1992) and FC Shakhtar (since 1992).
The club was originally formed in May 1936 and was initially named Stakhanovets after Aleksei Stakhanov, a coal-miner in the Donbas. The first success for the team was in 1951, when then-renamed Shakhtyor took third-place in the USSR Championship.

In [...]

Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979 in Chester) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.

The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. he progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. In his first [...]

Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968 in Milan) is an Italian football player. Maldini is adefender and predominantly plays the position of left back, although he sometimes plays at centre back. Throughout his long career, he has remained with A.C.Milan. One of the great defenders of all time, he was arguably the best defenderof his [...]

With the emergence of Mathieu Flamini in 2007/08, Gilberto’s impact at Arsenal was limited and he was also overlooked for the captaincy role with William Gallas taking the armband.

The tough midfielder is the sort of player that tends to go about his job quietly and effectively rather than catching the eye, yet he has been [...]

Argentina Have No Balance Or Coherence
Jose Luis Chilavert
Jose Luis Chilavert thinks that Argentina have no balance or coherence under Diego Maradona, and that the national team boss should change his coaching staff if things are to improve.
The outspoken Paraguayan legend is stunned that the Albiceleste may not qualify for the World [...]

Kolo Habib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is a football player who currently plays for English Premier League club Manchester City and the Ivorian national team. Touré is a central defender renowned for his pace, strength and athleticism. He is the older brother of Barcelona midfielder Yaya Touré and Al-Ittihad’s Ibrahim Touré

Arsenal
Born in Bouake, After [...]

Fábio Rochemback (born December 10, 1981 in Soledade) is a Brazilian professional football player who currently plays for Grêmio.

He is a versatile midfielder who can play in front of the defence, as an attacking midfielder, or even as a winger. He previously played for Sport Club Internacional, Barcelona and Sporting Clube de Portugal before joining [...]

Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (born January 17, 1973 in Mexico City), also known as Cuauh , is a Mexican professional soccer player who currently plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer of US.
Blanco is the only Mexican football player with an award in a major international FIFA competition, as he won the Silver Ball and [...]