Champions League 2007-08 Group Stage Draw
Nationwise composition of the teams for the draw
England : 4
Scotland :2
Spain : 3 ( Add Sevilla if they beat AEK. Sevilla lead 2-0 from the first leg)
Germany :3
France : 2
Portugal :3
Holland :1
Norway :1
Russia :1
Turkey :2
Italy : 4
Ukraine :2
Czech Republic :1
Hungary :1
Greece : 1 ( 2 if AEK Athens manage to beat Sevilla)
Here are the groups
A [...]
Rangers sign Amdy Faye on loan
Rangers have signed Senegal midfielder Amdy Moustapha Faye on a season long loan from Championship side Charlton Athletic. Faye scored one goal in 28 appearances for the Addicks. Newly promoted Birmingham City were also reportedly interested in securing his signature, but were beaten to it by the Scottish club.
Faye is the second person that Rangers [...]
Yakubu joins Everton for 11.25 million pounds.
Middlesbrough striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu has moved to Everton for a fee of 11.25 million pounds. The 24 year old Nigerian international is Everton’s new club record signing. He joins Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines in the list of high profile footballers moving to Goodison Park this summer.
The Toffees are the third Premiership team that Yakubu [...]
Chelsea moving for Ronaldinho ?
You might have read it in various papers and sporting websites already.
Chelsea are reportedly planning a swoop for Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho. The Brazilian international is contracted to Barcelona till 2010, and allegedly has a 85 million pound buy out clause in his contract ( All Spanish football contracts have a minimum fee release clause)
Barcelona have [...]
Manchester United win their first game of the season, beat Spurs.
0-0 against Reading
1-1 against Portsmouth
0-1 to Manchester City
Starting the new season with two draws and a loss was certainly not the way Sir Alex would have envisaged United’s defence of the Premiership. They were second from bottom going into their fourth game of the season, against Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs have not had a great start to [...]
Euro 2008 qualifying results- August 22
Results from the Euro 2008 qualifying games held on August 22. There were six games in all, three in Group A, and one each from Groups D, E and F.
Group A :
Finland 2-1 Kazakhstan ( Eremenko Jr, Teemu Tainio/ Byakov)Â
Belgium 3-2 Serbia ( Moussa Dembele *2, Kevin Mirallas/ Zdravko Kuzmanovic*2)
Major International friendly results – Aug 22
England 1-2 Germany ( Frank Lampard/ Kevin Kuranyi, Christian Pander)
First loss for England at the new Wembley stadium. Not the best of evenings for Paul Robinson, whose fumbling of Bernd Schneider’s cross paved the way for Germany’s first goal.
Denmark 0-4 Republic of Ireland ( Robbie Keane *2, Shane Long *2)Â
Bulgaria 0-1 Wales ( Freddy Eastwood)Â
Freddy [...]
James Morrison to miss game against South Africa
West Bromwich Albion midfielder James Morrison will miss Scotland’s international friendly against South Africa on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury. The 21 year old Darlington born player was due to make his debut for Scotland against the Bafana Bafana. Morrison has played for England at every youth level, but chose to play for Scotland’s [...]
Run, run, run
Wayne Rooney will miss England’s September Euro qualifiers because of a hairline fracture of his left foot. Mark Delaney has called it a day because of a recurring knee injury. Soccer, like all other sports, places great emphasis on fitness. With the ever increasing number of games and increasing levels of competitiveness, it is necessary [...]
Mark Delaney retires
Wales and Aston Villa defender Mark Delaney has decided to pull the curtains down on his playing career. The 31 year old footballer has had quite a bit of trouble with his knee in recent years and missed the whole of last season due to injury. His loss will be felt a lot more by [...]
Mido going to Middlesbrough ?
After days of speculation, it appeara that Egypt and Tottenham Hotspur striker Ahmed Mido will move to the Riverside. Middlesbrough have reportedly reached upon an agreement with Tottenham regarding the sum of money involved, and a medical is currently being conducted. If the deal goes through, Mido will join Yakubu and Jeremie Aliadiere as [...]
Premiership Week 1
The most popular football league in the world kicked off last weekend, and I, like millions of other fans, was waiting with bated breath. Sunderland vs Tottenham might not have been the preferred opening game for everyone, but for die hard fans like yours truly, it really didn’t matter. And we did have a bit [...]
Charlton complete double signing
Championship side Charlton Athletic have completed a double swoop by signing Zheng Zhi and Izale Mcleod. As some of you might have recollected, Zhi made a few appearances last season for Charlton while on loan, but his transfer has now been made permanent. A fee of two million pounds was paid to Shandong Luneng for [...]
Manchester United win Community Shield
Premiership champions Manchester United have won the FA Community Shield by beating Chelsea 3-0 on penalties. The score was tied at a goal apiece after regular play. Ryan Giggs scored for United, while new French winger Florent Malouda was on the scoresheet for Jose Mourinho’s side. This is United’s sixteenth Community Shield victory. Dutch goalkeeper [...]
Freddy Adu moves to Benfica
US wonderkid Freddy Adu has made a move to Europe, and it is not to England, Italy or Spain. He has decided to join Portuguese club Benfica for a fee of two million US dollars. The Ghana born 18 year old forward had been traded to Real Salt Lake in 2006 from DC United, and [...]
