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On Wednesday, Germany announced their squads for the Confederations Cup and U-21 European Championships. With Joachim Löw omitting almost all of his top players including Ă–zil, Boateng, Reus, Hummels, Kroos and Khedira amongst others, one would think Germany would use the Confederations Cup this summer as an opportunity to test out their talented youth players […]
Women’s football has been an ever-growing presence in recent years, and the dominant force is surprisingly the United States Women’s National Team (henceforth referred to as USWNT). This is surprising due to the relative lacklustre of the United States Men’s National Team in recent history. This just gives a glimpse at the active development of […]
On the heels of UEFA trying to destroy the meaningless friendly, CONCACAF this weekend moved towards consideration of a similarly inane proposal. With European nations in the near future using their international windows to compete in a European tournament, the North American/Central American/Caribbean confederation leaked that a similar proposal was in the works. Dubbed the […]
The current world champions have had strength in depth for decades, however, the one area of the side which has been lacking in talent is the furthest forward attacker. Although this hasn’t caused any great issues when it comes to scoring goals, leaving Joachim Low with a dilemma every time he picks a side. The […]
Three peeps on the referee’s whistle signals the end of the Premier League weekend and beginning of the International break. England have two games coming over the next ten days. First up for the Three Lions is a home qualifier against group minnows Lithuania. Gareth Southgate will be hoping to ease through this fixture and […]
Second half goals from Tomas Rosicky and Tomas Necid helped the Czech Republic win against Russia in a Euro 2016 warm-up friendly. Russia started brightly in Innsbruck and Aleksandr Kokorin’s sixth-minute strike from the edge of the box proved too strong for Petr Cech, who may have felt he could have done more to save […]
Regarded as perennial underachievers for long, Spain broke the duck in 2008 when they secured the Euro championship beating Germany 1-0 in the final of the competition. The Spanish national team continued by winning the 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa and also successfully defended their Euro championship in 2012. They have however gone […]
The big boss was reinstated by higher authorities after he has been sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation new executives. Stephen Keshi’s return to the Eagles has however been celebrated with the 2-0 away win over Congo which puts Nigeria ahead of the Congolese on head-to-head. With both teams on 7 points, there is all […]
Before the game against Estonia, English starlet Raheem Sterling walked up to the Three Lion’s boss Roy Hodgsonand complained of fatigue, hence the coach decided to start Raheem from the bench. This act has been met with series of backlash as many English fans have queried the youngster’s decision to select the games he’d like […]
Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has revealed that a conversation with Manchester United’s Luke Shaw at this summer’s World Cup lead him to believe he was probably too old to still be playing for England. “I was having a chat with Luke Shaw and I mentioned Tony Adams and he didn’t seem to know who I […]
Hodgson yesterday announced Wayne Rooney as the new England Captain. The England manager explains why the Manchester United Captain was the perfect choice, including the fact he had previously captained England, his wealth of experience with England and the Red Devils and more.
England headed to the 2014 World Cup on the back of a decent qualification campaign, and while expectations were at an all-time low, they were at least supposed to put up a fight and spring a surprise or two on Brazilian soil. However, the Three Lions ultimately endured a torrid tournament as they bowed out […]
Nike’s HyperVenom boots have had a starring role at this summer’s World Cup, being worn by the likes of Neymar, Mario Balotelli, Eden Hazard and Wayne Rooney. The boots have a 3-D textured knit, Flyknit as it is referred to at Nike, for ultimate friction on the ball and total control. They also have laser-cut […]
For the third time in his career, Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has bitten an opponent. In Uruguay’s final group game against Italy, Giorgio Chiellini was the latest victim of Suarez’s bite. Suarez has been very vocal in interviews over the past week about how he has been treated by the English media. You would imagine […]
England’s World Cup dreams are hanging by a thread after defeat to Uruguay last night, and according to experts at SOS Rehydrate, The FA only have themselves to blame for not properly preparing their players for the conditions in Brazil. Dr Blanca Liazola, founder of SOS Rehydrate, said: “It’s clear that The FA has their […]
Predictions from the team at Sportingindex.com Forget psychic pandas or cliche-spouting ex-pros – for a more considered opinion on how the World Cup is going to play out, read on. World leaders in sports spread betting, Sporting Index, have created an infographic outlining their predictions for Brazil 2014, which are rather more specific than […]
England comes 4th; this would be a brilliant result! Unfortunately not all footballers had an official Twitter- notably Messi was without a page, either as a response to online abuse, or because he simply doesn’t use it. There are also some young players who, despite not having a large Twitter following, may make a massive […]
The draw for the next edition of the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) took place on Wednesday night at the association’s headquarters. 24 teams were filtered into eight groups of three, including three Caribbean clubs: Bayamon, Waterhouse and Alpha United. Puerto Rican side Bayamon has probably benefited the most from the draw, named in Group 8 […]
It’s here – the biggest football carnival of them all. Billions round the world will be watching the drama unfold during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. But here in England which place is proudest about the role they’ve played in England’s adventure? Which part of the country has created the strike power in the […]
If you asked most patriotic England fans how much they would pay to see the Three Lions lift the World Cup this summer, the answer would probably be “anything”. However, with this year’s tournament being held in Brazil, the actual monetary value placed on this “anything” would stretch even the most avid fan’s dedication to […]
