Manchester City v Watford Saturday 29th August, 15:00 Manchester City are the league’s only side to have won their first three matches, and are the season’s early pace setters. The blue half of Manchester will be hoping that their team can continue in the same vein this weekend, having already scored eight goals without reply. … Read more
Liverpool v West Ham Saturday 29th August, 15:00 Liverpool come into this weekend’s fixture as one of six remaining unbeaten sides in the Premier League after the first three rounds of matches. Their perfect record was brought to a halt in their last match having failed to score against Arsenal, twice hitting the woodwork. They … Read more
Parents across the globe ferry their children to games to improve their talents on the ball, in the hope that one day they can fulfill the ultimate dream of becoming a top footballer. Which begs the question of why sometimes two make it from one family. A matter of parenting, or something more genetic? Below … Read more
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), in a demonstration of the inseparable ties between sports and politics, has effectively declared its support for renewed Turkish-Kurdish hostilities designed to enhance the prospects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in forthcoming snap elections. With armed Kurdish youth effectively taking control of at least one predominantly Kurdish city … Read more
A shadowy group of militant soccer fans that has largely lied low since it participated in mass anti-government protests in 2013 that led to the military overthrow of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has claimed responsibility for a car bomb near a Cairo security building that injured at least six policemen. Whether the group, the Black … Read more
With Abou’s time at Arsenal at an end, and the Ligue 1 underway, the injury prone midfielder starts his new adventure with Marseille in an attempt to resurrect his career. Having turned down an approach from West Brom, Diaby has gone home in his own words due to the medical help on offer from the … Read more
In case any of you haven’t seen it. Here is that video once again of Paulo Wanchope getting into a fight with a security guard. The reason for the scrap according to the independent is that after several bad calls by the referee, Wanchope wanted to discuss some of those decisions with him. In the process … Read more
A condemned Turkish stadium harbours a dark warning of the long-term consequences of ethnic cleansing or what Turks euphemistically call the population exchange almost a century ago when Turkey and Greece expelled their respective Greek and Turkish minorities. It is a message that has not lost its urgency as Turkey fights multiple domestic and regional … Read more