'Jagielka is fit, he trained well,' says Fabio Capello. Italian says door is still open for David Beckham to returnFabio Capello has said he is not concerned about the injuries which have hit the En…
Steven Gerrard and Ashley Cole also win Fifa plaudits. One nominee apiece from underachieving France and ItalyWayne Rooney may have been viewed as one of the biggest disappointments of the World Cup…
Benjani Mwaruwari says there is 'no trust' at Manchester City. Blackburn Rovers striker says: 'Money is not everything'The Blackburn Rovers striker Benjani Mwaruwari claims there is no trust at his…
Portugal coach may struggle to keep his job. Football federation had given him one-month suspensionPortugal's coach, Carlos Queiroz, has been suspended for six months after the country's sports inst…
Land ahoy everyone! James Richardson is back for another stint at the helm of the good ship Football Weekly Extra, where he's joined by Sean Ingle, Paul Doyle and Paul MacInnes.Topics up for discussio…
Peter Pannu says 'Mourinho quote' was taken out of context. Birmingham close to agreeing new contract with managerBirmingham City's acting chairman Peter Pannu has dispelled concerns about a rift wi…
Arsenal not on Mourinho's list of potential winners. Real manager says he is no longer 'obsessed' by winning titlesJosé Mourinho does not believe Arsenal are capable of winning the Champions League…
Governing body says horns are 'not appropriate in Europe'. Vuvuzelas became the soundtrack to South Africa 2010Uefa has banned fans from taking vuvuzelas into stadiums for European Championship, Eur…
Defender Jamie Carragher accepts Liverpool's best chance of silverware this season will come in cup competitions as they have too much ground to make up on the likes of title-contenders Chelsea and M…
Wayne Rooney may have been viewed as one of the biggest disappointments of the World Cup but FIFA's technical experts today praised him out as one of England's outstanding players in the tournament.
Blackburn striker Benjani Mwaruwari claims there is no trust at his old club Manchester City and that some of their players are motivated primarily by money.
The highest-profile of the friendlies being played next week during the international break is almost certainly the one in Buenos Aires on Tuesday 7th September, when Argentina will host new world cha…
I went to two matches in the weekend just gone, and one of them has already been covered by Daniel Colasimone over on the excellent Argentina Football World, so if you want to read about Tigre vs Quil…
The football World Cup today lost one of its final links with its origins, when Francisco Varallo, the former Boca Juniors forward, died in the early hours in La Plata, aged 100 years and six months.…
Boca Juniors’ Apertura is going so poorly that it was almost inevitable. They’ve finally won a match, and the result is that their bitterest rivals River Plate remain top of the table, Boca having…
Saturday’s matches saw a dull goalless clásico in the Zona Sur between Lanús and Banfield, before the round sprung into life in Victoria with Tigre’s not really deserved 3-0 win over Quilmes. Th…
New Liverpool signing Raul Meireles was unveiled at Anfield last weekend. Here's the key moments in the video to look out for:0.01 - 'I'm sure he looked different on the telly...' Raul mistakes the An…
Bringing you the best football videos on the web, every day at 3pm. Here's today's packet of three:1) We've been celebrating Bill Shankly's birthday elsewhere on the site today, and here's the great m…
They're England's opponents at Wembley on Friday night. But what - apart from the fact that they share a name with one of the Wombles, do we know about Bulgaria, asks Mirror Football's Chris Mann?
Rafael van der Vaart maintains he was no failure at Real Madrid - but will not take a place in the Tottenham team for granted because of the 'sensational players' at White Hart Lane.
Arsenal are considering a deal for Japanese strike prodigy Ryo Miyaichi. The teenager impressed on trial last month after previously playing at the U17 World Cup in Nigeria last year.
Alex McLeish has fallen out with his Birmingham board after being accused of greed over contract talks. McLeish is furious about a jibe by vice-chairman Peter Pannu.
“If Arsene Wenger’s so clever,” a senior international manager once asked, “why does he never buy a proper goalkeeper?” Years later, the question remains valid. Arsenal manager Wenger, a per…
“This is gonna be our season,” say the ads for Manchester City on the sides of Manchester buses, and no wonder. City have spent the summer testing an economic proposition: if you outspend all othe…
During the last World Cup, a curious sideshow played out at expensive breakfast tables in Johannesburg’s business district of Sandton. The actors: lobbyists and officials. The stake: the right to ho…
Two summers ago, at a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, a man called Brad Campeau-Laurion left his seat to go to the bathroom. He did so during the “seventh-inning stretch”, when “God Bless Ameri…
New France coach Laurent Blanc goes into his first competitive international, Friday's opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus, looking for a successor to exiled World Cup captain Patrice Evra.
Alan Gow completes his move to Motherwell after passing a medical. The former Rangers and Falkirk forward joins on an initial six-month contract. The 27-year-old had also been linked with Swindon, Kil…
Blackpool sign former Wigan and Birmingham goalkeeper Richard Kingson on a free transfer. The 32-year-old, who impressed at the World Cup with Ghana this summer, has been included in Blackpool's 24-ma…
Former Hoffenheim goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand signs a contract with Portuguese giants Sporting until June 2013. The seven-time Germany international moves to Portugal on a Bosman transfer after he had…
Watford goalkeeper Scott Loach is called up to the full England squad for the second time in as many months after West Brom's Scott Carson withdraws from squad to face Bulgaria at Wembley on Friday. C…
Celebrations to mark Brazilian giants Corinthians 100th birthday are grimly overshadowed when a 21-year-old woman was run over by the club's official bus as it left the party.
The Rambleboys (complete with Jim) give the week in football a good old dressing down. They pick out their favourite on-field battles, take a look at the England squad, and have a giggle at poor old…
Podcast: The transfer window closes and a look ahead to the weekend's internationalsJames RichardsonAndy DuckworthPaul MacInnesPaul DoyleSean IngleSid Lowe
I have a cunning plan. Put this date in your diary: 25th October 2010 An explanation… This morning (mid afternoon your time, and by the time I post this it will be late evening) I read on Teenage Ki…
Phil and Anthony are joined by Everton FC legend Graeme Sharp to discuss all things about the blue half of Merseyside. We get into the current state of the club, its start of the new Premier League se…
Alan Green is back and takes calls on the Aston Villa managerial situation, Sunderland's victory over Manchester City and disillusioned Liverpool fans.
Your World Football questions answered with Tim Vickery - El Legendinho, on South America; Andy Brassell - Top Brass, on European football; Hiral Bhatt - the Uxbridge Massive, on football in Africa. T…
Former international and Arsenal legend Martin Keown joins 5 Live's Russell Fuller to discuss the main talking points ahead of England's first Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria. You'll hear from Jo…
Javier Mascherano is on his way. Will he be reunited with Rafael Benitez at Inter or is Roberto Mancini in the market for another DM? Join Jon Harris-Bass for the latest transfer gossip.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City losses were our first hint that the league's Big Three may been on their own for another season. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, I'm joined by the regula…
No thumping scores this weekend, thank goodness, and arguably the most impressive result was Wigan’s 1-0 win over Spurs at White Hart Lane. Download mp3
Yes slackers Luis and I have finally done a show. We recapped the World Cup… Talked a little about the transfer season as well as just about everything else… We have even gone one better and added…
As a change of pace, Chris and Terry discuss the latest happenings in Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.We also look at the prospects for French and German clubs in the Champions League group stages.As a bon…
Extra podcast to go with the radio show this week, where we discuss US Soccer's decision to retain Bob Bradley until 2014. We discuss the pros and cons politely, then argue a bit, and then make nice a…
Eddie Nestor and Drew Mann call the 25 man squad, ponder a full season of Rio (fat chance) and celebrate Rooney's first goal in 1,000 minutes on the World's most popular podcast for the World's most h…
Minutecast No. 86 Kyoto Sanga and Shonan Bellmare are in danger of being cast adrift at the foot of the J1 table after narrow defeats on Saturday left them respectively ten and seven points away from…
On this week’s episode of the weekly women’s soccer podcast, Set Piece Analysts’ Jeff Kassouf and Richard Farley talk about Week 7’s action that saw Gold Pride derailed and Washington ascend.…
On this week’s episode of Corner of the Galaxy, Josh and Jared help talk Galaxy fans back off the ledge as they discuss the Kansas City loss at home and look ahead to the Chicago game. And what do…
The closest thing to a ‘glamour tie’ in the first round of Serie A finished all square – 1-1 both in terms of goals and red cards. Fiorentina’s only debutant in Sinisa Mihajlovic’s first gam…
A low-key game with few goalscoring opportunities – the result was celebrated by managerless Bologna like a win. The home side included new signings Andrea Esposito, Matteo Rubin, Gyorgy Garics and…
A bizarre game that Everton dominated from start to finish, and yet still managed to lose. Stephen Ireland suffered an injury in the warm up, so Nigel Reo-Coker replaced him in the centre of midfield.…
Manchester United struggled to get going, but were always comfortable after Wayne Rooney ended his goal drought from the penalty spot. Avram Grant set West Ham out in a conservative 4-1-4-1 system, wi…
Arsenal emerge with the points after a professional display in a decent match. Sam Allardyce chose to use the two Dioufs either side of Nikola Kalinic upfront, and continued to use Phil Jones ahead of…
Due to the international break and Euro 2012 qualifiers on Friday, there’ll be no Premier League or Championship football in England this weekend. Football fan James Doe saw an opportunity, and decl…
Don’t do this. A little virtual in reality. (The Best Eleven) RvdV has been taking tanning lessons from CR. (Never Captain Nicky Butt) Pele’s newest digs – for you. (Football Fashion) The men wh…
There’s every chance this is the best story we’ve yet featured here, at least the one fraught with the most simultaneously delightful and harrowing possibilities, and there’s an equal chance the…
Quite the 24 hours for Milan fans, with the club first signing the high-kicking Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Barcelona on a one year loan deal (with the option to make it permanent for €24m next summer)…
Patrice Evra tells us he trains less than everybody else. You don’t really hear that often. Arjen Robben’s the man in the middle, arriving from the right. (ESPN) The make-weight has left. (Sid Low…
England may be the overwhelming favourites with the bookies to qualify for Euro 2012 as winners of Qualification Group G but their group is not as easy as it seems and after a disappointing World Cup…
There are a myriad of ways you could describe AC Milan’s much-travelled show-pony Zlatan Ibrahimovic (lolloping gobshite, work-shy flake, disruptive semi-megalomaniac, self-important tossweed) but …
The Portuguese Anti-doping Authority (AdoP) has suspended Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz for six months after decreeing that he disrupted a drugs test ahead of the World Cup. Queiroz is already serving…
2 September ~ The sole Belgian fan who travelled to support his team in Armenia last September was both mocked and pitied in his home country. However, many of the roughly 1,000 Scotland fans who rece…
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1 September ~ It's been a surreal few days in which to support Sunderland. On Sunday morning a friend of mine jogged through the Manchester City squad as they took a morning constitution along Seaburn…
1 September ~ Japan's upcoming friendlies with Paraguay and Guatemala were supposed to provide the new coach of the national team with a first look at the players at his disposal. Unfortunately, despi…
1 September ~ The former Argentina forward Francisco Varallo died on Monday. In WSC 278, Cris Freddi looked at a select group of international centurions Francisco Varallo, who turned 100 in February,…
Tottenham picked up the steal of the transfer window when it landed Rafael Van der Vaart, but it isn't the first time Real has mistakenly let a Dutch star go for cheap, writes Sid Lowe.
The addition of temperamental but oft-brilliant star Zlatan Ibrahimovic promises to revitalize Milan's aging lineup and propel it into the Serie A title race, writes Gabriele Marcotti.
ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA's official analysis of the World Cup says champion Spain could be the team of the century, and African countries harmed their chances by employing foreign coaches.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz was suspended for six months Thursday after the country's Sports Institute ruled that he disrupted an anti-doping test ahead of the World Cup.
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and Jacob Zuma, the President of the Republic of South Africa, have highlighted the FIFA World Cup's positive impact in a warm exchange of letters.
Never out of the news, Paul the octopus held the FIFA World Cup's only 100 per cent record and has become one of the tournament's most sought-after stars.
Amid the feverish post-match celebrations of Spain's 1-0 win over the Netherlands, world famous operatic tenor Placido Domingo made time for an exclusive chat with FIFA.com.
South American football has resumed business, with the countdown to Brazil 2014 already under way and plenty of activity on the domestic and international scenes.
BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Iran's demand for a neutral referee for their friendly against China this week is disrespectful but local match officials only have themselves to blame, according to China'…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Celebrations to mark Brazilian soccer giants Corinthians 100th birthday on Wednesday were grimly overshadowed when a 21-year-old woman was run over by the club's off…
BEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Shenyang Dongjin defender Feng Shaoshun will not lose the sight in his left eye which was cut by glass after opposing fans stoned the team bus, the Chinese Football Associa…
MEXICO CITY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Mexico, whose younger players impressed at the World Cup, are looking to cut the number of foreigners in the domestic league to increase international opportunities for…
SANTIAGO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Chile World Cup defender Waldo Ponce has joined Racing Santander on loan, the Spanish club's president Francisco Pernia said on Tuesday.
Along with the other candidates to host the World Cup in 2018, England had to select its host cities and stadiums well in advance. And so earlier this month, the Fifa inspection committee could ride t…
Neymar saying no to Chelsea's millions and staying with Santos is being seen as a huge victory for Brazilian football. This might be going just a little too far but more than anything else, it is a vi…
Robinho is in footballing limbo. He sat out Manchester City's opening game of the Premier League campaign and although he might be in action in midweek in the Europa League, or possibly playing his fo…
Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara have endured a journey over time and space to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores. First, because they are outsiders in South America's equivalent of the Champions Lea…
When the fixtures for the forthcoming season were made public, many fans would have immediately checked to see when their team were due to meet their big local rival. Derbies are part of the essence o…
Absurd and ignorant, since you have to show proof of your employment to join unions. What idiotic reporting. But then I've long since given up on people being able to report the labour movement with a…
Malouda's coming out party right now. Drogba in rare form. Michael is back to control the center pitch. Chelsea is in this B...H!!!! Okay I got carried away but even the defense is looking sound again…
Balotelli is everything thats wrong with football. He's a selfish, sulking, prima donna, who almost never recreates on the pitch what he is hyped to be capable of in the tabloids. Man City need to buy…
First post here at FFT. I'm a new convert to the feverish addiction that is football thanks to the heroic coverage of the World Cup by ESPN. I actually live in a metropolitan area that has it's first…
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In this week’s excellent spoof interview, the ingoing Inter Milan boss is goaded into slamming the Special One by a series of unprofessional tricks from Italian football pundits.
Portugal v Cyprus, Euro 2012 qualifying, September 3, 2010 Portugal 1.18; Draw 5.25; Cyprus 14.74 Norway v Portugal, Euro 2012 qualifying, September 7, 2010 Norway 3.05; Draw 3.24; Portugal 2.16 (by P…
Poland v Ukraine, International Friendly, September 4, 2010 Poland 2.30; Draw 3.06; Ukraine 2.81 Usually we’d have happily ignored a friendly match between Poland and Ukraine with neither side being…
While most of the noise surrounding Tottenham in the last couple of days has centred on the acquisition of Rafeal van der Vaart, £8m signing Sandro flew into White Hart Lane under the radar this week…
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Today's piffle has been out of the loop for a whileSlim pickings for The Mill today as we enter post-window asceticism, a time not so much of rumour-mongering as rumour-finagling, rumour-make-doing, r…
Today's jive comes with bonus tumbleweedTa-da! Actually scrap that, readers, for today the Mill arrives with no fanfare. Today, verily, the Mill arrives with nothing but a sigh and a sweeping brush. A…
Today's tittle-tattle eats people like you for breakfast. And sometimes Special KThe Mill has a Civil Partnership Ceremony to go to this afternoon. We're not complaining – and all the happiness in t…
Today's rumours haven't got that bank holiday feelingAs readers will no doubt be aware, the Mill specialises in the tidy and concise dispensation of tittle-tattle, shepherding our flock of gossip neat…
Today's scuttlebutt did not have a glory, glory nightOne minute Tottenham's Peter Crouch and Robbie Keane are revelling in drawing Internazionale in the Champions League to prove a point to Rafael Ben…
Today's guff is kicking backThe Sun reports the surprising news that reliable waddling packhorse Dirk Kuyt doesn't really want to play for Liverpool any more and would like to be reunited with his goa…
Sunderland left it to the last minute to secure their record breaking transfer of Asamoah Gyan.With the clock ticking, and Steve Bruce perspiring profusely, the club announced they had got their man w…
Tottenham have finally completed the signing of Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, after the Premier League ratified his move from Real Madrid. But what do we know about the man who only two days…
Birmingham City yesterday completed the signing of Chilean World Cup star Jean Beausejour for a reported fee of £4m.Here's MirrorFootball's Christopher Mann with 10 things you need to know about the…
The deadline day might have been a non-event (no matter what the presenters of Sky Sports News and their 'amazing' footage of Eidur Gudjonsson looking round Stoke's training ground might have wanted u…
Interviewed in exclusive by TuttoMercatoWeb, newly signed on loan, with a hiring purchase option, Chilean offensive midfielder Luis Alberto Jimenez (26) stated:...
Asked about Fabio Quagliarella's transfer to Juventus during a long press conference, Napoli trainer Walter Mazzarri stated: It would be a long talk. He and I have...
Interviewed by Lady Radio, Italian FIFA agent Carlo Pallavicino commented upon Fiorentina and Italian NT midfielder Riccardo Montolivo's (25) future,...
Juventus announced to have established all the details for Leandro Rinaudo purchase from Napoli. Juve will have to pay € 0,6 million in this season 2010/2011. In the...
Shakhtar Donetsk's Henrikh Mkhitaryan has already been recognized as the best Armenian Player of 2009 and one of the biggest talents in the Ukrainian league.
Images via straight up serie a. Thx Liz! We’re suffering from a case of the “shoulds”, Kickettes. We really should set aside a good few paragraphs here to advise you of the latest developments i…
Yessss! I’m logged on! Cescy hails his technological breakthrough. Our F5 love Cesc Fabregas is on twitter. He’s followed the likes of other Spanish ‘ballers like Xabi Alonso (who tweets about D…
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OK, so we’re super excited about Coleen Rooney’s new ad for Littlewoods.com. The face of the British clothing retailers’ latest campaign unleashes her inner drill sergeant in the above clip, as…
We know, it’s rather unfathomable to think this man is capable of procreating both ovary-bursting boys and girls, but it’s true, Kickettes: Fernando and Olalla’s second child will be a baby boy.…
Another product of the 2010 World Cup, the Paraguayan fan, Larissa Riquelme first appeared cheering for her country with a phone between her boobs. Later, [...]
After the quarterfinal exit of Argentina from the World Cup at the hands of the Germans, Lionel Messi took his girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo to Brazil [...]
Ashley Cole’s apparent ex, Cheryl Tweedy Cole is ‘incredibly happy’ with her beau, Derek Hough, according to her X Factor colleague, Brian Friedman. “I’ve been [...]
Larissa Riquelme was seen in the crowd during the 2010 World Cup with a phone between her boobs supporting the Paraguayan national football team. Later, [...]
...but merrily attached to one. Pablo Mouche is not exactly the first name on the team sheet at Boca Juniors nowadays but his WAG is, let's just say... Starting Material. She's quite an expert in dati…
I was wondering what angle use for my comeback to blogging here. I decided it would be better to let these girls' own angles speak on behalf of angles anywhere. You judge the result:
This Paraguayan model is not related to Juan Roman. But she doesn't need to, since she has such a pair of.... good reasons to be Paraguay's #1 fan in South Africa.
Filed under: Match Previews, EnglandEURO 2012 QUALIFIER: WEMBLEY STADIUM, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2010. KICK-OFF: 2000 BST It may be the beginning of a new qualifying campaign but this is far from a fresh…
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Filed under: EnglandFabio Capello could never be accused of overplaying his hand as the Italian teed up what he hopes will be the first game in a successful new era for England. The visit of Bulgaria…
Filed under: Aston Villa, BirminghamJust when it seems that Birmingham City are on the verge of gaining serious ground, if not overtaking, their local rivals Aston Villa, they somehow manage to put th…
Filed under: Birmingham, Tottenham, West Ham, BettingSky Sports News is now in High Definition. Whatever for? If there's one show that could do without extra defining it's SSN. What's next? Prime Mini…
Tottenham were given a huge boost today after the Premier League sanctioned their signing of Real Madrid midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart following a deadline day scramble
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