Rio Ferdinand: an astute signing by QPR
With Queens Park Rangers recently acquiring the services of former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, I, for one, am salivating at the thought of such an established, reliable centre-back starting at the heart of ou
Swiss league serves up one of the best own goals ever
The Swiss Super League kicked off at the weekend, with the opening game between Young Boys and St Gallen serving up easily one of the best own goals you’ll ever see. Obviously it’s only July, but this one will be incredi
Do looks and talent go hand in hand for World Cup stars?
Now that the dust has settled on another World Cup, the questions have begun about such things as where England can improve and if a new era of German dominance at international level has started. Fans and pundits
Is Philipp Lahm the best player in the world right now?
He has led his country to win the World Cup for the first time since 1990, he has won pretty much everything at club level with Bayern Munich and is arguably the world’s best right back, left back and can …
CGI-filled World Cup montage will help ease your post-cup pain
The World Cup is over. It’s been gone a while now but the realisation that it won’t be returning for another four years is only just perhaps sinking in for many. It was a brilliant tournament filled with excitement, incide
Six players Liverpool could replace Luis Suarez with
Following the departure of quirky Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, a huge 31-goal-a-season gap has been left in Liverpool’s attack. With Brendan Rodgers currently scouring the transfer market for world class strikers, I’ve
Stonker: incredible 60 yard golazo from the Peruvian League
The Peruvian Premier Division isn’t watched by many, but if it continues to serve up stupendous strikes like this next one interest may grow a bit. Should that happen, Sporting Cristal’s Carlos Lobaton would’ve more th
Shinji Kagawa and Gary Lineker star in Japanese advert with talking dog
Talking dogs, Japanese footballers and BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker. It’s a normal combination really, isn’t it? SoftBank, a telecommunications and internet corporation certainly seem to think so after mak
Modern day football: Rio Ferdinand guides you through his QPR transfer
Rio Ferdinand has signed for newly promoted Premier League side Queens Park Rangers. A few eyebrows have been raised regarding the move, but Ferdinand himself doesn’t seem to have any issues with it. In fact, he
Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel scores a worldie in training
It seems Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel might have something over the hugely adored sweeper keeper Manuel Neuer at this moment in time – an overhead kick of the highest quality. His father, Peter, wou
Football: the African affinity
The phrase “football is in our blood” features as one of the most prominent clichés related to the sport when describing the affinity a region, community or country has with it. However, this cliché does immense justice t
World Cup highlights turned into outstanding animation
The World Cup is over, the fan park is being packed away and the chirpy Germans are on their way home. It’s been a great tournament that has had everything in terms of drama and entertainment, with a vast array …
Edinson Cavani is needed at Liverpool
After pretty much years of transfer speculation and countless rumours mainly emerging from Spain, Luis Suarez has finally departed Liverpool Football Club and moved onto to pastures new. Love or hate the man, it’s obvious t
Funny video reenacting the highlights from the World Cup final
This summer, William Lawson’s helped a bunch of fans create a ballsy alternative to the usual hype and hysteria surrounding the World Cup in Brazil and it’s been excellent. As soon as any iconic moment occurred, shortly a
Russian comedian Vitaly Zdorovetskiy’s World Cup final streak
There seems to be have been a serious shortage of streakers during the World Cup in Brazil. Of course we don’t condone it, but it certainly adds a bit of entertainment during a dull five or ten minutes in a …