Articles in the ‘Football (Soccer)’ Category

The proposed move for David Beckham to Paris Saint-Germain has been confirmed not to push through.
Nasser al-Khalaifi, the president of the French club, told media in Qatar on Tuesday that the English football star is heading back to Galaxy.
He expressed that they felt a bit disappointed, but that both sides both agreed that [...]

Panama surprised the United States with a 2-1 game in Tampa Saturday night.
It was the first victory for Panama, which led them to move to the Gold Cup quarterfinals. Panama had faced up to US up to nine times, and US had never lost a game in the Gold Cup, the championship games for [...]

Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson reportedly have their eyes set on Douglas Costa, midfielder of Shakhtar Donetsk.
The 20-year-old Brazilian, once labeled “the new Ronaldinho,” had been under Ferguson’s scrutiny for at least four years, and the club appears to have stirred up the old flame.
Manchester did not make any official statement, although [...]

A mere ten months after his retirement from soccer and working on German television as a pundit, Jens Lehmann is out to make a grand comeback to English club Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger, manager of Arsenal, confirmed the resigning of a rolling monthly contract.
The 41-year-old goalkeeper made 199 appearances for Arsenal from 2003 to 2008, [...]

Following a devastating defeat to Liverpool, Sir Alex Ferguson, boss of Manchester United, turned down media invitations for an interview. The league leading United suffered under Kenny Dalglish’s squad on Sunday, and lost by 3-0, attributed partly to a classic hat trick by Dirk Kuyt.
Sources indicate that Ferguson also imposed on other stakeholders of [...]