He knew it, you knew it, even I knew it. But last night it was made official and Kaka was awarded the Ballon d’Or. The cat was out of the bag a while ago, when France Football magazine (who hand out the award) told Kaka to buy some nice shoes and make some room on [...]

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Saudi Arabia captain Yasser Al-Qahtani was named Asian Player of the Year yesterday, at a fancy dinner in Sydney. Oddly, the award can only be won by players who make the effort and show up on the night, but there were plenty other players in attendance so the Al-Hilal striker won his trophy fair and [...]

Seems the draw for 2010 World Cup qualifying groups wasn’t the only thing decided in Durban last weekend. The Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were busy ironing out the details of the Celtic Cup, similar to the old British Home Nations Championship but with England replaced by Ireland. The FA chiefs of [...]

Argentinian dribbling machine Leo Messi has been awarded the brilliantly named Bravo Trophy by Italian sports magazine Guerin Sportivo. It’s basically an Under-21 version of the more famous Ballon d’Or (which will be handed to Kaka in the very near future) but not associated in anyway. It’s somewhat belatedly awarded for performances in the previous [...]

Think back to the 2006 World Cup when Jens Lehmann was named Germany’s number one keeper ahead of Oliver Kahn, who at first didn’t take the move too well but who later played the good guy by supporting Lehmann and the team. Well, it turns out that Lehmann has some thoughts about Mr. Kahn [...]

You’d think that more than a year after the final whistle of the 2006 World Cup all of the players who participated in the tournament would have already spent their bonuses on productive things like fancy cars, shopping trips for their WAGS, and bling to attract new WAGs. That is likely the case for [...]

Where will you be 23 years from now? You don’t know? Well, you better start thinking about it. The year 2030 will be here in no time and already we have a front runner for who will host the World Cup then. CONMEBOL’s executive committee has proposed that Argentina and Uruguay [...]

Let’s hope it was one heck of a party. A pair of players from Cameroon has been suspended for six months by their country’s football federation because they did a wee too bit much partying before last month’s meaningless African Cup of Nations qualifier against Equatorial Guinea.

When you are a fat cat you like nothing more than to be wined and dined as various entities try to sway your opinion. It puts you in a position of power, a power that can enrich your personal fortunes. So it goes without saying that when the bids for the 2014 World [...]