The club teams move off the stage and international football returns this week with a plethora of midweek games to whet our appetites. In addition to six Euro 2008 qualifiers on Wednesday, there are a ton of friendlies featuring teams from various regions from around the world.
In Euro 2008 qualifying, the big matches come [...]

For someone who looks a lot like a college professor, France manager Raymond Domenech often comes off as having something less than an elementary school education. Domenech opened his mouth last week and let the world know that Italian football is corrupt and that the Italians bought the referees in a France and Italy [...]

With 53 teams in Europe competing for 13 spots in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, UEFA boss Michel Platini announced that changes have been made to the qualifying format. This go around there will be eight qualifying groups with six teams each and one group with five teams. In the past, [...]

The picture above comes from Svangaskard Stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands where the national team took on Scotland in Euro 2008 qualifying Wednesday. They might not have much success on the pitch, but at least the Faroe Islands have a lovely setting for a football match. You can get all the results from [...]

It was an action packed and at times crazy weekend of international football with friendlies, Euro 2008 and African Cup of Nations games galore. Among the highlights, we saw a good effort from France against Ukraine, a Germany team that won but not in record breaking fashion, Uruguay got a measure of revenge against [...]

After a respite of a couple of months, international football resumes this weekend with a full slate of friendlies and Euro 2008 qualifying games. Among the highlights, England plays host to Brazil at the new Wembley on Friday, group B leaders Ukraine tangle with France on Saturday in a big Euro 2008 tilt, and [...]

Those crazy kids in Europe were back at it again today, dreaming of a day when they will play in Austria/Switzerland in the Euro 2008 tournament. Some countries took a step closer to achieving their dreams. Other countries might as well book a holiday somewhere else in June 2008. Here is a [...]

There are few things in life that should put a damper on a birthday celebration. Losing an international football match should not be one of them. According to reports out of Prague, members of the Czech Republic football team have been fined $47,500 because they held a birthday party for one of the [...]

If you were one of the millions who tried to get a World Cup ticket online and came up empty last summer here is your shot at attending another huge football tournament in Europe. Tickets for the Euro 2008 competition in Austria and Switzerland will be on sale during the month of March at [...]

It has been a busy day of football around the world with seemingly every country from Armenia to Yemen in action. I’m not in a position where I can talk about the pasting that Portugal put on my beloved Kazakhstan without crying, so instead I will point you in the direction of 101 Great [...]