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The answer to South Africa’s coaching problems could be a simple one.
Upon arriving in the Rainbow Nation at the start of the Confederations Cup, it was hard to find a journalist to say, never mind write, a good word about the Brazilian.
Matters did improve to a certain extent after the tournament as Bafana Bafana [...]

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Michael Owen has been a polemic figure throughout his career. At 29 years of age many critics claim that he is already past his prime; that his work rate has slowed, his injuries have multiplied and his goal scoring has come to a shuddering halt. Others believe that his best is yet to come; that [...]

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Following the warning given to Bilardo to make sure that Carlos Tevez and Zabaleta didn’t play for Manchester City before such crucial World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay, the coach of the Argentine national team, Diego Maradona, affirmed that he hasn’t liked several things since he was appointed, and that he will have to [...]

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Manchester United have just claimed their third consecutive Premier League title, suggesting their dominance of English football is as strong as it ever has been. How can Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal close the gap on the champions next season? Liverpool are the challengers with the most momentum. This year they mounted their first ever serious [...]

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There’s nothing quite like the buzz and thrill of expectancy when your club announces a new signing. Let’s face it, it doesn’t matter if you follow a team in the lowest echelons of the Conference South or one of the European superpowers at completely the other end of the spectrum, you just can’t beat that [...]

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Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has ended speculation over his future at Anfield by signing a new deal that will keep him at the club until 2014.
The 48-year-old put pen to paper after protracted negotiations which put a doubt over his tenure at the club.
But Benitez said: “My heart is with Liverpool, so I’m delighted to [...]

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Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it’s not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation.
English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the “50 [...]

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So Arsenal’s half-year finances are out and in all fairness, for being in a recession, they did pretty damn good. When you generate more match day revenue (an increase of 3.3 million to 44.4 million pounds), more television revenue (an increase of 4.5 million to 28.9 million pounds), and end up with a bigger pre-tax [...]

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