Monthly Archives: November 2008

Lyon has won the last seven French titles, but suffered a rare loss at the weekend, 1-0 at Paris St. Germain. The team is still five points clear at the top, but lost defender Anthony Reveillere with a suspected torn knee ligament, and forward Juninho to a red card for a violent tackle.

Australian national team defender Craig Moore returned to action for the Australian A-League’s Queensland Roar at the weekend just 12 days after undergoing surgery for testicular cancer. His team beat Perth Glory, 4-1.

U.S. defender Jay DeMerit has a new manager at Championship side Watford. Former Chelsea reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers succeeds Aidy Boothroyd, who left earlier this month. Former West Ham United fullback Frank Lampard Sr., father of the Chelsea and England midfielder, was named the team’s “football consultant.”

“The network will employ 20 cameras, including two super slo-mos and a blimp camera. Its all-axis technology will provide a virtual replay that will enable game analysts to use graphic telestrations to highlight the locations and movements of the players to help explain plays in more detail.” Jack Bell previewed ESPN’s extensive camera technology for […]

“This year he’s grown by leaps and bounds. His leadership on the field has improved. His willingness to handle the ball and have the ball, his defensive ability has never been in question and now you can say he’s the most dangerous player in the league on set pieces.” Columbus Crew coach Sigi Schmid on […]

The question of whether or not South Africa will be prepared to host the 2010 World Cup should now be forgotten, according to a leading FIFA official. Speaking at Soccerex ’08 in Johannesburg Monday, FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke said that although there were still some issues to be resolved, the general feeling was positive. […]

The absent William Gallas was a larger part of the story behind Arsenal’s 3-0 weekend defeat at Manchester City than any of the players actually on the field. Now Gallas, suspended from both the captaincy and the City game by manager Arsene Wenger after he criticized Arsenal’s young players, will return to the side for […]

Three years ago, Brazil’s Sao Paulo beat Liverpool in the final of the World Club Cup, prompting legendary Brazilian TV commentator Galvao Bueno to keep repeating the phrase, “You don’t have to be a giant to play football.” It was, writes Tim Vickery, an articulation of Brazilian nationalist sentiment, saying that Liverpool “might have the […]

With Bayern Munich clearly interested in the prospect of signing Landon Donovan, the German champion’s unsettled striker Lukas Podolski has stated anew that he wants to leave. The German national team forward has been unsettled at Bayern ever since moving from Cologne in the summer of 2006, and has rarely been a first-choice forward for […]

Michael Arace hails the Columbus Crew’s first MLS title as “the biggest professional trophy ever brought to Columbus.” And Guillermo Barros Schelotto, MVP of both the season and the final, “should now be mentioned with other great athletes who’ve plied their trade in Columbus, including Heisman Trophy winners, Rose Bowl heroes, national players of the […]