All posts tagged Cristiano Ronaldo
Siyabonga Ntshingila
Beer (Ciders and Wine are for sissies and anti-football) One sip A sip everytime somebody makes a cringeworthy joke about the "calabash" Carlos Alberto Parreira calls the vuvuzela "our 12th player" Somebody at FIFA/SAPS/Supersport denounces a b...
Joseph Misika
This past decade has been one of the most exciting in soccer but it also had some sad moments. Controversy also wasn't far off, I will try to cover as much for what happened this past decade. The decade was kicked off and closed by Real...
Lungani Zama
Forget the Thierry Henry of Arsenal days. Forget the mazy runs, the languid sprint and the delightful finishes. There is only one Henry that football will remember, and that is the cheat who popped up on Wednesday night. He used to be revered as ...
Joseph Misika
Tonight marks a defining moment in the return of "European nights", also known as the Champions League -- the best continental championship in the world right now. This season's final is going to be held at Real Madrid's homeground, the Santiago Bern...
Joseph Misika
In exactly 273 days from now the world will be descending on South Africa for the 2010 soccer World Cup while some of the world's best soccer talent will be feeling a little disgruntled in front of their top-of-the-range HDTV televisions where they'l...
Joseph Misika
Is their success at luring talent and the financial success of the English Premier League turning English clubs into victims? Fifa recently gave Chelsea a 12-month ban on any transfer activity for "tapping" or inducing Gael Kakuta from French club Le...
Justin Lawrence
Champions -- Chelsea The master plan of Roman Abramovich has been threatening for three seasons now and with the Blues under the management of Carlo Ancelotti, they might just have the bottle to take the Premier League title away from United, who ...
Adam Wakefield
In a surprising twist to the story that happens every year during the transfer window, not all is well at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid, flush with fresh and expensively shipped-in talent, have a simmering team crisis on their hands ... and the ...
Lungani Zama
It's been most amusing hearing various reactions to Michael Owen's surprise switch to Old Trafford. Be it Liverpool fans fuming at the thought of their former idol wearing the red of the "Mancs", to United fans who are scratching their head at Sir Al...
Joseph Misika
We have seen time and again at Old Trafford that no man is bigger than the club. Players have come and gone and it's been clear that there's no room for egos. The only ego that counts and is allowed is Sir Alex Ferguson's. Ferguson has said that Manc...
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