I have a proposal that could make cup finals - all cup finals - better. Here it is: No suspensions. It’s the UEFA Cup Final later today, but both Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen will be...

Seven stories from the past week on The Offside and World Cup Blog front pages. These World Cup bids need a tagline Definitely not the man for the big occasion Too much too soon for MLS? The...

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I was heartbroken about the 4-0 thrashing Bordeaux laid down on little Cinderella team Vannes? And I was lamenting the fact that we rarely get the happy...

All the cool kids are doing it. Orange will be broadcasting the first ever football match in 3D for a select few this weekend when Lyon take on PSG at the Stade Gerland. Screens will be setup...

So far, not so good for Alan Shearer’s attempt to rescue Newcastle United from relegation. Big Al has taken just one point from the first possible nine, and Newcastle are four points away from...

They must fall. And so four games in, the Champions League contenders and pretenders have been separated fallen into place for the group stage which, a few spots aside, could’ve been drawn up in August by a blind chimp and his serf, a man who tans....

While all were oohing and aahing over Barcelona’s sex on a pitch football and the free-spending ways of Florentino Perez returning to Madrid, the biggest difference maker in Spanish football was lurking under the Spanish limelight. In fact it was...

This clip really needs little introduction: The England female team*, a team which is miles more attractive than the male side (even more so than the strike duo of Crouchy and Rooney, contrary to popular belief), strips off their kits after a practice...

Earlier in the week we mentioned Johan Cruijff’s return to the sidelines for the Catalonia national team. In the process, a certain sentence spilled across the page which could possibly ignite a spirited debate. And by spirited debate I mean chairs...

Tires are no match for Wayne Rooney. Fixing the SPL in a Dutch…vacuum. (Inside Left) Robin Van Persie could be the new Raul. (Theory not as outlandish as it sounds.) (SoccerLens) Nigerian U17 captain a sprightly 25. (The Spoiler) The lingo of...