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...

[101gg] I like the benefit of the doubt. Often times I give it for absolutely no reason at all. I’d like to believe that Uruguay’s Oli is secretly part canine and the Swiss keeper was emitting a high-pitched shriek which only Oli could hear and be...

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, a time to eat food and give thanks. (Unless you’re a turkey, in which case you do neither.) About a week ago, I contacted all the Offside and World Cup Blog bloggers and asked them what football...

Doncaster Rovers are the new Barcelona. Life, Love, and Football in Kenya. (Football Is Coming Home) Rafa, if he cared about such things as “face”. (Studs Up) Luis Suarez’s assault on the history books. (ESPN) The “barçasmugometer”....

Philipp Lahm and Anatoliy Tymoschuck look to the Champions League knockouts……way, way, way over there. Champions League Day 5 Group Stage

Quick: name the last three Asian Player of the Year winners. You can’t, can you? One maybe? I managed last year’s winner Djeparov, but my spelling was suspect and I only knew the name because of his ridiculous mullet-cum-bangs. The last three is...