Carlos Alberto Parreira began his second tenure as Bafana Bafana coach with a 0-0 draw against Japan in their international friendly encounter at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

Bafana Bafana Didn't Lose

But Bafana Bafana didn't lose!

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Because with live in a world of litigation and because people get all bent out of shape over the smallest things (that could easily be explained) and because litigation takes forever and lawyers are expensive (otherwise they wouldn't bother to take forever) and because you can get any kind of suspension lifted while you're waiting for an appeal it appears that Chelsea can do business as usual since the Court of Arbitration for Sport won't be able to set a date for a hearing until February.

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The Bucs and Browns are a combined 1-14 this season, while across the pond Manchester United stands second and Aston Villa stands eight in the Premier League standings. I know what some people are thinking, what is the connections between the four teams. The connections is simple The Browns and Aston Villa are owned by Randy Lerner, while the Bucs and Manchester United are owned by Malcolm Glazer (pictured right). Click to continue reading...

Get your vuvuzelas out and get ready for one of the best soccer matches you will see this season – Saturday it is time for a Soweto Derby and Kaizer Chiefs say they are ready to take on out of form Orlando Pirates.

Injured Bucs Captain Benson Mhlongo

Benson Mhlongo Injury Setback for the Buccaneers

Orlando Pirates boss Ruud Krol has admitted that the loss of Buccaneers captain, Benson Mhlongo will come as a big blow to his side's Soweto Derby aspirations.

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99.9% of the time I write about Premier League football on this site, but today I wanted to write about another type of football that will be showcasing its skills across the pond this Sunday at 1:00 PM Eastern U.S. time. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the New England Patriots in an NFL football game played in England today in what has become the annual NFL England match of the season.

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The other day I was reading something about the historic 19-year ineptitude of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The once proud Bucs, who can recall a rich history dating back to the 1800s and fielding such all-time greats like Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente and Mike Lavalliere, aka Spanky, are now the undisputed laughingstock of North American pro sports, especially since the Detroit Lions snapped their Click to continue reading...

Some interesting comments about Tampa's quest to host a World Cup match or two in 2018 or 2022 can be found in the St Petersburg Times.
Much of the article talks about how much better Raymond James is than the old Tampa Stadium, which was the facility that the Bay area tried to secure a 1994 host slot. Click to continue reading...

I've been derelict in blogging of late. Between podcasting, Twittering, Facebooking, working, parenting and lots of other stuff, blogging has suffered.

But these things caught my eye on this Monday:

• Women's Professional Soccer's expansion team is apparently going to be called the Independence (now when they play the Freedom, can Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck be far behind?

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded up to pick Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman in the first round of the NFL Draft yesterday - a move met with some derision around Buc Nation, apparently.

Look - sure, there are plenty of needs on this team. One of them is - and has been for a while - the quarterback position.

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