Brazil's Fluminense Football Club is a Rio de Janeiro-based soccer team that currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian football the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Featuring former FC Barcelona,...

It has passed without too much attention that Arsenal's 'Invincibles' of 2003/04 were last week named the best team of the Premier League 20-year awards. A fine achievement considering some strong opposition down the years, but also very much deserved, with the team of Vieira, Pires, Bergkamp and Henry playing possibly the finest football this land has seen on the way to their unbeaten title triumph that year.

Usually referred to as FC Lorient or Les Merlus, FC Lorient Bretagne Sud is a French soccer club based in Lorient, Brittany. The team currently campaigns in the top-tier of...

With West Ham's promotion to the Premier League yesterday, the 2011/2012 Championship season finally came to an end. Despite having had three weeks to mull over Ipswich Town's year, I still haven't come to a conclusion on how I feel about it. It's been disappointing, that much is clear. But even the pessimistic of fans would be hard pressed to deny that we (when I say we I man Paul Jewell) have learnt a few lessons and the side HAS progressed form this time 12 months ago.

The Portuguese claimed his seventh league title in 10 years last week as he led Real Madrid to Liga success over Barcelona. Is he now the best trainer to ever grace the game?
Ben Hayward writes of Mourinho's most recent accomplishments, and tries to gauge where he sits historically now among the world's greatest coaches.

Stephen Hunt has spoken of his excitement and the ‘buzz' surrounding the build up to Ireland's trip to the Euro 2012 finals in Poland next month.
Speaking to Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh on the Over The Line podcast Hunt spoke of his ‘unbelievable memories' of watching Ireland during the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the 2002 world Cup in Japan, and his hope of emulating the player s of previous campaigns.

Part 34 of our Great Teams series sees us welcome Jonathan Rodgers, a long time fan of Derby County. Here, he recalls one of the great Baseball Ground campaigns - always a fiendishly difficult place to visit as an away fan and a place that simply oozed character, history and tradition. Jonathan can be followed on Twitter at @popsider It's started already.

The end of a 116 year wait draws ever closer. Hearts, Hibs and the Scottish Cup final. Excitement is growing, nerves are jangling.
I'm delighted to welcome Laurie Dunsire back to the blog to give a Hearts fan's view of why the stakes are so high and why this is a game that will mean so much to families across Edinburgh and beyond.

Clube Atlético Mineiro, often called Galo ("Rooster" in Portuguese after the club' nickname), is a Brazilian soccer team that currently campaigns in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Atlético's sole league...

Dietmar Hamann has warned Liverpool's owners to get things right this summer, or face a decade away from the Champions League.
Liverpool endured a dreadful league campaign under Kenny Dalglish, finishing eighth behind neighbours Everton. The Reds' 2011-12 performance represents their worst finish for nearly 20 years.

The biggest derby for decades, or of all time, will be played this evening, with the title more than likely going to whichever team wins tonight.

Danny Pugsley from the excellent City blog, Bitter and Blue, has given his thoughts on the season.

Scott the Red: City were 8 points clear and are now 3 points behind.

The Premier League is partnering with sponsors such as Sky Sports and ESPN to launch marketing activity celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Esporte Clube Vitória, usually called just Vitória, is a Brazilian soccer team from Salvador in Bahia. The club currently campaigns in the second tier of Brazilian soccer, the Campeonato Brasileiro...

Euro 2012: The big preview - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Euro 2012 will see the continent's leading nations go head-to-head for glory this summer in Ukraine and Poland. With the first game only just over two months away and domestic club campaigns across Europe starting to draw to a close, all eyes are heading towards the competition in eastern Europe.

Andy Carroll could have moved to Sunderland for free during his time at Newcastle, according to Magpies assistant John Carver.
The Black Cats were allegedly interested in signing a young Carroll before he was given his chance by the then academy boss in 2004.
The big striker went on to repay the faith shown in him by scoring more than 30 goals for the Tyneside club after his first-team breakthrough.

Mars is set to launch a £4.3m multimedia marketing campaign to promote its official partnership with the England football team during UEFA Euro 2012.

The New York Red Bulls and FC Dallas kick off their 2012 MLS campaigns today in Frisco, Texas in a rematch of last year's Western Conference Wild Card Game (3pm, NBC Sports).

The Red Bulls will look to duplicate the success it had at the FC Dallas Stadium, but will face a tougher test against an FC Dallas side that revamped its squad in pre-season.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger felt necessary to congratulate his players after what has been perhaps the most impressive performance Arsenal put on all season. Even though they didn't have the best of campaigns, we have to admit that they absolutely 100% deserved to go through to the next round after an amazing performance and [.

Premier League club Arsenal is exploring the use of location-based marketing to target fans with relevant offers depending on whether they are at the stadium or not.

It's easy as sports fans to demand certain things from our teams... especially coverage of games. Unfortunately, as women's soccer fans we can't always get what we want. I'll be the first to admit that I enjoy harassing the USWNT (US Women's National Team) media team via Twitter to stream domestic games online when they aren't on television.

Champions League knockout stage action continues Tuesday with some very interesting matches on the decks. Tomorrow, Chelsea travel to Naples to take on high flying Napoli while CSKA Moscow will host Real Madrid at the Arena Khimki.

Of course, attention will be on Chelsea as they seek to turn around their dismal performances in their domestic campaigns.

By Phil Gregory

After a tight win over Sunderland, our quest for the top four received a timely boost with another poor result on Chelsea's behalf. With the return of the Champions League however, such issues take a back seat. Previous tumultuous league campaigns for the Arsenal have resulted in good runs in the Champions [.

Lanús and champions Boca Juniors both began their 2012 Torneo Clausura title campaigns on Friday night, the opening evening of the new championship in Argentina. Both won: Boca beat Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 2-0 in La Bombonera, Darío Cvitanich and ... Continue reading →

verrückt!! There's nothing quite like a goofy footballer pretending to be an overzealous fan and you can count on Germany and Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller to do it! As the Euro 2012 approaches, the German National Team have been hard at work rolling out campaigns to drum up home support, launching new jerseys (ironically, it's back to 1972′s away green kit!

It's a pretty futile task to find any headlines other than those pertaining to the question of the England manager's job this morning but is it inevitable that Harry Redknapp is about to step into Fabio Capello's expensive Italian shoes?

Virtually every newspaper and sports website is covering this and there are so many different claims as to what, if anything, has already been decided.

Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba, is a Brazilian soccer team from Curitiba, Paraná. Coritiba currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian football – the Campeonato Brasileiro Série...

Forgive me for any emotion, but I love Nottingham Forest. And Nigel Doughty saved my club. After buying the club for £11 million in 1999 after the club had entered administration, Doughty ploughed £100 million of his own money into the club, allowing Forest to mount a series of playoff campaigns in an effort to [.

Official D.C. United Press Release:
D.C. United acquires forward Hamdi Salihi as Designated Player
28-year old Albanian international has scored 163 goals in 289 professional matches
Washington, D.C. (February 2, 2012) – D.C. United announced today the club has signed 28-year old forward Hamdi Salihi as a Designated Player.

Chunnam Dragons ( 남 드래곤즈) is a soccer club founded in 1995 from the Korean city of Gwangyang. The club currently campaigns in the top-tier of soccer in South Korea, the...

Manchester City Football Club has become the first Premier League team to create virtual avatars of their superstars Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Samir Nasri as part of a new International digital marketing campaign, City Fan Cam

Carlsberg announced that it has today appointed Peter Schmeichel, legendary former goalkeeper for Denmark and Manchester United, as its global ambassador for the duration of the brand's UEFA EURO 2012™ campaign

Nike have unveiled a new short film featuring four of the African continents brightest talents, who represent the future, and who are a new generation of African footballers who aim to lead the African football revolution

Citroën UK and Arsenal Football Club have produced a series of cinemagraphs, subtly animated images, featuring New Citroën DS5 and first team players Mikel Arteta, Laurent Koscielny and Robin van Persie.

Figueirense Futebol Clube, usually called Figueirense, is a Brazilian soccer team based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Nicknamed Figueira (The Fig Tree). the club currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian...

PUMA has launched a new programme that gives a unique cultural insight into the world of African football through the eyes of high profile PUMA partnered players.

Guardian: Kenny Dalglish: It's rubbish to say Liverpool are not fighting racism

• Luis Suárez T-shirt stunt was 'interpreted wrongly' • Liverpool 'will always support' battle against racism Kenny Dalglish has said that it is "utterly rubbish" to suggest that defending Luis Suárez against racism accusations showed Liverpool are not interested in fighting racism.

Budweiser has signed up football managers Sam Allardyce and Ian Holloway to star in radio ads highlighting its sponsorship of the FA Cup

Sporting Clube de Braga, commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese soccer club from the city of Braga. The club currently campaigns in the top-tier of Portuguese soccer, the Portuguese Liga. Featuring a roster that features no less than thirteen Brazilian players, Braga is currently in fourth place in the [.

Goals, goals, goals. With Liverpool wasting chance after chance, profligacy to blame for home draws with Norwich, Swansea, and Sunderland as well as away losses to Stoke and Fulham, the number of goals scored has become both millstone and mantra, a clear problem in obvious need of fixing, the major fault keeping the side from reaching its full potential.

By Alan Duffy

Demoralised Manchester United fans had feared the worst after their captain, Nemanja Vidic, was stretchered off during that disastrous Champions League exit in Basel during the week. And now, those fears have been realised, with Sir Alex Ferguson revealing that the Serbian centre-half would miss the rest of the season with knee ligament damage.