The mystery surrounding the death of Wales coach Gary Speed unraveled somewhat today at the official inquest.
While the coroner concluded there was not enough hard evidence to record a deliberate suicide, instead of just a cry for help presumably, we did learn that Speed and his wife had been having problems in their marriage and had rowed on the night he died.

The other day, Corey alerted everyone to a claim over at socawarriors.net stating that former Trinidad and Tobago youth international Jamal Gay would be a New England Revolution player by the end of the month. At the time of posting, no Revolution officials were available for comment. Sources from inside the organization have since made contact with TBM.

Il Damiano Tommasi uomo c'entra pochissimo con il calcio italiano, nonostante abbia giocato ad altissimo livello e adesso sia il presidente dell'Associazione Calciatori. E' un complimento, nel caso non si fosse capito. Per questo può permettersi il lusso di dire ogni tanto la verit , anche quando non suona esattamente progressista.

Il Damiano Tommasi uomo c'entra pochissimo con il calcio italiano, nonostante abbia giocato ad altissimo livello e adesso sia il presidente dell'Associazione Calciatori. E' un complimento, nel caso non si fosse capito. Per questo può permettersi il lusso di dire ogni tanto la verit , anche quando non suona esattamente progressista.

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In a week when FIFA president Sepp Blatter was embroiled in yet another scandal: this time about race, we report on four of the many controversies that FIFA's leader has been involved in.

In a week when FIFA president Sepp Blatter was embroiled in yet another scandal: this time about race, we report on four of the many controversies that FIFA's leader has been involved in.

Their Words Well, you got a guy coming in on Wednesday who's certainly been doing it for a long time at Man United. Sigi Schmid, on his contract extension. Other Sources For U.S. soccer, it's a woman's world - from The LA Times' David Wharton: It wasn't just bold talk. So What If Soccer Isn't a Big Deal Here?

Manuel Neuer last week did a rather big thing, urging gay footballers to come out. This made headlines all over the world, where in most cases, the intended point was accurately put across.

Only in South America, the translations, as so often happens in this global sport, got somewhat lost in translation: a couple of headlines broke the news that Neuer himself had confessed to being gay.