Liverpool's Champions League hopes got a beating when they conceded a 90th minute goal to Lyon's Lisandro in their encounter last night. Just seven minutes back, Ryan Babel had done his bit and put the Reds in the lead. With this 1-1 draw, Lyon enter the last 16 while Liverpool still five points behind second [. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid came into this game knowing that they were yet to beat Milan in their own backyard, and that is how the record stayed, as the sides finished the game level-pegging. Having lost to late goals in the Santiago Bernabeu in the last fixture of this competition, the Spanish club started strongly to right the [. Click to continue reading...

Sam Story Samueltstory@gmail.com Staff Writer Ah, yes. Day four of the Champions League group stage beckons and there are some riveting story lines to tell. Why wait? -David Beckham is heading back to Milan on loan: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8326285.stm - Steven Gerrard misses the return match against Lyon in a near must-win match: http://news. Click to continue reading...

Too many errors from the goalies and a superb game play from AC Milan ensured that they dumped Real Madrid 3-2 in their Champions League encounter last night. Brazilian forward Pato who scored twice was the star for AC Milan as he proved too good for the Real keeper Iker Casillas. Playing at [...] Click to continue reading...

Chelsea came out of a disappointing weekend in the Premier League at Villa Park with an emphatic 4-0 over Athletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge. The attack from the Londoners in their Group D encounter was relentless, as Ivory Coast International, Salomon Kalou scored in both the halves. Lampard scored one of the other goals, whereas Luis [. Click to continue reading...

.The Czech Republic got a 2-0 victory over Poland on Oct 10 in a home match at Sparta Stadium. The first half of the match was uneventful. In the first half goalkeeper, Peter Cech saved a closed one to one shot by Irenuesz Jelen in the 33 rd minute. After a few minutes, a goal [...] Click to continue reading...

.AC Milan's woes continued, as they suffered yet another defeat at San Siro in the Group stages of the Champions League. Even though the Italian Club had the better of the possession and looked the stronger side on show, FC Zurich edged past them through a back-heeled goal from Finnish Defender, Hannu Tihinen. Click to continue reading...

. Arsenal travelled to Belgium in order to face Standard de Liege in the opening game of the Champions League. The game began with a rude awakening for the Gunners, as they had fallen behind by two goals within the first five minutes. An early goal by Eliaquim Mangala was capped off by a penalty by Milan [. Click to continue reading...

Por Sebastián Dulbeca
Prueba de agudeza visual: si el escudo está en su sitio -a la altura del corazón, dispuesto para ser besuqueado- compitiendo en tamaño con la pirámide de Adidas, flanqueados por la bandera-pin de España que tanto gusta en Europa a Del Nido y por el muy de la Iniciativa Dharma sello de homenaje del Bernabéu, ¿que falta en la camiseta grisoscurocasinegro con la que Cristiano, Kaka & Cía. Click to continue reading...

.Motta Milito (penalty) Maicon Stankovic Gattuso sent off for Inter Milan Battle Inter win against AC Watch Video Highlights originally appeared on ø Soccer & Football Blog - Premiership News ø on August 29, 2009. Click to continue reading...

.Somewhat overshadowed by the Milan Derby is the game between Juventus and Roma. While it won't be as universally appreciated as the match at the San Siro it promises to be gripping and important nonetheless; not least because both teams fancy themselves to mount a serious title challenge this season. Click to continue reading...

Earlier today I was looking around the football news websites to find a suitable topic on which to write on. I came across the Serie A news and one thing struck me when I glimpsed at the table for the 2009/10 season; Torino weren't there. I'll be honest and admit that I didn't catch much [...] Click to continue reading...

John Mikel Obi has committed to a five year deal with Chelsea, his current club. The midfielder joined Chelsea in 2006 from Lyn Oslo and will now be here till 2014. Mikel has been a known face in the Blues side and this deal will ensure that he is a common sight in the midfields [...] Click to continue reading...

Barcelona and Inter Milan have reportedly agreed to a swap of Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Samuel Eto'o plus cash. This has come after few days of speculation on the swap news and the amount in question will be in the likes of ₤35 Million plus. The Cameroon International had also wooed earlier by Megabucks Manchester city but [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have ended their interest in Barcelona's star striker Samuel Eto'o. The former has made a ₤25 Million bid for the Cameroon International and rumours were ripe after Barca were also prepared to let him leave. But the wait and watch game has ended as the player could not make up his mind. Click to continue reading...

Emmanuel Adebayor has come under the spotlight in recent times, since he has been publicly acknowledged as a probable reinforcement to Italian giants AC Milan. The club from the peninsula has been chasing a host of forwards in order to boost their strike force, and players like Luis Fabiano, Peter Crouch, as well as Klaas [. Click to continue reading...

Hands up if you were cheering on the USA against Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final...... I was too. It would have been great to see an upset and despite Brazil getting themselves the win in the end it was still a great show from the USA to end Spain's record equalling run without a [...] Click to continue reading...

This Confederations Cup is good isn't it? Well, it's not actually that great but it will do until the proper football arrives. Italy's unlikely exit has been the highlight so far without a doubt.

Italy have the look of an aging team and with little in the way of flair coming through the ranks and they definitely look a side to oppose at next summer's World Cup despite the bookies still making them 14/1 shots.

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Brazil and AC Milan superstar Kaka is having a medical ahead of a proposed world record £56 million transfer to Real Madrid. Madrid representatives headed to Brazil were Kaka is currently on international duty, ahead of Brazil's clash with Paraguay on Wednesday night.

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Por Miguel Bujalance
El Steaua de Bucarest llevaba un lustro desafiando al fútbol occidental. Había vencido contra pronóstico al Barça en la final continental (1986), lo que le convirtió en el primer equipo del bloque comunista en ganar la Copa de Europa. Intentó repetir tres años después, pero fue barrido por el Milán de Sacchi. Click to continue reading...

With the Barclays� Premier League as the most popular football league in the world, well ahead of the Spanish La Liga and the Italian Serie A , you think of the best players playing in all the major football leagues of the world immediately you will recall three youngsters who often impress us by their skills and ball control.

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Anything that Cristiano Ronaldo can do, so can Emmanuel Adebayor, according to his biggest fan - himself! Never mind the speculation surounding the Togolese striker's potential move to Milan, the Gunners number 25 insists that he's stayng put at The Emirates and plans to make it a season to remember next term. Click to continue reading...

Just when it appeared that Tottenham had seen off the many potential suitors of Dimitar Berbatov, along come Manchester United, rearing their undeniably ugly head. Whether or not the potential loss of Cristiano Ronaldo has jolted the English champions into action is hard to tell, although The Times reports that the Bulgarian has already been [. Click to continue reading...

Footy fans everywhere, rejoice: the player that can easily be defined as one of the best defenders ever to walk the face of this Earth, has extended his contract with AC Milan for one more year. I am talking of course of Azzurri & Rossoneri legend Paolo Maldini. At nearly 40 years of age (his birthday's on [. Click to continue reading...

The Italian word for exit is: uscita. And if Chelsea aren't careful, Italian giants AC Milan could be using the word very soon to describe the exit of Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko from Stamford Bridge. The Telegraph is reporting today that just days after AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti turned down the vacant Chelsea manager's [. Click to continue reading...

You have to give Roman Abramovich credit: Even when the chips are down on Chelsea, he still knows how to make club the center of the universe by make audacious dreamland moves at the drop of a hat and this move (like almost every other) has dreamland written all over it. Multiple sources are saying [. Click to continue reading...

Despite Robin Van Persie urging Arsenal to change their wage structure so that the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Adebayor would stay at the club, it appears that the pair are now going to stick around without doing anything so drastic. The Sun report that, despite Milan showing a great deal of interest in [. Click to continue reading...

...To nab all their players! The Times reports that the slick Portugeezer will be named manager of Inter Milan shortly, and after he rattles off some choice egg-related epigrams to the bemused Italian press, he will no doubt begin the task of bringing in some new faces to boost Inter's already obese squad. Click to continue reading...

Hugo Lloris has totally confused the media around on their ears. Four days ago, he was going to Milan. Then yesterday, he was going to Lyon. Today, he's going to Milan. But Lloris says that he'll decide where he's going tomorrow...

I think everyone who reads this blog knows that I've had my heart set on Lloris since like forever.

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The speculation surrounding the new Blues manager intensifies every day, none more so on Wednesday with the news that Roberto Mancini had been sacked by Inter. The Daily Telegraph report that back-to-back Serie A titles with the club were not enough for the Italian to keep his job, perhaps due to his inability to steer [. Click to continue reading...

The fans may not like the sound of it, but the Daily Telegraph are reporting that Merseyside neighbours Liverpool and Everton might be sharing a football ground in the not-so-distant future. Both clubs appear to be experiencing problems with potential new stadium developments and the leader of Liverpool's city council is convinced that the dream [. Click to continue reading...

On this week's good, the bad and the ugly we feature lots of winners, some losers and Joey Barton! Click on the links below to find out more about the stories we feature. Good Manchester United are the winners of the Champions League for the third time in their history after beating Chelsea on penalties. Click to continue reading...

Ex-Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini has been blabbing to the Independent about how much fun he is going to have at AC Milan, among other things claiming that the Arsenal-Milan game at the San Siro "made me shiver" and that: "I always knew that Milan would be my first choice if I were to leave Arsenal [. Click to continue reading...

This Ronaldinho saga reminds me of the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy was swept away in a fierce wind. Similarly, Ronaldhino looks to be on his way in a whirlwind of transfers out of Barcelona. Once the world's best player, he must now re-invent himself at a new club. Joan Laporta, the president of [.. Click to continue reading...

What with the mass exodus and all going on over at the Emirates, you'd think that the entire world was coming to an end around Arsène Wenger. With Flamini fleeing for AC Milan and Hleb jumping ship for Inter, the opening to the transfer season has looked as dismal as a Zenit/Rangers UEFA Cup Final. [. Click to continue reading...