The league is over. Chelsea are champions. How fitting the title would be secured by a dubious penalty award and a 1-0 victory. A certain former player spoke of the genius of Jose Mayweather – as good a name…
Barcelona experienced a fierce level of threat from Valencia, but managed to win 2-0 and make sure they stayed in top spot over Real Madrid who saw off Malaga. The victory means Barca maintain their two-point lead over Real…
Runaway leaders Juventus took another important step towards the Serie A title as they eased to a 2-0 win over second-placed Lazio on Saturday. Earlier, Sampdoria were held to a goalless draw at home by relegation-threatened Cesena, despite playing…
This coming weekend could well see the crowning of Bayern Munich as Bundesliga champions for the third year running. Three points at home against Hertha Berlin is all that is required after last weekend’s workmanlike win at Hoffenheim stretched…
Last weekend’s abbreviated fixture list left me feeling shortchanged. Six Premier League fixtures is hardly enough to sustain my appetite, while the FA Cup left a bad aftertaste in the mouth. Arsenal will face Aston Villa in the final…
Real Madrid have turned their form around and successfully won their last three games in dominating fashion, outscoring their opponents, 14-1. Iker Casillas appears to be a brick wall in front of the net, Cristiano Ronaldo is doing Cristiano…
In surely the biggest upset of the season, bottom dwellers Parma edged log leaders Juventus 1-0 at home. However, Roma failed to capitalize on that defeat as they settled for a 1-1 stalemate at Torino. Lazio made no mistake…
The past weekend brought with it a volatile set of fixtures as far as the Bundesliga was concerned. No less than 36 yellow cards and three reds were shown across the nine matches. Two Hamburg players are set to…
Manchester City are in crisis. Thoroughly whipped by their city-rivals, Manuel Pellegrini’s side are now nervously looking over their shoulder. Surely time is up for the cool Chilean. Sheikh Mansour has invested over a billion pounds into the football…
The Nedbank Cup reaches its quarter-final stage this weekend with some exciting clashes lined-up. With Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates crashing out in the last 16, league champions Mamelodi Sundowns will be looking to make no mistakes…