1. Predictions for Top Goal Scorers in Olympics

    The men’s football tournament at the London 2012 Olympics will boast a glittering array of attacking talent—a good amount of it being providing by Brazil...

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  2. Clint Dempsey and Fabio Borini Set to Spearhead Rodgers' Liverpool Revolution

    New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is about to reveal his opening hand in the transfer market. Speculation abounds, but the weight of it suggests he will pick up Clint Dempsey and Fabio Borini and throw away Andy Carroll...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 10 months ago 30,823 reads 71 comments

  3. Adidas Releases Fan Film of Euro 2012 Final Between Spain and Italy

    Adidas have celebrated Spain's Euro 2012 triumph by releasing a short film that captures its Final success against Italy from the perspective of Spanish fans watching the game in Kiev, Ukraine...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 10 months ago 2,979 reads 5 comments

  4. Didier Drogba's Champions League Final Goal Has Shaped Chelsea's Destiny

    The Allianz Arena in Munich—May 19, 2012. Chelsea trail Bayern Munich 1-0, with two minutes remaining, and are staring down defeat in a Champions League final that has passed them by...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 10 months ago 8,091 reads 29 comments

  5. C-Word Takeover: John Terry Racism Trial Highlights Football's Language Barrier

    John Terry 's racism trial was always going to be an unsavory affair for English football. The Chelsea and England defender stands accused of a racially-aggravated public order ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 10 months ago 5,451 reads 35 comments

  6. Neymar, Suarez, Mata, Cavani, Alba: Olympics Football Brings the X Factor

    Maybe it's the contrived qualifying format? Or the contrived makeup of the squads—with their three designated "overage" players? Or maybe it's the notion that a gold medal should perch at the pinnacle of a sport, not be draped over the foothills...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 10 months ago 2,574 reads 4 comments

  7. Robin Van Persie's Looming Exit Reinforces a Depressing Reality for Arsenal

    Robin van Persie has grown tired of Arsenal 's failure to match his ambition. After eight years, the last seven of which have come and gone without a trophy, the Dutchman announced on Wednesday he will not be signing a new contract...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 6,651 reads 15 comments

  8. Andre Villas-Boas Arrives at Spurs a Wiser Manager for His Chelsea Nightmare

    They say you learn far more in defeat than victory, and in the case of Andre Villas-Boas , Tottenham must believe they've hired a better-qualified manager than the one who failed at Chelsea ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 5,448 reads 12 comments

  9. ESPN Ratings for Euro 2012 Demonstrate Soccer's Growing Reach in America

    (Updated—July 3, 3 p.m. Eastern) ESPN's coverage of Sunday's Euro 2012 final between Spain and Italy drew an average U.S. audience of 4.068 million viewers —up eight percent on the 3...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 8,767 reads 40 comments

  10. Spain's Euro 2012 Winners vs. Brazil's 1970 World Cup Winners: Head-to-Head

    Spain's Euro 2012 triumph delivered an historic third successive major title for La Roja and has everybody in football debating whether they can now be deemed the greatest international team of all time...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 4,799 reads 50 comments

  11. Spain's Historic Euro 2012 Triumph States Their Case as Greatest of All Time

    Spain's ascension to the footballing heavens is complete. By winning a historic third successive major tournament at Euro 2012 , Spain put their argument as the greatest international team in history...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 22,824 reads 260 comments

  12. Spain vs. Italy: Euro 2012 Final Preview and Prediction

    Euro 2012 has reached its crescendo. Spain and Italy are the last teams standing, and on Sunday they will come together in a clash of footballing cultures that will have a global audience in the hundreds of millions hanging on their every pass...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 25,763 reads 244 comments

  13. Pirlo vs. Xavi, Iniesta and Alonso: Clash of the Pass Masters in Euro 2012 Final

    The Andrea Pirlo exhibition at Euro 2012 began with a drop of the shoulder and an exquisite pass to set up Antonio Di Natale for Italy's opening goal of the tournament...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 9,289 reads 44 comments

  14. Heartbreak for Ronaldo and Portugal as Stubborn Spain Reach Euro 2012 Final

    Spain won't wake up to plaudits for their team's beautiful football tomorrow morning, but that won't matter a tiki-taka tot to a nation that finds itself in a third successive major final at Euro 2012 ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 8,901 reads 72 comments

  15. Germany 1-2 Italy: Balotelli's Double Sets Up Italy-Spain Euro 2012 Final

    Euro 2012 —Semifinal, National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland . GERMANY 1-2 ITALY (FULLTIME) Goals : Balotelli (Italy) 20', 36', Ozil (Germany) 90+2'—pen Lineups ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 18,660 reads 156 comments

  16. Spain's Tiki-Taka Dynasty Is 2 Games Away from Achieving True Greatness

    The public approval rating of Spain's national football team has run an entirely predictable course since 2008—the year they began their tiki-taka takeover of the world. At UEFA Euro 2008, the romantics among us willed them on...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 5,075 reads 28 comments

  17. Euro 2012 Semifinals Predictions

    Four teams are still alive at Euro 2012 , and this week, those four will become two. Fortunately for fans, both semifinals promise classic matchups. The first semifinal is an all-Iberian showdown between Spain and Portugal...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 20,416 reads 77 comments

  18. England Deserved Their Predictable Penalty Death to Italy at Euro 2012

    England hurts tonight. It hurts because for the sixth time in the football nation's wretched recent history, its team have been sent home from a major tournament after losing a penalty shootout...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 18,484 reads 145 comments

  19. Irresistible Ronaldo Puts Portugal in the Semifinals at Euro 2012

    It was 79 minutes coming, but Cristiano Ronaldo would not be denied his grandstand moment in Portugal's Euro 2012 quarterfinal win against the Czech Republic. Ronaldo had already hit the post twice...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 17,675 reads 147 comments

  20. Germany 4-2 Greece: As It Happened

    Euro 2012 Quarterfinal—PGE Arena, Gdansk, Poland . GERMANY 4-2 GREECE (Fulltime) Goals : Lahm (Germany) 39', Samaras (Greece) 55', Khedira (Germany) 61', Klose (Germany) ...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 10,113 reads 79 comments

  21. Euro 2012: Ranking the Quarterfinalists

    With the group stage completed, Euro 2012 is down to its final eight teams and into the knockout stages. From here, it's win or go home. Tied games will go to extra time and then, if necessary, penalty shootouts...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 10,619 reads 73 comments

  22. Hodgson's England Dare to Dream They Can Toil All the Way to Euro 2012 Glory

    Take that purists. England have won their group and are through to the quarterfinals of Euro 2012 . It wasn't pretty. Theirs was not the way of the tiki-taka...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 6,505 reads 79 comments

  23. World Football Transfer Rumors: Fact or Fiction?

    Another week, another batch of sensational transfer rumours to keep us guessing. We start with a Polish international striker who may or may not be bound for Manchester United...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 29,880 reads 26 comments

  24. Ukraine vs. England: Marko Devic Enters Goal-Line Technology Hall of Shame

    Euro 2012 may well be the last major tournament before goal-line technology is introduced , but that won't come as a consolation for Ukraine's Marko Devic, or the host nation's devastated fans for that matter...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 21,980 reads 95 comments

  25. Rooney's Redemption Looms Large as England Prepare for Ukraine at Euro 2012

    Wayne Rooney is almost unrecognisable from the troubled man who failed at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. And we're not just talking about the superficial business of his hair transplant, either...

    Will Tidey Written by Will Tidey about 11 months ago 5,298 reads 10 comments