Manchester United faces a major injury concern as the duo of Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa sustained injuries during their country’s World Cup qualifies. Van Persie sustained a thigh injury during Holland’s defeat over Hungary and was taken off the field during the match. Dutch coach Louis van Gaal however played down any seriousness [...]
Reports in some Chinese media have been speculating a possible sale of former Chelsea stars Didier Drogba and Nikolas Anelka from Shanghai Shenhua over ownership equity row. Shanghai Shenhua Chairman Zhu Jun, who holds a 28.5 percent stake, would only pay his share of the club’s daily costs if his demands for greater control were [...]
FIFA has formerly announced the opening of yet another investigation case against Bin Hammam barely a month after the Court of Arbitration for Sports overturned his life ban. The investigation was opened by Michael Garcia, the former U.S. attorney who was appointed last month to head the investigatory chamber of the ethics committee responsible for [...]
In a surprised and embarrassing judgement to football’s governing body FIFA the Court of Arbitration for Sports has annulled the life ban imposed on Mohamed Bin Hammam. According to the Press Association, Bin Hammam has not been proven innocent by CAS the appeal has been upheld on the grounds of a lack of evidence. Fifa [...]
The Russian Football Union has named former England manager Fabio Capello as their new national team coach. The 66-year-old Italian’s new appointment was announced by RFU’s acting President Nikita Simonyan. “We have decided to name Fabio Capello as the new manager of our national team. We await him in Moscow over the next few days [...]
After a trophyless season at Al Asl Diego Maradona has been sacked as the manager of the United Arab Emirates side. Maradona’s fate had long been expected after the club finished eighth in a disappointing League campaign as well as the subsequent resignation of the entire club’s board members. Al Wasl in an official statement [...]
The big spending Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua’s owner Jun Zhu has announced that talks to get Drogba to sign for the club in the summer is going “as planned”. Didier Drogba who helped Chelsea win their first ever Champions League title announced on Tuesday he will be exiting the London club in the summer following [...]
FIFA former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam will have to wait for two more months to have a verdict on his life time ban appeal to the court of Arbitration for sport. The former FIFA top wig was accused of bribery where it was alleged that Caribbean voters were offered 40,000 bribe last May to [...]
The Federation of International Football FIFA has announced it will launch an investigation into the World Cup qualifying match between Bahrain and Indonesia in which Bahrain won 10-0. “Fifa will conduct a routine examination of this game and its result, the unusual outcome in relation to the result expectation and head-to-head history – and in [...]
Japanese striker Kisho Yano has returned to his old home Albirex Niigata after two seasons with Bundesliga outfit Freiburg, the J-League first-division side said Wednesday. The 27-year-old moved to the German league from Niigata in August 2010 after briefly playing for Japan in the World Cup in South Africa when the Blue Samurai reached the [...]
