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Three quick thoughts from Nigeria's 6-1 rout of Tahiti: 1. Tahiti came to play and in doing so made history. When you have just one professional on your team and you are taking on a nation with a proud footballing heritage -- one in which the spor...

When Paulinho spoke of his admiration for Inter, I was very excited by the prospect of the club signing the Brazilian. He is a player the club have been watching for some time now and recently he has been proving his worth to the Brazilian national ...

Spain dominated its Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay, winning 2-1 on first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado.

From being heralded as the new symbol of Milan and signing a new contract that would see him remain with the club until 2018, Stephan El Shaarawy faces a completely different scenario four months on. The 20-year-old ended last season as the Rosson...

Sunday afternoon brought the incredible and very disappointing news reported by multiple media outlets that Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley appointed former manager Joe Kinnear as the club's new Director of Football. This preposterous appointme...

Spain-Uruguay

For me and many Inter fans, the summer is a time full of optimism and hope, but over the last few seasons it has turned into a time of speculation and frustration instead. Perhaps wrongly I have been fairly optimistic about what this summer's transfe...

Mario Balotelli showed off his strength and rapidly developing talent by scoring the winner in Italy's 2-1 victory over Mexico on Sunday at the Confederations Cup.

Another day, and seemingly little change in the supposed stalemate between Michael Laudrup, his agent Bayram Tutumlu and the Swansea board. This summer's early saga is far from what Swans fans might have anticipated, and even further from what anyone...

Brazil-Japan

Brazil-Japan

Dear Manuel, It is apt in these situations to welcome the new incumbent to the hottest of English football hotseats with a few mots justes. Unfortunately, as the lady that usually does this quite adequately is on holiday this week, spare week in o...

The tournament's Cinderella team, hailing from French Polynesia, will represent not only the Oceania Football Confederation. The Tahitians carry the hopes of all of those who love the pain of rooting for the underdog. Ranked 135th in the world, ...

Youth development is a key part of Mike Ashley's plans for Newcastle United and so far the club have failed to make this work. A fundamental part of the clubs transfer policy is the development of young players, hoping that a number of them will prog...

If Ajax cleans brightest, then City were in need of industrial strength bleach to clean up their Champions League act, once their two games with the Amsterdammers had been played. A dismal and lethargic 3-1 defeat in Holland was followed by a sloppy ...