Tottenham winger Steven Pienaar is eyeing a comeback from injury and is determined to win back his place in the starting XI after confirming his injury nightmare was finally done and dusted with. The South African international suffered a concussion in a clash of heads with a teammate in February and then he suffered from [...]
Zurich, Switzerland – Sporting Lisbon won three points from the away match against FC Zurich, after resolving the match in the first 20 minutes by the goals signed Insua and van Wolfswinkel. If the Romanian outsiders from FC Vaslui managed an incredible result in Olimpico, Roma, Sporting Lisbon has respected its name and managed to [...]
Eindhoven, Netherlands – PSV Eindhoven has clearly won the match with Legia Warsaw even though they managed a single goal by Mertens in the 23rd minute. PSV Eindhoven had not won the Dutch championship for three seasons, but remained a very strong team, being the favorite of Group C of the UEFA Europa League. The first [...]
Zurich, Switzerland – A Swiss court announced on Friday that as long as FC Sion would not be reintegrated into the Europa League group stages they would not validate the results recorded in the Group I of this UEFA competition, announced the club in Switzerland. “UEFA has no comment to make and asked lawyers to examine exactly [...]
LONDON, ENGLAND – Tottenham Hotspurs boss Harry Redknapp is warming up for his sides Europa League match against Greek outfit PAOK by refusing to rule himself out of the running for the England job. It is fast becoming one of the worst kept secrets in football that current England manager Fabio Capello will step down [...]
Glasgow, Scotland – The Scots had lost the play-off for the Europa League group stage played against Sion, but UEFA has ruled out the Swiss for the use of illegitimate players. One of the surprises of the first leg of the qualifications was the elimination of Celtic Glasgow by FC Sion. After a white draw [...]
Monte Carlo, Monaco – Barcelona and FC Porto will fight for the first European trophy of the season in a match where will be meeting the most spectacular two teams of the last season. The champions of Spain and Portugal promise a high quality match on Friday in Monaco, where the European Super Cup will [...]
BARCELONA, SPAIN – As if it wasn’t enough of a kick in the knackers for Gunners fans when they lost the two players that were arguably the creative engine behind the team, Frenchman Samir Nasri and captain Cesc Fabregas. But now the Spaniard has spat in the eye of the fans that once worshipped him [...]
LONDON, ENGLAND – This Europa Cup qualifying round match was billed as a battle between the two managers, Fulham’s Martin Jol and Dnipro boss Juande Ramos after the Spaniard unceremoniously took over from Jol as Tottenham manager almost four years ago. In truth if this had been a boxing match there would now be an [...]
SCOTLAND – Tottenham Hotspurs took their first competitive match of the new campaign in their stride with a 5-0 thumping of Scottish club Hearts in the Europa Cup qualifying round. Spurs boss Harry Redknapp fielded a near full strength team for the fixture despite suggesting that he would use the tournament to blood the younger [...]
LONDON, ENGLAND – Tottenham Hotspurs boss Harry Redknapp has said that he will field a full strength side for the clubs Europa Cup match against Scottish side Hearts this week despite hinting that he would use the competition to keep the fringe player in his squad fit and fresh. The Europa Cup is fast losing [...]
Athens, Greece – The Greek club will not participate in the play-off for the Europa League groups after the Federation in Athens penalized the group with 10 points. The European adventure of the Greeks from Olympiakos Volos will end before the start, for administrative reasons, after the Greek club received a deduction of points for [...]
