FIFA’s chiefs have moved on to the defensive as they seek to firefight the growing scandal that is engulfing football’s governing body, with president Sepp Blatter stating that business would continue as usual in front of an eventful press conference. After the suspension of Executive Committee members Jack Warner and Mohamed Bin Hammam on Sunday, [...]
Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect, the club have said. More to follow.
Chelsea supremo Roman Abramovich wants to keep Didier Drogba – but Nicolas Anelka faces the Stamford Bridge exit. The Blues’ Russian ruler is fielding interest in veteran hitman Drogba personally in the absence of either a manager or director of football at the club – but his preference is to keep the long-serving star.But the [...]
Tottenham are willing to cash in on star playmaker Luka Modric at the right price – but would only allow Gareth Bale to leave for a staggering £50million. The north Londoners have so far been adamant that the 25-year-old Croatian is going nowhere amid interest from Chelsea and, more significantly, Manchester United. But privately, MirrorFootball [...]
FIFA may have cleared Nicolas Leoz, their member from Paraguay, of demanding a knighthood from England’s 2018 bid but a report published on Monday night suggests his aide asked for the FA Cup to be named after him. The knighthood claim was made in Parliament by ex-FA and bid chairman Lord Triesman – he also [...]
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has confirmed he sent suspended vice-president Jack Warner an email stating the 2022 World Cup in Qatar had been “bought”. Warner made public an email from Valcke that claimed Mohamed Bin Hammam – who has also been suspended on bribery charges – had bought the World Cup and stated that [...]
This is a picture of the money that a Caribbean football official says he was offered following a presentation by FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam. The money, as the picture clearly shows, was delivered in a brown envelope with the name of the Bahamas FA on it. Inside the envelope was US $40,000 in [...]
Patrice Evra wants to chance to tackle Barcelona again in next season’s Champions League final. After suffering their second defeat on such an occasion in three years at Wembley on Saturday, Manchester United could be forgiven for wanting to avoid the Catalans for a little while. As Barcelona’s average age is younger than their own, [...]
He’s been hailed as The Messiah for leading Barcelona to victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final. But Lionel Messi, who dazzled Wembley on Saturday, was once banned from playing because he was too small. One his first day at school in Rosario, Argentina, the lad, who would twice become Fifa World Player [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to sell Dimitar Berbatov after ruthlessly axing him from the Champions League final. Berbatov was stunned when Ferguson told the Premier League’s joint top scorer and Golden Boot winner this season that he was not even on the bench for the showdown with Barcelona. After his humiliating snub, Berbatov is [...]
FIFA vice-presidents Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner have expressed their anger at the temporary suspensions handed to them on Sunday by the ethics committee of world football’s governing body. AFC chief Bin Hammam and CONCACAF president Warner were both suspended from all football-related activity pending the outcome of a full inquiry into accusations that [...]
Inter Milan defeated Palermo to retain the Coppa Italia and give Leonardo his first trophy as a coach. Samuel Eto’o struck twice at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico as the Nerazzurri won the competition for the seventh time. The Cameroon international scored his first goal in the 26th minute before adding his second with 14 minutes remaining. [...]
FIFA’s ethics committee has ruled that “no investigation is warranted” against president Sepp Blatter in relation to bribery allegations, but Jack Warner and Mohamed Bin Hammam have been handed temporary suspensions. Both Warner and Bin Hammam have been suspended from all football-related activity pending the outcome of a full inquiry into accusations that they offered [...]
No answer to Barca genius History repeated itself at Wembley as Manchester United were left chasing Barcelona’s shadow in a European Cup final, with Pep Guardiola’s side producing another masterclass in reclaiming the UEFA Champions League with a deserved 3-1 victory in the capital. United went into half-time level after Wayne Rooney had exquisitely equalised [...]
