Soccer

Samuel Eto’o defended the work of Barcelona's coach, Frank Rijkaard, "with who", said Samuel, "we have earned all and we will win it again", and qualified as "lack of respect" the fact there are talks about not continuing his contract for the remaining half of the season.

Australia’s first match in its route to the 2010 South African World Cup was a real surprise to most fans as the Aussies defeated Qatar 3-2. Many have stated that they need to be cautious and not go crazy about the first results in order to avoid future disappointments as it happened last year in the Asian Cup playoffs where the team was eliminated.

The young Portuguese football player phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro has become the centre fold of attention in Europe now that he plays with the Manchester United as well as around the world.

The new British team coach, Fabio Capello stated to the press that he would not include David Beckham for the next friendly English game against Switzerland next week.

Last Sunday Real Madrid got back their advantage of seven points as well as the leadership of the Spanish Liga rankings, but the team struggled during great part of the game against Real Zaragoza before winning 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

The Major League Soccer or MLS is the professional soccer league in the United States. It was recently founded in 1994; it is made of 13 teams (including a Canadian one) and it is split in two conferences; the Western and the Eastern conference.

Just a few weeks before the ending of last year; the Italian Fabio Capello was appointed as the new England National team coach. The news was a splash of cold water for many in the English country as Capello was to replace Steve McClaren due to his unsatisfactory and unsuccessful performance which left the team out of the Euro 2008 competition.

PSV Eindhoven, the team in which the Mexican defense Carlos Salcido plays, recovered the Dutch football league leadership after winning as locals 2-0 over NAC Breda.

The 27-year-old Brazilian player Ronaldinho who currently plays for the FC Barcelona has come to a point in which he will soon have to make a decision regarding his near future with the Catalan team. Unfortunately for him this last season has not been the best for the Brazilian due to a constant under performance situation which moved the directors to look for new players and fill out the emptiness Ronaldinho keeps leaving game after game.

Lionel Messi, the Argentinean football player and FIFA's number three choice of the year’s best player candidates affirmed he still has plenty to learn about football holding his trophy last Monday in Zurich.