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A new year, a new Mario Balotelli incident. It seems, finally, a training ground melee with Roberto Mancini has pushed the Italian manager’s patience to the limit.
After two-and-a-half years in Manchester - after the darts incident, after the fireworks, the car crashes, the mafia connections, the visit to a women’s prison, after all the confirmed and unconfirmed reports of bizarre behavior, all the antics on and off the field - the Man City boss is finally ready to wash his hands of a player with whom he once seemed to have an almost paternal bond.
Pep Guardiola hasn't managed a soccer game in more than seven months. Since last summer, the coach credited with Barcelona's era of beautiful dominance has preferred to bask in the anonymity of New York, far from the stress of... more »
In many ways, FIFA president Sepp Blatter is a walking contradiction.As recently as Monday at the Ballon d'Or gala in Zurich, Blatter yielded his latest material, praising AC Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng for his courage to walk... more »
We can argue until our faces are as red as a full-bodied Rioja but the exclusion from the 2012 World XI of a trace of the Premier League is still some way from the most damning indictment of the competition which still likes... more »
The Ballon d'Or went to the wrong guy. Lionel Messi most definitely is the world's best footballer. He will, for many fans of football become the best ever, eclipsing Pele and Diego Maradona, if he wins the World Cup with... more »
Take Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's recent public defence of the pay structure employed at the North London club. "We pay well. We pay very well,” said Wenger ahead of Sunday’s thrilling FA Cup third-round tie away to... more »
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