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Archive for the ‘Rumors’ Category

February 1st, 2008

Ronaldinho Offered $116 M By Chelsea

Soccer star Ronaldinho will reportedly be leaving his home team of Barcelona to English club Chelsea for around 116 million dollars. The move is seen as a slap in the face to Barcelona who see themselves as a tight knit team. But hey, it’s $116 million dollars. That would put his salary well past […]

By Jyle -- 8 comments

January 12th, 2008

102 Year Old Nude On Football Calendar

A 102 year-old great grandmother posed nude on a calendar to raise money for children’s football charity.
If you are interested in seeing her appear on late night talk show the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, keep an eye out on Evening Talk for her appearance info.
Nora Hardwick, of Ancaster made headline news […]

By Jyle -- 6 comments

November 12th, 2007

Zimbabwe Under Review By FIFA 2010 World Cup Executives

The country of Zimbabwe is being carefully reviewed by FIFA 2010 World Cup executives who are concerned with stadium repairs. Zimbabwe is supposed to aid neighbouring country South Africa, in hosting the international soccer event but they seem to be having trouble getting into gear.
Stadiums are in desperate repair and months behind schedule. Rumours […]

By Jyle -- 1 comment

November 2nd, 2007

Soccer Player Strikes Over ‘Racial Abuse’

A soccer player from FC Brussels has walked out on his team after being “racially abused by the Belgian club’s president Johan Vermeersch.”
Zola Matumona has put together a team of lawyers who are filing an official complaint over what is being described as “racist and xenophobic abuse dished out in front of players and coaching […]

By Jyle -- 0 comments

October 3rd, 2007

England’s ‘Daily Mirror’ Reports False Rumors About Beckham

The Daily Mirror of England is going to lose credibility today for reporting false rumors. They wrote that David Beckham was dissatisfied with the quality of play in the MLS League and that he was conspiring a sub-contract for Sunderland of the English Premier League.
Sunderland is coached by Beckham’s former Manchester United teammate Roy Keane. […]

By Jyle -- 0 comments

March 14th, 2006

Gooners Deny Golden Balls Link

Peter Hill-Wood has denied any knowledge of Arsenal’s supposed interest in England captain David Beckham and has verified most pundits take on the rumour by saying it would be totally against Arsene Wenger’s transfer policy to buy an established big name star, especially one on the wane like Beckham.
Preferring the youthful legs of Cesc Fabregas […]

By Alan -- 0 comments

December 6th, 2005

Arrested in Liverpool, Or: the Rapid Downfall of Gazza

Jesus Christ. Really, if we would have just sat down and thought about it for a second, we could have predicted this exact series of events:
1. Gazza gets tiny new job in football. He’s all clean and shiny and, apart from the fact that his wardrobe consists entirely of shirts from the 1970s, he seems […]

By footie -- 0 comments

December 5th, 2005

Gazza: I’m Not a Drunk and I’m Not Leaving

Oh boy - here we go. According to a pissed off Paul Gascoigne, he had a double whiskey before games and a glass of wine afterwards, but he wasn’t drunk. And, since the pregame tipple used to consist of “four bottles of whiskey,” apparently anything less is ok. Anyway, drinking for recovering alcoholics is totally […]

By footie -- 0 comments

December 5th, 2005

Good-Bye, Gazza

You know that “Back in English Football!” job Paul Gascoigne took just over a month ago at Kettering Town? Well, it’s over. After exactly 39 days, Gazza was fired because new owner Imraan Ladak felt that he was “unable to carry out his duties.” With anyone else, you’d wonder what happened. With Gazza, however, […]

By footie -- 0 comments

November 29th, 2005

Quick Updates: Keane, McLeish

According to this morning’s news, Pompey hope to offer Alex McLeish their vacant management position within the next few days. After failing in his attempts to woo George Burley and and Neil Warnock to the club, chairman Milan Mandaric told papers that he will officially approach Rangers today for permission to speak to the all-but-fired […]

By footie -- 0 comments

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