Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England – The English Premier League changed hands in the final seconds of the season when Manchester City scored two goals in extra time against QPR to move ahead of Manchester United, on goal difference. United won their game at Sunderland 0-1 with a Wayne Rooney goal but things were wilder at [...]
Sports, football: Swiss Under-17 Veseli moves to Man United
February 1, 2012 by
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Frederic Veseli, a Swiss Under-17 defender, says he is “very happy” to be joining Manchester United, which pinched him from rival Manchester City. He moves onto the team’s reserve side initially. Veseli, 19, went to Manchester City in 2008 from Lausanne Sport. He made his name in 2009 when he captained the [...]
Sports, football: Swiss FA crushes Sion 36-0
December 30, 2011 by
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Football Association came down hard on Sion FC 30 December in the long-running battle of the Valaisan egos, between Sion owner Christian Constantin and Sepp Blatter, head of Fifa. The SFA fined Sion a total of 36 points, three for each game in which the team fielded an ineligible player [...]
Sports, football: Basel knock Man United out of Champions League!
December 7, 2011 by
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – FC Basel scored a famous victory when they beat the stars of Manchester United 2-1 in the final game of the group stage of the Champions League 7 December. Basel are now in the knock-out stage while Manchester United join their Man City neighbours in the Europa League. Arsenal and Chelsea are [...]
Sports, football: Brazil mourns Socrates
December 4, 2011 by
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira : there will probably never be another footballer quite like him. Named, like his brothers, after a Greek philosopher Socrates was Brazil’s captain, a medical doctor, political activist, heavy drinker, smoker, a self proclaimed anti-athlete and a fan of Ché Guevara. The Brazilian [...]
Sports, football: Gary Speed suicide overshadows results
November 27, 2011 by
CHESTER, ENGLAND – The Wales manager, 42-year-old Gary Speed, was found hanged at his home in Chester on Sunday morning 27 November. Speed played a record 85 times for Wales. He also played 315 times for Leeds and also represented Everton, Newcastle, Bolton and Sheffield United. In the Premier League games the two Manchester teams [...]
Basel scare Man United!
September 27, 2011 by
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – The Champions League saw FC Basel travelling to Old Trafford to take on the might of Manchester United, unbeaten this season after winning the Premier League last season, 27 September. United took a two goal lead in the first half with a brace of goals by Welbeck, both created by Ryan Giggs. [...]
