The draw for the UEFA Champions League first knock-out round took place in Switzerland Friday morning, ensuring football fans around the world an abundance of quality matches come February.
At this stage of the competition, every club has at least a fighting chance to win Europe’s most prestigious trophy (see: 2004 final between Porto and Monaco).  […]

England star David Beckham expects the FA to appoint a foreign manager as Steve McClaren’s sucessor.
The hapless Yorkshireman was sacked on Thursday after England’s shambolic 3-2 defeat by Croatia, which ended their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008.
Early frontrunners for the position have included former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, as well as Portugal boss Luiz […]

Today sees England on the brink of not qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in 14 years. Back then the team contained such luminaries as Carlton Palmer, Geoff Thomas and John Salako. Players who would struggle to get in any premiership team in 2007, let alone a national team west of Liechtenstein. […]

Chelsea bounced back after a recent drop in form to beat Valencia 2-1 away from home. Valencia are on form at the moment and with Chelsea’s recent run of results not many would have expected a Chelsea victory.
John Terry played through the pain barrier last night, and with a ridiculous mask, to lead his team […]

Morning reports claim that Chelsea are lining up a dream team of former star Gianfranco Zola as assistant to Marcello Lippi.
The news will come as a major boost to Chelsea fans, who had recently being facing up to the possibility of a management team consisting of Avram Grant, who looks out of his depth as […]