Cristiano Ronaldo To Stay At United For One More Year

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he will play for Manchester United for at least “one more year”, ending the summer long speculation regarding his future - and more specifically his transfer to Real Madrid.

It seems that United manager Alex Ferguson has utilised his man management skills in persuading the 23-year-old Portuguese winger to remain at Old Trafford for this season.

Ronaldo, who scored 42 goals for United last season, told Portuguese paper Publico;

“Sir Alex Ferguson heard my arguments, I heard his and it was settled that the best thing would be for me to stay. I can confirm that, next season, I will play for Manchester United.” Read more

The Worst Sports Injuries Ever?

Found this on YouTube today and had to share it with you all…..

BEWARE - IT’S A BIT GRUESOME AND IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH THEN PLEASE DO NOT WATCH! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Read more

Is the English Premier League Boring?

This article is in response to Kevin Keegan’s comments made after his side’s 2-0 defeat to Chelsea in the penultimate match of the campaign. So, let’s start with exactly what Mr Keegan said;

“This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but great leagues in the world. The top four next year will be the same top four as this year,” Read more

Eriksson to Benfica?

Sven Goran Eriksson has held talks with Benfica regarding a third term as coach at the Portuguese club. A statement from Benfica on Thursday confirmed that talks had taken place - however, it said that; Read more

Newcastle 0 v 2 Chelsea: Title Race Moves Into Final Day

Sunday, 11th May @ 5pm. That’s when we will finally know who has won the English Premier League title for the 2007/8 season after Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-0 to take the race into the final day.

Second half goals from Ballack and Malouda ensured an enthralling last day of the season, when Chelsea meet Bolton and Wigan host Man Utd. Read more

Football ‘Hooligans’ v Terrorists: The Same Mentality?

Before we get too far into this, I want to make absolutely clear that I am in no way suggesting that any football fans are terrorists, or will ever be terrorists in the future. I’m merely going to suggest here that the same mentality can be found in both. Read more

Weekend Football Roundup

With the season coming to a swift end, and relegations, promotions and European qualification being hotly contested throughout the English League it’s getting exciting to say the least.

Here is a summary of the important results and league standings as of Sunday 27th May 2008;

In League 1 Nottingham Forest beat Read more

Spanish Grand Prix: Raikonnen Grabs Pole

Barcelona, Spain: Fernando Alonso was denied pole position in his home race following a fantastic final lap from Kimi Raikonnen.

Raikonnen’s flawless final lap was clocked at 1min 21.813sec and pushed home favourite Alonso into second place by 9 hundreths of a second.

Felipe Massa will start Sunday’s race behind his team mate Read more

Chelsea v Man Utd: Countdown to the Premiership Decider

What a week for both Chelsea and Man Utd. Tough Champions League semi-finals, followed by what has been billed as the Premiership decider on Saturday.

Yes, it’s time for Chelsea v Man Utd at Stamford Bridge. 12.45 on Saturday afternoon. It’s fair to say that the Premier League title could all but officially belong to Manchester United by 3pm. If Chelsea lose, they would find themselves an almost unassailable 6 points behind United with just 2 games remaining. Even if Fergie’s team Read more

The 39th Game - Losing Our Religion?

The ‘39th game’ idea from the Premier League that has caused such flames of animosity is still flickering at the moment, but it seems as though Richard Scudamore’s vision is not shared by many, and seems doomed to be extinguished.

Key countries and continents have pulled out, Read more