From the archives: Michael Owen vs Brazil (Video)

A dark time is coming. 

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Blatter Takes His Point

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has threatened clubs with points deductions

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Blatter Has His Say (Video)

Controversial FIFA President Sepp Blatter has spoken out over Kevin Prince Boateng’s decision to walk off the pitch following racist abuse of him and other AC Milan teammates in a friendly against Italian lower league side Por Partia last week.

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Fifa's World XI of the Year is Only Half Right

The Ballon d'Or awards ceremony was conducted yesterday and threw up a few points of contention with its world XI.

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FIFA's goal of the year finalists (Video)

FIFA have named Rudamel Falcao, Miroslav Stoch and Neymar as the three finalists for the 2012 Puskas Award, recognising the year’s best goal of the year.

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Time for the Puskas (Video)

I love that FIFA have created the Puskas award to decide what was the best goal of the past year. It brings to our attention superb goals from other leagues that we may have not paid attention to before now.

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The latest FIFA rankings

Much commotion was made on Wednesday morning when FIFA announced their latest rankings. Unsurprisingly, Spain topped the list, England resumed their place in the top 10, while Scotland fell and Belgium rose.

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Video games imitating life

I have been slow in keeping up with all the recent technological advances we have had in the past couple of years but I thought it was time to join the real world and buy myself a PS3 and Fifa 13 with it recently. Previously, I had owned a ancient old thing called the PS2 for a number of years and my only game was PES 2008. Remember that? Just to clarify, it had Michael Owen as its cover star. Yep, I really have been behind with the times.

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The Confederations Cup. Is there a point to it?

FIFA are one of the most powerful bodies in world sport as we all know who are responsible for one of the biggest sporting events, the World Cup.

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What Football Officialdom could learn From Rugby ( but won’t )

It is very sad that the ‘ Powers That Be ‘ are so unbending in their grasp on this, our great game. The best way to persuade them seems to be to recommend the opposite. Football could so easily be improved for everyone – by learning from other sports. Here are a few examples and I am sorry they are so blindingly obvious : -

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A Rummenigge revolution

The club versus country row that has rumbled on for most of this century looks set to take on a whole new level of bitterness.

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As Cracks Appear Across The FIFA Universe

As his words flowed out like endless rain into a journalistic crowd people around the world watched with open mouths. This was supposed to be a press conference to put people’s minds at rest about the issue of corruption in FIFA yet Sepp Blatter sat there brazenly declaring that nothing was going to change his world. Words that he probably imagined as statesman-like wisdom and brilliant rebuttals came across as the slightly deranged responses of a man who’s forgotten exactly why he still needs to appease the uppity peasants in front of him. The 75-year-old FIFA President appeared simultaneously confused and affronted that he was being forced to explain himself to a pack of mangy journalists.

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FA still just playing the FIFA game

It’s amazing what a slight as big as the rejection of your World Cup bid can do to your beliefs and ethical standpoint.

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