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Source: Global Times Published: May 21, 2012 22:20
It must have been written in the stars that Chelsea would win the Champions League this year. It's the only way to explain their otherwise baffling success.
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Source: Global Times Published: May 02, 2012 22:15
Instead, thanks to the hard efforts of these countless experts, we got Graham Taylor. So good luck, Roy. You will most certainly need it.
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Source: Global Times Published: April 16, 2012 22:48
Tennis has it. Rugby has it. The rest of the world has it, but Sepp Blatter clings on like an old Arab dictator in his palace wondering about this new-fangled Internet.
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Source: Global Times Published: April 09, 2012 22:35
Right, well now that Manchester City's season is officially over, it's time to start thinking about where they go from here.
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Source: Global Times Published: March 26, 2012 22:53
So now it starts. The daggers sharpen for Kenny Dalglish. Mutterings and mumblings can be heard among the younger, more impatient section of Liverpool fans and of course a chuckling media contingent.
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Source: Global Times Published: March 19, 2012 22:35
There are those who argue that the main reason the Premier League has been so thrillingly unpredictable this season is that the teams in it just aren’t that good.
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Source: Global Times Published: March 12, 2012 21:55
"The most widely tipped team to go down this season is coincidentally the team I most want to watch: Swansea, and in particular their talented winger Scott Sinclair."
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Source: Global Times Published: February 27, 2012 21:55
Arsenal crush Tottenham in weekend of surprises
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Source: Global Times Published: February 20, 2012 22:00
"You're getting sacked in the morning…" the Sunderland fans chanted at Arsene Wenger as his hapless team slumped to yet another defeat.
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Source: Global Times Published: February 13, 2012 22:23
At the start of this season, I whined on at some length about the "stale corporate predictability" of the Premiership, wittering on about the "same names, same teams, same winners."
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Source: Global Times Published: February 09, 2012 22:30
I respect Fabio Capello.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 30, 2012 23:08
One of the most beautiful things about the beautiful game is that money cannot al-ways guarantee success.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 03, 2012 22:20
I'm getting a little sick of all this festive soccer. Barely a day goes by without reading about some crucial fixture that I missed because it was on at 4 am.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 19, 2011 23:35
The last time Arsenal headed back home after a league game in Manchester, things looked rather different.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 12, 2011 22:09
A couple of months ago, the Gunners were struggling and Arsene Wenger was under fire. Manchester City sat atop the world. Manchester United seemed unstoppable. The media busied itself hailing a new era. Even Newcastle impressed.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 05, 2011 22:02
Life is a series of painful decisions, and that applies to watching soccer as well. There's a particularly big dilemma coming up this weekend, involving arguably the most gargantuan game of club soccer in the world, ever.
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Source: Global Times Published: November 28, 2011 22:00
Ten widely believed truths deserve questioning after that entertaining Liverpool-Manchester City draw Monday.
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Source: Global Times Published: November 22, 2011 08:36
Another week, another Chelsea defensive disaster. They've now conceded more goals so far this season than in the whole of Jose Mourinho's first season.
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Source: Global Times Published: November 14, 2011 23:12
When a full-strength Spain came to a packed Wembley, this was no ordinary friendly. Before the game, the idea that England might defeat the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Alonso and Silva seemed almost preposterous.
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Source: Global Times Published: October 25, 2011 08:45
"I can't believe it," said Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson after being spanked 6-1 by Manchester City, at fortress Old Trafford.
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Source: Global Times Published: October 11, 2011 08:49
Last Friday provided one of the most authentic soccer-watching experiences you can have in China.
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Source: Global Times Published: September 20, 2011 08:53
There are some weekends when the Premier League just seems so predictable. Then there are other weekends that seem to confound all expectations.
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Source: Global Times Published: August 16, 2011 08:17
Having watched the opening weekend of the new Premiership season, I'm more convinced than ever that what we fans really need is a European super league.
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