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The Guardian
He is the self-described, self-styled "special one," the man who arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2004 fresh from having sewn up both the Portuguese league and far more prestigious European Champions League to take control of an English club that had suddenly found itself with an endless supply of funds ...
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The Wall Street Journal
Major League Soccer will become the first major sports league in the U.S. to allow teams to sell sponsorships on their jerseys when the 2007 season starts next spring. Perhaps, as many hope, this is a sign that MLS is becoming more like Europe's soccer leagues and less like America's ...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
This will come as a surprise to no one: MLS is inflating the number of fans who attend matches. Mark Ziegler of the San Diego Union-Tribune wades through MLS documents that show that not only are game attendances inflated, but roughly one in four tickets for regular season matches are ...
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Times Online
Just about everybody, with the notable exception of Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson and Chelsea's Jose Mourinho, has been heaping praise on Arsene Wenger, Arsenal's talented manager, who this week celebrated 10 years in charge of the Gunners. As ever, the tactician received effusive praise from his players on the ...
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Associated Press
If there's a headlining fixture in Europe this weekend, it's certainly the Madrid derby between Real and Atletico at the Bernabeu on Sunday. These are two teams with a lot to prove, but the pressure will be on the hosts, who weren't really tested in their first four games. The ...
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