Ibrahimovic’s Stunning Overhead Kick Caps Incredible Performance vs. England

A week ago, Zlatan Ibrahimovic set up all four goals at Paris Saint-Germain, beating Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 in the Champions League. On Wednesday night he did the same, except this time he scored all four of Sweden’s goals against visitors England in a 4-2 victory, which opened the home side’s new national stadium with a bigger bang than anyone could have hoped. The days of fans and media alike... 

England 5-0 San Marino as Valid as Any Other World Cup Qualifier

Rarely has there been less enthusiasm for an England international among the members of the media than there was for Friday night’s World Cup qualifier against San Marino at Wembley. Plenty of column inches were devoted to how pointless the match was, how the tiny landlocked republic didn’t deserve to be playing the fifth best team in the world. The ragtag bunch of semi-professionals, drawn... 

England vs. San Marino: Preview, Team News and Projected Lineups

As foregone conclusions go in European football, a home fixture against San Marino has to be up there as one of the most predictable results going. The tiny republic of just 32,000 people are one of world football’s minnows, ranked 207th in the world between the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bhutan. They travel to face England at Wembley on Friday in a World Cup qualifier for which anything less... 

World Cup Qualifiers: Picking England’s Best XI to Face Moldova

The moment when Roy Hodgson truly begins his job as England’s manager comes on Friday when he sends his team out to contest its first 2014 World Cup qualifier in Moldova. Euro 2012 was, in essence, a bit of a freebie for Hodgson, as he was parachuted in the month before the tournament to pick up the pieces following Fabio Capello’s departure. In Chisinau, Hodgson will be without veteran... 

Team Great Britain Olympic Soccer: Winners and Losers from Group Stage

Many expected the Team GB experiment to fail, but here they are in the quarterfinals of the Olympics and unbeaten after the group stage to boot. A draw against Senegal in their opening match was enough to fray the nerves of those who had decided to invest in the team, but they were rewarded with back-to-back wins against United Arab Emirates and Uruguay, which books them a place in the last eight against... 

Ranking the Top 10 International Teams in History

The debate about where exactly the current Spain side sits among the pantheon of great international football sides opened up again earlier this month when Vicente del Bosque’s side won Euro 2012. What with it being La Furia Roja’s third consecutive tournament triumph—the first nation to achieve such a feat—they have a very strong case for being regarded as the best international... 

10 Things England Must Improve for World Cup 2014

As usual, England have returned home from a major tournament having been dealt a harsh reminder of their limitations. While going out in the quarterfinals to eventual finalists Italy on penalties might have exceeded most fans’ pre-Euro 2012 expectations, England’s performances in Ukraine did not exactly fuel sky-high hopes for the future. But manager Roy Hodgson is only two months into... 

Euro 2012 Players to Watch: Giorgos Karagounis of Greece

One of the members of the Greece squad, which defied the odds by winning Euro 2004, Karagounis’s continued presence eight years on is the perfect illustration of the midfielder’s dogged determination. At 35 years of age, he is one of the oldest outfield players to be competing in Poland and Ukraine, but he remains a vital part of the Hellenic side which stands a good chance of reaching... 

England vs. Belgium: 7 Bold Predictions for Euro 2012 Warm-Up

Roy Hodgson’s one and only home fixture as England manager before this summer’s European Championships is a tricky fixture. Belgium have an abundance of young, quality talent which suggests that they would have made their presence felt in Poland and Ukraine if they had qualified for the tournament. However, losing to a team that failed to reach the finals would not be the best... 

Norway vs. England: Picking Roy Hodgson’s Starting XI for Euro 2012 Warmup

After the hoohah that surrounded his appointment as England manager and the furore sparked by his first ever squad selection, it will be interesting to see Roy Hodgson’s first team selection when his players line up in Norway on Saturday. There was some consternation surrounding certain names picked and others omitted from the list of players heading to Euro 2012, but the sad truth is that any... 

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