Jesus looks to resurrect Benfica in Europa final
Moments after FC Porto's last-gasp winner had hit the net on Saturday night to all but snatch the Portuguese championship from Benfica's grasp, TV rep…
Emirates set for gung ho showdown
Arsene Wenger, rather curiously, can't remember ever relegating another Premier League side. Then again, should the worst happen to Wigan Athletic at …
Marc Stein's 12-hour Wembley diary
LONDON -- It was the legendary Nick Hornby who so expertly explained in "Fever Pitch" that the summit of football-watching in his formative years was …
Scholes among the last of the one-club men
Jamie Carragher played his final Merseyside derby last Sunday. Paul Scholes played his last Manchester derby a year ago. Carragher made his decision …
In defence of Milan's Allegri
Before Milan played Catania at San Siro on April 28, some of the club's ultras unfurled a banner in the Curva Sud. On it were two lines of text, the f…
Handicapping the big relegation races
England: Two games remaining Queens Park Rangers (20th place, 25 points), Reading (19th, 28 pts.), Wigan (18th, 35 pts.), Newcastle (17th, 38 pts.), N…
Foreign players don't have easy road to Premier League
Recently, both England manager Roy Hodgson and his assistant Gary Neville have voiced concern at the lack of English players in the Premier League. Th…
Stay or go? Let The Clash sort out La Liga decisions
As evidenced by Sir Alex Ferguson's fascinating decision, this is the time of year when football's men and women turn their minds to change, challen…
Caldwell eyes FA Cup glory and Wigan's survival
For Wigan's Gary Caldwell, FA Cup final day is about making history, about civic pride and realising a childhood ambition. It is also about proving h…
In Ferguson, United have lost football's most relentless winner
He is the Glaswegian socialist and former shop steward who became a staunch defender of the right-wing American capitalists who employed him; the la…