Del Piero signs up for another A-League season
SYDNEY, Australia ● Alessandro Del Piero has committed to play another A-League season with Sydney FC. The 38-year-old former Juventus and Italy star announced his decision Thursday, just before a scheduled Sydney FC news conference. Del Piero has scored 11 goals in 18 matches in the A-League, already a club record for a single season. [...]
Owen Coyle axed by Bolton
BOLTON, England ● Former Premier League club Bolton have sacked Owen Coyle after the club’s poor start to the season. Chairman Phil Gartside said in a statement on the club’s official website: “Owen poured his heart and soul into the job, both on and off the pitch, and he led our club with [...]
Rangers attract world record crowd for fourth tier match
GLASGOW, Scotland ● Rangers set a world record attendance for a fourth tier match on Saturday when 49,118 watched their 5-1 win over East Stirling in a Scottish Football League game at Ibrox. The figure smashed the previous record of 37,774 for a game between Crystal Palace and Millwall at Selhurst Park in [...]
Pompey on the verge of liquidation
PORTSMOUTH, England ● According to ESPN Portsmouth administrator Trevor Birch has said that the club could be liquidated within a fortnight, with Nwankwo Kanu having formally lodged a claim for £3 million in back pay. Portsmouth, the 2008 FA Cup winners, were last season relegated from the Championship after incurring a ten-point penalty when they [...]
Dundee gets place Rangers in SPL
EDINBURGH, Scotland ● Dundee will take the place of Rangers in the Scottish Premier League (SPL) next season it was announced Monday. And the SPL also appeared to rule out the creation of an ‘SPL2′ by saying they would work with other Scottish football authorities to “facilitate” Rangers playing in the Third Division, [...]
Corinthians finally have their Copa
SAO PAULO, Brazil ● Brazilian club Corinthians finally won its first Copa Libertadores title on Wednesday, beating six-time champion Boca Juniors 2-0 to win the final 3-1 on aggregate. Emerson opened the scoring in the 54th minute with a shot from close range after a free kick cross into the Boca Juniors area, then sealed [...]
Scottish football changed forever
GLASGOW, Scotland ● Scottish football was thrown into disarray on Wednesday after indebted Glasgow giant Rangers was barred from competing in the Scottish Premier League following a vote by top-tier clubs. The decision to reject the bid by a new Rangers ownership to play in the top division following the club’s financial meltdown could threaten [...]
PSV Eindhoven upset with Sporting Lisbon
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands ● PSV Eindhoven is upset with Sporting Lisbon after they presented their new player Zakaria Labyad. According to technical manager Marcel Brands, Labyad is still under contract with the Dutch club and Lisbon did not have an agreement with PSV. ‘This shows a lack of respect by Sporting and Labyad’, Brands stated. Labyad [...]
Fenerbahce president sentenced to jail over match-fixing
ANKARA, Turkey ● A Turkish court on Monday convicted and sentenced Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim to 6 years and 3 months in prison on match-fixing charges along with several other club officials. The court ruling came one year after police rounded up dozens of suspects implicated in the scandal and prosecutors eventually charged 93 individuals, [...]
