The qualifiers have been over for less than a week (technically), and the qualifying draw isn’t even until this weekend, but that hasn’t stopped the bookmakers of the universe for sending out the early odds for the championships in Swissaustria. (Hey, wherever there’s a buck, euro or pound to be made.) One site, which compiles [...]

Ahh, the life of a disgruntled football fan. You spend hours suffering through your team’s miseries with only the promise of more misery to come. Rather than sit back and watch their national team embarrassed on the world stage some fans in Austria have decided to try to do something about it. They have [...]

A Pippo Inzaghi brace handed Milan their seventh European crown as the Rossoneri defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Champions League final in Athens' Olympic Stadium. Inzaghi deflected Andrea Pirlo's free kick seconds before half time and latched on to Kaka's delightful through-ball eight minutes before the final whistle. Dirk Kuyt headed a consolation for the Reds a minute from time. Milan gained revenge for throwing away a three-goal lead against the same opponents in the 2005 final and completed a remarkable season which began with a 15-point penalty for their role in the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal, later reduced to eight points on appeal, and a fourth-place finish in Serie A, which city rivals Inter won by a huge 22 points.

Global Goals is the new and exiciting system for ranking international goalscorers and the goals they score in international football. Below is the current European Top 5 1. THIERRY HENRY 2. JON DAHL TOMASSON 3. MIROSLAV KLOSE 4. DAVID HEALY 5. JAN KOLLER For the overall Top 30, each confederations Top 30, each countries Top 10, please log on to www.global-goals.co.uk Coming soon is the All Time Top 30 top goalscorers in international football.

Those crazy kids in Europe were back at it again today, dreaming of a day when they will play in Austria/Switzerland in the Euro 2008 tournament. Some countries took a step closer to achieving their dreams. Other countries might as well book a holiday somewhere else in June 2008. Here is a [...]

There are few things in life that should put a damper on a birthday celebration. Losing an international football match should not be one of them. According to reports out of Prague, members of the Czech Republic football team have been fined $47,500 because they held a birthday party for one of the [...]

If you were one of the millions who tried to get a World Cup ticket online and came up empty last summer here is your shot at attending another huge football tournament in Europe. Tickets for the Euro 2008 competition in Austria and Switzerland will be on sale during the month of March at [...]

The USA is getting ready to launch a bid to host the 2018 World Cup Finals, according to its soccer federation president. USSF boss Sunil Gulati told the Washington Post, "We showed in 1994 that the U.S. is capable of hosting a terrific event. Now, with the way the soccer landscape in this country has evolved, we would be in position to put on a spectacular event." No official bids have been launched for the 2018 tournament yet, but England's FA have already signalled their intention to run, confirmed by a UK government statement of support. China is widely expected to launch a bid for the tournament and Australia has also been mentioned several times in world football circles as a possible competitor.

Michel Platini, the 51-year-old former France and Juventus star, has been voted UEFA's new president. Platini succeeds Sweden's Lennart Johansson, who has been in the post for the previous 17 years. Platini has some revolutionary new ideas on his agenda, including limiting Champions League places to three per country and introducing a salary cap. Platini's closeness to FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter, may also increase Blatter's influence on UEFA, where once he was kept at arm's length by Johansson.

It has been a busy day of football around the world with seemingly every country from Armenia to Yemen in action. I’m not in a position where I can talk about the pasting that Portugal put on my beloved Kazakhstan without crying, so instead I will point you in the direction of 101 Great [...]