Spanish Cumpleanos: Rinus Michels
Every weekday Goal.com celebrates the birthday of past and present La Liga-related figures. Today includes all those born on February 9. | By Paul Madden | 1928: Rinus Michels: Former Dutch striker Michels spent his entire playing career with Ajax, scoring 122 goals in ... |
Dragons arrested after fracas in Leeds
| Five Catalan Dragons were held in police cells as their team-mates flew back to France yesterday, following a brawl in Leeds city centre in the early hours of the morning. | The players had lost their Super League match at Wakefield on Sunday afternoon and a group of ... |
Letters: Parliamentary privilege
| Harriet Harman has stated that the criminal law relating to theft, false accounting and obtaining by deception "applies to MPs like anyone else" and that before bringing charges against three MPs and one peer relating to their expenses claims the DPP, Keir Starmer QC,... |
Barcelona offers to sign friendship pact with Delhi
| Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: The City of Barcelona, which had hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, on Monday offered to sign a friendship agreement with Delhi which is due to host the Commonwealth Games later this year. | The offer was made by a delegation led by S... |
Freestyler gets ball rolling to World Cup
By Neil Maidment LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - From smashing windows to breaking world records, soccer freestyler Dan Magness has enjoyed a bizarre career which has offered him the chance to travel and rub shoulders with big names. The Englishman's latest exploit was to kic... |
Michael McGlinchey has Rangers in his sights after joining Motherwell
| When Martin O'Neill told him he had the world at his feet, Michael McGlinchey never thought that he would have to travel halfway around it just to get noticed. Motherwell's new recruit had to move 11,000 miles away to kick-start his career, but it has been worth it. |... |
Barcelona offers to sign friendship deal with Delhi govt
New Delhi: The city of Barcelona on Monday offered to sign a friendship agreement with Delhi Government to share each other's experience in diverse fields. | The offer was made to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by a delegation from the Spanish city led by Ambassado... |
A Star Abroad Burns Out at Home
By ALASTAIR BARR | Lionel Messi is probably the top sportsman in the world right now: unless you ask fans in Argentina where the soccer star was born and grew up in a town called Rosario, roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) north-west of Buenos Aires. | After helping his... |
Seats at premium on planes, trains out of DC
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic. | The most ... |
Seats at premium on planes, trains out of DC
| WASHINGTON - A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic. | The most pres... |
Ribery weighs his options in Munich
| Franck Ribery doubts whether Bayern Munich is good enough to compete with Europe's biggest teams and this may prompt him to leave the German club at the end of the season. | The 26-year-old Ribery has been heavily linked with a move away to England or Spain. | Ribery ... |
Seats at premium on planes, trains out of DC
| WASHINGTON – A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic. | The mos... |
Government shut down as D.C., region dig out of snow
| Federal agencies that employ 230,000 in Washington were closed, as were many local governments, businesses and school districts. Utilities warned it could be days before power is restored to everyone. | With more snow expected Tuesday into Wednesday — as much as... |
Franck Ribery: Thierry Henry Would Love To See Me At Barcelona
Frenchman could be Barcelona bound… | By Rupert Fryer | Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has admitted he may have to leave Germany in pursuit of trophies, while revealing that France team-mate Thierry Henry would love to see him at Barcelona. | "I get on very well w... |
