Barcelona have become everything Florentino Pérez dreamed aboutJuventus avoided humiliation but they couldn’t capitalise when Catalans wobbledMon Jun 08 2015 - 08:30
Magnificent Messi proving why he remains the world’s bestRonaldo was voted player of the year in 2014 but Argentine has respondedSat Jun 06 2015 - 08:47
Juventus midfield aiming to barricade Barcelona’s road to perfectionMessi, Xavi and Iniesta aiming for fourth European Cup in 10 yearsSat Jun 06 2015 - 08:47
Peculiarly ‘Irish’ arrangement backfires spectacularly on John DelaneyFAI chief executive seemed unaware his deal with Fifa would shock the footballing worldSat Jun 06 2015 - 06:55
Ken Early: Blatter failed to steer the ship of Fifa’s reformFifa chief strong on vague rhetoric, but always more angry about critical press reportsTue Jun 02 2015 - 23:30
US won’t be quick to forget Fifa and Sepp Blatter’s problemsJack Warner comes out fighting by saying investigations stem from failed World Cup bidMon Jun 01 2015 - 16:11
Ken Early: Blatter still the wiliest mountain goat of them allFAI chief John Delaney and Uefa may one day work out the secret of the Fifa president's successSat May 30 2015 - 09:00
Ken Early: Only Henry’s belief can keep fading star Rodgers in Liverpool jobIf he’s winning, he’s singing but if he’s losing, Rodgers lapses into defeatismMon May 25 2015 - 08:47
No place for Steven Gerrard in the age of analyticsFootball supporters will remember his career in a series of shimmering imagesMon May 18 2015 - 11:37
Ken Early: Laughing Germans may spell the end for GuardiolaBarcelona defeat puts pressure on manager set up to struggle by Henyckes’s trebleMon May 11 2015 - 05:00
Ken Early: John Carver caught in Newcastle nightmareNewcastle have always been in business of selling dreams but nobody told Mike AshleyMon May 04 2015 - 11:29
Chelsea aren’t boring, they’re just betterKen Early says there’s little point in Arsenal or anyone else complaining about their styleMon Apr 27 2015 - 05:45
Jack Grealish shows composure beyond his years in FA Cup semi-finalWinger’s performance should put him in the frame for Ireland’s game against ScotlandMon Apr 20 2015 - 11:13
Rejuvenated Marouane Fellaini inspires Manchester derby winVan Gaal was thankful of the home support and the impact of his now key man FellainiMon Apr 13 2015 - 09:07
Sterling could be right to move – and not just for the moneyIt is nonsense to say the player owes Liverpool and that he would develop best thereMon Apr 06 2015 - 11:03
Ken Early: Game of two halves adds up for IrelandBig decisions pay off for O’Neill as team rallies to keep qualification chances aliveMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Soccer feeling like unloved child in tale of two sportsTrapattoni returned to Italy convinced the Irish public was more passionate about rugby – but he was wrongSat Mar 28 2015 - 05:00
Rodgers must take share of the blame for latest lossLiverpool again faltered when playing one of the league’s big clubsMon Mar 23 2015 - 09:13
The headline figures show Manchester United mean businessThey look certain to overtake Real Madrid as football’s biggest-earning club by 2017Mon Mar 16 2015 - 09:40
Current brittle Arsenal far from the old ‘Invincibles’Wenger’s outfit unlikely to be the ones to expose the cracks in United’s facadeMon Mar 09 2015 - 05:00
Manchester City folded first against Liverpool despite holding all the cardsWith half an hour to go, a team of millionaire champions looked ready to settle for a drawMon Mar 02 2015 - 11:20
Van Gaal is not the superstar-whisperer United needClub went out to sign biggest names but the Dutchman is not a chequebook managerMon Feb 23 2015 - 05:45
Sky has shown there are no limits when it comes to televised soccerBack in 1988 footballers weren’t even sure there games should be shown on televisionMon Feb 16 2015 - 11:00
Gareth Bale takes brunt of Real Madrid criticismA 4-0 thrashing at city rivals Atletico prompts fans to whistle world’s most expensive playerMon Feb 09 2015 - 15:17
Ken Early: Time will tell whether Arsenal have changed – or whether Allardyce has them peggedIn strange way, Wenger’s reaction to win gave credence to West Ham manager’s opinionMon Jan 19 2015 - 12:16
Fifa president Sepp Blatter keeps making wrong callsComment on Lionel Messi being best starts the age of Cristiano RonadoMon Jan 12 2015 - 12:00
Ken Early: No league title but in arena of melodrama Gerrard was undisputed starLiverpool midfielder too pessimistic to ever feel happy sitting on bench for mediocre sideMon Jan 05 2015 - 12:01
Steven Gerrard and the ‘Top, Top’ ChopKen Early on how a line from Alex Ferguson got the world wondering just how good the Liverpool and England midfielder really isFri Jan 02 2015 - 15:44
Fifa’s movie United Passions doesn’t let the truth stand in the way of a bad storySomething very wrong with world football’s organising body’s celuloid depiction of itselfMon Dec 29 2014 - 12:00
Christmas carols and tobacco – not football – the real forces for peace in the trenchesFootball may well have potential as a ‘universal language’ – certainly Uefa like to think soMon Dec 22 2014 - 12:00
No self-congratulation from Van Gaal, but Rodgers is no longer the prince of positivityLiverpool’s manager has no time to feel sorry for himself – not when his team needs leadershipMon Dec 15 2014 - 15:09
Robbie Keane reinvents himself as leader and legend in AmericaDiscarded by Liverpool and then Spurs, Keane was left with no good options in English footballTue Dec 09 2014 - 11:51
South America’s attacking talents shaped by footballing culture, and economic realityLuis Suarez and Sergio Aguero offer accounts of how young talent developsMon Dec 08 2014 - 12:00
King Robbie Keane ready as always for crowning gloryKen Early meets the MVP of MLS ahead of the LA Galaxy’s final clash with New England RevolutionSun Dec 07 2014 - 10:56
It's not Steven Gerrard’s fault Liverpool are so reliant on himAs Brendan Rodgers struggles for clarity , Gerrard is the least of his problemsMon Dec 01 2014 - 12:08
The greatest threat to Delaney is John Delaney himself . . .Did John Delaney lie in an effort to cover up a story he feared would cause him embarrassment?Thu Nov 27 2014 - 21:44
For Van Gaal winning football, not the beautiful game, is the new priorityNew book shows how the former Dutch boss’s ideas on the game have evolvedMon Nov 24 2014 - 13:26
A city of two halves: from national ecstasy at Celtic Park to agony at IbroxAngry men, quiet children, apologetic players: everyone’s in a bad mood at RangersMon Nov 17 2014 - 16:10
Failure to subdue clever Maloney and Naismith proves costly for IrelandOn night of crash bang wallop, wee bit of craft adds up to a whole world of differenceSat Nov 15 2014 - 12:26
Something amiss with Fifa corruption reportFindings of summary asks more questions of governing body’s integrityFri Nov 14 2014 - 14:15
Legacy of Ferguson years forgotten in gloomy windswept fortress on sea’s edgeWhat has happened to Scotland, once perennial World Cup participants?Mon Nov 10 2014 - 12:00
Berlin 25: The shock World Cup victory that kickstarted the Federal RepublicFootball is never truly important, but the Miracle of Bern in 1954 is probably as close as it getsThu Nov 06 2014 - 06:08
Brendan Rodgers no longer preaching from the moral high groundLiverpool’s brilliance last year owed more to Luis Suárez than to coach’s philosophyMon Nov 03 2014 - 12:00
How will Suarez take to being just another star in Barcelona galaxy?Neymar has bedded in nicely, but erstwhile Liverpool striker needs to be given his headMon Oct 27 2014 - 12:00
Raheem Sterling’s kind of courage was to speak upWillingness to suffer used to be essential for a footballer. Now young players know betterMon Oct 20 2014 - 08:45
Captain’s fantastic late strike reflects transformed last quarter performanceO’Shea gave us our sweetest moment since that other late equaliser in 2002Wed Oct 15 2014 - 06:00
Access to cutting-edge game analysis is helping German football thriveResearchers are pioneering new statistical methods of analysing soccerMon Oct 13 2014 - 01:00
Inside German football: True love drives Dortmund devoteesFrom the largest terrace in Europe, Dortmund’s fans exemplify a club with the best of football traditionsSat Oct 11 2014 - 06:00
Ken Early: One mistake was all it took to give Chelsea the upper hand at Stamford BridgeMourinho’s teams don’t always give the impression of joy, but their focus never faltersMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:00
Gerrard strike reminds critics that reports of imminent demise greatly exaggeratedThe Liverpool captain’s goal against Everton will quieten pundits, at least for nowMon Sept 29 2014 - 12:00
