Sunit Kumar Thakurta
A soccer fanatic, although more concerned about world politics given my profession. Successfully completed my masters in business administration, yet aim is to make it big in the world of journalism. A die-hard Arsenal and Germany fan. Loves football since the days of Klinsmann, Voeller, Matthaus and Linekar. Sometimes get a mouthful from friends for preferring football to cricket but it hardly irritates me. My thanks to Ahmed for giving me a chance to write in soccerlens. There are some fantastic writers in this site and hope to learn from their styles of writing in the course of my involvement in this fabulous football website.
Arsenal ends Manchester City’s unbeaten home run to go top of the table
How well Arsenal has been helped by Togo’s inability to qualify for the African Cup of Nations currently being held at Ghana. Already devoid of Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue and Alex Song, Emmanuel Adebayor’s participation in the African Championships for Togo could have been a telling loss for Arsene Wenger in his pursuit of the…
English fans care a damn about Maradona’s apology for ‘Hand of God’ goal
Argentinian great Diego Maradona has apologised to English fans for his infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal during the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals. In an interview to the The Sun newspaper, the football legend was quoted as saying: If I could apologise and go back and change history I would. But many doubt the need for…
Arsenal make Newcastle bite the dust to go top of the table
Emmanuel Adebayor scored his 19th goal of the season and three in a matter of four days against Kevin Keegan’s disappointing Newcastle side at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. The win takes the North London side top of the Premiership table for atleast twenty-four hours as Manchester United could regain the spot with a home…
Arsenal bounce back from midweek misery to beat Newcastle
It might have been just the Carling Cup where Arsene Wenger tests out his future stars. Yet the midweek loss to great rivals Tottenham at their own backyard by an unthinkable margin did hurt the Emirates faithful, no matter how loyal one could be towards the Gunners. It doesn’t matter that Spurs have broken the…
Tunisia 2-2 Senegal – Mejdi Traoui the hero as Tunisia earn a late draw
Senegal’s opening Group D clash against Tunisia was built up as a grudge match after the Teranga Lions’ controversial exit from 2004 African Cup of Nations by the same opponents. The revenge was seven minutes away until Mejdi Traoui had other ideas. Traoui sweetly connected a 25-yard long ranger that flew into the top left…
Egypt 4-2 Cameroon – Pharaohs brush aside Lions
Egypt started the defence of the title they won two years ago at home in some style by cruising to a comfortable 4-2 victory over four-time winners and favourites Cameroon in Kumasi. The result has come as a surprise to many given Egypt’s lacklustre qualifying campaign where they have struggled to score goals, particularly away…
Nigeria 0-1 Ivory Coast: Kalou stunner tames Super Eagles
The 2008 African Cup of Nations is truly underway and one team has already made their intentions clear at such an early stage. 2006 runners-up Ivory Coast(Cote D’Voire) are desperate to go one step further this time around. The Elephants took a firm lead in a tough Group B when a Salomon Kalou stunner left…
Sven’s frustration grows after Manchester City draw with West Ham
Just a single win in the last six Premier League games for politician-turned business tycoon Thakshin Sinawatra’s Manchester City and already there are talks that Sven Goran Ericsson would be provided a look at the transfer market at the fag end of January to bring in extra recruits, possibly a high-profile striker, to restore an…
Ghana 2-1 Guinea – Muntari secures 3 points for the Black Stars
The 26th edition of the African Cup of Nations is underway in Ghana with the hosts kicking off the colourful tournament with a tense 2-1 win against Guinea in Accra. The build-up to the match saw an unusual incident with the two teams’ officials clashing over training pitches due to an apparent lack of communications…
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