Man Utd Fans Campaign Against Glazers Continues To Grow
by Mike Collett (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - March 3)
More than 20,000 Manchester United fans have joined the campaign to force out the club’s U.S. owners in the last 24 hours, the leader of the protest group said on Wednesday. more details | go to article

Wealthy Fans Plan Man Utd Bid, Owners Won'€™t Sell
by Mike Collett and Rhys Jones (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - March 2)
A group of wealthy supporters is looking into a possible bid for English Premier League champions Manchester United, though the club’s billionaire U.S. owners say it is not for sale. more details | go to article

Unhappy Man United Fans Urged To Turn Up Heat On Glazers
by Mike Collett (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - February 23)
A Manchester United supporter-based campaign to force the Glazer family to sell their interest in the club can only succeed if fans boycott matches and stop buying merchandise, a soccer finance expert has said. more details | go to article

Kroenke Increases Arsenal Stake To 28.58 Pct
by Mike Collett (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - July 10)
U.S. sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has increased his stake in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal to 28.58 percent, the club said on Friday. more details | go to article

Spain Taking No Chances Against Surprising U.S.
by Mike Collett (Preview | Yahoo - June 24)
Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque should select his strongest team against surprise packages the United States in the first Confederations Cup semi-final on Wednesday. more details | go to article

U.S. Victory Over Spain Joins List Of Great Upsets
by Mike Collett (Analysis | Yahoo - June 24)
The United States’ 2-0 victory over European champions Spain in the Confederations Cup semi-finals on Wednesday earned a place on the list of great international upsets. more details | go to article

England Submit Official Bid For 2018 And 2022 World Cups
by Mike Collett (Preview | Yahoo - March 16)
England’s official bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup finals was delivered to soccer’s governing body FIFA on Monday. more details | go to article

Ribery Penalty Spoils Beckham Century
by Mike Collett (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - March 26)
A first-half penalty from Franck Ribery spoiled David Beckham’s 100th appearance for England by giving France a 1-0 friendly win at the Stade de France on Wednesday. more details | go to article

Facts And Figures Relating To The 2007 FA Cup Final
by Mike Collett (Preview | Yahoo - May 15)
Facts and figures relating to Saturday's FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United: more details | go to article

Becks Aiming To Succeed Where Smiling Dog Failed
by Mike Collett (Profile/Interview | Reuters - January 12)
When Pele joined the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in the mid-1970s, the believers proclaimed that football had finally arrived in the United States. It hadn't. more details | go to article

Security Worries Cloud Liverpool's Israel Trip
by Mike Collett (Analysis | Yahoo - July 28)
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - Former European champions Liverpool were drawn to play Maccabi Haifa of Israel in the third qualifying round of the Champions League on Friday, raising immediate security concerns for the English club. more details | go to article

World-Fifa Officials At Loss To Explain Rooney Red Card
by Mike Collett (Analysis | Yahoo - July 1)
GELSENKIRCHEN, July 1 (Reuters) - Mystery surrounded the dismissal of England striker Wayne Rooney in Saturday's quarter-final loss to Portugal with senior FIFA officials unsure why Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo showed him the red card. more details | go to article

World-Viva Villa As Spain Crush Ukraine 4-0
by Mike Collett (Result | Yahoo - June 14)
LEIPZIG, June 14 (Reuters) - Spain made their best start to a World Cup finals, demolishing 10-man Ukraine 4-0 on Wednesday on a scorching afternoon the debutants would rather forget. more details | go to article

World Cup Returns To German Soil After 32-Year Wait
by Mike Collett (Preview | Yahoo - June 8)
Nearly 32 years after West Germany won the 10th World Cup in Munich, the world's greatest sporting event returns to the same city on Friday when Germany kick off the 18th edition against Costa Rica. more details | go to article

History Of The World Cup: Part Five: 1994-2002
by Mike Collett (Analysis | Yahoo - May 31)
LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - This is the fifth and final part of a brief history of the World Cup finals covering the tournaments from 1994-2002: more details | go to article