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Vaishali is an up and coming sports journalist based in London who specialises in analysing, commenting and spewing out her general thoughts on English and Spanish football as well as tennis. Vaishali graduated in Microbiology at the famous and well-renowned Imperial College London before taking a U-turn and deciding to pursue a career in her first passion – sports journalism. Vaishali has written for BBC Sport, guardian.co.uk, The Times and a host of sports magazine.

Ronaldo causes controversy once more whilst Barcelona become Winter Champions

 Cristiano Ronaldo has made headlines and divided opinions once again after scoring both goals in Real Madrid’s 2-0 win over Málaga on Sunday – only to then receive a straight red card for breaking Patrick Mtiliga’s nose with a swinging arm in the second-half.
The Portuguese winger scored two fabulous goals for Madrid within three minutes of each other [...]

Barcelona draw at El Madrigal and Real Madrid miss the chance to go top of La Liga

Firework celebrations all around the world marked the start of 2010. After the Christmas break, the Primera Liga sides were rearing to go and it looked set to be a juicy weekend of action from Spain.
However there was to be no bang to the start of La Liga’s 2010 year even if the firework displays in Spain proved [...]

Torres snatches late winner for the Reds

Aston Villa  0 – 1  Liverpool
Fernando Torres scored a last-gasp goal against Aston Villa to snatch all three points for Liverpool at Villa Park in dramatic style.
The Spaniard scored the only goal of the game in the 93rd-minute after the match looked set to end 0-0 and in doing so he has become the [...]

Science news: How to avoid a social faux pas this holiday season

Have you ever told yourself not to say or do something in a particular situation only to find yourself doing the exact forbidden thing? For example, promising yourself not to eat, touch or even think about that piece of sumptuous and delicious chocolate cake sitting in your kitchen because of your New Year’s resolution to [...]

Barcelona make history and La Liga matchday 15 review

Barcelona made history on Saturday the 19th of December when they came from behind to win the Fifa Club World Cup final 2-1 against Argentinean side Estudiantes at the Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi giving them an unprecedented six trophy haul in one calendar year.
After going a goal down following Boselli’s strike in the 37th minute, substitute Pedro equalised for Barcelona [...]

Premier League clubs help tackle unemployment in the UK

Four Premier League clubs have joined up in partnership with local employers, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Premier League to help launch a new training programme for jobseekers.
‘Premier League into Work’ will take place at Chelsea, Everton, Sunderland and Portsmouth football clubs and aims to provide jobseekers the skills they need to find [...]

Raining goals at the Bernabéu:

Last week Real Madrid were involved in the most expensive game of football in El Clásico:  Barcelona versus Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. The ‘best’ team in the world – treble-winning Barcelona versus the world’s most expensive team – Real Madrid.
It was a match with a line-up consisting of the ‘Gods’ of current football [...]

Vaishali’s hot picks and latest published work!

If you enjoyed the last set of football videos from the new feature of my blog, ‘Vaishali’s hot picks’ then you will not be disappointed this week, as I have sourced out some more interesting and amusing football videos for you all to enjoy. So let’s begin…
1) Whoever said that footballer’s had style? What with all [...]

Atlético Madrid 2 Real Madrid 3

There were three goals and 80 minutes of dominating play from Real Madrid, two goals and ten thrilling minutes of fight back play from the home side Atlético Madrid, a red card for Sergio Ramos, seven yellow cards and a flying object striking the face of Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini. This could only be the Madrid derby.
Always a [...]

Preview: Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid

Real Madrid will look to maintain their impressive recent record against city rivals Atlético Madrid when the two sides clash tonight at the Vincente Calderón.
Real have not lost at the Vicente Calderón for 10 years and have won four and drawn one of their last five league visits.
Atlético have managed just one win from their [...]