Articles tagged with "Japan"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Nov 17th, 2009
It would seem this vuvuzela thing is, at the very least, unpopular. As a direct result of its popularity, of course. Xabi Alonso left the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 13th, 2009
Alright! In these low days of our football, we at least have our Futsal team to make us proud.
Iran Futsal team, the reigning ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 9th, 2009
The World Cup 2018/2022 bidding war just got serious. First we had the Australia 2018/22 team engaging in some guerrilla marketing by handing out goody ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 5th, 2009
Van Persie scores the 1-0
Oranje tested the patience of the fans in De Veste in Enschede against Japan. In the final phase of the game, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 3rd, 2009
Twente has a first-time ever experience, when Oranje hosts Japan in the Grolsch Veste. The first ever international game in Enschede.
Especially for the game, the ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by Gary | Jul 14th, 2009
The Japan Football Federation has confirmed it will play the Black Stars in a World Cup warm-up match in September.
Japan says it has reached an ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jul 3rd, 2009
The Socceroos have rocketed into the top 20 in the latest FIFA rankings. A successful end to our World Cup campaign, including wins over Bahrain ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jun 19th, 2009
Timmy Cahill turned back the clock as he scored two second half goals to cancel out an early Japanese strike and gave the Socceroos a ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jun 7th, 2009
The Socceroos have created history by securing a spot in their second consecutive World Cup finals in South Africa 2010. A tough scoreless draw with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 6th, 2009
(I found this photo of Japan fans quite disturbing. Let's hope those are Japanese flags on his chest and not the result of ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | May 21st, 2009
Here’s an interesting article from The World Game site regarding the World Cup bidders. It summarises the assessment of each bidder by a company called ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 28th, 2009
Next up: Japan.
After Uzbekistan and Bahrain displayed their extreme training methods being used to kick Aussie ass (zero for one thus far), one of roughly ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Mar 28th, 2009
The Socceroos took one giant step closer to World Cup Qualification overnight, and they didn’t even have to play. With results in other matches going ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Feb 22nd, 2009
Not really sure how this slipped under my nose, but with the release of the latest FIFA rankings (almost two weeks ago...), the Socceroos have ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Feb 11th, 2009
Foxsports commentator Simon Hill coined the phrase “Pragmatic Pim Verbeek,” and that was exactly what the Australian coach delivered with the Socceroos’ battling 0-0 draw ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Feb 8th, 2009
Harry Kewell will not take part in Wednesday night’s vital World Cup qualifying clash with Japan after he failed to make a comeback for his ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 3rd, 2009
Yesterday (Feb 2nd) was the deadline for World Cup 2018 & 2022 hosting bids. So now we know who wants to have the big party ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Feb 2nd, 2009
A niggling leg injury has meant that Harry Kewell has been left out of the 22-man squad to face Japan in Yokohama next Wednesday. Despite ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Feb 1st, 2009
Japan are proving to be our nemesis yet again – this time off the pitch – with the JFA announcing their bid for either the ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jan 6th, 2009
Happy New Year everyone, hope your holiday season was safe and fun (contradiction?!). Now that the celebrations are out of the way, let’s get to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 27th, 2008
It's official: Argentina will host Copa America 2011. Argentinian FA president Julio Grondona (who's been in the job since 1979!) confirmed it yesterday.
Two interesting tidbits ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Nov 19th, 2008
Today's games: A dollop of Oceania, a dose of Asia, a lot of CONCACAF, and...San Marino vs. Czech Republic?
Yes, that's our token ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 3rd, 2008
Our U19’s lost any hopes of advancing to the second round of the AFC U-19 Championship after their second loss in a row.
On Sunday our ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 13th, 2008
And just like that, the group stage of the 2008 Men's Olympic Football tournament is over.
The quarter-finals look like this:
Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire
Italy vs Belgium
(winners ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 12th, 2008
Nothing beats a Slip 'N Slide pitch like the one Norway and Japan were fortunate enough to play on today during today's final round of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 11th, 2008
The Olympians training in the rain...
The Dutch Olympic football team may have played a shocker of a game against the USA, the return to the ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 8th, 2008
Circumstances rarely conspire in favor of the U.S. men's soccer team, but that's what happened yesterday when they notched a 1-0 victory over Japan while ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 8th, 2008
The odd thing about the Olympic football tournament is that all the games seem to happen at once, rather than being spread out evenly as ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 7th, 2008
After going without a goal in either of their two ING Cup matches, the U.S. Men's team started their Olympic campaign off with a 1-0 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 1st, 2008
In less than a week, the 2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament gets underway (complete with rubbish logo, left). August 6th to August 23rd. It's 16 ...
