Articles tagged with "Russia"
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | May 5th, 2008
With the news out today that the Tartan Army will support Poland in this June's Euro 2008 tournament, I thought it was time to outline ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 1st, 2008
Over at UEFA's Euro 2008 website, fans of all 16 teams have voted on which slogans to emblazon on the team buses. The results are ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Apr 9th, 2008
This post is half semi-important crap, half an excuse to use that picture again.
No less than three weeks ago we were patting Russia on the ...
Posted on: Romania Euro 2008 Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 25th, 2008
The final squad list for tomorrow's friendly with Russia has been released, and here it is. There aren't many surprises, to me at least, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Mar 25th, 2008
Not too long ago you couldn't hear the name "Guus Hiddink" without hearing "Chelsea FC" somewhere in the vicinity of the same sentence. Guus has ...
Posted on: Romania Euro 2008 Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 22nd, 2008
It's four days until the Tricolorii of Romania take on Russia in the second friendly of the year, and one of the stars of Romania's ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 21st, 2008
With all the Euro 2008 teams in friendly action next Wednesday, here's a quick rundown of all the squad news from the teams involved:
Austria v ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 14th, 2008
Like it says above, welcome to Euro 2008 on World Cup Blog. This is where we'll be covering the big show in Austria and Switzerland ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 5th, 2008
Euro 2008 is getting closer and World Cup Blog is going to cover everything that happens this summer in a big big way. And there's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 22nd, 2008
Here's an interesting concept, what if a best eleven wasn't picked on reputation but entirely on statistics? That's the the idea behind the Castrol Performance ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 17th, 2007
They are a country that does not train at home, play games at home and where the majority of the players do not live at ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 27th, 2007
The man standing in front of all those cameras and microphones is Jan Leliveld, the lawyer for Russia football coach Guus Hiddink. Undoubtedly the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jan 11th, 2007
Ecuador and Emelec winger Cristian Noboa is headed to Russia to play for FC Rubin Kazan.
Noboa seems ok with the move, as he hopes it ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 13th, 2006
We've seen what his money has done for Chelsea in the English Premier League and now we'll have a chance to see what it can ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 9th, 2006
At one time I thought that Guus Hiddink might be the perfect candidate to guide Russia through Euro 2008 qualifications. The guy has worked ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Nov 3rd, 2006
The rumor mill is at it again. CNNsi reports that there are rumblings suggesting that Luis Figo may end his career at FC Moscow. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 2nd, 2006
He has won just about everywhere he has coached. He led South Korea and the Netherlands to the World Cup semifinals. This summer ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 26th, 2006
Someone get referee Valentin Ivanov some ice for his right arm. The Russian dished out 20 total cards - 16 yellow and 4 red ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 21st, 2006
The World Cup rolls on. So do the stories about how this month-long football love fest is forcing this spinning globe of ours to ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Matt | Jun 10th, 2006
It has been confirmed that Johan Neeskens has taken up an assistant coaching role next to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona. This obviously puts him out ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 7th, 2006
Everyone is a prognosticator before the World Cup starts, but very few of us will be talking about our picks after they don't come true. ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 28th, 2006
It was a disappointing 0-0 draw for Spain against Russia yesterday in Albacete. With limited forward options, concern is growing for the team's ability to ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 23rd, 2006
Finally! It's time for Spain's team to take the field and actually play a match.
On a personal level, I'm very excited because I've been blogging ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 11th, 2006
Russia has announced the following 18-man squad for a friendly against Spain on May 27:
Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (Dynamo Moscow), Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow)
Defenders: ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by Robert | May 3rd, 2006
Regular readers of this post must have noted the lack of interest that the author has shown in the two friendlies with Russian club teams ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 19th, 2006
Continuing to tinker with its World Cup exhibition schedule, Ghana announced that it will play FC Moscow on 8 May, before taking on Dynamo Moscow ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Matt | Apr 11th, 2006
Ok. So yesterday I reported that Hiddink and his agent had stated he was not in the running for the England job. Well, neither is ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Matt | Apr 2nd, 2006
I've been away for the past few days so I have decided to give a wrap up of the most important happenings which have been ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
The world's top ranked team defeated Russia 1-0 in a friendly played in sub-arctic conditions in Moscow. To see how the game unfolded, check ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | Mar 1st, 2006
I was thinking about writing during our friendly game when I saw Shawn's post. Well let's see if I can do this work. I won't ...
