Articles tagged with "asia"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 9th, 2009
As Daryl mentioned Tuesday, Saudi Arabia v Bahrain was a huge match. Huge.
It didn't disappoint. For fear of ruining the ending and the screaming commentary, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jul 14th, 2009
It was but a mere friendly against a walkover opponent, but in terms of symbolism it was on par with a World Cup final. More ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Fulanito | Jun 9th, 2009
On their first training session on South Korean soil and after arriving yesterday in Seoul, the Saudi squad is in preparation for their tomorrow's game ...
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 27th, 2009
At least that's what it appears to be. Remember that Uzbekistan training video which looked straight out of Jackass? This is largely the same thing ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Fulanito | Apr 4th, 2009
In this match held in Tehran, the Saudis played with high spirit winning the game by great come-back in ten minutes before game's end and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Mar 10th, 2009
Uzbekistan has been struggling in World Cup qualifying, languishing at the bottom of Group 1 in Asian qualifying. They take on group leaders Australia in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Jan 22nd, 2009
One probably wouldn't expect much out of a Thailand v Lebanon international fixture. Judging by the "stadium" this game was played, everyone else is on ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 8th, 2008
The 2008 ASEAN Football Championship (formerly the Tiger Cup, now the Suzuki Cup) is happening right now, with eight teams from South-East Asia competing for ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin | Oct 11th, 2008
OK! As predicted the Brazilians remain invincible; no surprise there. But what surprised even most of us Iranian fans was how well our team fought ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Sep 29th, 2008
Before we get started, let's take a look at FIFA's Article 55 of its disciplinary code, shall we?
"if a player takes part in an official ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 19th, 2008
Sepp Blatter's been in South Africa this week to a) check on the progress of World Cup 2010 and b) do some of his patented ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 5th, 2008
World Cup qualifying returns this weekend, on every continent. It's the big qualifying kickoff in Europe, the start of the final group stage in Asia, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 11th, 2008
We're down to the final ten Asian teams, and we're left with the usual suspects, a few surprises, and...Australia? Yes, Australia, competing with the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 2nd, 2008
The World Cup 2010 qualifying draw was not kind to China. In the first round of Asian qualifying China were drawn in Group Five alongside ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 27th, 2007
Strange things are afoot in Iranian football. Sepp Blatter recently threatened to tear up Iran's FIFA membership for failing to properly separate the football federation ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 9th, 2006
(I had originally posted this on January 13, 2006, but after reading some of the unfriendly trash talking that is going on, I decided to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 23rd, 2006
You might have heard by now that the World Cup has only been won by teams from Europe and South America. With the tournament ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 6th, 2006
Bob asks everyone “Which Country do you want to Host a Future World Cup?”
I am sure there are many countries that can do a fine ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 2nd, 2006
Saba Battery face Qatar’s Al Gharafa in Matchday 5 of AFC Champions League tomorrow. They still have a good chance of making it and their ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 12th, 2006
In this mornings Iranian papers I read that Foold FC who just lost their AFC Champions League match to Uzbek champs Pakhtakor will be flying ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 12th, 2006
This was a bad day for the Iranian clubs in AFC Champions League.
First, Foolad FC, who won the Iranian Pro League title last year, crashed ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 27th, 2006
John Duerden of goal.com has written a nice piece about the coaches representing AFC in the World Cup. There is nothing new for the Asian ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 24th, 2006
Apparently Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is fed up with divers and is calling for tougher penalties to punish diving.
I think that is a good ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 22nd, 2006
Saba Battery blew a one goal lead against Al Karama in Matchday two of the AFC Champions League. In my humble opinion this loss was ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 22nd, 2006
In their second AFC Champions League Group C match Foolad FC played a goalless draw with Al Ittihad of Syria.
Foolad now lead Group A with ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 22nd, 2006
Saba Battery were shocked by the Syrian side Al Karama in Tehran. Saba took a 1:0 lead on a goal by none other than Ali ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 22nd, 2006
Iran’s AFC Champions League representatives Saba Battery and Foolad both are still in the race for the Iranian Pro League title. However, with four games ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 20th, 2006
Hello all you football fans around the world!
For those of you who may not know, today is the first day of the Iranian New ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 20th, 2006
Iran’s Brazilian Olympicvcoach, Rene Simoes, has called up 22 players for the Tunisia trip. Amongst the 22 are a number of Team Melli players such ...
