Articles tagged with "fifa"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 29th, 2008
Good news for UEFA. Even after all expenses (including those fake disasters, the extra security AND that Henri Delaunay trophy hot air balloon) they ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 22nd, 2008
"You sure Cantona said this would help us get chicks?"
"Yeah. 'Check out those flamingos if you don't believe me,' he ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 14th, 2008
The country vs. club battle continues in football. Hamburger SV won't let Belgium's Vincent Kompany play in the Olympics. Their sporting director said:
"We have discussed ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 3rd, 2008
It happens every month. FIFA's new rankings come out, and everybody groans and says, "There is no possible way Team X is better than ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 2nd, 2008
Belgium moved up in the new FIFA rankings to 46th. We moved up 3 spots from the last release. The rankings were just updated today. ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jun 27th, 2008
According to Goal.com and numerous other sources, former FIFA President João Havelange claims that the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cups were fixed so that ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jun 23rd, 2008
Belgium referee Frank De Bleeckere was picked today to referee the second Euro 2008 Semi-final match Russia vs. Spain. The match will be played this ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jun 9th, 2008
Last Wednesday FIFA released the updated FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Belgium dropped 3 spots in the rankings from 46 to 49. Their recent friendly loss to ...
Posted on: Democratic Republic of Congo World Cup Team Blog by patrick k | Jun 5th, 2008
At the age of 54, the Frenchman Patrice Neveu is, in coaching terms, a battle-hardened warrior. Motivated by challenges, he has always followed his instinct, ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jun 4th, 2008
Despite the recent poor performances by Greece, Greece's slump was not enough to see the Greeks slip in the FIFA rankings. With a 8th place ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 23rd, 2008
There's an almighty battle brewing that could well determine the future of European football, and it involves two of the world's biggest bureaucracies. FIFA and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Apr 23rd, 2008
Remember the whole "will Spain be booted out of Euro 2008?" business? The Spanish government were trying to force all sporting organizations to hold elections ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Apr 11th, 2008
Greece made history once again, when FIFA published its latest edition of the World Rankings this past Wednesday. Previously Greece's highest ranking was 10th, a ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 25th, 2008
Spain coach Luis Aragones isn't a professional bookie. But if he was, he'd be slashing the odds on France and Italy winning Euro 2008. He ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 12th, 2008
Football news from around World Cup Blog, The Offside and beyond.
Don't read this if you're Canadian (Netherlands Blog)
Don't watch this if you're French (Italy Blog)
Carthage ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Mar 9th, 2008
For the second time in two weeks, a Serie A player scored a decisive goal in a game, took his short off to celebrate and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 4th, 2008
The now long-running saga of Spain possibly being booted out of Euro 2008 got even more complicated yesterday. FIFA are still upset with the Spanish ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 4th, 2008
This week, there's more talk of the UK fielding an Olympic football side at the 2012 Games in London. The idea, which Wales and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 27th, 2008
After a valiant but failed attempt at Euro 2008 qualification, Northern Ireland's hopes of making the tournament are still alive (just about,) thanks to FIFA's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 20th, 2008
There's a row brewing between FIFA and the Spanish government, and there's a chance it could end with the Spanish national team not competing at ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 15th, 2008
Things are looking worse and worse for the Premier League's plans for a moneyspinning international round. The plan already got the middle finger from Asia, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 8th, 2008
Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere.
Pharaohs heading to Accra (Egypt Blog)
Should Carthage Eagles let Lemerre go? (Tunisia Blog)
Jozy is a special ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 11th, 2008
The December 2007 FIFA World Rankings have Nigeria as the highest placed African Cup of Nations team, with the Super Eagles up in 20th place. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Jan 4th, 2008
Our friend Steven Goff is hearing things.
Not in a sixth sense sort of way, more in the way of sources he hears from on a ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Dec 18th, 2007
...behind only Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Not too shabby at all...
Who else thinks the Czechs are going to do some serious damage in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 13th, 2007
It's not too often I feel sorry for FIFA, mostly because they treat the beautiful game like the world's fattest cash cow and spend their ...
Posted on: Democratic Republic of Congo World Cup Team Blog by patrick k | Nov 25th, 2007
Egypt , Dr Congo , Malawi and Djibouti
The Leopards of Congo have been drawn in an "okay" looking group. Although this is only the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 25th, 2007
We've seen in the past that football is a sport that can both divide and unite people. In the case of Cyrpus, there is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 30th, 2007
When you are a fat cat you like nothing more than to be wined and dined as various entities try to sway your opinion. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 28th, 2007
They did it. Who knows how, but they did.
Now come on down and see what you have won....
...A shiney new knockout round ...
