Articles tagged with "fifa"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 9th, 2009
We haven't done a FIFA World Rankings post since back December 2008, mostly because it's all been much of a muchness. Spain ruled the roost, ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Apr 4th, 2009
I'll be honest, on those boring summer days during my youth I used to watch reruns of that Bill Cosby hosted show "Kids Say the ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Apr 1st, 2009
In cooperation with Goal.com:
A second-half penalty from Giorgos Samaras gave Greece a slim 2-1 win over Israel in Heraklion, after the visitors had equalized through ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Mar 28th, 2009
In cooperation with Goal.com:
Greece's lead at the top of the Group 2 standings took a hit as Israel provided a come-back display to hold the ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Mar 27th, 2009
Usually you would see one of Chris' articles start off with a link to goal.com, but I'm soon to be part of that global football ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Mar 25th, 2009
And the price may be quite high.
Since WADA implemented its 'whereabouts' campaign - it "requires athletes in all sports to give drug-testers three months' ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 23rd, 2009
If you've been reading the real world non-football news (and I don't recommend it right now) then you'll know there's a whole world of economic ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Andrea | Mar 17th, 2009
In the game against the US Rafa Marquez was sent off for the horrible tackle on Timmy Howard. At the time he was given the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 14th, 2009
Translated and posted on request :-)
Bert van Marwijk wouldn't be surprised if Oranje snatches their first title in the WC2010. In an interview with FIFA, ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Mar 1st, 2009
At the end of this month the Rode Duivels will play a World Cup 2010 Qualifier against Bosnia-Herzegovina. The match will played in Genk, Belgium ...
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: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Feb 11th, 2009
Greece and Denmark played out an intriguing draw in Piraeus, as Theofanis Gekas cancelled out Thomas Borring's early second half breakthrough to assure friendly spoils ...
Posted on: Israel World Cup Team Blog by Ibracadabra | Feb 11th, 2009
Some major sporting and political news coming out of Israel this week with General Elections held yesterday, as well as Bar Rafaeli gracing Sports Illustrated's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 11th, 2009
Do you know about the International Football Association Board (IFAB)? I was only vaguely aware of them until I read a link in yesterday's Daily ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Feb 11th, 2009
Valentine's Day might be just around the corner, but that doesn't mean Greece will show Denmark any love when the Scandinavian side pays a visit ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Feb 6th, 2009
One glance at Greece's roster for a midweek friendly with Denmark in Athens next week and it is clear that Otto Rehhagel is not yet ...
Posted on: Nigeria World Cup Team Blog by Lola | Jan 28th, 2009
Nigeria will no longer host this year's U-17 World Cup, citing the global economic downturn. Earlier this week, the NFF formally informed FIFA that ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jan 27th, 2009
And while Italian fans may hate to admit it, it's clearly true. I dare you to find me proof to suggest otherwise.
Forget that, let ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Jan 26th, 2009
No surprise, it's a Portuguese attacker - but not that Portuguese attacker. And this guy, Belchior, doesn't even play real football, he plays the beach ...
Posted on: Russia World Cup Blog by j | Jan 20th, 2009
With Russia poised to submit an application for the 2018 World Cup, FIFA President Sepp Blatter is very confident of Football in Russia and their ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jan 18th, 2009
The new FIFA rankings were released for January 14, 2009. Belgium basically stood still in the table by maintaining its ranking of 54. Fellow World ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Jan 6th, 2009
Limited support for the Greek National Team from Athenians in recent matches has forced the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to abandon Athens for Greece's World ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Dec 18th, 2008
Despite drawing World Champions Italy last month, the latest edition of the FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings, which were released on Wednesday, saw Greece slip two ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Dec 15th, 2008
The Rode Duivels finished 2008 with a draw in an international friendly against Luxembourg. It was a very disappointing, frustrating, and angering (understatement) result. Prior ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Nov 25th, 2008
FIFA wants to keep its members pure.
Or at least that's the lesson they seem to hope people will pick up from the suspension ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Nov 20th, 2008
So you want to promote the Confederations Cup 2009, the "soft opening" for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. A tournament which hasn't had much, ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 20th, 2008
A defensive duel between two Mediterranean rivals played to a stalemate finale on Wednesday night, as Italy pegged back to hold Greece to a 1-1 ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 19th, 2008
Club duties will be put aside this week, as the international stage returns to the main spotlight. Some of that spotlight will be shared by ...
Posted on: Uruguay World Cup Team Blog by Juan | Nov 12th, 2008
La Celeste fell to 23rd place in the latest release of the Coca Cola FIFA Rankings. The Uruguayans were leapfrogged by Africa powers Nigeria ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 12th, 2008
FIFA released its annual FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings on Wednesday, and to no surprise the Greek National Team slipped one spot to fall to eighteenth place ...
