Articles tagged with "fifa"
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: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Peter Katsiris | Sep 9th, 2008
After a solid start to their Qualifying campaign on Saturday, Greece will look for more of the same tomorrow night when they meet Latvia in ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Peter Katsiris | Sep 8th, 2008
Greece’s National Team kicked off their World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign with an away win over lowly Luxembourg on Saturday. Goals from Vassilis Torosidis, and ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Sep 7th, 2008
Belgium played their first World Cup 2010 qualifying match yesterday. They played against Estonia in Liege at Sclessin Stadium. The Rode Duivels were without Tchité ...
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: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Peter Katsiris | Sep 5th, 2008
Greece returns to action on Saturday, as the 'Galanoleuki' open up their World Cup Qualifying schedule with a trip to tiny Luxembourg. Last month's 'prova ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 5th, 2008
Much as we complain about FIFA, they do have the occasional good idea. Like the World Cup for example. Think we can all agree that's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 4th, 2008
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Sep 3rd, 2008
The new FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking show that Belgium dropped 9 spots from the 0-2 loss to Germany. Yesterday, FIFA updated the rankings:
Rank Country Points ...
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.
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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, ...
