Articles tagged with "general-banter"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Dave Martinez | Oct 24th, 2009
There was a time when the names Diego Armando Maradona, Carlos Bilardo and the Argentine National team were synonymous with success. The magical run ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Dave Martinez | Oct 24th, 2009
There was a time when the names Diego Armando Maradona, Carlos Bilardo and the Argentine National team were synonymous with success. The magical run ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 14th, 2008
The sad sad news today is that Ronaldo may be finished. Just when it looked as if the Brazilian legend was getting it together at ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 12th, 2008
Now that the Africa Cup of Nations is over, you might be wondering what's next for World Cup Blog. How will we fill the days ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 2nd, 2008
Bad news for Brand Beckham, as it seems Golden Balls' globe trotting lifestyle is slowly but surely destroying planet earth. According to climate watchdog Carbon ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 31st, 2007
The year is almost done, so here's the final part of the World Cup Blog A-Z of 2007. Part one (A-M) can be found here, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 31st, 2007
It's the last day of 2007, so here's an alphabetical look back at the last twelve months in world football. There's so much happened that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 28th, 2007
Like most English tabloids, The Sun is mostly full of gossip, nonsense and hastily assembled headlines. But every once in a while they do something ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 26th, 2007
Ronaldo's career-rejuvenating move to AC Milan isn't quite going as planned is it? Despite an encouraging end to last season the now afro-sporting striker has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 26th, 2007
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is pushing for his Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia to get a call up to the England squad. You read that right. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Dec 22nd, 2007
If this question hasn't already been asked, it will be soon. We are coming to the point in Gianluigi Buffon's career where it's impossible not ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 17th, 2007
Chris spent the weekend lining up a European XI and a South American XI, and that got me thinking about Africa. What would an African ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Dec 15th, 2007
Europe v South America
With the Club World Cup final this weekend, we get a chance to see who is supposedly the best club in the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 14th, 2007
Brazilian coach Professor Neto gave a speech in South Africa recently, arguing that for football to develop in the 2010 World Cup host nation, the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 13th, 2007
Ever since 2001, UEFA have embraced the magic of the internet and asked readers of their website to vote on a Team of the Year. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 11th, 2007
After dangling himself in front of England for the last couple of weeks, like a donut just out of Homer Simpson's reach (and making the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 10th, 2007
Ever worried about how David Beckham is going to fill that long gap between MLS seasons? Well worry no longer, seems old Golden Balls is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 6th, 2007
Now I love football. And I'm sure you love football. But turns out neither of us loves football quite as much as Ivica Osim. The ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 5th, 2007
I thought there was universal agreement this week that Kaka deserved his Ballon d'Or and that all was right in the world of football. But ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 4th, 2007
Netherlands boss Marco van Basten and his assistant John van't Schip will be stepping down after Euro 2008. It's been an interesting spell for the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 4th, 2007
For all the talk about tactics, injuries, blundering goakeepers, foreigners and plastic pitches, the one thing England players definitely need to work on is how ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 3rd, 2007
He knew it, you knew it, even I knew it. But last night it was made official and Kaka was awarded the Ballon d'Or. The ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 3rd, 2007
Do you have a passion for football? Are you opinionated? Can you string a sentence together?
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Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 29th, 2007
Saudi Arabia captain Yasser Al-Qahtani was named Asian Player of the Year yesterday, at a fancy dinner in Sydney. Oddly, the award can only be ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 28th, 2007
Seems the draw for 2010 World Cup qualifying groups wasn't the only thing decided in Durban last weekend. The Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 28th, 2007
Argentinian dribbling machine Leo Messi has been awarded the brilliantly named Bravo Trophy by Italian sports magazine Guerin Sportivo. It's basically an Under-21 version of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 8th, 2007
Think back to the 2006 World Cup when Jens Lehmann was named Germany's number one keeper ahead of Oliver Kahn, who at first didn't take ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 4th, 2007
You'd think that more than a year after the final whistle of the 2006 World Cup all of the players who participated in the tournament ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 3rd, 2007
Where will you be 23 years from now? You don't know? Well, you better start thinking about it. The year 2030 will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 2nd, 2007
Let's hope it was one heck of a party. A pair of players from Cameroon has been suspended for six months by their country's ...
