Articles tagged with "ivory-coast"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 25th, 2008
Group B, the tournament's more or less official "Group of Death", resumes with Cote d'Ivoire taking on Benin in Sekondi. This is an OpenThread, which ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 21st, 2008
Day two of the Africa Cup of Nations and plenty to digest. There was Morocco's 5-1 thrashing of Benin Namibia in a near empty stadium, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 14th, 2008
With the exception of Côte d'Ivoire's Group C rivals Nigeria, Benin and Mali, everyone is hoping to see a healthy, goal-scoring Didier Drogba at the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 11th, 2007
The good news today is that Didier Drogba could very well take part in the African Cup of Nations next month. The Chelsea striker was ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 10th, 2007
The Nigerian FA are a demanding bunch aren't they? Manager Berti Vogts has been told he has "no excuses" for not winning the African Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 31st, 2006
There are reports today that former German defender Juergen Kohler has turned down the Ivory Coast coaching gig after initially agreeing to the position because ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 10th, 2006
After unsuccessfully trying to acquire Dutch citizenship in time for the World Cup, new Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou has been called up to play for ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 21st, 2006
In a classic game that had no meaning but plenty of excitement, Ivory Coast picked up its first World Cup win. This is the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 21st, 2006
Another day, another four matches. That is what is known as World Cup bliss. We close out the action in Groups C & ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by Bessam | Jun 18th, 2006
We have gotten a good look at the African teams. Ivory Coast, Angola, and Ghana have played 2 games. Togo and Tunisia have played ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 11th, 2006
While I was out refereeing some high level youth matches, you were most likely watching some of the world's best footballers. I did a ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Noman Ansari | Jun 9th, 2006
As I watch Costa Rica hold their own against the Germans, my mind drifts to our testing opener against the Ivory Coast tomorrow. Cote-d'Ivoire is ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jun 9th, 2006
Here is the starting 11:
Formation (4-4-2):
1-Roberto Abbondanzieri; 21-Nicolas Burdisso, 2-Roberto Ayala, 6-Gabriel Heinze, 3-Juan Pablo Sorin; 18-Maxi Rodriguez, 8-Javier Mascherano, 5-Esteban Cambiasso, 10-Juan Roman Riquelme; ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jun 3rd, 2006
One week from today we'll be taking on Ivory Coast. The African team will be playing in its first World Cup match. Even ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 30th, 2006
For a day filled with meaningless friendlies, this sure turned out to be a fun one. We saw a keeper score for Colombia, Peter ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Adrian Wagner | May 25th, 2006
Nominations have been made. The team has gathered. Now let's have a look what lies ahead of the Swiss team.
Amidst all the fuss about individual ...
Posted on: Serbia World Cup Team Blog by Lyle | May 15th, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire has their Elephants:
Goalkeepers: Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis, Tunisia, Boubacar Barry Copa (KSK Beveren, Belgium), Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier, France)
Defenders: Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil, France), Blaise ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 10th, 2006
We've presented you with our infallible predictions and we've showed you how they compare to Google's selections. Now it is time for you to ...
Posted on: Serbia World Cup Team Blog by Lyle | Apr 30th, 2006
Those aren't my words... but, I have to just say, I love the superiority complex Savo Milosevic has when it comes to who he thinks ...
Posted on: Serbia World Cup Team Blog by Lyle | Apr 21st, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire defensive stars Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue are getting wore out playing in the Champions League games. They look great now, but ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 15th, 2006
Buried in this article, which mentions you can get 32-1 odds that David Beckham will sport dreadlocks at the World Cup, is an interesting revelation ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis Paulo | Mar 27th, 2006
I would like to take a time to analyze Portugal's possible opponent at the round of 16. I’m sorry if this seems a little arrogant ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 27th, 2006
Yesterday we put the spotlight on the World Cup teams with brick wall defenses. Today it is time to reveal the teams whose defenses ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Matt | Mar 22nd, 2006
Kalou is not Dutch, according to the judge. Salomon Kalou has been denied accelerated citizenship in spite of Marco van Bastens requests. The Feyenoord striker ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 10th, 2006
Each day from now until the start of the World Cup we'll be asking and answering some of the big questions. Today we offer ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
After watching about 1,000 hours of football yesterday, I now have a better idea about many of the teams in this summer's World Cup. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
Spain defeated Ivory Coast 3-2 in one of the more entertaining matches of the day. Juanito scored the game winner in the 86th minute. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
Just because our eyes are bloodshot from staring at the 15 games we are watching simultaneously today doesn't mean that we don't have the vision ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 27th, 2006
There is talk today that Ivory Coast might not play in the World Cup as long as warring factions in the country continue to fight. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 26th, 2006
I've had March 1 circled on my calendar for a few months now. No, it's not my birthday (June 29, feel free to send ...
