Articles tagged with "russia"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 24th, 2008
The bidding war to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups is almost underway, with the official procedure beginning in January 2009.
Big news is that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 16th, 2008
How often do you see a team subjected to two own goals? Not often. The football gods can be cruel, but typically not that cruel. ...
Posted on: Wales World Cup Team Blog by j | Oct 14th, 2008
Ahead of Wales match against Germany in Mönchengladbach, John Toshack will be employing a tight defensive strategy akin to their recent match against Russia. Against ...
Posted on: Germany World Cup Blog Blog by Jan | Oct 13th, 2008
1. It was the proverbial game of two halves.
Germany played a great game in the first half, strung together some neat attacking moves, scored two ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 13th, 2008
If only boot meant the same in German as it does in English. We could've opened up the week with Kevin Kuranyi's face photoshopped onto ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 8th, 2008
I like defense and tactics as much as the next fan, maybe even a bit more, but I also like it when somebody unlatches the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Oct 8th, 2008
The new FIFA rankings are out, and guess what? Spain's still #1 with a gain of 78 points, which allows them to extend their ...
Posted on: Germany World Cup Blog Blog by Jan | Oct 3rd, 2008
Germany's U21 will play France's U21 in a two-legged knockout tie to decide which of the two teams qualifies for the U21 European Championships. Germany's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 10th, 2008
We'll have three of today's World Cup 2010 qualifiers LiveBlogged (pictured) for you today. Here they are:
Russia vs Wales on Bet Offside (kickoff 9pm local, ...
Posted on: Wales World Cup Team Blog by j | Sep 10th, 2008
John Toshack leads Wales into Lokomotiv Stadium today to face a very convincing Russian squad. With the series of injuries and shocker retirement of Paul ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 8th, 2008
This season hasn't even really started yet or Arjen Robben already missed an international game due to another little injury. "I just have to listen ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Sep 5th, 2008
The two countries partaking in this little skirmish are Georgia and Russia. Who wants to bet the ball was hand-stitched in South Ossetia? (AP Photo/Sergei ...
Posted on: Russia Euro 2008 Blog by Nick | Sep 4th, 2008
Hello to all, Nick here. I'm back and wanted to let all my readers know that I will be blogging from time to time here ...
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: Wales World Cup Team Blog by j | Aug 26th, 2008
Toshack will also have concerns over the fitness of his first-choice strike force.
John Toshack has named the squad for next month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 15th, 2008
Mark van Bommel is back. New team manager Bert van Marwijk has selected the skipper of Bayern Munich for next Wednesday's friendly against Hiddink's Russia.
The ...
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: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2008
My initial reaction when I gave the Euro 2008 schedule was: No 3rd place playoff? Excellent. It's basically a friendly between the B teams of ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 27th, 2008
The nickname typically applies to the team, but I think in the case of this picture, The Red Fury applies just as well to the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
Listen, I'm not saying Andrei Arshavin is a bad player. Clearly he's a very very good player. Russia with Arshavin were a much more dangerous ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
The latest in our series of Euro 2008 comics from Chris Toy is a three parter. Seems the ghost of Euro 2008 (pictured) wanted to ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Player of the Day: Sergio "Hot As Balls" Ramos. All over the place, stuffing Russian attackers, hassling Russian defenders. Probably the first game he's played ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Everyone expected a vastly different game from the first encounter, but it was damn near the same thing right down to the scoreline and weather ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Spain's Carles Puyol and Russia's Andrei Arshavin challenge for a ball during this evening's semi-final in Vienna. Puyol is remarkably good in the air for ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
SEMI-FINAL 2
June 26th, 2045 CET, Vienna (Austria)
Spain3
VS
Russia 0
Xavi 55', Guiza 73', Silva 82'
GAME Germany v Spain it is.
Silva gol:
Guiza gol:
UEFA is saying a ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Neither of these teams were supposed to be here. Spain because of their history and Russia partly because of the history they don't have. But ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Grumpy old Luis Aragones is not too happy about Spain having to wear their away shirts against Russia tonight. Why? Because Spain have abandoned the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Now we know why Russia have been playing such an attack-minded game at Euro 2008. According to The Sun (motto: "all the boobs that's fit ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 26th, 2008
There are two games left in Euro 2008, the semifinal between Spain and Russia, and the final between the winner of that match and Germany. ...
Posted on: Russia Euro 2008 Blog by Nick | Jun 25th, 2008
Hello again to all. I just wanted to share my preview prior to the Russia Spain semi-final.
As you all know Spain and Russia met in ...
