Articles tagged with "world-cup-2006"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 11th, 2006
Croatia is trying to woo another young Australian to join its national team. According to Croatian papers, the Croatian Football Federation is interested in ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 10th, 2006
Costa Rica coach Alexandre Guimaraes is quoted in his country's papers as saying he believes Costa Rica has what it takes to make it to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 10th, 2006
Here is the complete listing of Our Infallible Predictions.
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Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 10th, 2006
Argentina’s young gun Lionel Messi has received a lot of praise recently. Among his biggest admirers is Ronaldo, who says that he wishes Messi ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 10th, 2006
No mohawks, mullets or long hair. Oh my.
That’s the ruling Iran’s Football Federation has handed down to its players as it tries to make ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 9th, 2006
Winning the World Cup might be the pinnacle for any football player or coach, but it is not what Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira considers ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 9th, 2006
One thing we've learned today is to never get on Franz Beckenbaeur's bad side. The legendary soccer player's words are almost as wicked as ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 9th, 2006
First we learned that midfielder Chris Birchall needed help learning Trinidad and Tobago’s national anthem since he grew up in England and didn’t have many ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 9th, 2006
Winning the World Cup might be the pinnacle for any football player or coach, but it is not what Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira considers ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 9th, 2006
You'll be hearing a lot of analysis from commentators in the coming month. Some might even try to break down what Croatia needs to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 8th, 2006
Interesting profile in the Sunday Herald about Chris Birchall, the 21-year-old midfielder from England who is playing for his mother's native country Trinidad & Tobago. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 8th, 2006
It has seemed like it has taken forever for 2006 to arrive but now that it is here it means only one thing: time ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 7th, 2006
With a group of mostly domestic based players participating in the United States' training camp this month, the one player that is being talked about ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 7th, 2006
A Canadian-born, England national team member who plays professionally in Germany . . . it is only natural that Owen Hargreaves would blog about, well, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 7th, 2006
It would be unfair to say that Ecuador is fluke. It has qualified for consecutive World Cups, finishing ahead of traditional powers like Colombia ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 6th, 2006
There's controversy brewing in Mexico where national team coach Ricardo La Volpe is keen on having Argentine-born midfielder Walter Gaitan on his team this summer ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 6th, 2006
More depressing news for people hoping to secure tickets for the World Cup. More than 100,000 ticket requests are being submitted each day. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 6th, 2006
It is still unknown whether striker Jan Koller will recover from his knee injury in time to play for the Czech Republic at the World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 6th, 2006
Ghana dreams big
Ticket scandal in T&T
Serious safety faults at World Cup stadiums
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 5th, 2006
The President of Argentina's Football Association is now on record as being against those who are, shall we say, vertically challenged.
Commenting on the potential of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 5th, 2006
Pity poor David Beckham and his English teammates who will reportedly be making less money to play for their national team in this year's World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 5th, 2006
Here's a list from the BBC of unknown players who are plying their time in the English leagues and who will play for their national ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 4th, 2006
We learned two things today. First, there is someone in Mexico who calls himself a "Grand Warlock." Second, this person is neither a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 4th, 2006
You can call Lee Woon-jae a lot of things but foolish isn't one of them.
The Korean keeper has published a collection of essays comparing the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 4th, 2006
Gotta give the new Pope some credit. He is wise enough to plan his first trip to Poland so it doesn't coincide with the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 3rd, 2006
Here at World Cup Blog we search high and low for stories that will give you the reader the insight and knowledge you crave. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 3rd, 2006
The BBC reports that: "Togo striker Emmanuel 'Sheyi' Adebayor is set to be severely punished by French championship side Monaco after failing to report back ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 3rd, 2006
In a time honored World Cup tradition, Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has downplayed his team's label as the tournament favorite. Nobody ever wants ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 3rd, 2006
What is a league to do when its best players will be gone during the height of its season and its fans will be focused ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 2nd, 2006
Fans across England held their collective breaths when Michael Owen went down with a broken foot this past weekend. They were able to exhale ...
