Articles tagged with "world-football"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 4th, 2008
The voters have spoken. According to people who voted on the UEFA site, Wesley Sneijder's goal against France was unquestionably the most beautiful goal ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 3rd, 2008
If you ignore the bit where all the television pictures disappeared, Euro 2008 in Swissautria went nice and smooth. UEFA are obviously hoping for the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 3rd, 2008
Geez, Spain. I know you're excited about the your first big win in 44 years, but you could show a little sensitivity here.
Or not. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 3rd, 2008
When we finished our Euro coverage here at World Cup Blog, several things appeared clear.
1. Andrei Arshavin would get a lot of ...
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: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 2nd, 2008
Sad news coming out of Germany.
It seems that love of soccer has proven deadly. To a six-foot catfish. He apparently attacked ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 1st, 2008
The eleven giant statues of Euro 2008 players are broken down and removed from Zurich train station. Once they'd sawn off Michael Ballack's head, Euro ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 1st, 2008
If you have always dreamed of playing international football, but perhaps lack the skills to play for a real country, have we got the tournament ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
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Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 24th, 2008
We're six rounds into World Cup qualifying for the South American CONMEBOL teams, and Brazil is in 5th place out of ten countries. If ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 23rd, 2008
This week we're going to take a look at how things are shaping up when it comes to World Cup qualifying in the various confederations. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by football365 | May 8th, 2008
As a South African and a fan of football I was overjoyed when FIFA awarded my home country the rights to host the 2010 World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 25th, 2008
While the briefly hyped idea of bringing back the British Home Championships seems to have died a death, the idea of England playing Scotland is ...
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: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WCB Chris | Apr 22nd, 2008
In a move that's sooooo 2006, FIFA has come out of its cave to threaten the villagers who contribute to it being the well-fed monster ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 22nd, 2008
Interesting idea from Adidas... their new commercial will be sending big names to small places. For example, the likes of David Beckham and Steven Gerrard ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 19th, 2008
Are you going to be enjoying the Olympics this summer?
You'll be doing it without France National Team coach Raymond Domenech, who won't be ...
Which Men's Football Teams Are Olympic-Bound? (Plus: Irrelevant Bonus! Sepp Blatter's Phone Number!)
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 16th, 2008
While I was searching out info for this post, I stumbled on a 56-page document with all of the FIFA regulations for Olympic soccer. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 15th, 2008
If you've ever caught any clip of French football commentary (in French), chances are that you're familiar with the rough, enthusiastic voice of Thierry Gilardi. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 15th, 2008
It took seven sets of penalties, but in the end, the US Women finished on top. They beat Canada Saturday night to take home ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 15th, 2008
So Romário is finally, officially, retired at the age of 42. You can definitely argue that his career went on a few seasons - and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 14th, 2008
Ever wondered why the Olympic football tournament isn't as good as it should be? Look no further than FIFA. The general consensus is that FIFA ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 8th, 2008
One more game and the US Women will be joining the men on the trip to China. All they have to do is beat ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 4th, 2008
Uh-oh. This can't be helpful. As Australia prepares its bid to host the 2018 World Cup, there's about to be some infighting over who has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 4th, 2008
Football news form World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere...
Lazy journalists make easy April Fools victims (Tunisia WCB)
The best team in Europe (Netherlands WCB)
Future phenoms ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Apr 2nd, 2008
One of the greatest things about international tournaments is seeing young talent burst onto the international scene. Remember Wayne Rooney announcing himself to the world ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 2nd, 2008
It's not often that footballers take a political stance. Do you know how Wayne Rooney feels about the hybrid embryonic stem cell debate in the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 2nd, 2008
Lovely links from around WCB, The Offside and elsewhere...
Lippi never saying never (Italy WCB)
Polish goalies on the move? (Poland WCB)
Week 12 action in Mexico (Mexico ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 1st, 2008
Big news from last night is that Hugo Sanchez finally got himself fired. He might be arguably Mexico's greatest ever player, but his spell in ...
