Articles tagged with "world-football"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 27th, 2007
The year of 2008 will be upon us any day now, which means Euro 2008 is getting closer and closer. If you have a passion ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 27th, 2007
Strange things are afoot in Iranian football. Sepp Blatter recently threatened to tear up Iran's FIFA membership for failing to properly separate the football federation ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 27th, 2007
Literally. There was always something very rock n roll about Slaven Bilić. He was one of the last professional footballers who unashamedly smoked, puffing his ...
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 Daryl | Dec 26th, 2007
I've been slowly but surely getting very very excited for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana this coming January. But excitement turned to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 25th, 2007
Just wanted to wish a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to everyone who reads World Cup Blog. Regular service will be restored tomorrow, but in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 24th, 2007
One of my favourite stories from this time of year is the famous Christmas Truce. Legend has it that in 1914, on the first Christmas ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 21st, 2007
As the African Cup of Nations gets closer, the complaining from Premier League clubs gets louder. Chelsea are bracing themselves for the loss of Didier ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 20th, 2007
The 2008 African Cup of Nations begins exactly one month from today people. To get you in the mood, here are the top 10 goals ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 19th, 2007
Seems Fabio Capello's appointment as England boss has caused a huge sigh of relief in Roberto Donadoni's house. It was an odd situation to have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 19th, 2007
As promised, David Beckham appeared on Snoop Doggy Dogg's reality show "Father Hood" (ho ho) to teach the Dee Oh Double Gee's youngsters some real ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 19th, 2007
A graduate student using seismometers to trace earthquake activity in Cameroon was apparently mystified by eight unexplained squiggles on his chart in late January and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 18th, 2007
Ah, David Beckham. His celebrity may outrank his actual football skills by a factor of ten, but it's still impossible not to like him. For ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 18th, 2007
Brazil may have cleaned up at the FIFA World Player of the Year awards, but arch-rivals Argentina at least finished 2007 on top of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 18th, 2007
Exactly zero people were surprised last night when Kaká picked up the FIFA World Player of the Year award in Zurich, with Leo Messi finishing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 18th, 2007
Fresh football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and some other places too.
Welcome Inara, our new Black Stars blogger (Ghana Blog)
Top five goals from ...
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 Daryl | Dec 17th, 2007
The new England manager locked horns with his mortal enemies this afternoon, and lived to tell the tale.. Signor Capello (or Mr. Hair to give ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 17th, 2007
While we're all excited about seeing big name players like Didier Drogba and Michael Essien at the African Cup of Nations 2008, here's a little ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 17th, 2007
Football links from around World Cup Blog, The Offside, and other fine on-line locations.
A welcome package for Signor Capello (England Blog)
The FC United revolution will ...
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 14th, 2007
So now it's official. The FA have confirmed Fabio Capello as the new man in the England hotseat, taking English and Italian relations to levels ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 14th, 2007
It's still not 100% official, but we're 99% sure that Fabio Capello will be England's new £6 million a year manager any day now [update: ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 14th, 2007
Finger clickin' good football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere.
Sebastián Ariosa in a wee bit of bother (Uruguay Blog)
More complaints about the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 13th, 2007
Brazil haven't won everything you know. Despite five World Cups, eight Copa Americas and even two Confederations Cup victories, the Seleção is still waiting on ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 13th, 2007
It's not too often I feel sorry for FIFA, mostly because they treat the beautiful game like the world's fattest cash cow and spend their ...
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 12th, 2007
The shortlist for the 2007 African Player of the Year is out, and current holder Didier Drogba is in contention again. The five players shortlisted ...
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 ...
