Articles tagged with "world-football"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Dave Martinez | Oct 24th, 2009
There was a time when the names Diego Armando Maradona, Carlos Bilardo and the Argentine National team were synonymous with success. The magical run ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Dave Martinez | Oct 24th, 2009
There was a time when the names Diego Armando Maradona, Carlos Bilardo and the Argentine National team were synonymous with success. The magical run ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 22nd, 2009
I'm not quitting, and neither is Rob. But we both have other blogging commitments and so could definitely use some help here on England WCB. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 22nd, 2009
Do you know who the unofficial world football champions are? It's not Italy, they're the official world champions by virtue of being World Cup holders. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 22nd, 2009
All of days ago we were treated to a trailer of Fahrenheit 2010, the documentary which takes a look at the devious desires behind FIFA's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 20th, 2009
For those on the inside looking out, nary a worse manager reigns in the international realm; for those on the outside looking in...
Viva la Domenech.
What ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 19th, 2009
While everyone was busy anxiously awaiting FIFA's latest release and the seeding for the playoff spots, UEFA was busy concocting a ranking of their own ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 19th, 2009
The slightly controversial UEFA bridesmaid's draw has taken place and fortunately it's gone off without controversy. Somehow, someway, despite UEFA being involved, Liverpool and Chelsea ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 19th, 2009
When you look at the list of nations bidding to host World Cups 2018 and 2022, it's very very easy to dismiss Indonesia. The ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Oct 17th, 2009
Yesterday's U20 final, Brazil vs. Ghana. So much potential for excitement. Ghana's Black Satellites (the baby version of the Black Stars) came into ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 16th, 2009
Norwegian former professional footballer Bjorn Heidenstrom is on a mission. A mission to make the world's biggest football shirt.
He's cycling from Oslo, Norway all the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 15th, 2009
As coaching goes, Fabio Capello and Diego Maradona could not be more different. In short one is brilliant, the other is not. However, they do ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 15th, 2009
Bit of controversy in European World Cup qualifying, with the powers that be pulling what looks like a commercially motivated bait and switch with the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 14th, 2009
[101 Great Goals]
The last time we enjoyed a round of civilized European World Cup qualifiers, there was a bit of question as to the legitimacy ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 14th, 2009
Uruguay 0 - Argentina 1
They were always on their way throughout the game thanks to Chile's Humberto Suazo, proving the third best team in qualifying ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 14th, 2009
On one side, the heroic magician the world longs to adore next summer; on that same side, the heroic magician of yore much of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 14th, 2009
As you may have read by now, USA forward Charlie Davies was involved in a one car accident early Tuesday morning in Virginia. Ashley Roberta ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 13th, 2009
The World Cup 2010 picture is getting clearer and clearer. Right now 19 of the 32 available spots are booked. Qualified teams are: South Africa, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 13th, 2009
And you wonder why people blast Americans as ignorant on the subject of football.
A slight bit of egg on the face from The Global Leader ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 13th, 2009
Who says this year's U20 World Cup is a watered down edition of an already watered down fountain soda? Alan Kardec, one of those 'names' ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 13th, 2009
Ireland's reflex-tastic super-keeper Shay Given will reach the magic 100 cap mark tomorrow when he plays against Montenegro. Ireland have second place in Group 8 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 12th, 2009
It just does not pay to be Adrian Mutu these days; though fortunately one doesn't have to pay to be him either.
Mere days after getting ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 12th, 2009
Late late 2-1 win over Peru for Diego Maradona's Argentina on Saturday night, with Martin Palermo scoring the all-important goal in the 93rd minute (and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 9th, 2009
The World Cup 2018/2022 bidding war just got serious. First we had the Australia 2018/22 team engaging in some guerrilla marketing by handing out goody ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 8th, 2009
The kiddie quarterfinals have arrived and, although Germany, Italy and Brazil have again found their way into the quarters of a major tournament, the rest ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 7th, 2009
Are you and England or USA fan? Planning to watch this weekend's World Cup qualifiers on television? You better start making new plans then.
Team USA ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 6th, 2009
Fernando Torres and Raul Albiol emerge from somewhere - the locker room, perhaps? - and Fernando proceeds to describe just how bit it was with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 6th, 2009
I first heard about this on The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast, and it's since appeared in The Times, ONTD, Unprofessional Foul, and probably plenty of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 5th, 2009
I have several good reasons for asking. First is the absence of certain eligible big name players. Bojan Krkic, Jack Wilshere, Mario Balotelli etcetera. But ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 2nd, 2009
Anybody who knows anything has been predicting Rio de Janeiro to win the 2016 summer Olympics bid, and today that formality became a reality. With ...
