Articles tagged with "world-football"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 30th, 2009
The group stage of the 2009 U-20 World Cup is flying a little under the radar right now. Mostly because the tournament isn't as advertised. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 28th, 2009
We all know that FIFA is world football's governing body. But Sepp Blatter and co. don't preside over all of international football. There's a whole ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 25th, 2009
I can remember a time (a time before Leo Messi) when every little Argentinean #10 who could dribble a bit got labelled "the new Maradona". ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 24th, 2009
Last time we checked in, the Nigerian U17 team picture, or so it seemed, was found to be above the age of eligibility before the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 23rd, 2009
The 2009 U-20 World Cup kicks off in Egypt tomorrow. As the tournament title suggests, it's just like the real thing, except all the players ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 22nd, 2009
We have bloggers and readers on WCB and The Offside who've forgotten more about Argentinean football than I'll ever know. So I may be venturing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 14th, 2009
Sincerest apologies for any mental images that may conjure up.
Late last week someone hacked the Argentina FA's website and placed a (hopefully) Photoshopped pic of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Rob | Sep 13th, 2009
So a lot of the talk this week has been all about how we might be witnessing a World Cup in 2010 without Cristiano Ronaldo, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 11th, 2009
Diego Maradona's spell in charge of Argentina is not going well. The albiceleste are fifth in CONMEBOL qualifying right now, and could very well wind ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 11th, 2009
England must loathe coming up against Germany in European finals these days. For the second time in two months, a UEFA final was won by ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 11th, 2009
The WAG Squad which hit Baden Baden with a fury in 2006 probably got more pages than half the teams actually participating in Germany. While ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 10th, 2009
Caught last night during Brazil's win over Chile.
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 10th, 2009
The spaces are filling, the available slots are dropping and the fight is coming to an end. Thirty-one of thirty-two spots (South Africa get the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 10th, 2009
While the world fawns over Spain, England and Brazil, decries the state of Argentina, and looks curiously at Portugal, the story of the international qualifiers ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 9th, 2009
As Daryl mentioned Tuesday, Saudi Arabia v Bahrain was a huge match. Huge.
It didn't disappoint. For fear of ruining the ending and the screaming commentary, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 9th, 2009
Welcome to a running diary of all that's happening today. Come inside, join us - both sexes.
Currently under discussion: Paraguay vs. Argentina and Trinidad ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 9th, 2009
That's the question being asked on France WCB right now.
Ten minutes into today's big big Serbia vs France World Cup qualifier in Belgrade, alliterative referee ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 9th, 2009
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 is a big big day for World Cup qualifying. Some teams will actually qualify. Some teams will be eliminated. And some ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 3rd, 2009
Robinho & Ricky auditioning for a Mentos commercial.
A big week in the Selecao camp, so you'd think everyone's putting on their game faces and getting ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 2nd, 2009
This is, like, the biggest game EVER. It's Diego's inaugural run as coach against the most despised Brazilians, and with tickets now on sale (Wednesday, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 2nd, 2009
The best part of the monthly rankings release is looking at the change in ratings for particular teams and wondering, "what the hell did they ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Aug 31st, 2009
So desired there's already a line forming outside of Gigante de Arroyito Stadium. Not abnormal for a game of this magnitude. One thing though...
Tickets go ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 28th, 2009
The World Cup is a global event. Every nation on earth watches, and talks about. Even if your nation isn't one of the lucky 32 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 26th, 2009
The question of Pelé vs Diego Maradona and who is the greatest footballer of all time, is largely pointless. Both were brilliant, but in different ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Aug 26th, 2009
If someone were to announce that a significant number of African footballers have slightly fictitious birth certificates, nary a gasp would be heard in the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 20th, 2009
Bidding to host a World Cup is about more than just the logo. It's mostly about the cities and stadiums you have to offer.
So while ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 18th, 2009
Bidding to host the World Cup is all about infrastructure. You need quality stadia, reliable public transport and an absolute boatload of available hotel rooms.
But ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 12th, 2009
There are eight World Cup qualifiers scheduled for today, but - with all due respect to Azerbaijan vs Germany - the pick of the bunch ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 5th, 2009
The new FIFA World Rankings are out. Well, I say new, they're actually very very similar to the July 2009 rankings, with just Germany and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 3rd, 2009
Russian fans are being told to drink whisky when they visit Wales for a World Cup qualifier on September 9th, to prevent them picking up ...
