Articles tagged with "world-football"
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 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 29th, 2009
José del Solar's job just got a lot lot harder. The Peru national team coach will be struggling to pick a first XI after 500 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 27th, 2009
USA fans will claim that this was only their B team/second string and it was only the Gold Cup anyway. They can even claim that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 26th, 2009
Welcome to our totally partisan liveblog for the USA-Mexico Gold Cup final. Our Mexico blogger Andrea will be here rooting for Mexico, and with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 24th, 2009
Anybody else have an overpowering sense of déjà vu? Feel like we've been here before?
First we have the USA beating Honduras, 2-0. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 23rd, 2009
The Confederations Cup is over. And the 2010 World Cup is still 11 months away. But the vuvuzela stories just keep on coming. First there ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 19th, 2009
Two blowouts today. Anybody else as surprised as I am? I think I expected the end results, but NOT the scorelines in either ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 18th, 2009
Couple of games Saturday in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Honduras 1-0 Canada
First, Honduras ousted Canada, 1-0. Anybody as shocked as ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 16th, 2009
YouTube video of an elderly Swiss man falling over isn't necessarily funny. But when that man is Sepp Blatter, we are legally obligated to post ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 15th, 2009
Construction work on South Africa's World Cup 2010 stadiums will soon get going again, as the National Union of Mineworkers (which also includes construction workers) ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 14th, 2009
Guadeloupe made the semi-finals of the Gold Cup back in 2007, and have (so far) made the quarterfinals of the 2009 Gold Cup (they play ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jul 14th, 2009
It was but a mere friendly against a walkover opponent, but in terms of symbolism it was on par with a World Cup final. More ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 12th, 2009
First, I have the answer to the question you've probably been wondering about since you saw this highlight of Mexico coach Javier Aguirre kicking out ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 10th, 2009
Who says the Gold Cup isn't exciting? Last night's 1-1 draw between Mexico and Panama in Houston had all kinds of drama, including the above ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jul 8th, 2009
I actually believe it's 13%, but that's neither here nor there. The big problem is that, as threatened, South African construction workers have gone on ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 6th, 2009
The first round of CONCACAF Gold Cup group play has been completed. A couple of surprising results, a couple expected. So how did ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 3rd, 2009
No one is going to argue that the CONCACAF Gold Cup is the world's biggest tournament. And winning the 2009 Gold Cup doesn't even qualify ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jul 1st, 2009
Apparently FIFA was unimpressed with the footballing performances of the Confederations Cup. If not, how would you explain June's World Rankings? Brazil knocked Spain off ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 1st, 2009
There was a familiar site on display after Sunday's Confederation Cup Final (above). Not just Brazil lifting another trophy, but Kaka's famous "I Belong to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 30th, 2009
If you've taken to perusing the interwebs for football news with your morning coffee the last couple days, you've undoubtedly read about he praise over ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 30th, 2009
Last year was a rough one for Germany. They lost the final to Spain on a Phil Lahm faux pas and then proceeded to send ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2009
The 2009 Confederations Cup was a nice little preview of World Cup 2010. Here's what we learned:
1. Cold weather = High tempo
June in South Africa ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2009
Brazil got the big trophy yesterday, but there were plenty of smaller ones handed out too. There were Gold, Silver and Bronze Balls for individual ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2009
The Confederations Cup 2009 is done, with both the third place playoff and the final taking place today. Congratulations to champions Brazil (who celebrated by ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2009
Here it is then. Brazil vs USA in the 2009 Confederations Cup Final. The most important cup final the USA has ever reached. But definitely ...
