Articles tagged with "world-football"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2009
Remember how six Iranian players wore green wristbands for the first half of the World Cup Qualifier vs South Korea recently? Well, apparently four of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 23rd, 2009
Abedi Pele seems to think so, and he offers up some very fair points in the process.
It's no secret that the host continent typically ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 22nd, 2009
...it actually sounds pretty good in the hands of those who know how to play it.
The above video is of the Vuvuzela Orchestra, practicing in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 21st, 2009
Okay, show of hands. Who, before today, predicted that USA -- with one goal (a penalty), zero points and an excruciating -5 goal differential ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 21st, 2009
Final day of the group stages in the Confederations Cup. What are we doing to celebrate? A great big jumbo liveblog. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 20th, 2009
South Africa knew going into today that they didn't need to score against Spain to advance to the next round of the Confederations Cup, and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 20th, 2009
Today is the day for Group A! As in: The day to see who comes in second behind Spain. (The group winner has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2009
The UEFA Under-21 Tournament (happening in Sweden right now, but being overshadowed by the Confed Cup) is basically a glimpse into the future. To steal ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2009
Educational day in Group B of the Confederation Cup. We learned that Maicon vs DaMarcus Beasley is not a fair match up, and that neither ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 18th, 2009
Italy v Egypt Confederations Cup Liveblog
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 18th, 2009
That giant swarm of insects you've been hearing at every Confederations Cup game is not, in fact, one of the Biblical Plagues migrating south. It's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2009
(This is the group game LiveBlog from June 18th. Click here for the June 28th Brazil vs USA Confed Cup Final LiveBlog)
It's Brazil vs USA ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2009
For yesterday's World Cup qualifier vs South Korea, six of the 11 Iran players took the field wearing green wristbands, almost certainly a sign of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 17th, 2009
Spain sealed the deal today by negotiating past a defend at all costs Iraq, while a certain South African striker made sure not to become ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 17th, 2009
[From Objectivo via Who Ate All The Pies]
Let's be frank: much of this is more sour grapes due to Rossi's supreme skill versus the relative ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 16th, 2009
Whilst everyone is paying attention to the glorified friendlies/soft opening in South Africa, way up near the opposite end of the globe the U-21 UEFA ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 15th, 2009
Stuff to read while you dance! Just dance!
ESPN's Confederations Cup schedule is rife with... (Awful Announcing)
Enjoying the atmosphere of the CC. (Nothing to do in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 15th, 2009
It's always going to be an uphill battle against the likes of Brazil & Italy. The slope tilts a bit more when going down to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 15th, 2009
Italy v USA Confederations Cup Liveblog
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 15th, 2009
The 2009 Confederations Cup finally kicked off yesterday in Johannesburg. Highlights of the opening ceremony in the stadium formerly known Ellis Park (now Soda-Pop Park) ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 13th, 2009
This goal from Gerson Martinez was enough to beat France 1-0 and win the Toulon Under-21 Tournament for Chile.
If you're unfamiliar with The Toulon Tournament, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 11th, 2009
The 2009 Confederations Cup (too may syllables, can we call it the Confed Cup for short? Or maybe the Con Cup?) kicks off in just ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 10th, 2009
The good news for the 2009 Confederations Cup is that all eight teams are bringing their strongest possible squads. All kinds of talent will be ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 8th, 2009
This picture is both a brilliant jab at a certain Portuguese winger by Albanian fans at the weekend's qualifier and a stern reminder to the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 6th, 2009
(I found this photo of Japan fans quite disturbing. Let's hope those are Japanese flags on his chest and not the result of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 5th, 2009
The big European leagues might have closed their doors for summer. But Weekend Predictions doesn't quit so easily.
This weekend we're previewing and predicting three World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 4th, 2009
Want to get your hands on the World Cup trophy? Well, you can't. Not unless you're an international footballer anyway. And even then it's an ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 3rd, 2009
The FIFA Congress met in the Bahamas (nice choice) today, and held a press conference afterwards. You can see the press conference here or you ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 2nd, 2009
I've got a good feeling about the 2009 Confederations Cup. Sure, it's not the most important tournament in the world. It's really just a World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | May 28th, 2009
For years (or ever) the German national team - and occasionally German football as a whole - has been described as "efficient", which is code ...
