Articles tagged with "world-football"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | May 28th, 2009
It's been 200 years since the birth of Frenchman Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system of raised dots that allows blind people to read. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | May 20th, 2009
No, that's not a face paint representation of the Prem's nationalities - it's David Beckham launching England's bid for World Cup 2018 this past Monday. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | May 14th, 2009
If you read our post back in February, you'll know that 11 bids to host World Cups 2018 or 2022 have been submitted. FIFA will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | May 14th, 2009
The UEFA Executive Committee met in Bucharest yesterday (presumably over a very nice buffet lunch) to discuss infratructure progress potential Poland and Ukraine's eight (four ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | May 12th, 2009
We're about thirteen months away from World Cup 2010, so it's time to start filling in a few details. Details like the official World Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | May 8th, 2009
Both Ronaldos - the younger, prettier Cristiano and the older, more injury prone original - will be hoping to represent their respective countries at World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Dave Martinez | May 6th, 2009
The story of Lucas Radebe reads much like a Hollywood rags to riches fairytale; a young man, struggling with the pain and violence of his ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 30th, 2009
Most have already heard about the cancellations of Mexican league games - or those forced to be played behind closed doors - and FIFA's cancellation ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 28th, 2009
Next up: Japan.
After Uzbekistan and Bahrain displayed their extreme training methods being used to kick Aussie ass (zero for one thus far), one of roughly ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 27th, 2009
At least that's what it appears to be. Remember that Uzbekistan training video which looked straight out of Jackass? This is largely the same thing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 21st, 2009
As if they don't currently turn enough profit, FIFA will be venturing into the world of fashion shortly, with their own brands, fashion lines and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 20th, 2009
If you think the Premier League is copyright crazy, then wait until you meet FIFA. World football's governing body is like the Premier League's bigger, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 14th, 2009
I was listening to the latest episode of the BBC World Football Phone In over the weekend, and heard about an incredible 82 year old ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 10th, 2009
There's been a lot of oddball fallout from last week's World Cup qualifiers. We didn't cover these stories when they broke, but figured it would ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 9th, 2009
We haven't done a FIFA World Rankings post since back December 2008, mostly because it's all been much of a muchness. Spain ruled the roost, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 6th, 2009
World Cup qualifying is a long and complicated process. A lot of quotas and playoffs are involved in whittling down every nation on earth into ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 3rd, 2009
Sven-Göran Eriksson got his marching orders from the Mexican football federation yesterday. Not a huge surprise after some dreadful results (Mexico should not be losing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 2nd, 2009
And no, this time it has nothing to do with a mascot. At least that we know of, anyway.
Craig Bellamy was left out of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Apr 2nd, 2009
No good deed goes unpunished.
"Before becoming Argentina coach, Maradona had backed Bolivia's campaign against a FIFA ban on matches at high altitude, taking part in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 2nd, 2009
Because only the German referee himself knows why he gave Gianpaolo Pazzini this red card in the 4th minute of Italy's World Cup qualifier vs ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 1st, 2009
I've heard a few complaints about the international break this week. Chris at Studs Up called it "a necessary evil", while Travis at Arsenal Offside ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Mar 31st, 2009
It's really not uncommon to find international teams being coached by a foreigner. In fact, it's getting to the point where most countries will go ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 31st, 2009
World Cup qualification games happening everywhere except Africa tomorrow, so I've chosen three games and predicted the scores.
Feel free to laugh at my feeble powers ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 30th, 2009
Remember our CAF World Cup 2010 qualifying preview on Friday? The general consensus was that nothing is ever as straightforward as it seems. Yes, there ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 30th, 2009
When you lose to a team you expected to beat, you're supposed to show at least some humility, right? At least credit the opposition with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Mar 29th, 2009
I've been sitting here waiting for motivation to strike and give me the energy to write up a comprehensive rundown of this weekend's World Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 27th, 2009
Obviously every team wants to go to the World Cup. Every time. But if you're an African team then you definitely want to get to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 27th, 2009
Very little club football this weekend, it's all about World Cup qualifying.
Below are my picks for three games, one from COMNEBOL, one from UEFA and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Mar 26th, 2009
What do you do with a known drug-addict, an admitted adulterer, a glutton, the provider of the sport's greatest moment of cheating, a man of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 26th, 2009
Big game in UEFA World Cup Qualifying this Saturday. Portugal and Sweden are the type of teams that can reasonably expect to qualify for ...
