http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'world-football' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/scotland-wales-and-northern-ireland-could-triple-co-host-euro-2016.html Daryl 2008-12-03 12:21:52 At least three countries - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - are already planning a possible bid to host Euro 2016. Not as rival bids, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/homeless-world-cup-kicks-off-in-melbourne.html Chris 2008-12-02 18:30:14 The Homeless World Cup commenced Monday in Melbourne, Australia, opening up a week's worth of street soccer festivities and good deeds. As is the case ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/wales-has-disappeared-according-to-fifa-09.html Daryl 2008-11-30 07:10:03 Welsh video gamers are pretty unhappy right now, because their national team has ceased to exist. Not in the real world - John Toshack's team ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/poll-should-the-copa-america-be-expanded.html Daryl 2008-11-27 12:37:16 It's official: Argentina will host Copa America 2011. Argentinian FA president Julio Grondona (who's been in the job since 1979!) confirmed it yesterday. Two interesting tidbits ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/fifa-slaps-peru-with-a-suspension-due-to-government-meddling.html Laurie 2008-11-25 16:18:21 FIFA wants to keep its members pure. Or at least that's the lesson they seem to hope people will pick up from the suspension ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/fifa-confederations-cup-2009-fingers-crossed.html Daryl 2008-11-25 05:00:05 If you're not familiar with the Confederations Cup, then here's the lowdown: It's an eight team tournament, made up of the six winners of the regional ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/is-freddy-adu-our-lukas-podolski.html Carter Daly 2008-11-22 15:39:04 Over the past few years, German striker Lukas Podolski has become known for two things: Scoring loads of goals for the German National Team ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/sven-takes-the-fast-track-from-honeymoon-to-troubled-marriage.html Chris 2008-11-20 18:10:25 After turning down the chance to, a) coach a relatively sizable European club for big bucks or b) tour the Mediterranean with [insert name of ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-go-back-to-the-gold-standard-hot-chicks-good-pr.html Chris 2008-11-20 16:10:58 So you want to promote the Confederations Cup 2009, the "soft opening" for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. A tournament which hasn't had much, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/kaka-vs-ronaldo-no-contest.html Daryl 2008-11-20 08:46:57 Brazil vs Portugal was billed as Kaka vs Ronaldo. If that was so, then someone raise Kaka's arm. Brazil won 6-2 with the Jesus-owned playmaker ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/all-eyes-on-maradona-today.html Daryl 2008-11-19 11:03:35 There are some proper World Cup qualifiers on today, in Asia and CONCACAF. And there are some big friendlies happening too. Germany vs England and ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/preview-world-cup-qualifiers-nov-19-2008.html Laurie 2008-11-19 04:10:50 Today's games: A dollop of Oceania, a dose of Asia, a lot of CONCACAF, and...San Marino vs. Czech Republic? Yes, that's our token ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/maradona-becomes-a-public-face-for-google-censorship.html Laurie 2008-11-17 07:10:07 If you're in Argentina and looking for news on the internet about Diego Maradona, you may soon be out of luck. Due to lawsuits, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/photo-good-omens.html Chris 2008-11-14 16:00:22 That man is checking for unexploded WWII bombs before construction begins on a stadium in Poland for Polkraine 2012. "Theo Walcott gallops down the right ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/maradona-threatening-to-resign-already.html Daryl 2008-11-13 06:10:49 Well, that didn't take long. Reports in the Argentine press yesterday already have Diego Maradona threatening to resign as albiceleste boss. One week before his ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-rankings-november-2008.html Daryl 2008-11-12 08:35:19 Not everybody agrees with the FIFA World Rankings. According to our poll, 64% of World Cup Blog readers prefer the World Football Elo Ratings System. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/stephan-appiah-trapped-in-legal-limbo.html Daryl 2008-11-11 10:36:08 Ghana captain Stephen Appiah's career is on hold. He's out of contract, and the likes of Juventus and Arsenal are rumoured to be keen, but ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-stanford-super-series-of-soccer.html Daryl 2008-11-05 08:50:08 Cricket fans will know all about the Stanford Super Series. It's basically high profile games of exhibition cricket, with billionaire Allen Stanford putting up $20 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/marco-materazzi-2-0-uk-tabloids.html Daryl 2008-11-03 10:36:43 Marco Materazzi can now cross the Daily Mail off his revenge list. His libel case against the UK tabloid was headed to court, but the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/east-timor-are-no-longer-the-worlds-worst.html Daryl 2008-10-31 07:10:12 No one wants to be known as the world's worst team. And to be fair East Timor were actually only the world's joint worst team, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/in-defence-of-diego-maradona.html Daryl 2008-10-30 10:31:02 The prospect of Diego Maradona coaching has not been met with universal applause. Cocaine, weight gain, stomach staples, short lived chat shows, a losing record ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-player-of-the-year-2008.html Daryl 2008-10-29 14:10:56 It's definitely awards season. So far the FIFPro World Player of the Year has gone to Cristiano Ronaldo and the 30 man shortlist for the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/diego-maradona-is-argentinas-new-coach.html Laurie 2008-10-28 14:31:10 Brilliance or insanity? You tell us. Former Argentinian superstar Diego Maradona has just been asked to be the new head coach for Argentina ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/alex-ferguson-implies-that-sepp-blatter-has-lost-his-marbles.html Daryl 2008-10-28 08:31:22 Rough week for Sepp Blatter. First we catch the old fella ogling a young Palestinian lady, and now Alex Ferguson has likened the FIFA boss ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/photo-cutting-the-ribbon.html Chris 2008-10-26 13:40:20 Palestinian players pray before their first ever home game, a friendly against Jordan that ended in a 1-1 draw. (Ahmad Gharaaldi/AFP/Getty Images) http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-summer-of-06-was-oh-so-long-ago.html Chris 2008-10-23 11:10:11 Italy were champions, but the talk of town heading out was the home team done good, with the promise to do better. A German outfit ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/maradona-wants-to-coach-argentina-waitwhahuh.html Laurie 2008-10-21 21:10:05 Before we get into the...um...meat of this story, which is the fact that Diego Maradona wants to be the new coach of Argentina... Well, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/brazil-wins-futsal-world-cup.html Chris 2008-10-19 15:07:44 They were always the favorites, playing in front of their home crowd in Rio, but Spain, defending champions twice over, made them sweat as it ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/photo-the-many-faces-of-alfio-basile.html Chris 2008-10-17 13:30:28 After their historic defeat at the hands of Chile, Alfio Basile has stepped down as head coach of the Argentina NT. In the process doing ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/booing-the-national-anthem-france-says-next-time-theyll-take-their-ball-and-go-home.html Laurie 2008-10-16 18:10:34 This video was taken before Tuesday's France-Tunisia game at Stade de France in Paris. The Marseillaise, the French national anthem, was booed. ...