http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'world-soccer' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://www.worldcupblog.org/?p=4320 Daryl 2009-11-18 09:08:01 In honour of today's Algeria vs Egypt showdown in Sudan, had planned on putting together a Top 10 Biggest International Rivalries post. But halfway through ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/soundoff-who-is-your-football-teams-biggest-international-rival.html Daryl 2009-11-18 09:08:01 In honour of today's Algeria vs Egypt showdown in Sudan, I had planned on putting together a Top 10 Biggest International Rivalries post. But halfway ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/cristiano-ronaldo-officially-out-of-world-cup-playoffs-club-vs-country-crisis-averted.html Daryl 2009-11-11 06:10:26 This seems almost impossibly unimportant following the sad news of Robert Enke's passing, but Cristiano Ronaldo will now definitely miss both legs of Portugal's World ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/?p=4156 Daryl 2009-11-06 13:22:22 Some advance warning: This post is going to be mildly critical of Zinedine Zidane. Nothing too harsh, because - as for many people - he ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/?p=4134 Daryl 2009-11-02 07:55:57 For a long while there, Stephen Appiah was an international footballer only. The midfielder has not played a kick of club soccer since late 2007, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/?p=4128 Daryl 2009-10-30 12:36:21 FIFA has announced its shortlist of 23 players for the Men's World Player of the Year award, and 10 players for the Women's World Player ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-player-of-the-year-shortlist-2009-with-some-bonus-ballon-dor-comparison.html Daryl 2009-10-30 12:36:21 FIFA has announced its shortlist of 23 players for the Men's World Player of the Year award, and 10 players for the Women's World Player ... http://england.worldcupblog.org/england-team-news/write-for-england-worldcupblog.html Daryl 2009-10-22 18:39:43 I'm not quitting, and neither is Rob. But we both have other blogging commitments and so could definitely use some help here on England WCB. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-unofficial-world-football-championships.html Daryl 2009-10-22 13:10:51 Do you know who the unofficial world football champions are? It's not Italy, they're the official world champions by virtue of being World Cup holders. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/indonesias-green-world-cup-2022-bid.html Daryl 2009-10-19 06:59:54 When you look at the list of nations bidding to host World Cups 2018 and 2022, it's very very easy to dismiss Indonesia. The ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/bjorn-heidenstrom-and-the-worlds-biggest-football-shirt.html Daryl 2009-10-16 08:28:30 Norwegian former professional footballer Bjorn Heidenstrom is on a mission. A mission to make the world's biggest football shirt. He's cycling from Oslo, Norway all the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/fifa-looking-after-the-big-boys-and-themselves-by-seeding-european-world-cup-playoffs.html Daryl 2009-10-15 05:10:15 Bit of controversy in European World Cup qualifying, with the powers that be pulling what looks like a commercially motivated bait and switch with the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/apparently-argentina-asked-peru-to-roll-over-but-peru-didnt.html Daryl 2009-10-12 07:44:26 Late late 2-1 win over Peru for Diego Maradona's Argentina on Saturday night, with Martin Palermo scoring the all-important goal in the 93rd minute (and ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/bluffers-guide-to-the-world-cup-2010-qualifying-finale.html Daryl 2009-10-09 11:35:10 This was originally published on Wednesday, with a couple of errors in it. Now it's back and (hopefully) error free, just in time for this ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/japan-201822-world-cup-bid-unveils-secret-weapon-astro-boy.html Daryl 2009-10-09 06:40:57 The World Cup 2018/2022 bidding war just got serious. First we had the Australia 2018/22 team engaging in some guerrilla marketing by handing out goody ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-england-and-usa-games-will-not-be-televised.html Daryl 2009-10-07 08:49:40 Are you and England or USA fan? Planning to watch this weekend's World Cup qualifiers on television? You better start making new plans then. Team USA ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/pretending-to-fancy-an-unpopular-manager-is-the-route-to-success.html Daryl 2009-10-06 12:40:26 I first heard about this on The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast, and it's since appeared in The Times, ONTD, Unprofessional Foul, and probably plenty of ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/is-the-2009-fifa-u-20-world-cup-a-proper-tournament-or-not.html Daryl 2009-10-05 14:40:30 I have several good reasons for asking. First is the absence of certain eligible big name players. Bojan Krkic, Jack Wilshere, Mario Balotelli etcetera. But ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/non-fifa-football-gets-another-governing-body.html Daryl 2009-09-28 11:50:17 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/el-burrito-is-back-ariel-ortega-gets-an-argentina-recall.html Daryl 2009-09-25 13:09:04 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". ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/2009-u-20-world-cup-preview-and-schedule-plus-espn-tv-schedule.html Daryl 2009-09-23 15:10:19 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/is-diego-maradonas-boca-bias-hurting-argentina.html Daryl 2009-09-22 12:10:59 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/why-i-want-diego-maradona-to-succeeed.html Daryl 2009-09-11 08:58:22 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/predicting-the-world-cup-lineup-of-32.html chris 2009-09-10 10:37:58 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/were-france-robbed-by-rosetti.html Daryl 2009-09-09 15:41:56 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/world-cup-qualifying-games-to-watch-on-090909.html Daryl 2009-09-09 06:10:45 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/how-to-say-world-cup-in-36-languages.html Daryl 2009-08-28 06:10:49 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/worldcupblog-poll-pele-vs-diego-maradona.html Daryl 2009-08-26 14:26:45 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/world-cup-20182022-bidding-nation-logos-and-slogans.html Daryl 2009-08-18 08:57:26 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-rankings-august-2009-or-fifa-rankings-vs-elo-ratings-round-2.html Daryl 2009-08-05 14:40:19 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 ...