Rooney’s Algeria prescience
In an interview with Four Four Two: ” The support we’ve had from the England fans in tournaments has...
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Halftime: Netherlands 0 Japan 0
Nothing. After the excitement of yesterday with yellow card palooza, exciting goals, stirring comebacks, robbed goals, shock results and...
All quiet on the Dutch front
30+ minutes and there has been very little by the way of excitement in the Japan vs Netherlands match....
Video: Ref misses Torsten Frings handball, saves Germany
As Jesse G., points out the most infamous refereeing blunder was the missed or ignored handball by Torsten Frings...
Eric Wynalda blowhard calls for a Coulibaly investigation
Wynalda is a blowhard calling for an investigation into Koman Coulibaly. Here he is making two points. One that...
Engerland is displacing Les Bleus in comedic content
The Three Lions: Should I laugh or should I cry, is it all the same to you? France was...
A soulless England draw enterprising Algeria
There will be no New Order “World in Motion” like assocation with this England side. They barely registered a...
Valter Birsa fires one past Tim Howard!
Disaster in the 13th minute! Birsa who has easily been the best player for the Slovenians drills a long...
USA vs Slovenia: Torres and Findley to start
This is fantastic! Bradley must have read my reasons why Jose Francisco Torres should start. He joins Michael Bradley...
Milan Jovanovic scores!
German defense in disarray with Klose gone. Serbia takes advantage as Krasic sends in a cross which is headed...
Video: Not David James’s finest moment
Against Austria in Euro 2008, James muffed a simple collection allowing Andreas Ivanschitz to equalize for Austria. Robert Green...
Administrative cock up? England’s unfamiliarity with the Jabulani
This is getting to conspiracy theory level. It seems that Adidas sent 25 Jabulani balls to the FA for...
Domenech’s men “outdated and unimaginative”
The French media came down hard on the loss to Mexico questioning Raymond Domenech’s judgment. Le Monde called Les...
Video: Group A: Mexico 2 France 0
Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez holds his line perfectly, moving only when the ball was lofted over by Rafa Marquez. Great...
Arsenal to meet Liverpool on opening day!
Cracking start to the 2010- 2011 Premiership season. Anfield welcomes Arsenal in the post Benitez era and by that...
Group A: Domenech exhorts his players against El Tri
” On the pitch, we do not use many words. Especially with the vuvuzela, we hear nothing. What we...
Halftime: Argentina 2 South Korea 1
A boneheaded mistake by Martin Demichelis who’s never been mistaken for a genius gifts Lee Chung Young a goal...
Group B: The Nigerians will overcome the Greeks with speed
Obafemi Martins is fast, deadly, and deep Nigeria vs Greece, Blaumfontein/Mangaung, June 16, Thursday Nigeria is the fastest team...
Argentina goes up: South Korea’s own goal
Park Joo Young scores an unfortunate own goal from a low free kick by Leo Messi in the 18th...
Group H: Jean Beausejour’s goal sinks Honduras
Lots of dominance and lots of Alexis Sanchez. But only one goal to show for it. Jean Beausejour, the...
June 16th is a special day in South African history
Sam Nzima with his famous photo of a dying Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo, while Hector’s sister...
First dive by Cristiano Ronaldo
Theatrical tumble by Ronaldo from incidental contact by Zokora earns him a booking and a free kick for Portugal....
Benayoun’s new home: Chelsea
The Liverpool midfield maestro so often overlooked by Rafa Benitez and many times their saviour with his sparkling play...
Vuvuzelas make officiating difficult
The one thing I can say about the vuvuzelas controversy – it does make officiating more difficult. There have...
Video: ITV drops the Hyundai on the England goal
If Hyundai sales go down in England this year, you can blame ITV. 1.5 million HD viewers missed Gerrard’s...
Watch out! Here come Podolski and the Germans
A very, very good German team toyed with the Socceroos sending them to a 4-0 defeat. It was also...
Fabio Capello is looking a lot like …. Sven Goran
Every tabloid is going ape piling onto Robert Green, trying to outdo themselves in their vitriol. But did you...
The best player so far: Vincent Enyeama
Nigeria’s goalkeeper was in spectacular form keeping the Argentinians at bay, explicitly denying Leo Messi on four separate occasions...
Ronaldo gives Madiba a Portugal shirt
This makes for a great picture. Cristiano Ronaldo whose off the pitch activities includes time spent in some seedy...
World Cup 2010: Can El Tri overcome SA in the opener?
Giovani Dos Santos could be the star of Group A South Africa vs Mexico, Group A, Soccer City Stadium,...
Drogba might start against Portugal
“I am even better with one hand tied to my back” Didier Drogba maybe on the field on Tuesday...
The Return of the Soccer Nerds
Just in time for South Africa 2010, the Soccer Nerds have returned. Who are the Soccer Nerds you ask?...
Michael Sokolove’s: ” How a Soccer Star is Made”
For those who have not read this article yet, it takes us into De Toekomst, Ajax’s famed youth academy....
John Oliver “The Daily Show” reporter heads to SA
For those familiar with The Daily Show, the British comedian, John Oliver is a constant presence filing reports from...
Nani’s World Cup is over
A bruised collarbone which did not respond to treatment ends Nani’s World Cup dreams. In his place Benfica’s utility...
Video: Spain annihilates Poland, 6-0
Spain did not need Lukasz Fabianski to win. It was an exhibition of beautiful football orchestrated by the likes...
Arsenal is not negotiating Cesc contrary to reports
Arsenal demand £58m for Cesc, Barca throw Yaya Toure as a sweetener, and a 48 hour sprint to the...
Video: Serbia overcome Cameroon, 4-3
All of Cameroon’s three goals came from headers off crosses into the box. Mallorca’s Pierre Webo scored a brace...
Can Italy pull it off? Switzerland result an indicator
Italy drew with Switzerland, 1-1 after falling behind to Gokhan Inler’s goal. Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella making a strong...
Didier Drogba could miss the World Cup
He is said to have a possible fracture of his elbow in the match against Japan following a collision...
A few thoughts on Rafa
No football partisan of any shape, form, race, creed, colour, religion, or degree of passion can ever remain unmoved...
Video: Pantelic makes a mess for Serbia
The highly rated Serbian team was held to a stuttering draw against Poland. This is not how Radomir Antic...
Mou wants Steven Gerrard
As per Marca, Florentino Perez is targeting the services of Steven Gerrard. Mourinho is a big admirer of the...
Video: Euro U17 final: England 2 Spain 1
The Spanish national team with Vicente Del Bosque was at hand to see their junior counterparts take on England...
Philipp Lahm is Germany’s captain
Jogi Low announced that Bayern right back Phillipp Lahm would take over as German captain with Bayern team mate...
Video: Mathieu Valbuena shows he is ready for the big stage
France beat the Ticos, 2-1 in a friendly that saw flowing, attacking football. Les Bleus looked sharp with Franck...
Video: Mourinho weeps on Materazzi’s shoulder
In case you have not already seen the video clip showing the Special One has feelings – here it...
Capello dismisses interest in Inter job
Fabio Capello said his focus was on England. “I have a contract with the Football Association and the only...
Video: Fenerbahce supporters torch their own grounds
The shock of conceding the Turkish Super Lig to Bursaspor, not exactly a powerhouse proved too much for Fenerbahce...
Gary Cahill to Arsenal?
Makes sense. According to the Sun we are. The only central defender who is a lock is Thomas Vermaelen....
World Cup 2010: Les Fennecs benefit from French Algerian return
A good read by Piers Edwards on the Algerian team, in the same group as USA, England, and Slovenia....
So who will Bradley play against the Czech Republic?
Will Buddle make the final 23 to the World Cup? 23 will be dressed for the match against Czech...
Video: NY Red Bulls 3 Juventus 1
Juve’s horrible Serie season did not end there. They were humiliated by a Red Bulls side which is playing...
Video: England beat a sharp looking Mexico, 3-1
Aerial superiority and a great bit of individual skill by Glen Johnson were the highlights of England’s 3-1 win...