Cameroon out of the World Cup
It was an entertaining game and the Indomitable Lions gave everything at the end. However, Denmark stood fast to...
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Anelka sent home
The World Cup is over for Nicholas Anelka. According to L’Equipe, the Chelsea striker had a showdown with French...
Koman Coulibaly faces the axe
The referee got of onto the wrong foot from the get go as Clint Dempsey butted heads in the...
Wesley Sneijder smashes the ball. Gooooaaaaaalllll!
Netherlands go up with Sneijder’s missile smashing of Kawashima’s hands into goal. 52nd minute. Van Persie does the spade...
Halftime: Netherlands 0 Japan 0
Nothing. After the excitement of yesterday with yellow card palooza, exciting goals, stirring comebacks, robbed goals, shock results and...
Fabio Capello: Lost in translation
The pundits are getting restive. Graham Taylor: ” If you’re the England manager – and I’ve been there –...
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...
Video: The US were robbed!
I still have not figured out why the referee from Mali, Koman Coulibaly disallowed that goal in the 84th...
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...
Yellow card gate! An out of control referee cheats Klose
Alberto Undiano: “I think I will give out eight more” Unbeaten since the 1986 World Cup in group stages....
Second half: Will there be more send offs?
Sami Khedira, Phillip Lahm, Miroslav Klose (2 yellow cards = red), Aleksandar Kolarov, and Branislav Ivanovic are all flirting...
Milan Jovanovic scores!
German defense in disarray with Klose gone. Serbia takes advantage as Krasic sends in a cross which is headed...
Germany vs Serbia: Miroslav Klose sent off
5 yellow cards. The referee Alberto Undiano is destroying the match. Just sent off Klose already on a booking...
David James to start against Algeria
The oldest player in the World Cup at 39 years is set for a shock recall. Fabio Capello kept...
Video: 2008: Germany 2 Serbia 1
The last time these two countries met was a May 2008 friendly which resulted in a 2-1 win for...
Scouting report on the Slovenians
Not much in terms of travel for both teams with the Slovenians facing the Algerians in nearby Polokwane. By...
The USA needs to start Jose Francisco Torres
Against Slovenia the tried and trusted counterattacking measures will not work. This is a team that has a very...
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...
BBC’s Stevenson: Argentina = the new Brazil?
Brilliant insights from the Beeb’s Jonathan Stevenson >> Why he links to a trashy betting article is anyone’s guess,...
Tim Cahill and Khune get a one match ban
The Socceroos appeal to get a one match ban overturned on Tim Cahill was rejected by the FIFA disciplinary...
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...
Video: Huh Jung Moo and Diego Maradona share a history
When South Korea meet Argentina today, Diego Maradona will remember Huh Jung Moo, the current South Korean coach who...
Group B: Leo Messi vs the hard charging South Koreans
Park Ji Sung comes up against former Man Utd teammate Carlos Tevez Argentina vs Korea Republic, Group B, Johannesburg...
England is battling the Kaiser
If you have not been following this, the long and short of it is, Der Kaiser has pronounced his...
Video: Group H: Uruguay 3 South Africa 0
Diego Forlan’s 27′ superlative long range strike from 30 yards dips in leaving Khune completely stranded. His and Siphiwe...
Luis Aragones: “Spain played without conviction”
Luis Aragones who led Spain to its Euro 2008 glory weighed in on the defeat and he pulled no...
Video: Group H: Switzerland 1 Spain 0
After all that great ball control by Spain, the goal was scored in a moment where the players lost...
Video: Group H: Chile 1 Honduras 0
Chile won a World Cup match after 48 years. The last time was in 1962 when they hosted the...
Final: Uruguay 3, South Africa 0
Tragic red card on SA keeper Itumeleng Khune. He leaves the game and SA collapses. Forlan converts the penalty...
Spain vs Brazil: Wingback quality makes the difference
In yesterday’s match Brazil ran into a North Korean roadblock which frustrated their attack in the first half. In...
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...
Group H: Honduras face an uphill task against Chile
Alexis Sanchez could be the star of Group H Honduras vs Chile, Group H, Nelspruit, Wednesday 16 June No...
Veron doubtful for South Korea
The Argentinian playmaker has not trained with the team since suffering a calf injury in the match against Nigeria....
Ronaldinho shows up ….
At Ellis Park to watch Brazil. He could have done better than Kaka.
Carlos Quieroz whines about Drogba favouritism
Carlos Quieroz believes that Didier Drogba received permission to wear a protective cast because he is a superstar. He...
Dunga: “We want to play better”
Dunga talks about the Brazilian response: ” The opener is always difficult with all that anxiety after a long...
World Cup 2010: Brazil 2 North Korea 1
The ITV announcer can’t quite believe Maicon’s goal.
Hungarian TV to test new technology blocking vuvuzelas
Less zealous of the vuvu? Hungarian state broadcaster MTV will begin testing a new system to block out the...
Group of dearth? Portugal 0 Ivory Coast 0
At least one would expect that this match bristling with no mean sloths when it comes to scoring goals...
First dive by Cristiano Ronaldo
Theatrical tumble by Ronaldo from incidental contact by Zokora earns him a booking and a free kick for Portugal....
Winston Reid: Danish bred, Kiwi hero
Winston Reid, on the wrong end when he allowed Robert Vittek to get in front of him to head...
No Drogba in Ivory Coast starting line up
Ivory Coast line up: Boubacar Barry, Kolo Toure, Siaka Tiéné, Guy Demel, Emmanuel Eboue, Yaya Toure, Didier Zokora, Cheick...
Der Kaiser adds insult to England’s injury
Franz Beckenbauer weighs in on England’s tied game (effectively a loss given its emotional import) with the USA. He...
Winston Reid equalizes for the All Whites!
Shock all around as Reid scores in the 92nd minute. A historic moment for the All Whites!
Slovakia vs NZ: Slovakia go one up through Vittek
Robert Vittek’s header of an on the money cross by Stanislav Sestak creeps in past Mark Paston for their...
Halftime: The Slovaks and the All Whites no score
Bright early start by the All Whites but the game thereafter has been taken over by the Slovaks as...
Big day for the All Whites
Rory Fallon and the All Whites take on the Slovaks. New Zealand is capable of springing a surprise as...