A new look Selecao will meet the USA
Paulo Henrique Ganso is the future of Brazilian futebol New coach Mano Menezes did not exactly suspend all 23...
Category: World Cup 2010
Man Utd fall to Kansas City
Kei Kamara scored the winner against Man Utd First off, for fairness sake, United did not have Wayne Rooney,...
Micah Rose: “Farewell, South Africa!”
As we explained earlier, Swarthmore College’s Micah Rose has been hanging out in the Eastern Cape, holding soccer clinics and...
A non-story: Donovan linked with City
Landycakes at Eastlands? Nahgannahappen. Which player is not linked with City nowadays? Every hour it is a different one....
The Guardian’s Mark Van Bommel gallery
Check out the rest. Van Bommel is definitely a gift that keeps giving.
Ribery and Benzema indicted in the French sex scandal
The two players spent 7 hours in custody and charged by the judicial magistrate Andre Dando with having sex...
Selwyn Brown: Reflections on the First African World Cup
Another report by Selwyn “Bumbo” Brown, from reggae supergroup Steel Pulse. Selwyn’s back in the UK, as the band...
Video: Jose Pedroso tries to strange referee
A match between Rangers and Deportes Concepción in Chile’s division B degenerates into a series of retaken penalty kicks...
Joe Cole to Liverpool?
England’s most creative player and Fabio Capello afterthought, Joe Cole is being lured to Liverpool with the promise of...
Tiki Taka soon coming to Liverpool
La Masia (The Farm) is set to take the world by storm (painting by Joan Miro) Rafa Benitez left...
Martin Jol heading to Fulham
Craven Cottage will be loading up on the toilet paper All indications are Martin Jol is heading back to...
Fabio Capello should be embarrassed
The Man Who Knew Infinity Fabio Capello is embarrassed. The Capello Index has turned sour for the England coach...
Socrates and Big Phil
There is a reason why this man is called Socrates. One of the truly deep thinkers of the sport...
Capello’s Index: Forlan barely edges out Defoe
Really. England is heading for another disaster if this is the sort of scouting report that Fabio Capello comes...
Bob Bradley to Fulham?
He may have to trade that look for a suit and tie The Cottagers are still looking for a...
Man City unabated: They sign Kolarov
City’s spending bender to a Premiership title continued unabated. Lazio accepted their £17m for their highly rated left wing...
Barca’s Fabregas intensity fades
Behind the daily parade of Barca players who talk about Cesc Fabregas return to Barca in the emotional terms...
America votes for Soccer
The ESPY “best moment” of the last 12 months……
Anelka: France was a “timebomb”
Nicholas Anelka speaks. It seems he was the fall guy for what transpired in South Africa- it could have...
Maradona’s misuse of Leo Messi was criminal
El Diego looking like something from My Big Fat Argentinian Wedding One of the worst defeats in Argentinian World...
Carles Puyol retires from international duty
King Carles against Germany: A defining moment Sad news. The most visible face of El Roja Furia announced his...
The shirt don’t fit ……
Are we assuming? Nah, says Fabregas – just some something amusing.
So who is in your World Cup XI?
We could make this easy- throw in the Spanish, the Germans, and Diego Forlan. But here is my World...
Octopus Paul plans to appear in Bigg Boss
A World Cup sand sculpture in Bhubaneshwar, India with Octopus Paul Octopus Paul is landing a few big gigs...
Ballack’s agent: A “gay combo” defines German football
Alexander Osang’s article in Der Speigel highlights the new German football- attractive, full of flair and invention, with a...
Tragedy strikes the World Cup
If you have not already read it. Two bombs went off in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Sunday...
World Cup 2010: All the goals
Relive the ones you loved and catch up with the ones you missed…..
World Cup finals stats: Spain was a control freak
Look at Spain’s heavy numbers (passing accuracy): Xavi dominates From the Guardian’s Datablog • 3547 – Spain have now...
Johan Cruyff: From totalfootball to totalantifootball
Johan Cruyff speaks: “This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style, yes it served the Dutch to...
Richard Williams: Spain played anti-football
When Eric Wynalda makes more sense than Richard Williams, you begin to wonder. But people like Williams have a...
Video: Nigel De Jong kung fu
How on earth did Howard Webb not give De Jong the boot?
Paul says goodbye..
Tanja Munzig, a spokeswoman for the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, said that Paul had decided to end his...
Thomas Muller gets the Golden Shoe
This has been a brilliant World Cup for Thomas Muller who earned his first cap earlier this year against...
Diego Forlan wins the Golden Ball
No quibbles with this choice. Diego Forlan was the best player this World Cup- that free kick against Ghana...
Sneijder: “Howard Webb robbed us”
We have a winner for whingeing. According to Wesley Sneijder the Dutch would not have been beaten if it...
Viva Espana!
Champions! Champions! I have not been a role model to small children in the last hours, imbibing copious amounts...
Dirty Dutch Football
What is this? Thank goodness Spain won. Even Cruyff was rooting for Spain. And here’s Ruud Gullit: “It was...
“Dani Jarque siempre con nosotros”
Iniesta’s tribute to his fallen friend Dani Jarque:
The Mandela Moment
For me, this was the most moving moment in the entire World Cup:
¡ESPAÑA!
1-0 in extra time. The Netherlands go home with three strikes. Will they ever win a Cup?
Video: Khedira clinches third spot for Germany
For those not interested, or were not paying too much attention, there was a match yesterday to decide third...
Football for Hope
As most of the world gets ready to watch the Spain Netherlands finale many may not know that there...
Video: Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
It’s a bit ironical seeing the Dutch take centerstage in South Africa for the world’s biggest game. A record...
Maarten Stekelenberg: Pedro could test Dutch goalie
El Nino looked a trifle sharper in the Germany match coming off the bench. Of course, one does not...
Spain wary of Howard Webb
Will Spain see red because of Webb? Not very good memories of the English referee officiating today’s finals. Spain...
Spain will play in blue
Spain will play the final against Netherlands in blue and not the famous “Roja” kit. But if they win,...
Robin Van Persie: Will he show up today?
“I want my own national team where I will play every minute” Robin Van Persie’s World Cup has been...
World Cup 2010: Was it humdrum or a humdinger?
Des Kelly is unimpressed by this World Cup. Except for the Giovanni Van Bronckhorst goal what else would you...
Benayoun: Rafa tried “to break me like he broke Riera”
I always wondered how Yossi Benayoun could take playing for Rafa, saving Liverpool many a times with his fine...
Third place: Germany edge Uruguay in an absorbing encounter
A thrilling open ended match between two teams who pulled out all the stops. Arguably, the best match in...
Don’t Cruyff for me Argentina
On the eve of the historical Spain Holland World Cup Final,Robin van Persie votes for Diego Maradona over Johan...