Spain send a T Shirt into space
A Spanish national team shirt was attached to a balloon and launched 33 kilometres up into the atmosphere to...
Category: World Cup 2010
Why Germany believes third place is important
As per Bild, Germany has much at stake with a win today. Remind the world once more about their...
You should be rooting for Spain
Tiki Taka shares Santiago Calatrava’s form and functionality Brian Phillips lays out the argument very persuasively and I absolutely...
Van Nistelrooy: “Spain is the favourite”
Ruud Van Nistelrooy who should know something about killer goals will be sitting on the couch in Hamburg as...
Joachim Löw to sign two year extension
According to Bild, Löw will sign on for two years more as Germany’s coach ensuring much needed continuity for...
Giovani Dos Santos in the running for FIFA youth player
One of my favourite players- Giovani Dos Santos is in the running for FIFA youth player of the World...
Video: Octopus Paul predicts Spain over Netherlands
Spain rejoiced to the Oracle of Oberhausen’s prediction- Pulpo Paul picked Spain over Netherlands in a live telecast sending...
Paul has competition…
While Paul the Octopus has been hogging the headlines,Mani the Parakeet has been doing an equally good job at...
FIFA: The end of the present system of refereeing
Expect the Europa Cup modification of two additional referees patrolling behind goal to be implemented in future FIFA matches....
Spain might offer asylum to Octopus Paul
Octopus Paul’s life could be in danger threatened by angry Germans and now Spanish authorities are stepping in with...
Hala Barca, Visca Madrid: Spain’s credo is good football
Vicente Del Bosque Spain’s success is due to the myriad talent they have but what is so different about...
Adidas and Nike fan the flames
Anybody who’s half good at maths will tell you that the probability of an octopus predicting anything correctly is...
Mannschaft: The right wing rejection
Maier, Beckenbauer, Breitner, Höttges, Vogts, Bonhof, Hoeneß, Köppel, Netzer, Mueller, Wimmer – part of the 1972 Euro winning team...
Octopus Paul in danger
Paella price? Octopus Paul correctly predicts Spain Octopus Paul has become the target of German wrath after correctly predicting...
Joachim Low: “Spain the best team in the world”
The Netherlands might disagree. But we are looking at possibly the best team on the planet right now. It’s...
Video: Puyol’s winner against Germany
Puyol soars high above Pique and the German defense to head home. What a finish. Spain was in control...
Lion hearted, lion maned: Puyol wins it for Spain
Steve Tyler at the World Cup – say it isn’t so? When I see Carles Puyol, I am reminded...
Spain beat Germany 1-0 (The Octopus was right!)
Puyol’s header gets them through. The octopus was right! A historic final now – Holland vs. Spain. We’ll have...
Halftime: Spain 0 Germany 0
A very cautious first half. Spain enjoying a big edge in possession without looking very threatening. Not very surprising....
Spain vs Germany: What to look for?
It could come down to a Euro 2008 moment when Fernando Torres blew by Philipp Lahm. Vicente Del Bosque...
Germany vs Spain: Starting line ups
Germany: 1-Manuel Neuer; 16-Philipp Lahm, 3-Arne Friedrich, 17-Per Mertesacker, 20-Jerome Boateng, 15-Piotr Trochowski, 6-Sami Khedira, 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger, 10-Lukas Podolski,...
Toni Kroos to replace Mueller
Kroos control! Bayern Munich’s Toni Kroos, an attacking midfielder and another one of those 20 something talents is in...
Ballack vs Lahm: Trouble in the German camp
Kevin Prince Boateng deciding to lay his studs on Michael Ballack’s ankle seems to be the best thing in...
Arsenal close to signing Laurent Koscielny
Arsenal’s attempts to bolster their central defense, an area of rapid depletion, got a boost with the imminent signing...
Castrol Top 11: It’s not quite right is it?
On the graphic above are the top players of the World Cup as per the Castrol Index. First things...
Forlan was not fit from the very start
Oscar Tabares pulled out Diego Forlan in the 38th minute of the second half much to everyone’s surprise. Later,...
Ronaldinho plans to return to Brazil?
One of the players that Dunga could have done with to lift a moribund Brazilian attack has not been...
Video: Highlights: Netherlands 3 Uruguay 2
Check out Giovanni Van Bronckhorst’s smashing strike. Diego Forlan owns the Jabulani. Wesley Sneijder writes his own luck. Arjen...
Van Bronckhorst’s goal made the difference
Say what you will – Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben scoring was expected. What was not expected was Giovanni...
The final will be brilliant Orange!
What a match! The Uruguayans never gave up. Maxi Pereira scored an added time goal. That made it 3-2...
Holland 3 Uruguay 1!
Sneijder cuts inside and shoots, the ball skims past Muslera and strikes the upright and goes in. Moments later,...
Forlan makes it 1-1!
We have a game. Maarten Stekelenberg will be none too pleased about the goal he gave up. Diego Forlan...
Van Bronckhorst’s blast sends Netherlands up 1-0!
A candidate for goal of the World Cup. A screaming left footer by Giovanni Van Bronckhorst from 30 yards...
Eduardo Galeano on Uruguayan soccer
Two legends: Diego Maradona and Enzo Francescoli Enzo Francescoli, the Uruguayan legend spent five years in the French Ligue...
Video: World Cup 1974: Netherlands 2 Uruguay 0
Totaalvoetball! Johnny Rep scores twice as Netherlands beats Uruguay, 2-0 in the 1974 World Cup in the group stage....
Uruguay vs Netherlands: Starting line ups
Uruguay: 1-Fernando Muslera; 3-Diego Godin, 6-Mauricio Victorino, 5-Walter Gargano, 16-Maximiliano Pereira, 22-Martin Caceres, 15-Diego Perez, 11-Alvaro Pereira, 17-Egidio Arevalo,...
The Octopus choosing Spain video
Infallibility is generally not associated with octopuses so it remains to be seen if Paul has got this one...
Five worst defenders in this World Cup
Mmmmm ……. not far from the truth We all know this World Cup has been the graveyard for ‘superstars’...
World Cup Analytics: Germany to Win?
Superstition or Analytics? Let’s see… (h/t Martin Theus)
Much ado about nothing: Luis Suarez’s “hand of god” handball
I would like to know which commentator would not have called Luis Suarez stupid for not trying to stop...
The absence of Inter’s men hurt Argentina
Nicholas Otamendi for Javier Zanetti? Maradona needs to get his head examined Tim Vickery in his Sunday column for...
Spain needs to open up its options
Spain’s attack has a self paced feel to it with difficulties getting up tempo. They meet a German team...
Big Phil Scolari: Brazil wants him back
Big Phil might have another swing at the Brazil job The manager who led Brazil to their 2002 World...
The Octopus has spoken
Spain is the verdict this time.Or so it says here.Couldn’t find any other article that corroborates that decision so...
Zwelenqaba Update: Soccer Camp
Swarthmore College’s Micah Rose has been hanging out in the Eastern Cape, holding soccer clinics and watching the World...
Update: WC Bracket – A European Cup?
Who’d a thunk this would have been outcome? Brazil and Argentina – gone. What is this, the European Cup?
The “Maradona Experiment” is Over as Well
This sign held up by the German fans says it all: The fat lady has sung for both Dunga...
Germany Argentina goals…
That should read Germany goals actually seeing that Argentina didn’t actually get any of their own…Goals of the game...
A superb Germany outclasses Argentina, 4-0
The German God ran riot over Maradona’s God. Even Arne Freidrich got a goal. You know what is frightening...
That Octopus was wrong.
The Octopus had predicted that Germany would have a tough game against Argentina.Here’s Klose scoring their fourth goal (to...
Video: Ghana vs Uruguay highlights
Luis Suarez leaves the field in tears after being red carded for his handball offense. He thinks its all...