England’s forgotten Hat Trick Hero
(Sir) Geoff Hurst – the only England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, achieving this...
Category: World Cup History
Mexico – a hat trick of World Cups
Mexico is teetering on the verge of making history.It will become the first country in the world to have...
Iran are out of World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026 will be poorer for the absence of the Iranian squad.Since we are in the throes of...
Remembering Mario Kempes
One standout memory from the sepia-tinted memories of the 1978 FIFA World Cup is of the man with the...
Remembering Baggio – the man who died standing up
Can one missed penalty kick erase a legacy ? His world cup records includes playing in 3 tournaments in...
Remembering the Cruyff turn
First seen for the first time ever in the 1974 FIFA World Cup when Cruyff used it to leave...
The mystery of the vanished trophy
The original Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy. It slipped through the grasp of the Nazis, was famously sniffed out...
Great Moments from World Cup History
One of the greatest and most incredibly legendary World Cup stories took place off the field and not on...
Should we talk about the Boycott?
There’s a growing movement around the world which says the US is not fit to host the Word Cup....
The Jabulani revisited
Soccerblog covered the Jabulani extensively back in 2010 or thereabouts. Goalkeeper reviews ,Julio Cesar’s comments ,criticism from David James...
Roberto Baggio remembers
That infamous penalty miss in the World Cup of 1994.. And looking back at it … Baggio heads the...
Infantino explains how the centenary of the World Cup will be celebrated
100 years of the World Cup (1930 to 2030) will be played across 3 continents.The centenary event hopes to...
Messi Saves Football
The biggest retirement from the beautiful game since Pele’s farewell in 1970. Messi finally wins a World Cup and...
Shocker: Saudi Arabia 2, Argentina 1
The curse of Messi continues. The Saudis played their hearts out and came back from behind to win. Argentina...
Qatar: World Cup of Shame?
Has FIFA damaged the brand of the beautiful game? Undoubtedly yes. “Migrants building a state-of-the-art stadium for the 2022 football...
Germany v/s Italy -not the game of the century
There was a time when legends walked the earth.. The greatest game between Germany and Italy was played on...
The journey of the World Cup Ball
The 2022 World cup ball is called Al Rihla – which is translated as “the journey” from Arabic. Here’s...
1974 Holland Germany World Cup Final
A trip down memory lane to a time before Messi and Ronaldo.The great Germany Holland World Cup final of...
Lifetime Bans for Racist Fans
It’s simple. If you’re a bigot and you want to express your racist views, do it at home with...
Trump’s World Cup Push for the USA
UPDATE: (Trump breaks FIFA’s ethics rules?) FIFA’s corrupt World Cup committee got a signal from US Boss >> The...
Der Kaiser under investigation: Beckenbauer faces corruption charges over 2006 World Cup
Not so Mr Clean anymore. Swiss prosecutors investigating corruption into World Cup bids have widened their inquiry to include...
Joao Havelange: FIFA dictator and World Cup globalist passes away
FIFA as an illiberal and corrupt kleptocracy? That is the legacy of Joao Havelange who ruled FIFA from 1974...
The curse of the Weird Third
If you were lamenting Holland’s early exit from Euro 2016 you may be interested to know that they are...
Maradona meets the referee who made the “Hand of God” goal possible
Not many outside of Argentina know Ali Bennaceur, the Tunisian referee who failed to spot Diego Maradona’s sleight of...
Alcides Ghiggia the architect of the Maracanazo passes away
The worst Brazilian defeat? The 7-1 pasting at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Try again....
Heartbroken! Japan through over England: 2-1
In what can only be called the “cruel hand of fate,” an own-goal by England defender Laura Bassett ended the...
Spotlight: Jerome Valcke, FIFA’s bribery facilitator and Night’s Watch to Sepp Blatter
Jerome Valcke, to use a GOT analogy is Night’s Watch to Sepp Blatter Jerome Valcke, the FIFA secretary general...
FIFA hits new low: Jack Warner investigated for appropriating Haiti Earthquake money for personal gain
“About that money, Jack, do you want it to be called legacy or infrastructure?” Sepp Blatter is going to...
Whistleblowers revealing Sepp Blatter’s “show me the money” fuel his resignation
Sepp Blatter’s abrupt departure a day after he was elected was not an altruistic move done for the good...
Blatter Resigns!
Bye, bye Sepp Blatter. In news that came from nowhere, embattled FIFA head Sepp Blatter resigned his post with...
BOOM! The FIFA sting begins. Blatter up next?
It’s not an accident that the second keyword phrase when you look up “FIFA” in Google is “FIFA corruption.”...
Bhutan team scales dizzying heights
The Bhutanese team is on the top of the world for now.They have a FIFA ranking of 209 –...
Landon Donovan’s biggest achievement amongst many was his style of play
Friday night was Landon Donovan’s international swansong as the USA met Ecuador at East Hartford. And it was an...
World Cup 2018: The political and racial contours of a boycott
The giant This is Russia banner at Euro 2012 depicting Dmitry Pozharsky, a 17th century Russian military commander fighting...
Sepp Blatter will continue as FIFA emperor as Platini bows out
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.” In Sepp...
The evolution of the Adidas Football
Darwin’s theory has a new chapter added to it. The evolution of the Adidas Football down the centuries- how...
Miroslav Klose: The World Cup’s Leading Goalscorer
Hats off to Germany’s Miroslav Klose. The 36-year-old Polish born striker became the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup...
#GER destroying #BRA: 5-0
And it’s not even halftime yet! Germany exposes Brazil’s weaknesses – all of them: – lack of midfield: no...
Germany take on France for the fourth time in World Cup history
France and Germany will battle for a place in the...
USA Lose but Advance
Well done USA. Too bad we missed those two chances in the final minute!
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Mario……….!
Mario Balotelli – practicing leaping over tall buildings in a single bound tried to jump over Alvaro Pereira and...
The passing of Didier Drogba
“It was the final chance for the generation so defined by Drogba...
Messi ..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iran goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi can take consolation from the fact that when he was finally beaten he was beaten...
Here’s What Brazil is Lacking…
The problem with Scolari’s team is midfield playmakers. Where’s this team’s Zico, Falcao, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Rivelino, Rivaldo, Socrates, and/or,...
Why is FIFA banning Maradona?
FIFA banned Franz Beckenbauer. Now, according to Maradona, he’s banned as well. The Guardian reports that Maradona feels this...
Chile Send Spain Home
The Champions are too slow for Chile. And today it wasn’t Casillas’ fault!
FIFA: It’s time to ban this guy – for life!
For some reason, the Blatter bus just keeps on going. Time to send the guy into retirement. Or jail.
Brazil 3, Croatia 1
The Samba boys played a bit better in the second half and score two more. All goals by Brazil:...
WATCH: Riots Kick Off the World Cup in Sao Paulo
Nice. The CNN anchorwoman actually asks: “What are these people protesting?” Unfortunately, this is going to be a difficult World Cup...
The Winner of the World Cup Brazil 2014: Odebrecht!??
Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht has already been named the winner of the World Cup by Bloomberg in this insightful article....
Are You Ready?
Just to remind you why this game is worth saving from the jaws of Blatter’s FIFA:
Can the Best Players Save the World from FIFA?
This is the best example of satirical advertising ever. Just in time for the World Cup, Samsung unintentionally unleashes...