Germany Takes 3rd Place
July 10, 2010 Germany bested Uruguay 3-2 to take 3rd place again in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Germany also took 3rd place in the 2006 World Cup, which it hosted. Related posts:Germany Defeats...
View ArticleWorld Cup Teams Ranked #1 to #32
FIFA has released its post-World Cup rankings, with every team that played in South Africa numbered #1 to #32. According to the BBC, the “rankings take into account group stage results, progress in the...
View ArticleFIFA World Rankings July 2010
FIFA has released its first post-World Cup 2010 rankings, and – as you’d expect – there’s been plenty of movement. Nnew top dogs are World Cup 2010 winners Spain, obviously, with losing finalists the...
View ArticleInternational Football Tournaments Between Now and World Cup 2014
World Cup 2010 gets a little smaller in the rear view mirror every day now, and the next big show isn’t until 2014. But if you find yourself in need of an international football tournament fix, then...
View ArticleArgentina to Offer Diego Maradona Four More Years
Diego Maradona will apparently be offered a new four year deal to stay on Argentina coach when he meets with Football Association president Julio Grondona next week. At first I thoughtn the BBC were...
View ArticleFIFA’s World Cup All-Star Team
There are plenty of World Cup best XIs floating around. Mr. David Beckham did one just before the final, and we did two ourselves, split between semi-finalists and non-semi-finalists. There’s only one...
View ArticleBrazil: Carnival spirit leaves Brazil ill prepared
So it begins: with just 47 months until the next World Cup, the press is back on phase one of the World Cup reporting cycle: predicting the next tournament will be a security disaster staged in unbuilt...
View ArticleDiego Maradona Out
There was a standoff between employer and employee, and one of those wins that battle more often than not. And it doesn’t matter if your name is Diego Maradona. Diego said he would not budge regarding...
View ArticleDiego Maradona accuses former mentor Carlos Bilardo of betrayal
• National team director ‘worked in shadows to throw me out’• Argentinian FA declined to renew Maradona’s contract Diego Maradona, looking close to tears, accused the national team director Carlos...
View ArticleMano Menezes to be Brazil manager
Wow, its been messy for Brazil trying to find a replacement for Dunga as Brazil manager. With Leonardo and Scolari previously frontrunning, over the last week, it seemed to come down to2 men from...
View ArticleBrazil name Menezes as new manager
• Corinthians manager Mano Menezes takes charge • Brazil hoping for more exciting football under the 48-year-old Mano Menezes has been confirmed as the new Brazil coach, replacing Dunga, whose...
View ArticleArgentina could reappoint Maradona
• Nobody lined up to succeed him, says national team director • Maradona urged to talk to Argentina football association Argentina’s national team director, Carlos Bilardo, says the door remains open...
View ArticleAs Diego’s World Turns: Door Ajar.
The soap opera that is Argentina’s head coaching position will not cease its turbulent plot twists and he said/he said. The latest development is one which no one is likely to have seen coming after...
View ArticleInternational Friendly Games August 10th and 11th, 2010
Whether the various domestic leagues – and Harry Redknapp – like it or not, this is an official FIFA international week. This Tuesday and Wednesday, much of the world’s national teams will be in...
View ArticleBrazil 2-0 USA: Say Hallo to Neymar
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new Brazil. After the more pragmatic and less exciting Dunga years (an approach which won the Copa America and Confederations Cup, but failed at World Cup 2010) new coach...
View ArticleWould You Eliminate World Cup Draws?
Though the World Cup is no stranger to structural changes – 18 World Cups, 18 World Cup rulebooks, it seems – the announcement that FIFA may eliminate draws for the World Cup is still a thumping...
View ArticleMartin Palermo Is Not Messi’s Biggest Fan
Little Lionel received something of a mixed bag this summer over his performance. He was undeniably brilliant throughout much of it, overshadowed by no one heading into the quarterfinals, but then was...
View ArticleGoofing Goalkeepers and Slide Tackling Strikers
Two of my favourite things in football combined not once but twice in yesterday’s international games, as a goalkeeper’s goof was met with a striker’s slide tackle in two separate games. The most...
View ArticleTrapped Chilean Miners Watched Ukraine vs Chile Football Match
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you should know about the Chilean miners who are quite literally living under rock. The 33 men have been trapped nearly half a mile below the earth in a...
View ArticleLouise Taylor previews the World Cup
Women’s football was once an affront to ‘decency’ but now the world is at their feet with fans and broadcasters eager for more “Women’s football is a game that should only be played by consenting...
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