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Qatar defeated both Australia and the United States to host the 2022 World Cup, the first for the Middle East. In another first Russia will host 2018. And Brazil, yet another first, will host the next one in 2014.
Qatar’s pitch was incredibly...
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Iran is becoming more and more like Saudi Arabia which at least is attempting, albeit at a snail’s pace, to drag itself out of the dark 10th century. But with...
made popular Oct 20 2010
Mexico has suspended Carlos Vela and Efrain Juarez for six months after the duo breached rules on international duty.
made popular Sep 23 2010
But to see design in Capello’s confusion would assume that he was a man in control, a coach at the top of his game. That is not how it looked for much of this...
made popular Aug 12 2010
I saw this coming.
I will be humble and not brag too much: But I saw this coming. During the World Cup I had my say about what may befall the North Korean team after...
made popular Jul 31 2010
I read an article this evening which goes by the title: Soccer Could Save Iraq… I was very intrigued to read the article looking for the sarcasm behind the title, but...
made popular Jul 29 2010
At the beginning of the South Africa 2010 tournament – after Spain’s shock defeat by Switzerland – the Spanish captain Iker Casillas was berated by his TV...
made popular Jul 13 2010
Two goals in three second-half minutes by Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben helped to see off a resolute Uruguay side and put the Netherlands into a World Cup final for...
made popular Jul 7 2010
The soccer team that saved the soccer fans and millions of TV viewing public from the armageddonish sight of Maradona running naked, should be felicitated for their...
made popular Jul 6 2010
Nigeria’s president has suspended his nation’s football team from international competition for two years after a poor showing at the World Cup.
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made popular Jul 1 2010
FIFA said on Wednesday it would release 2,000 tickets for the World Cup quarter-finals which had been reserved by fans who hoped their teams would reach the last eight...
made popular Jun 30 2010
I recently wrote that one of the reasons the British national football (or soccer) team often under-performs is that they are under too much pressure to succeed.
That...
made popular Jun 29 2010
A willingness to compete and a fighting spirit are the two major factors that have propelled Ghana to the World Cup quarter-finals, says coach Milovan Rajevac, praising...
made popular Jun 28 2010
South Africa rejoiced Sunday as Ghana became only the third African team ever to make the World Cup quarter-finals, as England crashed out of the tournament after a...
made popular Jun 28 2010
Every time the World Cup rolls around the English national team, which is incredibly on paper, comes under tremendous pressure to win. This is due to both the zealot...
made popular Jun 28 2010
The Palestinians and their steadfastness, their refusal to let Israel defeat them and their creativity never fails to impress.
The thing about the Palestinian people...
made popular Jun 28 2010
The thrilling run of the United States national team at the World Cup has come to end, finished by Asamoah (Baby Jet) Gyan’s goal in the third minute of extra time...
made popular Jun 28 2010
Mexico’s Rafael Marquez has said that he will use all his knowledge of Lionel Messi’s game from the Barcelona training ground to try and stop the Argentina side...
made popular Jun 26 2010
Algeria soccer player Rafik Saifi slapped a female journalist across the face as the aftermath of the United States’ dramatic World Cup victory turned ugly at Loftus...
made popular Jun 24 2010
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Over and over, everything seemed to go against them.
A referee took away a win last week, and a linesman disallowed another goal Wednesday.
Now there was just 3 1/2...
made popular Jun 24 2010
Nigeria became the third African side to drop out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup when they were held to a 2-2 draw by South Korea at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on...
made popular Jun 23 2010
The FIFA refereeing committee will review a referee’s controversial call that disallowed a U.S. goal in the match against Slovenia Friday that ended in a...
made popular Jun 21 2010
Police say a “controlled explosion” at an explosives factory was the source of a blast heard by journalists Sunday at the World Cup’s main media...
made popular Jun 21 2010
*Taboo*
Taboo means forbidden. A taboo is something barred, shunned or excluded by a society or a group.
*Definition in a sentence*
From Reconstruction to the...
made popular Jun 21 2010
A FIFA referee who disallowed a winning third goal by the U.S. national football team is under scrutiny.
The United States played an admirable game yesterday against...
made popular Jun 21 2010
At least 86 FIFA World Cup volunteers were treated for food poisoning after eating breakfast at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga on Friday, Local...
made popular Jun 19 2010
Hope you\’re enjoying that monster suite in the Michelangelo Hotel, Sepp Blatter, and the luxurious massages and, I assume, the caviar and nightly champagne. Your...
made popular Jun 19 2010
Sao Paulo is Latin America’s most populous city and one of Brazil’s most dynamic. It is also home to two football clubs: the popular Sao Paulo FC along with...
made popular Jun 18 2010
Baby-faced Javier Hernandez and ageless Cuauhtemoc Blanco came off the bench early in the second half and combined for two goals, giving Mexico a clutch 2-0 win over...
made popular Jun 18 2010
Former Chicago Fire midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco is a soccer anomaly of sorts. The 37-year-old can’t play for long stretches. He’s slowed down tremendously....
made popular Jun 18 2010
Angry and hoping against hope. That was the mood among World Cup stadium security guards in Durban who on Thursday heard they had been fired.
Regret at...
made popular Jun 17 2010
If there is one thing that is different about the World Cup 2010, it must be the vuvuzela, the plastic horns that are all the rage at the tournament in South...
made popular Jun 17 2010
Cote d’Ivoire put in a thrilling performance but had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Portugal in their 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G clash at the Nelson Mandela Bay...
made popular Jun 16 2010
Granted this is the silly Murdoch tabloid New York Post, but nonetheless the New York Post’s grotesque and extreme Americana nationalism speaks to a trend within...
made popular Jun 16 2010
For the first time since 1966, North Korea has qualified for the World Cup. The national team is ranked last in the world and due to the extreme insular nature of the...
made popular Jun 16 2010
The ‘Vuvuzela’, the indigenous South African horn, should be banned from the on-going FIFA World Cup being played in South Africa as it is creating an...
made popular Jun 15 2010
It is because of the constant noise, that the South African authorities are considering banning the Vuvuzelas:
There are reports that World Cup organizers are already...
made popular Jun 14 2010
The first World Cup in Africa has its first African winner.
Ghana stunned Serbia when Asamoah Gyan scored on an 84th-minute penalty kick Sunday for a 1-0 victory in...
made popular Jun 14 2010
Coach Fabio Capello said soon after the game on Saturday night that King would definitely miss Friday’s game with Algeria, but it is feared King could be...
made popular Jun 14 2010
Who was the idiot who decided that it would be a good idea to give tens of thousands of energized soccer fans loud and obnoxious horns? If you’ve been watching...
made popular Jun 14 2010
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Arsenal’s Robin van Persie, left, leads a warm up run during their training session at the Arsenal’s training ground in London Colney, north London, Monday, May 4, 2009. Arsenal is to play Manchester United in a Champions League semifinal second leg...
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