Domenech’s handshake refusal rankles the National Assembly
Raymond Domenech’s refusal to shake hands with Carlos Alberto Parreira contravenes the Gallic spirit. That bit of bad behaviour...
Category: Soccer Culture
Liverpool’s hire of Roy Hodgson helps Capello’s cause
Roy Hodgson is set to be announced as Liverpool’s new manager as anticipated. With his appointment, the chances of...
David Silva joins City
City signs Valencia winger David Silva to a five year deal. The fee is undisclosed. Silva gives a lot...
England’s “golden generation ” returns home
Robert Green looks like he wants to be elsewhere The English squad slunk back home yesterday, unannounced and unloved....
Video: Joachim Löw’s eating habits
Not the usual finger food, shall we say? A bit ewwww. Ah, well- as long as he has a...
Video: Spain advance through Villa’s superlative goal
This is David Villa’s World Cup. Fernando Torres might have faded but Villa seems to be relishing doing double...
Video: Paraguay overcome Japan in penalty shootout, 5-3
Good quality video. Yuichi Komano’s penalty shot hits the crossbar and bounces out. Disaster for Japan. The Paraguayans made...
Paraguay book their quarterfinals spot through penalty shootout
Oscar Cardozo came on in the 94th minute Joy for Paraguay. Heartbreak for Japan. The Guaranies beat the Samurai...
Ghana vs USA the most watched soccer game nationally
19.4 million viewers as per Nielsen combined on ABC and the Spanish channels viewed the Ghana vs USA match...
Blatter’s only concession: ” Discussion on goal-line technology”
What’s the frequency, Sepp? Sepp Blatter after apologizing to England and Mexico for those ghastly refereeing errors said that...
Brazil are through, 3-0 over Chile
Chile’s record of futility continues against Brazil as they crash out 3-0. Goals by Juan, Luis Fabiano, and Robinho...
Video: Highlights of Argentina vs Mexico
10+ minutes highlights. Patience advised. Slow loading but good quality. The Beeb’s commentary. This match could have been a...
Video: Highlights of England vs Germany
14+ minutes: Patience advised. Slow loading but good quality. The Beeb’s commentary. For all that touted experience, England really...
The Dutch go up through Robben’s brilliance!
Bert Marwijk’s gamble of starting Arjen Robben paid of immediately. What a brilliant goal as he controls with his...
Fabio Capello’s fate to be decided in two weeks
Will he stay or will he go? The FA met with Capello in which the England manager stated his...
Video: The Smiths “What difference does it make?”
Another World Cup, another England squad crashes out. “What difference does it make?” might sum it perfectly.
England’s shambolic World Cup mercifully comes to an end
He never did Thoroughly outplayed by a relatively inexperienced German team but with loads more talent. A Germany with...
The Ghost Goal of 1966 Haunts 2010
Now, because of the flubbed call in 2010, we’re going to revisit this goal – Geoff Hurst’s controversial goal...
FIFA’s rejection of goal line technology is medieval
Just outrageous. We have a linesman who cannot keep up with the ball relying on essentially guesswork to rule...
Lay off Ricardo Clark: He is not a fault, Team USA is
There has been a lot of anger directed against Ricardo Clark for giving up that ball to Kevin Prince...
Video: Paul the Octopus predicts Germany over England
The Germans are pinning their hopes on Paul the Octopus, a denizen of the Sea Life public aquarium in...
Ghana’s danger men: Prince Tagoe and Andre Ayew
Ghana has scored only two goals and they have come through penalties scored by Asamoah Gyan, the Stade Rennais...
World Cup 2010: Ghana carries the weight of a whole continent
With Ivory Coast bowing out, Ghana now carries the aspirations of a whole continent. A huge responsibility on the...
Zico takes credit for Endo free kick
The Japansese advanced to the Group of 16 dismantling the Danes. One of the highlights was a free kick...
Spain: All out on attack
Chile and Spain go head to head today. For Spain it is a must win situation. Only top of...
Cesare Prandelli: Azzurri coach hopes to find a purple patch
A real change from the buttoned down Marcello Lippi Cesare Prandelli, long time Viola coach will take on the...
World Cup 2010: A new world order?
And a new World Cup champion The one thing that this World Cup has thrown up is that no...
Video: Keisuke Honda shows Denmark the exit
The Asians seem to have figured out the Jabulani. Two free kicks magnificently struck by Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito...
Robert Vittek: Player who sent Italy to ignominy
Robert Vittek is not by any stretch of the imagination, a household name. But he has three goals in...
Arrivederci, Italia! Slovakia 3, Italy 2
Slovakia puts Italy out of its misery, 3-2. Lippi is finished, and so are most of the players. From...
Shane Smeltz slams Pim Verbeek
The All Whites progress in the World Cup has proven one more talking point. The domestic league is capable...
Italy joins England, France in the theme of disunity
Commendatore Marcelo Lippi faces his sternest test Disunity. A common theme which emerges from European teams that are struggling...
England won but it was unflattering
As Richard Williams points out, their performance against Slovenia although an improvement, may not be enough to engender a...
Video: Australia 2 Serbia 1
Highlights (7+ minutes, no commentary, “Jabulani” song) Well played Socceroos. You went out with your heads held high. For...
Video: Donovan’s goal in HD
This is for all the soccer people Thinking that a goal had passed them by Don’t give up until...
German reaction to the win
Gooooaaaallllll, Ooooeeeezzzillll!
Video: Jermain Defoe keeps English hopes alive
Also read Jermain Defoe saves Fabio Capello’s job. England qualify but they take second billing to the US. Topping...
Germany and Ghana advance!
What a fantastic match by the Socceroos who sank Serbia, 2-1. They held off the Serbians as they fought...
Beautiful goal by Mesut Oezil!
Germany 1 Ghana 0. If this holds then the USA meet Ghana, not Germany. Serbia and Australia are tied...
Video: Highlights from the USA vs Algeria match
What the deuce? That must have been Clint Dempsey’s reaction on each harrowing occasion he missed and the time...
Spotlight on Germany as they meet Ghana
Ghana is now the only viable African representative with Ivory Coast on a wing and a prayer. Can the...
A bit of a huff and puff but England are through
We can hold off on the Steven Gerrard visit to David Cameron for a discreet prime ministerial inquiry into...
England vs Slovenia: Starting line ups
Slovenia: 1-Samir Handanovic; 2-Miso Brecko, 4-Marko Suler, 5-Bostjan Cesar, 13-Bojan Jokic; 10-Valter Birsa, 8-Robert Koren, 18-Aleksandar Radosavljevic, 17-Andraz Kirm;...
David Villa escapes FIFA sanctions
FIFA clears David Villa of any wrongdoing when he is caught on camera pushing Honduran defender Emilio Izaguirre’s face...
The different ways the US can advance
John Powers of the Boston Globe explains: ■ A win over Algeria today would give the Americans 5 points....
Algeria’s “Desert Warriors” determined to win
Algeria’s progress in the World Cup is being followed keenly in the Arab and Muslim world. Today’s match against...
Video: World Cup 2010: The first goal of a free kick
Pak Chu Young bending it like Shunsuke Nakamura for South Korea’s second goal. Big day for them as they...
Video: The worst miss in football history
Just the worst miss in the world. It’s quite stunning when you look at it. Gaping goal, three yards...
Patrice Evra promises to reveal all
This summer is going to be a summer of disclosures for Team France, as virtually every French player has...
Video: Argentina 2 Greece 0
Leo Messi shows that even without scoring a goal, he is still the World Cup’s best player. He has...
Video: South Africa 2 France 1 & Uruguay 1 Mexico 0
13+ minutes highlights of Group A and Group B matches, switching back and forth between them. A sparkling start...
South Africa’s valiant effort falls short
Bafana Bafana can hold their heads high. They won the battle but lost the war. Beating France,2-1. Their first...