Bongani Khumalo scores for SA!
21st minute, Khumalo directs his header of a Tshabalala corner past Hugo Lloris! This will have everyone flipping channels...
Category: Soccer Culture
Will the vuvuzelas fall silent, if SA exits?
Already noticing the difference in vuvuzela intensity between the SA vs France and Uruguay vs Mexico match. There might...
France vs South Africa starting line ups
Last stop for Siphiwe Tshabalala? Patrice Evra more concerned about traitors in the midst has been stripped of captaincy....
England to don all red against Slovenia
From the FA. The English squad will wear red shirts, red shorts, red socks, and red shoes? in the...
Can El Tri’s defense hold off Diego Forlan?
Forlan shows why he wants to score goals That was the question vexing Roy Hodgson last month when Fulham...
Two African nations find themselves on the brink
Group A: South Africa’s chances of progressing to the next round rest on the slim hopes that it beat...
Sponsors pull out of French team
The real reason is not the players. ” They believe that, while the players’ behaviour in South Africa was...
Gut check time: French players may boycott match
Thierry Henry might “boycott” the match against South Africa Les Bleus do not control their destiny when they meet...
Video: David Villa and Spain overcome Honduras, 2-0
Two of the best goals in this World Cup by David Villa. The first one was a breathtaking solo...
Video: Chile 1 Switzerland 0
Former Liverpool winger Mark Gonzalez scored a winner against ten man Switzerland. The Swiss get their 67 minutes becoming...
Video: Now for the rest of Portugal’s goals
All the goals had some brilliant aspect to it: the cross, the through pass, the spectacular header, the juggling...
Portugal need to pass better to Cristiano Ronaldo
One of the features of the desultory draws to the Ivory Coast was that Cristiano Ronaldo was starved off...
Video: World Cup 1966: Portugal 5 North Korea 3
Eusebio’s World Cup. The North Koreans egged on by adoring Middlesborough fans at Ayresome Park scored three goals including...
Sacre Bleu!
This needs to be made into a movie, seriously!
The Independent reports on John Terry’s coup attempt
Sam Wallace writes about how John Terry seems to have quietly taken over the role of the team’s chief...
Video: Watch Luis Fabiano’s “two handed” goal
See the ball hit Luis Fabiano’s left hand to the first time he and Siaka Tiene go up to...
Video: Keita’s theatrics gets Kaka sent off
Ivory Coast may have lost the match against Brazil and with it the chance to advance to the group...
Alain Finkielkraut: Les Bleus “thugs” beset with “ethnic divisions”
Alain Finkielkraut, an arch conservative refers to Les Bleus as a bunch of thugs who have the morals of...
All Whites result compared to Edmund Hillary’s Mt Everest feat
On 29 May 1953, New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary became the first man to climb Mt Everest. On 20 June...
Sani Kaita gets death threats
Sani Kaita is the player who viciously kicked Vassillis Torosidis on the touchline in the 33rd minute and was...
Video: Brazil 3 Ivory Coast 1
Luis Fabiano blasts the ball past Boubacar Barry after Kolo Toure makes an absolute mess of his challenge. Then...
Video: Watch Patrice Evra and Duverne get into a fight
By now everyone knows that Les Bleus is reeling because of a player mutiny over Nicholas Anelka being sent...
Video: New Zealand 1 Italy 1
It’s been a painful sight to see Fabio Cannavaro, the 2006 World Cup player of the year, slide into...
Didier Drogba in the line up
The Ivory Coast skipper is in the starting line up. He will go up against Lucio and Juan. Gilberto...
Video: Paraguay 2 Slovakia 0
Cristian Riveros made it 2-0 with this blast following a free kick in the 84th minute. The Slovaks just...
Move over All Blacks! Make way for the All Whites
The Ka Mate of the All Whites strikes terror into the opposition Do you remember Brandi Chastain’s condescension after...
French football official resigns: Mutiny in Les Bleus
Jean Louis Valentin, the deputy director of the French Football Federation resigns: “The players do not want to train....
Italy draw level through Iaquinta penalty!
In the 26′ minute Ricardo Montolivo’s blast hit the inside of the upright and in 99.9% of the times...
Italy’s Smeltzdown! New Zealand go up
Shane Smeltz will go down as the player who caused the shock of the World Cup. If this score...
A decimated Italy take on the All Whites
The rumours Severus Snape will play Andrea Pirlo are simply not true There is no Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini,...
Halftime: Paraguay look very good
The spirit of Salvador Cabanas is definitely on the Paraguayans in their match. The Albiroja are looking awfully good,...
Cameroon out of the World Cup
It was an entertaining game and the Indomitable Lions gave everything at the end. However, Denmark stood fast to...
Anelka sent home
The World Cup is over for Nicholas Anelka. According to L’Equipe, the Chelsea striker had a showdown with French...
Koman Coulibaly faces the axe
The referee got of onto the wrong foot from the get go as Clint Dempsey butted heads in the...
Wesley Sneijder smashes the ball. Gooooaaaaaalllll!
Netherlands go up with Sneijder’s missile smashing of Kawashima’s hands into goal. 52nd minute. Van Persie does the spade...
Halftime: Netherlands 0 Japan 0
Nothing. After the excitement of yesterday with yellow card palooza, exciting goals, stirring comebacks, robbed goals, shock results and...
All quiet on the Dutch front
30+ minutes and there has been very little by the way of excitement in the Japan vs Netherlands match....
Video: Ref misses Torsten Frings handball, saves Germany
As Jesse G., points out the most infamous refereeing blunder was the missed or ignored handball by Torsten Frings...
Eric Wynalda blowhard calls for a Coulibaly investigation
Wynalda is a blowhard calling for an investigation into Koman Coulibaly. Here he is making two points. One that...
Engerland is displacing Les Bleus in comedic content
The Three Lions: Should I laugh or should I cry, is it all the same to you? France was...
A soulless England draw enterprising Algeria
There will be no New Order “World in Motion” like assocation with this England side. They barely registered a...
Video: The US were robbed!
I still have not figured out why the referee from Mali, Koman Coulibaly disallowed that goal in the 84th...
Valter Birsa fires one past Tim Howard!
Disaster in the 13th minute! Birsa who has easily been the best player for the Slovenians drills a long...
Yellow card gate! An out of control referee cheats Klose
Alberto Undiano: “I think I will give out eight more” Unbeaten since the 1986 World Cup in group stages....
Serbia under siege: Podolksi misses a penalty!
Great comeback by Germany as Mesut Oezil shows his class. They are really knocking on the door. Oezil to...
Second half: Will there be more send offs?
Sami Khedira, Phillip Lahm, Miroslav Klose (2 yellow cards = red), Aleksandar Kolarov, and Branislav Ivanovic are all flirting...
USA vs Slovenia: Torres and Findley to start
This is fantastic! Bradley must have read my reasons why Jose Francisco Torres should start. He joins Michael Bradley...
Germany vs Serbia: Miroslav Klose sent off
5 yellow cards. The referee Alberto Undiano is destroying the match. Just sent off Klose already on a booking...
Video: Not David James’s finest moment
Against Austria in Euro 2008, James muffed a simple collection allowing Andreas Ivanschitz to equalize for Austria. Robert Green...
David James to start against Algeria
The oldest player in the World Cup at 39 years is set for a shock recall. Fabio Capello kept...
Video: 2008: Germany 2 Serbia 1
The last time these two countries met was a May 2008 friendly which resulted in a 2-1 win for...
Scouting report on the Slovenians
Not much in terms of travel for both teams with the Slovenians facing the Algerians in nearby Polokwane. By...
The USA needs to start Jose Francisco Torres
Against Slovenia the tried and trusted counterattacking measures will not work. This is a team that has a very...
Administrative cock up? England’s unfamiliarity with the Jabulani
This is getting to conspiracy theory level. It seems that Adidas sent 25 Jabulani balls to the FA for...