Video: Huh Jung Moo and Diego Maradona share a history
When South Korea meet Argentina today, Diego Maradona will remember Huh Jung Moo, the current South Korean coach who...
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Group B: Leo Messi vs the hard charging South Koreans
Park Ji Sung comes up against former Man Utd teammate Carlos Tevez Argentina vs Korea Republic, Group B, Johannesburg...
England is battling the Kaiser
If you have not been following this, the long and short of it is, Der Kaiser has pronounced his...
Spain vs Switzerland: Howard Webb’s decisions questioned
If Spain are to win the World Cup it must do so against the discomfiting statistic that losing opening...
Video: Group H: Uruguay 3 South Africa 0
Diego Forlan’s 27′ superlative long range strike from 30 yards dips in leaving Khune completely stranded. His and Siphiwe...
Luis Aragones: “Spain played without conviction”
Luis Aragones who led Spain to its Euro 2008 glory weighed in on the defeat and he pulled no...
Video: Group H: Switzerland 1 Spain 0
After all that great ball control by Spain, the goal was scored in a moment where the players lost...
Video: Group H: Chile 1 Honduras 0
Chile won a World Cup match after 48 years. The last time was in 1962 when they hosted the...
Spain vs Brazil: Wingback quality makes the difference
In yesterday’s match Brazil ran into a North Korean roadblock which frustrated their attack in the first half. In...
Group H: Jean Beausejour’s goal sinks Honduras
Lots of dominance and lots of Alexis Sanchez. But only one goal to show for it. Jean Beausejour, the...
Group H: Silky, smooth Spain meet Swiss cheese?
Phillipe Senderos will try and stop Spain: Well he did try! Spain vs Switzerland, Group H, Durban, Wednesday, 16...
Group H: Honduras face an uphill task against Chile
Alexis Sanchez could be the star of Group H Honduras vs Chile, Group H, Nelspruit, Wednesday 16 June No...
Soccer divides the Middle East?
John Montague’s article discusses how soccer does nothing to unify the Middle East. It in fact, divides it. But...
Veron doubtful for South Korea
The Argentinian playmaker has not trained with the team since suffering a calf injury in the match against Nigeria....
Ronaldinho shows up ….
At Ellis Park to watch Brazil. He could have done better than Kaka.
Carlos Quieroz whines about Drogba favouritism
Carlos Quieroz believes that Didier Drogba received permission to wear a protective cast because he is a superstar. He...
Dunga: “We want to play better”
Dunga talks about the Brazilian response: ” The opener is always difficult with all that anxiety after a long...
World Cup 2010: Brazil 2 North Korea 1
The ITV announcer can’t quite believe Maicon’s goal.
Hungarian TV to test new technology blocking vuvuzelas
Less zealous of the vuvu? Hungarian state broadcaster MTV will begin testing a new system to block out the...
North Korea earn the respect of the footballing world
North Korea’s national team, the Chollima gets its name from a mythical 1000 mile long horse A 2-1 scoreline...
Group of dearth? Portugal 0 Ivory Coast 0
At least one would expect that this match bristling with no mean sloths when it comes to scoring goals...
First dive by Cristiano Ronaldo
Theatrical tumble by Ronaldo from incidental contact by Zokora earns him a booking and a free kick for Portugal....
Winston Reid: Danish bred, Kiwi hero
Winston Reid, on the wrong end when he allowed Robert Vittek to get in front of him to head...
No Drogba in Ivory Coast starting line up
Ivory Coast line up: Boubacar Barry, Kolo Toure, Siaka Tiéné, Guy Demel, Emmanuel Eboue, Yaya Toure, Didier Zokora, Cheick...
Der Kaiser adds insult to England’s injury
Franz Beckenbauer weighs in on England’s tied game (effectively a loss given its emotional import) with the USA. He...
Winston Reid equalizes for the All Whites!
Shock all around as Reid scores in the 92nd minute. A historic moment for the All Whites!
Slovakia vs NZ: Slovakia go one up through Vittek
Robert Vittek’s header of an on the money cross by Stanislav Sestak creeps in past Mark Paston for their...
Benayoun’s new home: Chelsea
The Liverpool midfield maestro so often overlooked by Rafa Benitez and many times their saviour with his sparkling play...
Halftime: The Slovaks and the All Whites no score
Bright early start by the All Whites but the game thereafter has been taken over by the Slovaks as...
Big day for the All Whites
Rory Fallon and the All Whites take on the Slovaks. New Zealand is capable of springing a surprise as...
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Didier Drogba: Who’s going to dive first?
As relevant to the discussion to who scores first, is who will dive first? They have enviable track records...
Drogba on track for Portugal clash
A mini Chelsea union unfolds tomorrow when Portugal take on Cote D’Ivoire. Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho will try...
Tim Howard cleared for Slovenia
Great news for US soccer fans. No cracked ribs for Howard but probable bruising. From the US soccer website:...
Vuvuzelas make officiating difficult
The one thing I can say about the vuvuzelas controversy – it does make officiating more difficult. There have...
Video: Italy 1, Paraguay 1
Is Italy too slow? or just too old?
Video: Japan 1, Cameroon 0
Cameroon fail to show up… E’to’s a disappointment. Milla has the last Coke, er, laugh.
Roger Milla might feel vindicated
Cameroon loses to Japan, 0-1. Samuel Eto’o was unable to score. Which should put Roger Milla’s observation that Eto’o...
Ledley King’s World Cup maybe over
BBC radio reporting that the Spurs central defender may not be available for the rest of the group games...
Netherlands subs provide shock impact
Eljero Elia and Ibrahim Affelay in the second half provided the zip and zest missing in the Dutch attack....
Halftime: The Oranje and the Danes are scoreless
Not the free flowing, attacking football one would associate with the Dutch given all that firepower. One possible chance...
Sami Khedira consigns Ballack to a footnote
The VfB Stuttgart midfielder shows he is ready Michael Ballack may not be missed at all. That is because...
Video: Milovan Rajevac reacts unhappily to Ghana win
Rajevac is a Serbian and this match must have been tough on his loyalties. He did not look too...
Tim Howard uncertain for the Slovenia game
Suspected rib injury sustained as Emile Heskey slid into him in the 30th minute. Unsure whether these are soft...
Video: ITV drops the Hyundai on the England goal
If Hyundai sales go down in England this year, you can blame ITV. 1.5 million HD viewers missed Gerrard’s...
Video: Maradona conquers the Jabulani
El Diego shows that he still has it. He needs his own World Cup.
Watch out! Here come Podolski and the Germans
A very, very good German team toyed with the Socceroos sending them to a 4-0 defeat. It was also...
Fabio Capello is looking a lot like …. Sven Goran
Every tabloid is going ape piling onto Robert Green, trying to outdo themselves in their vitriol. But did you...
The best player so far: Vincent Enyeama
Nigeria’s goalkeeper was in spectacular form keeping the Argentinians at bay, explicitly denying Leo Messi on four separate occasions...
Video: Fawzi Chaouchi’s blunder costs Algeria
A bizarre bit of goalkeeping by Chaouchi costs Algeria what would have been a hard earned draw despite being...
Asamoah Gyan fires Ghana to a historic win for Africa!
The first win by an African country in Africa in the World Cup. The Black Stars have that honour....
Close Up: Maradona’s Coaching Style
As I mentioned in my first post, I’m still worried about Maradona’s coaching abilities. 1-0 isn’t really a victory...
South Korea shreds Greece 2-0
The South Koreans showed their speed as they ripped Greece apart 2-0. IMHO it should have been 5-0. Man...
Video: England drops the ball, ties the US 1-1
The worst kind of goal. Poor Green is going to play this over and over in his head. Just...