Bad choice: Rooney as England captain Richard Williams floats the idea of Wayne Rooney taking over as captain of the England squad should John Terry’s...
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Didier Drogba: “Africa Unite!” Didier Drogba wants the Togo tragedy to unite Africa: “People have an opinion of Africa and it is not...
Angola gives away 4 goals in 15 minutes and ties Mali An amazing game to kick-off the Cup of Nations tournament in Angola. Did Angola choke? In other news, the...
Disaster Start to Africa Cup of Nations: Togo bus shot, players injured This is not helping Africa. Who is to blame? Obviously the “rebels” but also, to some extent, Togo –...
Puma and the African unity kit.. Puma present a “unified African kit” the continent’s teams can use if their national colours clash during the African...
An update on the Mascot The mascot for the African Cup of Nations is an artistic impression of the Giant Sable antelope, which is...
African Cup of Nations kicks off on the 10th of Jan The host country is Angola. Since the first African Cup of Nations tournament was held in Sudan in 1957,...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Inspiration of the Year The members of the Iranian team who wore green in support of the green revolution.Some of them were booted...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Idiot of the Year And the award goes to: FIFA. What’s that you say about fair play?
Cruyff’s dream team give Maradona’s Argentina another nightmare Yohan Cruyff’s Cataonian dream tream gave Argentina a 4 -2 beating in a friendly.Maradona,still in search of that magic...
Uganda win the oldest Cup The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup is the oldest football tournament in Africa. It is a tournament of FIFA and...
An Everton move improves Donovan’s all around game Landon Donovan has a way of disappearing as observed in the MLS final against Real Salt Lake, excepting for...
In Italy, Balotelli struggles for acceptance The Independent has an article about Jose Mourinho not being particularly effusive about Mario Balotelli’s scintillating performance against Rubin...
Video: A live version of K’naan’s “Waving Flag” Canada may not be in the World Cup but one of their own will prove ubiquitous. Somalia-born Toronto raised,...
Nadir Belhadj to quit Pompey Belhadj is not a happy camper at Portsmouth The Algerian wingback and a pivotal player in the national squad’s...
Landon Donovan heading to Everton? Needed midfielder to fill perennially injured Mikael Arteta’s shoes. The buzz is that Landon Donovan is heading to Everton...
Ball History: From Telstar to Jabulani From Pele‘s Telstar in 1970 to the Jabulani for South Africa 2010, the History of the Ball: The first...
Will the AFL sabotage Oz’s 2018/2022 World Cup chances? ”How much do you want this World Cup?” Demetriou was asking his constituents. ”Enough to miss an entire footy...
USA: Travel, acclimatization, and ball speed A new study done by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up...
World Cup 2010: The Springboks back Bafana Bafana The 1995 Springboks are celluloid heroes too After praying for New Zealand, Paraguay, and Slovenia but instead getting, Mexico,...
World Cup 2010: Dunga rubs it in against Portugal Remember Raymond Domenech starting a furore before the Ireland vs France playoff by purportedly calling the Irish, England’s B...
Switzerland: Football immigration good, minarets bad Earlier, I had written about how immigration is changing the face of Swiss football for the better. The country...
Spain installed as bookies favourite to win World Cup Group H with Honduras, Chile, and Switzerland should be a cakewalk for Spain. As a result bookies have pushed...
El Tri have never lost a match on June 11th Mexico face hosts South Africa in the opening match on June 11. They have never lost on that day...
Video: More Than Just A Game I sometimes wonder whether SA’s contribution (with due apologies to all the Bafana Bafana) is not so much there...
The Slovenians target Rooney Tapes featuring Wayne Rooney are being played ad nauseum for the Slovenian national team to motivate them. Their dislike...
Why the USA is already going about it the wrong way? Robert Koren will be a player to watch The focus has already shifted to England. Bob Bradley on how...
World Cup draw: The USA should be ecstatic Group C: England, USA, Algeria, and Slovenia If the USA does not get out of this group, we can...
Video: The incomparable Miriam Makeba Sadly, Miriam Makeba passed away a year ago. Having her on stage would have been a treat. However, she...
And for the yearning masses, here is Charlize The delectable Charlize Theron will be co-hosting the World Cup draw. She is part of a star studded group...
Maurice Edu is back in training Edu will be targeting January 3rd as a return date. That is when Rangers meet Celtics in the Old...
World Cup 2010: SA expects a quid pro quo SAFA officials are expecting a lot of hand holding when it comes to the draw to ensure that Bafana...
Pim Verbeek’s thoughts on the World Cup Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek is widely known as a pragmatist. It extends even to whether the Socceroos will be...
Carlos Bilardo to attend the World Cup draw Diego Maradona has been suspended by FIFA for two months so he won’t be able to attend the World...
World Cup 2010 draw: What do past trends hold for the USA? 1990 World Cup- USA faced three European teams- Italy, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. The USA lost all three matches, failed...
Video: Angelique Kidjo sings Adouma Angelique Kidjo gets the party started in South Africa for the World Cup. She will be performing at the...
World Cup 2010: USA vs Italy redux? Who should the US face in their group? Purely on a motivational level, the best seeded team that the...
FIFA’s extra-ordinary executive meeting achieved nothing Sepp Blatter convened an extra-ordinary meeting in Cape Town as if the future of the game was on the...
Thierry Henry faces a possible first match ban Sepp Blatter disclosed that FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has opened an investigation into the ‘behaviour’ of Thierry Henry and they...
World Cup draw: England avoid Spain and Brazil The Final Draw will be held Friday, Dec. 4, in Cape Town, South Africa, and will air live at...
The FAI appeal to FIFA borders on the ridiculous What is the FAI chief, John Delaney smoking? Thirty three teams for the World Cup? The Republic of Ireland...
2018 World Cup: Jack Warner’s many sided mouth Jack Warner must be basking in all the love and affection he is getting from the USA, Australia, and...
Ante Sapina: A familiar name resurfaces in the match fixing scandal On November 19th, 2009 Ante Sapina and his brother, Milan were arrested with three others in Berlin on charges...
World Cup 2010: Egypt’s contempt for “Africa” One of the most stark features of the Algeria vs Egypt imbroglio is the undercurrent of contempt that most...
Another FIFA meeting Sepp Blatter removing his iPod and looking around at the boardroom. ” We had a flare up in the...
Egypt escalates its rhetoric Egypt’s hissy fit continues. Hosni Mubarak: “I want to say in clear words that the dignity of Egyptians is...
Fitch Ratings CEO wants a France vs Ireland replay The president of Fimalac, Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere calls for a replay. Fimalac is better known through its influential...
Roy Keane: Another sorry figure Roy Keane has not exactly covered himself with glory either, injecting his bile against the FAI’s demand of a...
Thierry Henry quitting watch Thierry Henry’s actions after his “Hand of Frog” assist on goal. He regrets celebrating the goal. But not actually...
World Cup 2010: Special courts to deal with crime South Africa is introducing special courts that will mete out instant justice for crimes perpetrated during the World Cup....
The Irish get some good news from the French The French public overwhelmingly (81%) believe that the French team does not deserve to go to the World Cup....
A few thoughts on Hiddink’s rumoured return to Chelsea Amidst all the swirl of Hiddink’s possible moves, the Chelsea rumours seem to carry most credibility. They could soon...