World Cup
World Cup news. Covers World Cup qualifiers as well as live match coverage, detailed match reports and the latest World Cup news. You can also watch the World Cup live and listen to the three times a week World Cup special of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast.
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Don’t be a mug and stick with Spurs. Know what I mean ‘Arry?
So it’s “arrivederci” to Mr Capello and with that once again The FA are in search of fresh man with fresh ideas to manage the England football team. The now infamous “impossible job” is waiting ominously to be filled by a brave managerial soul and the national media appear to be in no doubt as…
Top Christmas Football Deals
The best part about holiday shopping is the amount of discounts you can find. It is very important to go around the market before buying something because you never know, you might find it for cheaper elsewhere. Keeping that in mind, I looked around for quality presents with good discounts and picked, what I thought,…
Football Team of the Decade: 1960s
The 1960s just might be football’s golden decade. George Best, Garrincha, Pele in his prime and much much more.
Spain’s era of dominance may have only just begun
Always the perennial underachievers, the last few years have seen that theory put to bed. Though the senior team went out in the second round in the 2006 world cup, their previous group performances were electric and a sign of things to come, only hiccuping when faced with a certain purple patch conjured by the…
Jack Warner “hung out to dry”, resigns from FIFA
FIFA Vice President and President of the CONCACAF Jack Warner has resigned stating he’s tired of being FIFA’s fall-guy. This time, that reputation is earned.
Ronaldo bids farewell to football – His legacy lives on!
In the mid-90s a striker from Brazil was making tremors throughout the world football as he scored 42 goals in 46 appearances with PSV Eindhoven. His journey continued from there to Barcelona to Inter Milan to Real Madrid and greatness pursued in all the four leagues he played in. On the international level, he served…
Why 2011 is turning into a pivotal year for English women’s football
Stop the presses! England to win the next World Cup! This could be our year! Well, not quite. I’m not talking about the men, I’m talking about the women. Hope Powell’s England women’s side has quietly been making great strides in the international arena, though you probably wouldn’t have heard given the lack of coverage…
Why FIFA cannot (and will not) tackle corruption
I was recently interviewed for a Polish newspaper as part of a feature on FIFA ahead of the 1 June elections. The Q&A is below, but as part of the preamble it’s important to point two things: One, journalists and bloggers have very limited attention-spans, and seem incapable of stepping back looking at events in…
Why Italy will rejoin world’s best football nations under Cesare Prandelli
When the Italian Football Federation announced that former Fiorentina boss Cesare Prandelli had replaced Marcello Lippi at the post of the Italian national team, there were few who disputed the decision. Despite being untested at the highest level, Prandelli brought what most managers in Italy lacked, with that being an exciting approach that was well…
Fool-proof way of winning a free-kick
Chile’s U-20 Bryan Carrasco full-back used Ecuador forward Edson Montano’s hand to smack himself in the face to get a free kick. I believe the ploy was set up by Carrasco to gain more than free kick but he was lucky enough to get something out of it at least. Players all over the world…
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