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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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The FIFA Ballon d’Or’s probable contenders
The inaugural FIFA Ballon d’Or list has been announced with pretty much the household names of 2010 who we would have expected. There are however names who are in with a far greater chance of winning the title than most. Asamoah Gyan had a marvellous World Cup during a tremendous adventure for the African outfit…
England Wallow As Spain Dominate Ballon d’Or Shortlist
With their individual World Cup exploits taken into account, it should come as little surprise that England as a nation have absolutely no representation on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist, failing to provide a single player for inclusion on the 23-man list of nominees. A negligible amount of tenuous pride can be taken from the…
FIFA Reeling Amidst Fresh World Cup Bribery Allegations
FIFA are on the defensive again today, after yet another tidal wave of allegations concerning the corruption of their World Cup bidding system broke across their bow yesterday afternoon. Football’s governing body have vowed to look into fresh claims made by Michel Zen-Ruffinen in yesterday’s Sunday Times, wherein their former secretary-general seemed adamant that he…
FIFA Squirm As World Cup Vote Corruption Is Revealed
Whereas simple laws of probability suggest that the more scheisters a global organisation employs, the more likely it is to succumb eventually to the rot of corruption, FIFA are a phenomenon unto themselves – unrivalled, as they are, in seemingly entrusting their coffers solely to the whims of bungling greed merchants and pantomime arch-villains. FIFA,…
FIFA Finally Break In The Battle Over Goal-Line Technology
It would finally appear that FIFA, an organisation which prides itself on it’s self-preserving atavism and sub-glacial rates of progression, have finally accepted that – in these heady days of horseless carts and silver flying machines – it is now time to embrace the notion of goal-line technology. After the World Cup in South Africa…
Marseille Threaten To Sue Nigel De Jong As Ridiculous Witch Hunt Continues
The name of Manchester City midfielder Nigel De Jong has become synonymous with mindless thuggery and splintered fibias over the past few weeks, thanks largely to the relentless castigations emanating from press circles admonishing the Dutchman for his ‘six months of shame’. It all began back in March of this year when, during a friendly…
Why on earth do countries want to host the FIFA World Cup?
It is a common misconception that a country’s economic situation is improved by hosting the FIFA World Cup. Sports economist Dennis Coates presented conclusive evidence in his recent paper “World Cup Economics: What Americans need to know about a World Cup bid” that the US lost $9.6 billion from hosting the World Cup in 1994,…
Why ugly football is worth its weight in gold?
Ugly football or negative football is often derided as being bad for the game, however I believe that ugly, hard working, strong tackling are qualities not only invaluable for a team to succeed but also good for the game as a whole and contrary to popular belief good and exciting to watch. Brad Gilbert the…
David Beckham launches football festival to help England’s 2018 World Cup Bid
David Beckham will launch a football festival in Trinidad and Tobago this weekend to help boost England’s chances of staging the 2018 World Cup. His visit coincides with the Under-17 Women’s World Cup final, which Fifa vice-president Jack Warner will attend. Beckham made the commitment to visit Trinidad when he met Warner at the World…
Next England Manager: Harry Redknapp or Stuart Pearce?
Next England Manager Odds Provide A Great Bet And It Isn’t Harry Redknapp. England Manager Fabio Capello recently announced that he would be leaving his job after Euro 2012 and that has led to an increased interest in the Next England Manager Odds, which were under intense speculation after England’s flop at the World Cup….
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