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Diego Maradona scored with the ‘Hand of God’, Lionel Messi copied the legendary footballer’s most famous goal, Thierry Henry broke Irish hearts when his hand put France through at their expense and then Luis Suarez’s goal-line save prevented Africa’s final …

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Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Withdrawal symptoms are well and truly setting in now after two whole days spent stranded in the non-football wilderness, with only the bloody tennis to take it’s place …

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With so many of the ‘big guns’ misfiring at this summer’s World Cup, I thought it was high time to take a look at some of the ‘lesser lights’ that have sparkled in South Africa. Below are the 20 players …

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Guten morgen and willkommen to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Three words: England…Germany…versus. Rearrange! Here’s this morning’s World Cup news round-up… (If you would like to subscribe to this column  – and others like it on Soccerlens – …

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Read the Uruguay v Ghana preview. Uruguay 2-1 South Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010 Uruguay would move into the quarterfinal round with a 2-1 win over South Korea. The South Americans had both goals scored by Luis …

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The charm of the World Cup is in the anticipation that fuels the excitement in the latter stages. After a slowish start (at a par with any cup competition), South Africa 2010 has sprung into life with devious sub-plots, shocking …

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Buon giorno and welcome, one and all, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. It may have caught your attention that the reigning champions Italy did a bit of a whoopsie last night, failing to overturn ‘little’ Slovakia (see …

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Uruguay have pace, power, technique, flair, discipline. They’ve been tested and come out on top. South Korea have none of the above but they have a fantastic attitude.

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Good morning everybody and welcome once more to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. England take on Group C leaders Slovenia (that just doesn’t sound right does it?) later today and need to pull a convincing win out of …

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Nigeria 2-2 South Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 22 June 2010 South Korea would move onto the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time outside of home soil with a 2-2 draw against Nigeria. It was a …

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Bienvenue and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. The big story from yesterday was France‘s abject performance against Mexico, that saw El Tri post their first ever victory over Les Bleus in international football – not that …

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Argentina 4-1 South Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 17 June 2010 Argentina would move close to clinching first place in Group B with a 4-1 win over South Korea on Thursday. The scoring would open with a bit of luck …

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