At this year’s FIFA World Cup, there will be five competing countries from South America. They are the much fancied Brazil, unorganized Argentina, and possible shocks coming from Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. For one of these countries, the World Cup won’t just be a football tournament.
After an earthquake reaching 8.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale devastated the country, Chile’s World Cup dreams could possibly be in turmoil. When they hosted the World Cup in 1962, they were also against the odds when they suffered an awful earthquake. They managed to …

After an astonishing second half display from England, there World Cup preparations are in full gear, thanks to the feet of Peter Crouch. Going down 1-0 against the African Cup of Nations Champions wasn’t surprising at all, however if England ended up losing the game, there would of been many questions involving the England squad, probably the most obvious question would be, has the John Terry and Wayne Bridge saga disrupted the national squad. That didn’t turn out to be the case, as England went on to win 3-1, thanks to …

Dorival Junior is the manager of Santos FC in the Brazilian equivalent of the Premier League. Santos are the 11th team that Dorival Junior has managed in just 7 seasons. He has jumped from club to club from a range of Brazilian leagues at an alarming rate. Santos hope that he will bring success to an underachieving team packed with Prima Donna’s who are now lead by the infamous Robinho. Santos were once a huge footballing force and with the likes of Pele and Pepe playing in the 1960’s, which are now known as the golden years. During this …

KI Sung-Yong. It’s a name that will struggle to ring bells if you aren’t a fan of Scottish or Korean football. The name might even fail to register to Scottish fans who aren’t followers of Glasgow Celtic. None-the-less, it’s a name worth remembering as this 21-year-old Korean midfielder is set to have an exciting summer in South Africa.
Having signed for Celtic from FC Seoul in August 2009, the youngster only managed to move westwards after finishing the Korean season with Seoul in January. With only a handful of appearances though, …

They have now won a record seventh Africa Cup of Nations titles, and have defended their double championship status with a 1-0 win against a determined young Ghanaian side in 2010’s final last Sunday. They defeated four World Cup-bound teams en route, namely Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria and Ghana. They won all their group matches, matching like true kings to the final with all the other teams in awe. They are undoubtedly Africa’s best team. They are Egypt.
FIFA released the world rankings yesterday and the new standings are a true reflection …

  It is now no secret about the cripling debt that Manchester United has accumulated since the takeover of the Glazer family.  While the debt has been front page headlines across the world, it has barely caused a ripple here in the United States.  Even a home owned newspaper makes light of the debt and passes it off as minor hysteria. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/21/glazers-run-silent-amid-reports-money-troubles/  The article does make two valid points:  1) Manchester United is indeed more valuable than The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL  2) There is a good chance that …

Mali scored four goals in the last 15 minutes to draw 4-4 and astonish the football world in their opening game against hosts Angola. Minnows Malawi made World Cup-bound Algeria look very ordinary by beating them 3-0 and sending shockwaves across North Africa. Then Gabon pulled off another extraordinary result:  they sunk Africa’s top-ranked team 1-0. We thought we had seen it all.
The first two quarterfinals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations have already produced two massive upsets. Last night, hosts Angola were sent crashing out of the competition …

Ola Angola! 16 teams started the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Angola. Now only 8 remain after the completion of the group stage of the competition. The tightest of the groups was undoubtedly Group D which had Cameroon, Gabon, Zambia and Tunisia. It was an exciting day on Thursday as all the four teams had a chance of making the quarterfinals. Zambia, though, stole the limelight on a day they started at rock bottom before finishing group winners based on goal difference.
The Copper Bullets have been trying to …

The World Cup, the best sporting event on Earth is starting to become more highly anticipated as the tournement nears. The first game will be South Africa vs Mexico and will be the first in a tough group.
South Africa
The hosts will be under massive pressure to perform, but if we go by last years Confederations Cup, they could go far and shock us, like South Korea in 2002. Despite dodgy form under Joel Santana, Carlos Alberto Pereira is back for a second stint in charge of the Bafana Bafana and …

Since their first meeting in 1950 the US has managed to win one other match against England.  The US holds the lead in world cup group wins; since the clubs have only met one time in world cup qualifying play.  England has managed to defeat the United States mens team in almost every outing managing a record of seven wins, and just two losses.  Many people on both sides of the pond are saying that 2010 could be the year for the US.  I am not quick to jump on …