World Cup News: James Milner Jinxed By New Nike Ad?
Today’s Soccerlens World Cup column is brought to you by the number ‘4’ and by the word ‘curse’. There’s an awful lot, and I mean an awful lot of injury…
Arjen Robben to join list of World Cup casualties?
Dutch winger Arjen Robben’s contention is this summer’s World Cup has been cast into real doubt following Holland’s 6-1 friendly victory over Hungary. The Bayern Munich player suffered the injury…
Is Dalglish really the right man for Liverpool?
There is no doubting Kenny Dalglish’s pedigree as a player, having won five league titles and three European cups during his time at Liverpool. He was just as successful as…
Slovenia 3-1 New Zealand: Harsh Lesson For The All Whites
After the highs of last week’s narrow victory over Serbia, New Zealand were yesterday schooled in the consequences of missed opportunities by a very capable Slovenian side . Slovenia may not have carved out…
World Cup News: Baboons Attack The English!
Welcome, Ladies and Gentlepeeps, to the inaugural edition of Soccerlens’ daily 2010 World Cup column. Allow this newsletter, if you will, to become your South African grapevine, your go-to point…
Nothing scary about Brazil
So many people are backing Brazil to win the World Cup. It’s an easy choice given their history with the competition. Traditionally, Brazil have boasted a super-abundance of talented, flamboyant…
Transfer Rumours (4th June 2010): Yaya Toure Is ‘Desperate’ To Join Man City
After yesterday’s revelations, I’m slightly surprised we haven’t got a few more ‘Liverpool exodus’ stories this morning, but I’m pretty sure we won’t have to wait too long before the…
New Zealand vs. Slovenia – Preview
International Friendly: New Zealand vs. Slovenia Venue: Ljudski Stadium, Maribor, Slovenia Kick off: Friday 4th May 5:45pm(GMT) Capacity: 12,435 Threat of injury worries Herbert All Whites coach Ricki Herbert is…
We’re on the march with Ally’s Army
I knew one thing – Scotland were going to win the cup. How did I know that? Because Rod Stewart told me (well, not me personally) on Top of the Pops when introducing Andy Cameron and the Scottish World Cup Squad singing “Ally’s Army”. They were going to Argentina and they were going to win the World Cup. I didn’t see Germany, France or Holland on TOTP so I assumed they would not be even challenging. After all the concept of “hype” does not exist to an 8 year old.
Maradona to strip for Argentina?
In Argentina, there is one psychologist or psychiatrist for every 1000 people. Most Argentineans think it would take a doctor to understand the team selections of Argentina boss, Diego Maradona….
Group D: Deutschland Über Alles
Blog readers, football fans, sod it, people of the world… We all owe Kevin Prince Boateng a pint. Thanks to his awful tackle in the FA Cup final, Germany are…
Will Portugal ever fulfill their potential on the world’s biggest stage?
As Portugal gear up for only their fifth ever FIFA World Cup we begin to ponder once again if they will ever mount a serious assault on football’s grandest stage….
Sex trade at the World Cup
The World Cup kicks off in exactly 7 days, and hundreds of thousands of football fans will descend on South Africa to celebrate a once-in-a-lifetime event. However, where there are…
Official: Liverpool Confirm That Rafa Benitez Has Left The Club
Liverpool have ended days of mounting speculation by announcing that they have parted company with their Champions League winning manager Rafa Benitez. The club have confirmed the news via a…
Who will be the top African nation?
It is only in recent times that African nations have risen to prominence on football’s World stage, most notably thorough their performances at the World Cup. Apart from Egypt’s participation…
