Month: June 2010

After writing about the Adidas Kick TR shoes, the world-cup themed sneakers from Adidas, I’ve found something even cooler for you sneaker freaks out there! The Puma Tekkies are a…

Argentina 3-1 Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup 28 June 2010 Argentina would advance with a two goal win over Mexico but once again there was a controversial referee decision. The…

Despite Germany’s clinical elimination of England, we had a controversy with regards to Frank Lampard‘s potential equalizer in the first half. Two years ago, I had the great pleasure to…

Germany 4-1 England 2010 FIFA World Cup 27 June 2010 Alas, history doesn’t always repeat itself. The “Golden Generation” of English football met the ruthlessly efficient Germans and it all…

We have seen some great goals so far. David Villa of Spain, Landon Donovan of the USA and Maicon of Brazil have stood out to me among many “golazos.” It…

Mexican international, Rafael Marquez, is a teammate of Lionel Messi at FC Barcelona. During an interview with Univision.com, who are broadcasting the World Cup in Spanish in North America, Marquez…

It’s anything but a quiet Sunday on the transfers front. Today’s rundown of the top transfer rumors from around Europe include several players who had starring roles for their country…

On the eve of Argentina’s key elimination round match with Mexico, Diego Maradona provided his thoughts to the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello Sport. He discussed the shock exit…

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…

Read the Ghana v Uruguay preview. In a sentence After a tense ending to the 90 minutes, Black Stars strike early in extra-time to progress. Just like I wanted to…

USA 1-2 Ghana 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010 It was a repeat of the 2006 FIFA World Cup as Ghana defeated the United States 2-1 to advance. The…

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…

Why are Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Oliver Kahn (Germany) and Sergio Goycochea (Argentina) talking to the press about penalty shootouts? On the surface, which where mainstream media reporting – here’s…

Rafa Benitez and Liverpool. What a story, eh? Man gives club best years in last two decades. Man loves club. Fans love the man. And then, poof. In one bedraggled…

Paraguay vs Japan Round of 16, 2010 World Cup Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Tuesday, 29 June 2010 1500 (BST) / 1600 (Local Time) Watch Paraguay vs Japan live online. Match…

The 2010 World Cup is heading into the knockout stages, and just as the action in South Africa is getting ready to really heat up, so are things on the…

Netherlands have actually never played Slovakia before, although they did play Czechoslovakia 9 times before the country’s dissolution in 1993, winning twice, losing 6 times and drawing once.

With past performances a moot point, it falls to the recent performances of both teams to give us an indicator of who will win this second-round tie.

That Brazil have historically dominated encounters against their fellow South Americans will be of little surprise. What’s more interesting is how well Chile have done in this tournament as a strong attacking unit and how frustrated Brazil were against a Portuguese side that played almost exclusively on the counter.

Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today sees the start of the World Cup proper, with the first (and second) of the last 16…

In ‘slightly over-dramatic reaction’ news, the French government (yes, you heard that right!) are to launch an enquiry into their national football team’s disastrous showing at the 2010 World Cup….

Doddery old Franz Beckenbauer has apologised to England for comments he made in German daily Bild recently, in which he labelled Fabio Capello‘s side as both ‘stupid’ and ‘burnt-out’. A…

Football experts Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg analyse the England v Germany game, the battle in midfield, Capello’s potential selections, why England can win the battle, Germany’s biggest threats and lots more.

So here we are….2 weeks and 48 games into South Africa 2010 and if I had to sum up the World Cup so far I’d say it has been nothing…

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…

In a sentence Off-colour Spain are helped to victory by  a mad dash from Chile’s keeper and an early sending-off.   Not looking like favourites Spain are another European team…

An old rivalry will spark into life on Sunday, June 27, 2010, as England prepare to take on Germany in the first knockout round of the World Cup. To say…

Switzerland 0-0 Honduras 2010 FIFA World Cup 25 June 2010 It was an uneventful match where Switzerland were eliminated because of the inability to score any goals. Both teams had…