Month: June 2010

Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 The Ivory Coast and Portugal would play to a disappointing scoreless draw in a Group G match on Tuesday….

Knee-jerk. Look at that phrase, roll it around your tongue, and say it in your head. Knee-jerk. That is the god awful, insidious, depressingly ubiquitous mental response to anything to…

New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 New Zealand would get a dramatic result with a goal in stoppage time to get a much needed draw….

We’ve seen Germany produce the only first slick performance of the 2010 World Cup and we’ve seen the likes of Italy, France, Argentina, England and Netherlands (all pre-tournament outside favourites…

France legend Zinedine Zidane has added to Raymond Domenech’s woes by publically stating his disapproval of the national teams exploits thus far in the FIFA World Cup. Zidane, who infamously…

Rejoice! British broadcasters ITV have sacked their World Cup pundit Robbie Earle, after discovering that he breached FIFA regulations by selling his press tickets on to a third party –…

Good afternoon all, and welcome once again to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens, where you can sate all your World Cup needs in one easy-to-swallow dose. Here’s the…

Reports circulating in Israel are suggesting that Liverpool’s death-faced midfielder Yossi Benayoun may be on the verge of completing a surprise switch to Chelsea over the next few days, and…

Gianluigi “Gigi” Buffon has been a mainstay for the Azzurri since his debut at the age of 19. He was born in Carrara, the site in Tuscany where Michelangelo quarried…

OK, so we’ve only had the first week of the World Cup, but let’s be honest, with the exception of the Germany game, most of the matches have been rather…

Italy 1-1 Paraguay 2010 FIFA World Cup 14 June 2010 Once again a goalkeeping error would determine the outcome of a match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Paraguay would…

Japan 1-0 Cameroon 2010 FIFA World Cup 14 June 2010 Cameroon would get the better chances, more possession, and generally look more dangerous but it was Japan who ended up…

Troubled Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu has received yet another kick in the nads, with the news that he will be forced to pay Chelsea the princely sum of €17,173,990 (astonishingly…

The Netherlands 2-0 Denmark 2010 FIFA World Cup 14 June 2010 The Netherlands began their 2010 World Cup with a good 2-0 victory over fellow UEFA side Denmark. It was…

Join Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg for the latest pint-size Soccerlens World Cup Podcast. Having watched every minute of action so far the boys focus on whose impressed them and…

In a sentence Poulsen’s horrible own-goal and Denmark’s lack of ambition make it comfortable for the unconvincing Oranje. The tamest fightback After their first-half performance, it seemed reasonable to expect…

Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is in a ‘serious, but not life-threatening’ condition in hospital this morning after being involved in a car crash yesterday evening. The accident, which took…

Afternoon everybody, and welcome to the daily Soccerlens World Cup column. Here’s the best of what the tournament, way down yonder in South Africa, has to offer up today… (If…

New Zealand v Slovakia Group F, 2010 World Cup Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Sunday, 13 June 2010 Kickoff: 11:30 GMT, 13:30 Local The All Whites may have waited 28 years…

There’s a hint of deja-vu in this morning’s gossip columns as Manchester United have woken to find themselves linked with a Bosman move for a striker, a couple of years…

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a proud Aussie and by no means a Verbeek-hater. But after wiping away the small tears rolling down my frosty cheeks at 6am this morning…

In a sentence Germany thrash Australia with the tournament’s first “contender’ performance. Familiarity over class Based on their domestic records, Klose and Podolski should not form a prolific pair. Yet…

Tomorrow Cameroon and Japan go head to head in a battle of a pretty tough group E. Here are some things you might not have known about the two sides.

The Netherlands and Denmark kick off the action tomorrow morning (or afternoon, depending on what part of the world you live in) so let’s take a look into both sides before making and assumptions about either team.

Germany 4-0 Australia 2010 FIFA World Cup Group Stage 13 June 2010 The third place finishers from the 2006 World Cup, Germany, kicked off their 2010 Group Stage with an…

Serbia 0-1 Ghana 2010 FIFA World Cup 13 June 2010 Ghana started out the 2010 World Cup Group Stage with a victory and in position to qualify for another knockout…

Algeria 0-1 Slovenia 2010 FIFA World Cup June 13, 2010 Slovenia would move to the top of Group C with a solid defensive performance and a timely goal late in…