2010 FIFA World Cup

Liverpool Flop Dossena Set for £4.5m January Exit?

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:10:04 +0000

Italian on his way back to Serie A? Portsmouth Vs Liverpool Tickets Still Available! His move to Napoli collapsed during the summer, but Liverpool’s Andrea Dossena is set for another round of talks. The full-back was on the verge of making the transfer to the Stadio San Paolo when the club baulked at the £10m price-tag. Seeing as the Partenopei have struggled in recent months, they are going back on the market for wide men in January. “The negotiations remained in stand-by,

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Ariel Ortega Recalled By Argentina

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:35:04 +0000

Ariel Ortega of Argentina’s River Plate club was recalled by Argentina for the first time in six years on Sept. 24 for a friendly match against Ghana next week. The 35-year-old Ortega played in three World Cups for Argentina between 1994 and 2002. He was selected by Argentina manager Diego Maradona in a 19-man locally-based team for the Sept. 30 showdown in Cordoba. The game will be used as a tune up for Argentina’s next World Cup qualifying games in October. Ghana will be without top stars

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Peru name squad for last two World Cup qualifiers

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:25:02 +0000

LIMA, Sept 25 - Peru have named a squad of 18 fortheir last two 2010 World Cup qualifiers away to Argentina andat home to Bolivia next month, with two players to be added nextweek.Peru are bottom of the 10-team South American group with nochance of ...

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Jessica Alba Promotes 1GOAL Campaign At Clinton Global Initiative

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:05:02 +0000

Jessica Alba attended the Clinton Global Initiative on Thursday to promote global education for all children and announce her participation with the campaign 1GOAL . The 28-year-old actress and new mom said that she will co-chair the United States division of the group — which will push a to make education for all children the legacy of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. “It’s a human right, I believe, to have the opportunity to have an education and it’s unacceptable that 75 million childr

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Goalkeeper Dudek back for Poland

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:04 +0000

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FIFA battles illegal World Cup tickets on internet

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:25:03 +0000

ZURICH - FIFA’s legal affairs division has teamed up with international authorities to monitor the internet in an effort to combat illegal offers of tickets for the 2010 World Cup. “Unscrupulous individuals are taking advantage of the great appeal of this event by trying to use the internet to sell tickets they do not possess,” said [...]

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Ferguson to keep faith in Foster

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:45:08 +0000

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will keep faith with keeper Ben Foster despite his errors in Sunday's defeat of Manchester City.Foster, who Ferguson has previously tipped to be England's number one at the 2010 World Cup, has endured a diffi ...

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Croatia coach Bilic keen to keep job

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:50:03 +0000

ZAGREB, Sept 25 - Croatia coach Slaven Bilicwants to remain in the job after his contract expires at theend of the 2010 World Cup campaign, local media reported onFriday.Bilic took over after the 2006 World Cup in Germany and ledCroatia to Euro 200 ...

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“Zonal marking falls into the Marmite category: loved by its champions, hated by its critics” - Kevin Barrett

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:15:06 +0000

Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day : “I don’t subscribe to this, ‘How do you treat millionaire footballers,’ I think that’s bull****, you treat people as you want to be treated. I’m fortunate enough that I’m working with a great schoolmaster in Fabio Capello, who treats the latest one in the squad to John Terry to David Beckham all the same. If you step out of line, you’ll be told. If you step out of line twice, he won’t tell you again — I think you go. It’s a level playing fie

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Counterattack Should Bob Bradley Be Fired?

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:15:03 +0000

Question: Should Bob Bradley be fired or be allowed to finish out the 2010 World Cup cycle?Zac Lee Rigg: Here's the deal: the U.S. has a decent squad, one probably good enough to make it out of the group stages in the World Cup. The weak link is Bob ...

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