At the World Cup this summer, both England and France fans were dealt some disappointing blows. Sure, the details of what happened in the squads may be different. Arguably, what happened to France was by far worse. While England merely fizzled out (with a few sparks-both good and bad) during the tournament, France exploded. I [...]

Marcelo Bielsa may never be forgiven by Argentina fans for crashing out of the 2002 World Cup in the first round.  His Argentine team were considered favorites after winning the CONMEBOL regional qualifiers, but couldn’t get past either England or Sweden in the group stage.  In hindsight, his tactics (once praised) were dubbed too inflexible, [...]

When Raymond Domenech leads the French team onto the field on Sunday, in their World Cup friendly versus Tunisia, he will equal Michel Hildago’s record of 75 matches in charge of Les Bleus.  But unlike Domenech, Hidalgo is a revered figure in France’s footballing history.  He led the France team of the midfield “magic square” [...]

As Rob already reported in his previous post, FIFA just put their foot down on the issue of introducing any form of technology to help referees.
At the 124th Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), chaired by FIFA, a decision was made to no longer pursue the development of goal-line technology – [...]

…or European Championship for that matter?
I recently came across an article (Warning: Google Translate content) on a German website called Stadionwelt (Stadium World), that dealt with the rather grim reality in post Euro 2004 Portugal, or better the post Euro 2004 SuperLiga.

I’ve been watching a couple of matches of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico recently. It’s one of the things you do as a Bundesliga fan in January. It was also one of the things I always wanted to do, given the reputation of the tournament, the players involved and the fact that it took [...]

You watched the draw as it happened, analyzed the groups, speculated on what is to come, and ultimately, learned a few things all while falling in love with Charlize Theron once more (at least the guys did!).
Now it’s your turn to answer the ultimate question:
Who will win the 2010 World Cup?

WEEKEND POLL: Who will [...]

Sepp Blatter says there’s a Plan B for World Cup 2010, should South Africa prove incapable of hosting. He didn’t say what it was, just that he had one. For all we know Plan B could be a piece of paper with PANIC!!! written on it in big letters.
Let’s hope not though, eh? Here’s exactly [...]

For the second time in two weeks, a Serie A player scored a decisive goal in a game, took his short off to celebrate and was immediately handed his marching orders for a second yellow card. Siena’s Massimo Maccarone scored a sublime free kick in the 80th minute against Tuscan rival Fiorentina and was so [...]

As the African Cup of Nations gets closer, the complaining from Premier League clubs gets louder. Chelsea are bracing themselves for the loss of Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and John Obi Mikel, while Portsmouth might struggle to field a team when they lose the likes of Kanu, John Utaka, Sulley Muntari, Papa Bouba [...]