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A Week of International Friendlies ahead

The club teams move off the stage and international football returns this week with a plethora of midweek games to whet our appetites. In addition to six Euro 2008 qualifiers on Wednesday, there are a ton of friendlies featuring teams from various regions from around the world.
In Euro 2008 qualifying, the big matches come [...]

International Fixtures 06.05.07-06.07.07

It was an action packed and at times crazy weekend of international football with friendlies, Euro 2008 and African Cup of Nations games galore. Among the highlights, we saw a good effort from France against Ukraine, a Germany team that won but not in record breaking fashion, Uruguay got a measure of revenge against [...]

International Friendlies and Euro 2008 Qualifiers 06.01-06.03

After a respite of a couple of months, international football resumes this weekend with a full slate of friendlies and Euro 2008 qualifying games. Among the highlights, England plays host to Brazil at the new Wembley on Friday, group B leaders Ukraine tangle with France on Saturday in a big Euro 2008 tilt, and [...]

Germany’s Golden Generation to Face England at new Wembley Stadium

The much anticipated match between Germany and England never materialized during the 2006 World Cup, but fans of the two countries and tabloid headline writers alike can rejoice in knowing that the two European rivals will square off in a friendly on August 22, 2007 at the new Wembley stadium in London. The [...]

Video Highlights from Wednesday’s International Matches

It has been a busy day of football around the world with seemingly every country from Armenia to Yemen in action. I’m not in a position where I can talk about the pasting that Portugal put on my beloved Kazakhstan without crying, so instead I will point you in the direction of 101 Great [...]

Angola Friendly Grounded by Missing Airplane

There are a gazillion international matches being played today, but one that won’t be taking place as scheduled is the Angola and Tanzania tilt in Dar-es-Salaam. The friendly was cancelled after Angola’s charter plane – much like the Palancas’ attack at the World Cup – failed to show up. An honest mistake, really. [...]

International Fixtures Nov. 11-19

The international teams take center stage this week with teams competing in Euro 2008 and Asian Cup qualifying, as well as a slew of international friendlies. The one that everyone will be watching (or just me), is Kazkhstan taking on mighty Portugal. I’m predicting 27-0 for the Snow Leopards. There are also [...]

A Slew of Euro 2008 Qualifiers and International Friendlies on Wednesday

Hey kids, it has been three months since the World Cup ended. Doesn’t time fly? Only 43 more months to go before we are back at it again in South Africa. In the meantime, there is plenty of action to keep us all amused like the Euro 2008 qualifying matches and international [...]

Around the World in 80 Seconds

Euro 2008 qualifiers and international matches heat up again this weekend so that means national teams both far and near are in the headlines. Here are a few stories for you to feast on about the teams you love and the teams you love to hate….

Italy recalls 19 players from World Cup for Ukraine [...]

World Cup Blog’s Sergio Aguero Named to Argentina Side

New Argentina coach Alfio Basil has announced the squad that will taken on Brazil on September 3 in London and the name that sticks out the most to us is that of forward Sergio Aguero. The teen sensation that we have been hyping since the beginning of time might get a chance to show [...]


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