Take a gangly 6-foot-7 striker, add a dance that hasn’t been popular for 20 years and include a country desperate for a World Cup title and the result is genuine sensation. We’d hate to think that goal celebrations have already peaked before the World Cup but when you watch Peter Crouch in action below [...]

There’s news today out of England that Wayne Rooney used his dinged foot to kick a ball and that he might kick a ball again on Monday. This naturally has set off a wave of hysteria with money flooding in on the Rooney to play in World Cup bet. The tension will only [...]

Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker has a drug problem that inflicts many of us. He is addicted to football. “For me football is like dope – you try to take a few months away but it always pulls you back,” he said. The Dutchman, who is leading the Soca Warriors into [...]

Is it too late to ask for a refund for that oxygen chamber? After a lot of upbeat news the past week about how quickly Wayne Rooney’s broken foot is healing, today we learned that the striker will still miss the start of the World Cup but that he could be back training in [...]

It pays to share your last name with a country. At least it does if your name is Jason Scotland. The Trinidad and Tobago striker is appearing in a pretty clever commercial being shown in Scotland where he plays his club ball for St. Johnstone. The country Scotland’s connections to T&T run [...]

Sweden and Finland battled to a 0-0 draw in an exhibition played in the enchanting city of Gothenburg. Sweden coach Lars Lagerback chose to rest some of his key players including Henrik Larsson, Freddie Ljungberg, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Andreas Isaksson. Our Sweden blog reports that the team was booed off the field after [...]

Paraguay and Norway battled to a 2-2 draw in a friendly played in Oslo on Wednesday. Veteran defender Carlos Gamarra and forward Nelson Valdez picked up the goals for Paraguay in the first of its three tune ups before the World Cup. Frode Johnsen got the brace for the hosts who will [...]

Ah, the life of a World Cup football player. Not only do you get to play in the world’s greatest sporting event, but you also get to have some fun during training. For the French team, the fun involved a three-hour hike on an alpine glacier Wednesday. I find it hard to [...]

That Queen Elizabeth II is one busy lady so it only makes sense that she has the following entry written on her calendar for July 10: Attend World Cup victory celebration. According to newspaper reports, the English FA and police are already planning how they would handle the massive crowds in London if [...]

It probably isn’t any different than previous World Cup years, but this time around I feel like I am getting in education in medicine as the teams prepare for Germany. Much of the news has been focused on player injuries with terms like ‘metatarsal’ and ‘plantar fasciitis’ become part of my dinner time conversation. [...]