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. [...]

Now that the World Cup is mere weeks away, countries are hoping that divine intervention will help their teams. In Mexico on Saturday, the national team received blessings from religious leaders before departing for their training camp in Europe. “You are the centre of attention for many who admire you,” Catholic Cardinal Norberto [...]

Proving that a lame duck status can turn even a boring person into a bold risk taker, England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has firmly predicted that his team will win the World Cup. “I think we will win it, of course,” he told the Telegraph. “But you know that you have huge opponents as well. [...]