Over the course of the past few months, World Cup Blog has offered its infallible predictions for each of the World Cup groups. We are so confident of the infallibility of our selections that we are willing to match wits with the smartest kids on the block: Google. Google Fight is a [...]

Our England blog tipped us off to the latest in all things David Beckham. The bottle blond goddess may be trading in his number 23 jersey for another number at Real Madrid as part of a contract extension. Naïve readers might be shocked to learn that the number change might be made in [...]

There is some interesting banter today going on over on the always lively Argentina blog about comparisons being made between Argentina’s Lionel Messi and England’s Wayne Rooney. The expectations for each of these young forwards seem to be increasing each day we move closer to the World Cup. It is only natural that [...]

We were all excited when we came across this article about England’s Frank Lampard’s video diaries until we actually saw them. Filmed as part of a promotion for a mobile phone company, the grainy diaries should not be viewed if you are prone to seasickness or have an aversion to inane comments. If [...]

Well, not really, but we couldn’t resist showing this picture of World Cup Blog punching bag Jack Warner accepting a cheque for $50,000. Warner, who is embroiled in a scandal regarding the sale of World Cup tickets, was actually accepting the money on behalf of Trinidad and Tobago’s football federation. The cheque is [...]

We don’t know if England have what it take to walk away with the World Cup this summer, but if the Three Lions play anything like Shawn our England Maestro blogs, they will be tough to beat in Germany. While our other bloggers try valiantly to catch up in the overall post rankings, our [...]

We’ve taken a look at the teams that impressed and distressed during this week’s friendlies, now let’s take a gander at which World Cup groups are alive and kicking, and which ones are on life support.

Dwight Yorke scoring goals again on English soil; the world feels right again. Yorke, who made his name scoring goals in England for many years, netted a pair of goals in leading Trinidad and Tobago to a 2-0 win over Iceland in a friendly in London. The Soca Warriors looked impressive against an [...]

Forecasting the results of Group B has gotten a whole lot more interesting lately, thanks to a coach’s diarrhea of the mouth and a pair of fake Sheikhs with a video camera.
Even before England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson revealed his criminally low IQ level to the News of the World, I thought England would have difficulty [...]

Which is more amusing? The fact that Sven-Goran Eriksson was duped into saying what he really feels about some of his players by a pair of reporters pretending to be Sheikhs or the damage control that is taking place to mend fences in England.
I’ll go with the damage control.