The floodgates are open and instead of trickling in one by one the World Cup announcements are now coming in pairs. Today we learned the names of the fine men who will be representing Croatia and Ghana in the World Cup. From our perch in the sky, the Croatia team looks very solid. [...]

We’ll give credit to Brazil midfielder Ze Roberto for being different. While most players and coaches are shying away from hyping their team’s chances at the World Cup, he has flat out predicted the Brazil will walk away with its sixth championship. “I am convinced that we will achieve it because we will [...]

Bulgaria defeated Japan 2-1 today in a game played in Osaka as part of the Kirin Cup. Hristo Yanev scored a late game winner to give the Lions the victory. A disappointing result for sure, but Japan fans can take solace in knowing that their team bus in Germany will have one of [...]

I was doing my normal incessant monitoring of the Web last night for World Cup stories when I came across one that said at a press conference on Tuesday Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira had named his starting lineup for the opening match against Croatia. An interesting story on its own, but at almost [...]

For all you aspiring rock musicians out there, here is a surefire way to achieve video air time in Japan. First, wear an Indian headdress. Second, always include cheerleaders. Third, throw in some violence against said cheerleaders. Fourth, include random updated scores of a make believe World Cup match against Germany. [...]

Our pal Knut over on the World Cup 2006 News blog points out that Brazil has never beaten Norway. He claims there are some other teams that Brazil has never defeated. The only one we could come up with is American Samoa, but that’s only because the two teams have never played. [...]

If you think you had a tough weekend we can tell you it ain’t nothing compared to what hit Australia the past couple of days. Four of its key players were all forced to the sidelines with injuries. Perhaps the most serious is a possible fractured cheekbone suffered by number one keeper [...]

We’ve always liked Oleg Blokhin. He was a fun player to watch for the 50 years he played for the Soviet Union. We also are starting to take a liking to him as the coach of Ukraine. Unlike most of the coaches in this year’s World Cup, Blokhin is brutally honest about [...]

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 [...]

Brazil’s seleção will be wearing the Nike swoosh until at least 2018 thanks to a new deal between the shoe company and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). Nike will reportedly pay $12 million per year to sponsor the world’s top ranked team. Additionally, Brazil will receive a $6 million bonus from Nike if [...]