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 [...]

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 [...]

We have been following Franz Beckenbauer’s round-the-world football diplomacy tour for months now with a mixture of awe and jealousy. Alas, after visiting all 31 participating countries and earning more than 75,000 frequent flier points, the head of the 2006 World Cup Organising Committee has returned home to Germany where he can focus on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last and certainly least, here is a look at Group H. Lacking the glamour and sex appeal of most groups, when these teams face off in Germany you might be thinking you’re going to take a night off from watching football and to reintroduce yourself to your loved ones. But that would be [...]

Last month I called Group G the Group of Life because I thought any of the four teams had a realistic shot of advancing. After watching Togo’s performance in the African Cup of Nations and the subsequent sacking of its coach, I no longer think the Sparrowhawks have a shot in hell of making [...]

This week we take a look at the group that many have called be called Brazil and the Other Guys. We would like nothing better than to be contrarians and to predict that Brazil does not advance from Group F, but since credibility is in short supply these days we simply can’t do it. [...]

With Mexico, Iran and Portugal lumped in the same group there are some familiar faces in Group D to go along with World Cup virgin Angola. None of these teams, however, have ever met in previous World Cups. With three capable teams vying for two open spots this group could be one of [...]