Euro 2008 qualifiers and international matches heat up again this weekend so that means national teams both far and near are in the headlines. Here are a few stories for you to feast on about the teams you love and the teams you love to hate….

Italy recalls 19 players from World Cup for Ukraine [...]

New Argentina coach Alfio Basil has announced the squad that will taken on Brazil on September 3 in London and the name that sticks out the most to us is that of forward Sergio Aguero. The teen sensation that we have been hyping since the beginning of time might get a chance to show [...]

A few dozen idiots supporting Croatia tried to form a human swastika in the stands during Wednesday’s friendly against Italy in Livorno. As you can see in the video, police eventually stepped in and broke up the pathetic display. I don’t think you need me to tell you that this kind of thing [...]

It is a busy day in the land of international football teams with many countries building up towards the start of Euro 2008 qualifying. Fortunately our friends in China are up to the task of providing the World Wide Web with streaming video of many of these contests. Here’s a sample of the [...]

The changing of the guard is officially taking place with a pair of international mainstays not being called up for next week’s slate of international friendlies.
New England boss Steve McClaren has chosen not to name David Beckham to the squad that will play Greece on August 16. Beckham, who has captained the [...]

Brazil is now set to play a pair of friendlies in London in early Septemeber. The Brazilian Football Confederation announced that the five-time World Cup champions will face Wales on September 5 at Tottenham’s White Hart Lane. The match will occur two days after Brazil faces Argentina at Arsenal’s new stadium. That [...]

In a warm up for next week’s Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen, Japan defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in a friendly played in Tokyo. Alessandro Santos scored twice for Brazil, I mean Japan, giving new coach Ivica Osim a win in his first match at the helm of Japan.
“Generally speaking, it was good as [...]

Arsenal’s Freddie Ljungberg has been named the new captain of Sweden’s national team after defender Olof Mellberg stepped down on Monday.
Ljunberg will not make his debut as skipper on August 16 when Sweden faces G, Germany in a friendly because he is injured. No surprise there, he has been dinged up a lot over [...]

When last we saw them, their uniforms said Serbia and Montenegro and their players were busy finishing last in the World Cup.
Flash forward to today and the team is now simply Serbia now that Montenegro has become an independent land. New name, new coach and a bunch of new players for their friendly against [...]

It is hard to believe that it has already been almost a full month since the World Cup ended, but such is the case and by rule of law, or perhaps a supreme being, it is mandated that it is now time that we get back to watching national teams kick the ball around.
Beginning next [...]