The qualifiers have been over for less than a week (technically), and the qualifying draw isn’t even until this weekend, but that hasn’t stopped the bookmakers of the universe for sending out the early odds for the championships in Swissaustria. (Hey, wherever there’s a buck, euro or pound to be made.) One site, which compiles [...]

Ahh, the life of a disgruntled football fan. You spend hours suffering through your team’s miseries with only the promise of more misery to come. Rather than sit back and watch their national team embarrassed on the world stage some fans in Austria have decided to try to do something about it.
They have [...]

International football makes its return to the center stage this weekend and what a return it promises to be. Four teams in Oceania are playing for three spots in the next round of World Cup qualifying. Euro 2008 qualifying returns with some tasty matchups. They are still battling out in Africa with [...]

The UEFA hammer has come down upon the head of France manager Raymond Domenech. Europe’s football governing body has suspended Domenech for his team’s Euro 2008 qualifying match against Italy on September 8 and has fined him $8,200 for his comments about match fixing in Italian soccer.
You’ll recall that earlier this month Domenech was [...]

The club teams move off the stage and international football returns this week with a plethora of midweek games to whet our appetites. In addition to six Euro 2008 qualifiers on Wednesday, there are a ton of friendlies featuring teams from various regions from around the world.
In Euro 2008 qualifying, the big matches come [...]

For someone who looks a lot like a college professor, France manager Raymond Domenech often comes off as having something less than an elementary school education. Domenech opened his mouth last week and let the world know that Italian football is corrupt and that the Italians bought the referees in a France and Italy [...]

With 53 teams in Europe competing for 13 spots in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, UEFA boss Michel Platini announced that changes have been made to the qualifying format. This go around there will be eight qualifying groups with six teams each and one group with five teams. In the past, [...]

The picture above comes from Svangaskard Stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands where the national team took on Scotland in Euro 2008 qualifying Wednesday. They might not have much success on the pitch, but at least the Faroe Islands have a lovely setting for a football match. You can get all the results from [...]

It was an action packed and at times crazy weekend of international football with friendlies, Euro 2008 and African Cup of Nations games galore. Among the highlights, we saw a good effort from France against Ukraine, a Germany team that won but not in record breaking fashion, Uruguay got a measure of revenge against [...]

After a respite of a couple of months, international football resumes this weekend with a full slate of friendlies and Euro 2008 qualifying games. Among the highlights, England plays host to Brazil at the new Wembley on Friday, group B leaders Ukraine tangle with France on Saturday in a big Euro 2008 tilt, and [...]