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19
Jun
ESP 1-0 IRQ RSA 2-0 NZL Spain are the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup, after a narrow and hard-fought victory over Iraq. Host nation South Africa are close to joining them, after a victory against New Zealand, a result which eliminates the All-Whites. Spain’s game, played in Bloemfontein, saw [...]
18
Jun
KSA 0-0 PRK North Korea (DPR) have made it to the World Cup finals for the first time since 1966, a monumental achievement considering that they started as one of the lower seeds, and underdogs, in many of the rounds of qualification that they faced. They acheived the feat after a goalless draw in Saudi [...]
17
Jun
BRA 4-3 EGY ITA 3-1 USA If you were a player in the Confederations Cup yesterday, and were fortunate enough to have scored one of the 11 goals on display across the two Group B games, then it would most likely be a header, a penalty, or a contender for goal of the tournament. There [...]
16
Jun
ENG U21 2-1 FIN U21 England started their UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign with all three points, despite an unconvincing performance against Finland in Group B. Lee Cattermole’s early deflected strike put Stuart Pearce’s team ahead in Halmstad. But Chelsesa defender Michael Mancienne was sent-off after hauling down Berat Sadek and Finnish captain Tim Sparv [...]
15
Jun
RSA 0-0 IRQ ESP 5-0 NZL South Africa blew a great opportunity to get off to a winning start in Group A, missing a host of chances as they were held to a stalemate by a negative Iraq side in the opening game in Johannesburg. Bernard Parker is most to blame, as he inadvertantly blocked [...]
14
Jun
The Euro U-21 Finals are to be held in Sweden this year, in an 8-team format with two groups, and the top two from each group qualifing for the knockout stage. England have qualified, so there will be national interest in this tournament, along with a glimpse of the future stars of Europe. Below are [...]
13
Jun
The FIFA Confederations Cup, being held in South Africa as a preparation event for the World Cup next summer, is a contest for the winners of each continental competition, alongside the world champions and the hosts, making it 8 teams split into two groups. The top two teams of each group will then play the [...]
12
Jun
For several decades now, football players have realised that they do not need to feel restrained from joy after scoring a goal, and thus a goal celebration has evolved from a calm and gentlemanly jog back to your own half, to actions that would be deemed unaccepatable were it not on a football pitch. Such [...]
12
Jun
Real Madrid are close to a record-smashing signing of Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo, as returning club president Florentino Perez looks to re-instate his ‘Galacticos’ policy. Portuguese star Ronaldo says he expects his world record £80m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid to go through, despite a minor hernia problem. The 24-year-old winger told [...]
11
Jun
ENG 6-0 AND A little tube strike was not going to stop almost 60,000 England fans seeing this World Cup Qualifier, and the team was not let the lack of a full house stop them from putting on a show for the supporters that did make the journey. Wayne Rooney and Jermain Defoe both scored [...]