... Forlan (Atletico Madrid/Spain), Sebastian Abreu (Botafogo/Brazil), Edinson Cavani (Palermo/Italy), Jorge Martinez (Catania/Italy) Uruguay will be competing against South Africa, France, and Mexico in the first round after drawing Group A. Keep Reading
FIFA just announced their first batch of World Cup referee assignments and because everyone assumes everyone else is out to screw them, it's a great excuse to make preemptive excuses for why your team is about to lose. However, this journalist-by-day ... Keep Reading
Colorado Rapids forward Claudio Lopez played for the Argentina National Team in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup. He shares his story of making the Argentina World Cup teams in a video interview. “You see it (playing for the National Team) off to ... Keep Reading
Nothing But Nets arrived in Los Angeles as part of its “Buzz Tour,†a country-wide journey to more than 20 cities leading up to the FIFA World Cup, which will be played for the first time in Africa, where 90 percent of malaria deaths occur. Keep Reading
PANAMA CITY, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli said on Monday that Spain and Italy are his favorite teams to win the soccer World Cup of South Africa 2010. Martinelli said he does not follow a special team, because he ... Keep Reading
The team defeats the Platinum Stars of South Africa's Premier League, 3-0, but doesn't play its best. Jermain Defoe says altitude was a factor and England is prepared for its opener against the U.S. Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa -- England might have been sandbagging on Monday or it might merely have been cautious, trying to avoid any injuries ahead of Saturday's World Cup opener ... Keep Reading
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 7 (UPI) -- South African authorities deported 10 Argentine soccer hooligans after arresting them at the Johannesburg airport, police reports indicated Monday. Keep Reading
Forget the World Series, Super Bowl, Daytona 500, NBA Finals and Stanley Cup. Instead, wrap all of those sports betting events into one single package and call it the FIFA World Cup 2010. Spain is the Euro 2008 champions and the No. 1 team in ... Keep Reading
The FIFA 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa on Friday June 11th. The USA, who were drawn in group C, play their first match the following day against England. Despite an injury taking their key central defender, Rio Ferdinand, out of the ... Keep Reading
Manager Rabah Saadane was an assistant coach to the team that created the greatest moment in Algeria's football history, when they beat West Germany 2-1 in their first World Cup appearance back in 1982 in Spain. Keep Reading
