Cape Town may lose World Cup semifinal (Independent Online)
The government should revoke Cape Town’s permission to host a 2010 Soccer World Cup semifinal match if city residents go to court to block the proposed development of the Green Point stadium, politicians have said. Ben Maclennan reports…
South Africa: Dubai Soccer Expo Assured SA Will Host Successful World Cup (AllAfrica.com)
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has assured delegates at the Soccerex football expo in Dubai that South Africa will be ready to host the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.
Nigeria: World Soccer Tips Ogbuke for Glory (AllAfrica.com)
He has not received as much media headlines as former Flying Eagles team mate John Mikel Obi, but influential UK-based football magazine, World Soccer believes that Chinedu Ogbuke’s time will come very soon.
Bafana’s Parreira blamed for World Cup flop (SABC News)
Juninho a Brazilian and FC Lyon midfield star, has blamed Carlos Alberto Parreira, the new Bafana Bafana coach, for Brazil’s World Cup exit in Germany earlier this year.
Friday December 1, 2006 (The New Zealand Herald)
A list of ten sportspeople who, like Formula One’s Lewis Hamilton, didn’t wait long to be noticed. 1. Pele The Original: Born October 23, 1940, Pele made his senior soccer debut for Santos at 15, won his first cap for Brazil at 16 - and was a World Cup winner at 17. Brazil’s all-time top scorer and won three World Cups. Now an ambassador for the Beautiful Game.
Maradona arrives in Moscow for Davis Cup final (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Former soccer World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona arrived in Moscow on Thursday for this weekend’s Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina.
Fox Soccer Channel to Telecast the FIFA Club World Cup 2006 for Second Consecutive Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES—-Fox Soccer Channel will once again offer live and exclusive coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup 2006 in Japan.
Auf Wiedersehen Germany - Wamkelekele eMzansi Africa
Germany was the perfect host for the 2006 FIFA World Cup , offering a warm, friendly face to the entire world. Now the mantle of hosting world football’s greatest event passes to South Africa…
South Africa: Dubai Soccer Expo Assured SA Will Host Successful World Cup (AllAfrica.com)
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has assured delegates at the Soccerex football expo in Dubai that South Africa will be ready to host the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.
No Colorado bailout for World Cup skiing (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Nov. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE): There’s not enough snow in Europe and not enough dough in America. In a surprise announcement last night, Guenther Hujara, director of the men’s World Cup, said there wasn’t enough sponsorship money for Colorado resorts to hold some of the ski races that have been scrapped by warm weather and a lack of snow in Europe.
Nigeria: World Soccer Tips Ogbuke for Glory (AllAfrica.com)
He has not received as much media headlines as former Flying Eagles team mate John Mikel Obi, but influential UK-based football magazine, World Soccer believes that Chinedu Ogbuke’s time will come very soon.
South Africa: Shilowa Affirms World Cup Readiness (AllAfrica.com)
GAUTENG premier Mbhazima Shilowa told delegates from the world’s largest soccer exhibition, Soccerex, in Dubai yesterday that SA would be ready to host the Fifa World Cup in 2010.
South Africa: Shilowa Affirms World Cup Readiness (AllAfrica.com)
GAUTENG premier Mbhazima Shilowa told delegates from the world’s largest soccer exhibition, Soccerex, in Dubai yesterday that SA would be ready to host the Fifa World Cup in 2010.
Loud Cheers Banned at Soccer’s Blind World Cup (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
It’s no ordinary World Cup: the soccer ball sounds like the clatter of a rattlesnake’s tail, fans are barred from cheering too loudly and the sidelines are clear plastic walls meant to keep the players in-bounds.
South Africa: Dubai Soccer Expo Assured SA Will Host Successful World Cup (AllAfrica.com)
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has assured delegates at the Soccerex football expo in Dubai that South Africa will be ready to host the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.
Fox Soccer Channel to Telecast the FIFA Club World Cup 2006 for Second Consecutive Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES—-Fox Soccer Channel will once again offer live and exclusive coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup 2006 in Japan.
Auf Wiedersehen Germany - Wamkelekele eMzansi Africa
Germany was the perfect host for the 2006 FIFA World Cup , offering a warm, friendly face to the entire world. Now the mantle of hosting world football’s greatest event passes to South Africa…
Weekly soccer column: World Cup win won’t come easy (Daily Breeze)
U.S. women’s national team coach Greg Ryan had 29 games to mold a new generation of players into a unit capable of qualifying for next year’s World Cup.
Germany 2006 in numbers
After 31 days and 64 games the curtain came down on the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Italy holding the Trophy aloft amid an outpouring of joy inside Berlin s Olympiastadion. FIFAworldcup.com rounds up the statistics from a memorable tournament…
Africa: World Cup; It is Africa’s Turn (AllAfrica.com)
Sepp Blatter once again dismissed fears that the next World Cup could be moved from South Africa and said the 2010 hosts were further along at this point than Germany was four years ago. “They’ll get it done,” Blatter was quoted as telling German magazine Sport Bild on Tuesday.
Juninho: Brazil was unprepared at World Cup (Sports Illustrated)
Brazil’s team at the World Cup earlier this year was poorly prepared and not selected on form, according to Lyon midfielder Juninho.