LOS PHENOMENOS #4: MARIO GOTZE – Bayern Munich/Germany
Andrew Davidson unveils a rising star from each Brazil 2014 squad that is set to grace our TV screens in June – number four is Germany’s Mario Gotze. AGE: 21 […]
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LOS PHENOMENOS #3: KWADWO ASAMOAH – Juventus/Ghana
Andrew Davidson unveils a rising star from each Brazil 2014 squad that is set to grace our TV screens in June – number three is Ghana’s Kwadwo Asamoah AGE: 25 […]
LOS PHENOMENOS #2: JEFFERSON MONTERO – Morelia/Ecuador
Andrew Davidson unveils a rising star from each Brazil 2014 squad that is set to grace our TV screens in June – number two is Jefferson Montero of Ecuador. AGE: […]
LOS PHENOMENOS #1: EDUARDO VARGAS – Valencia/Chile
Andrew Davidson unveils a rising star from each Brazil 2014 squad that is set to grace our TV screens in June – number one is Eduardo Vargas of Chile. AGE: […]
WORLD CUP WATCH: South American preview
As European players depart for their holidays, or perhaps wind down with an international friendly, their South American team-mates do not yet get the opportunity to blow the final whistle […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Oceania – Round Five
The sixth and final round of the 2014 Oceania region World Cup qualifying group ended on Tuesday with New Zealand completing a perfect qualifying campaign, winning all six games, while […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group C
———- Germany 4 (Reus 23, 90, Gotze 27, Gundogan 32) Kazakhstan 1 (Schmidtgal 47) Germany thumped Kazakhstan 4-1 on Tuesday that saw the visitors give the favourites some trouble in […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Conmebol South American qualifying round-up
————— Ecuador 4 (Caicedo 38, Montero 50,75, Benitez 54) Paraguay 1 (Caballero 15) Paraguay had to win to remain in the fight for a berth in next year’s World Cup […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group A including video highlights
—————– Serbia 2 (Djuricic 59, 65) Scotland 0 Scotland’s faint hopes of qualifying for Brazil 2014 ended with a poor showing away to Serbia. The Scots defended well in a […]
WORLD CUP REPORT – Europe – Group I including video highlights
—————– France 0 Spain 1 (Pedro 58) Pedro Rodriguez of Barcelona bundled home the winner as Spain beat France 1-0 to reclaim first place in Group I. The World Champions, […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group D
—————– Turkey 1 (Yilmaz 63) Hungary 1 (Bode 71) Turkey’s World Cup aspirations took a major blow following a 1-1 draw with Hungary. The Turkish started brightly however, defensive errors cost […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group B
———– Armenia 0 Czech Republic 3 (Vydra 47, 81, Kolar 90) A double from Matěj Vydra and one from Daniel Kolář earned the Czechs a 3-0 win in Armenia. Vardan […]
WORLD CUP: South American Qualifying preview
While Argentina storms towards a spot in next years’ finals in Brazil, the other teams fight for the remaining places. The surprise team Ecuador rests, and Colombia can extend their […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Africa – Sun 24th March including video highlights
Ethiopia 1 (Kebede 88) Botswana 0 Ethiopia’s chances of reaching the World Cup became a little more realistic on Sunday after beating Botswana to open a two-point gap at the […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Africa – Sat 23rd March including video highlights
South Africa 2 (Matlaba 34, Parker 70) Central African Republic 0 A goal in each half lifted the Bafana Bafana to a vital 2-0 win over Central African Republic as […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Oceania – Round Five including video highlights
New Zealand guaranteed their position at the top of the group for 2014 World Cup qualification, and in doing so booked their place for a play-off against the fourth-placed team […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group E
————- Norway 0 Albania 1 (Salihi 67) Albania moved to within a point of FIFA World Cup Group E leaders Switzerland, as a neat Hamdi Salihi strike earned them a […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Conmebol South American qualifying round-up
———- Colombia 5 (Torres 21, Valdes 50, Gutierrez 62, Falcao 87, Armero 90) Bolivia 0 Colombia continued their qualifying campaign strongly by defeating Bolivia 5-0 before 42,000 fans gathered in […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: CONCACAF Region round-up and video highlights
——— Honduras 2 (Costly 77, Bengtson 80) Mexico 2 (Hernandez 28, 54) Late goals from Carlo Costly and Jerry Bengtson saw Honduras rally for a stunning draw with Mexico. Costly’s […]
WORLD CUP REPORT – Europe – Group I including video highlights
————— Spain 1 (Sergio Ramos 49) Finland 1 (Pukki 79) Spain conceded a late goal Friday to draw 1-1 at home with Finland, conceding top spot to France in their […]
WORLD CUP REPORT – Europe – Group H including video highlights
Moldova 0 Montenegro 1 (Vucinic 78) Mirko Vucinic kept 10-man Montenegro’s 100 per cent away record in Group H intact with a narrow 1-0 win over Moldova. The visitors were […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group F including video highlights
Israel 3 (Hemed 24, Ben Basat 40, Gershon 70) Portugal 3 (Bruno Alves 2, Helder Postiga 72, Fabio Coentrao 90) Portugal secured a dramatic 3-3 draw with Israel in Tel […]
WORLD CUP REPORT – Europe – Group G
————— Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 (Dzeko 29, 53, Ibisevic 36) Greece 1 (Gekas 90) Edin Dzeko scored twice as Bosnia beat Greece 3-1 on Friday to move three points clear at the […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group D
———– Andorra 0 Turkey 2 (Inan 30, Yilmaz 45) Turkey breathed life into their faltering qualifying campaign but were made to work hard for a 2-0 victory away to Andorra. […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group C – including video highlights
————— Kazakhstan 0 Germany 3 (Schweinsteiger 20, Gotze 22, Muller 74) First-half goals from Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gotze within a minute of each other gave the visitors the lead, […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group B
———– Bulgaria 6 (Tonev 6, 38, 68, Popov 47, Gargorov 55, Ivanov 78) Malta 0 Alexander Tonev’s hat-trick helped Bulgaria hit Malta for six on Friday to move within one […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Europe – Group A – including video highlights
———– Croatia 2 (Mandzukic 23, Olic 37) Serbia 0 Igor Stimac’s Croatia earned a tough 2-0 win over Serbia to provisionally leapfrog Belgium to the top of Group A in […]
WORLD CUP: South American Qualifying preview
While Argentina storms towards a spot in next years’ finals in Brazil, the other teams fight for the remaining places. The surprise team Ecuador rests, and Colombia can extend their […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group I
The mouth-watering Spain-France clash happens on Tuesday night, prior to that they both have home games to contend with versus Finland and Georgia respectively. In all honesty on paper it […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group H
Montenegro sit pretty atop of Group H with Roy Hodgson’s England breathing down their necks. Hodgson’s preparation has not gone too well this week with the re-submission of Rio Ferdinand to […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group G
Liechtenstein v Latvia, Friday 18:30 LIECHTENSTEIN – Goalkeepers: Peter Jehle (Luzern), Cengiz Bicer (Mersin Idman Yurdu), Mario Tichy (USV Eschen-Mauren) Defenders: Lukas Eberle (FC Treisenburg), Olcay Gur (Chur 97), […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group F
In football as in life, history has a habit of repeating itself. Portugal and Russia, who locked horns during the qualifying phase for the 2006 World Cup, again find themselves […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group E
Switzerland is in pole position and look sure to stay there unless Cyprus can cause an upset. Slovenia and Iceland face each other but are in need of claiming three […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group D
It’s business as usual for the Dutch, with four wins our of four so far, a home match versus Estonia on Friday evening certainly suggests that it will be five […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group C
Surely Germany will defeat Kazakhstan on Friday night and stay top but Sweden and Ireland will be trying to grab the win to keep in touch. Giovanni Trappatoni’s Irish side […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group B
With group leaders Italy missing this round of fixtures, second placed Bulgaria and third placed Czech Republic can make up some ground to put the Italians under pressure. Group underachievers […]
WORLD CUP: European Qualifying preview and squads – Group A
After just four games it is already looking to be a two-horse race to top Group A. Belgium and Croatia head the table with ten points each with Serbia and […]
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