World Cup 2010 Latest News
- Perhaps a new confidence may be the greatest legacyTue, 13 Jul JOHANNESBURG LETTER: Part of the growing-up stage of any country is that it has to be let make its own mistakes
- Generous Blatter shares out the creditTue, 13 Jul WORLD CUP FINAL: REVIEW: HAVING HELD Jacob Zuma at bay during the presentation ceremony in Soccer City the previous evening, Sepp Blatter was centre stage in Johannesburg again yesterday. The veteran soccercrat was flanked by a mixture of Fifa underlings and Local Organising Committee (LOC) bigwigs for the traditional “wrap-up” press conference, where he generously shared the credit for a successful World Cup with the continent of Africa.
- Emmet Malone's Team of the Tournament . . .Tue, 13 Jul . . . and highs and lows.
- World Cup DigestTue, 13 Jul The Day After
- Fans line streets to welcome home heroesMon, 12 Jul World Cup: Spain's World Cup winners enjoyed a heroes' reception as jubilantsupporters took to the streets of Madrid in their droves to welcome homeVicente Del Bosque's history-makers on today.
- Tiki-taka tops total thuggery, thank GodMon, 12 Jul ON THE COUCH: All aquiver for our 64th match but puzzled looks at introduction to the evening’s viewing
- All In The GameMon, 12 Jul A World Cup miscellany compiled by MARY HANNIGAN
- Forlan claims 'Golden Ball'Sun, 11 Jul Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was named World Cup player of thetournament on Sunday to win the Golden Ball after a vote byinternational media.
- Torres hoping to play a partSat, 10 Jul World Cup final: Spain striker Fernando Torres is confident he willhave a big part to play in Sunday's World Cup final.
- Third place play-offSat, 10 Jul Uruguay v Germany: MIROSLAV KLOSE is hoping to shake off a back injury ahead of Germany’s match with Uruguay in what will surely be his last chance to write his names in the history books of the World Cup.
- The quiet man with galacticos in his careSat, 10 Jul WORLD CUP FINAL: VINCENTE DEL BOSQUE PROFILE: THE SON of a Republican railway worker, born soon enough after the Spanish Civil War that the divisions in the country were still very raw, Vicente del Bosque must have seemed an unlikely enough Real Madrid hero as a teenager.
- Gifted Robben at home on big stageSat, 10 Jul WORLD UP: ARJEN ROBBEN PROFILE: IF YOU wish to evaluate the importance of Arjen Robben to the Dutch cause here you just have to cast your mind back to the early stages of the Netherlands’ World Cup campaign. The first two games were an exercise in waiting for Arjen. Holland won but they were lacklustre. All would be better when Arjen was better.
- All in the gameSat, 10 Jul A World Cup Miscellany
- Spain's triangles see them shape up for glory despite some obvious flawsSat, 10 Jul SOCCER ANALYST: No target man, no actual wingers and precious little cover in front of the back four – Spain have done well, writes BRIAN KERR
- First World Cup is the sweetest . . .Sat, 10 Jul WORLD CUP FINAL: FIRST-TIME WINNERS: A potted, even plotted history, of breakthrough World Cup successes
- Out of the night, they come for victorySat, 10 Jul WORLD CUP FINAL: NETHERLANDS v SPAIN: AT LAST, as if waiting its moment, the immense slumbering metropolis of Johannesburg with its hinterlands and townships rises to the occasion of this novel World Cup.
- Spain pack too much of a punch to be left wantingSat, 10 Jul AS HE faced the media for the last time before tomorrow’s World Cup final, Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk made an interesting remark. His suggestion that a victory for Spain, based as they are around a Barcelona club that has been influenced heavily down the years by some of his countrymen, would mean at least a little reflected credit for the Dutch, had the ring of an insurance policy about it.
- Bonus row won't distract SpanishFri, 9 Jul THE COMBINED news that Barcelona couldn’t pay their wages for June and the Spanish football federation have promised their players €600,000 apiece if they win Sunday’s World Cup final against the Netherlands, is a timely reminder that you get nothing for nothing in this game and much of what is to be admired comes with a hefty price tag.
- Platini in hospital after faintingFri, 9 Jul Soccer: Uefa president Michel Platini was taken to hospital after fainting in a Johannesburg restaurant.
- Okay, cabbie, let's talk, just no predictions . . .Fri, 9 Jul JOHANNESBURG LETTER It’s horrifying to consider the number of people we happily told to expect a Germany v Uruguay final
- Kuyt accuses Germany of playing with fearFri, 9 Jul DIRK KUYT has accused Germany of playing with fear in their semi-final defeat by Spain and insists the Dutch will not make the same mistake when the sides collide in Sunday’s World Cup final.
- Youth and exuberance bode well for GermansFri, 9 Jul THE BUBBLE had well and truly burst on Germany’s dreams back at home yesterday, where the media was busy analysing just what had gone wrong and “Paul”, the “psychic” octopus from Oberhausen had apparently received death threats after jumping ship and preserving his 100 per cent success rate in the predictions stakes on Wednesday.
- Continuity key to Spain's rhythmFri, 9 Jul Monitoring the form of key players must be monotonous for Vicente del Bosque. The Spain manager surely has to keep making the same few journeys as he heads for Camp Nou or the Bernabeu. His starting XI contains seven Barcelona men and three on Real Madrid’s books. The left-back Joan Capdevila, of Villarreal, must team sheet as a clerical error.
- All in the GameFri, 9 Jul A World Cup miscellany compiled by Mary Hannigan
- Webb to referee World Cup finalThu, 8 Jul World Cup: England's Howard Webb will be the referee for the World Cup final. The38-year-old from Rotherham has been chosen for the final by Fifa'sreferees committee.
