Hello and welcome to the opening day of the 2010 incarnation of the greatest sporting event known to man, the World Cup. World Cup 2010 has officially kicked off, and you can follow World Cup live streaming updates throughout the tournament here. The very first match initiated by , Mexico and South Africa . And [...]
The FIFA Executive Committee held a two-day meeting in Johannesburg chaired by FIFA President Blatter on 6 and 7 June 2010. The executive received reports on the preparations for the upcoming 60th FIFA Congress and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa, and expressed their satisfaction and anticipation with just days to go before [...]
Two own goals gave England an unconvincing win over Japan in their final warm-up game before flying to South Africa for the World Cup. England started sloppily and were punished after six minutes when Marcus Tulio Tanaka met Yasuhito Endo’s corner and crashed the ball past David James. Frank Lampard had a penalty saved before [...]
Germany’s preparations for the World Cup finals were aided as they recorded a 24-0 hammering of an amateur team. Joachim’s Low side were enjoying a workout against a young local team from Eppan, with frontmen Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez bearing significant fruit as they plundered five goals apiece. Piotr Trochowski (three), Andreas Beck (two), [...]
Beckham has been ruled out of England’s bid for glory this summer with an Achilles injury. Yet such is the impression the 35-year-old has made on the England coach that Capello wants him around anyway, bringing his very own patriotism to their Rustenburg base camp. “Beckham is an example for everyone else,” said Capello. “There [...]
Ballack picked up an ankle injury in the FA Cup final after being fouled by Portsmouth’s Kevin-Prince Boateng and has been told he will not be able to play again for at least two months. That diagnosis ruled him out of the World Cup, but it will not bring his international career to an end [...]
The ‘Be There with Hyundai’ competition has come to an end , deciding which slogans will decorate the buses of each of the 32 nations at the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010™. Creativity, imagination and originality were the order of the day, with the winning slogans sure to provide inspiration to the players throughout the [...]
Group Stage 1 Match Fixtures – World Cup 2010 South Africa Group A Date – Time Venue Results 11/06 19:30 Johannesburg – JSC South Africa V Mexico 12/06 00:00 Cape Town Uruguay V France 17/06 00:00 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa V Uruguay 18/06 00:00 Polokwane France V Mexico 22/06 19:30 Rustenburg Mexico V Uruguay 22/06 19:30 [...]
