The British sports minister, Hugh Robertson, told the press recently that soccer is by far worst governed sport in the nation and action is desperately needed to solve the problem. Robertson didn’t name names, but did say the national team is a disgrace and teams are up to their eyeballs in debt. It’s a known [...]

If you’re wondering what FIFA does with the millions of dollars it rakes in from the World Cup you’re not alone. The world’s governing body of soccer released some figures on Jan 6th that accounts for $40 million of profits from the 2010 World Cup that was held in South Africa. The money was split [...]

Even though most of them aren’t going to be playing still in 2022, it looks like soccer players around the world are receptive to the idea of playing the World Cup in Qatar during that nation’s winter months. The small country which sits in the Arabian peninsula can get uncomfortably hot during the summer and [...]

The UK online bookmaker William Hill (WillHill.com) was probably the first bookie to release betting odds for the 2014 World Cup. The day after the final game between Holland and Spain the World Cup betting odds for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil were available on the William Hill website.

The 2010 World Cup Golden Ball nominees were announced on July 9 by FIFA’s General Secretary Jerome Valcke along with adidas CEO Herbert Hainer. The Golden Ball trophy is awarded to the best player of the World Cup tournament. The 10 players who were nominated were chosen by FIFA’s Technical Study Group, which includes soccer [...]

While the World Cup Final is going the come down to the wire on July 11, it looks like the Golden Boot award for the tournament’s top striker probably will too. At the moment, Spain striker David Villa and Holland midfielder each have five and will of course be facing each other in the final [...]

Spain dominates Germany to reach World Cup Final Spain completely dominated Germany over 90 minutes to earn a 1-0 victory in Durban on July 7 and book a trip to World Cup Final for the first time in the country’s history. Defender Carles Puyol scored the winner with a powerful header in the 73rd minute. [...]

Italian Fabio Capello will remain as England’s national soccer team manager even though the team had one of its worst World Cups in recent history. England managed to place second in Group C after drawing 1-1 with the USA, 0-0 with Algeria and then beating Slovenia 1-0 for five points. However, their luck ran out [...]

It’s no secret the two football teams don’t really like each other, but Germany and Argentina definitely respect each other when they meet on the pitch.

Spain and Paraguay aiming for their best ever World Cup finishes Paraguay will be attempting to reach the semi finals for the first time in team history while Spain is aiming to at least equal their best ever finish of fourth place at a World Cup when the two meet in a quarterfinal clash at [...]