Controversy at 2014 World Cup Draw The 2014 World Cup Qualifying Draw took place in Brazil on July 31st and in usual FIFA style there was some controversy involved in the event. Brazilian legend Pele was initially snubbed by Ricardo Teixeira, who is the head of the Brazilian Organising Committee, and the government had to [...]

Sweden will host Finland in an important Group E matchup at Rasunda Stadion on June 7th. Both teams need as many points as possible just to end up second place in the group. Holland leads the way with 18 points from six straight wins while Sweden sits in second place with 12 points and this [...]

Ireland will be going for their second straight win over Macedonia when the two teams meet in a Group B qualifying match for Euro 2012 at the City Stadium in Skopje on June 4th. Ireland beat the Macedonians 2-1 back in March 26th. Robbie Keane and Aiden McGeady scored for Ireland in that match with [...]

The ongoing soap opera at FIFA could a couple of more twists on May 29th when President Sepp Blatter was cleared of any wrong doing… at least for now, while board member Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner, the head of CONCACAF have been suspended from their duties indefinitely. Also, bin Hammam, who was the [...]

Third-ranked Sweden and fourth-ranked Finland will face off in the final game at the IIHF World Hockey Championships on May 15th at the Orange Arena in Bratislava. The winner will take home the gold medal while the losers will be awarded the silver. Sweden made it to the final after surprising the Czech Republic 5-2 [...]

Russia will take on Finland in a semi-final showdown at the Orange Arena in Bratislava on May 13th in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The Russians handed previously unbeaten Canada their first defeat to make the semis while Finland knocked off Norway in their quarterfinal game. Russia has been struggling in the tournament so far, [...]

The undefeated Czech Republic will take on Sweden at the Orange Arena in Bratislava on May 13th in the first semi-final game at the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The fourth-ranked Czechs won both their preliminary (Group D) and qualification round groups (Group E) and have yet to taste defeat so far in the tournament. They [...]

Finland will be taking on Norway in a quarterfinal contest at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Cup at the Orange Arena in Bratislava on May 12th. Finland is ranked fourth, but has still played better than most people expected. They finished second place in qualification Group E with a record of two wins, two overtime [...]

The undefeated Czech Republic will be taking on the USA in the first quarterfinal matchup at the IIHF World Hockey Championships on May 11th at the Orange Arena in Bratislava. The Czechs finished on top of their qualification group (Group E) with 15 points from five wins, including points brought over from the preliminary round. [...]

Canada will meet Sweden in a qualification-round match at the Steel Arena in Kosice on May 9th in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. This will be the third qualification round game for each team in Group F. Canada sits on top if the group with 10 points with two wins and two overtime wins while [...]