There is no doubt that in-form Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is of most importance if England is to have a successful World Cup 2010. The latest injury has therefore caused a bit of panic among England fans. However it seems it should not be any worries for Rooney, apart from maybe Man Utd fans [...]

Established UK bookmaker William Hill has decided to pay out the winnings to those punters who placed a bet that David Beckham will not make it into the England squad for World Cup. The odds for this bet was 7/2. This comes following the news that Beckham’s latest Achilles injury will most likely keep him [...]

The upcoming World Cup play-offs are getting closer and previously injured players will not get too much time to get into fitness before the tournament this summer. Everton attacker Victor Anichebe of Nigeria is one of these. After being out for around 11 months for a knee injury, he has now started playing again and [...]

Milan and England national star David Beckham will most likely miss the upcoming World Cup 2010 in South Africa after tearing his Achilles tendon in the game against Chievo yesterday. England boss Fabio Capello has talked to Beckham via phone. “It looks like he’s out of the World Cup” Capello comments. This is a hard [...]

Manchester City defender and England national Wayne Bridge has just made a statement he will leave the England squad for the World Cup 2010 following well known sex scandal involving England teammate John Terry. Bridge will not participate in the coming friendly games either and this leaves manager Capello without both his top left backs, [...]

Animal rights activists has recently made complain to a proposal made by the Makhonya Royal Trust. The plans were to bless the World Cup stadiums, ahead of the tournament, with a ritual where a cow should be slaughtered in each one of the stadiums. The Makhonya Royal Trust organises cultural activities and described the idea [...]

The tickets for the World Cup 2010 games are usually very awaited and hard to get a hold on for anyyone. However it has now been reported that the sale of the tickets are going much slower than usual. The English Football Association (FA) was given 29,000 tickets and of those there are only around [...]

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Kenya vs. Nigeria
November 14, 2009
Nairobi, Kenya 16:00 local time

Costa Rica vs. Uruguay
A home-and-home play-off series
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November 18, 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay 21:00 local time

Danes Play for Pride, Hungarians for Experience Denmark vs. Hungary Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Copenhagen, Denmark 8:45 pm local time In Saturday’s penultimate qualifying play, Denmark delivered an old-fashioned schoolyard beating on Sweden, effectively knocking the Swedes out of contention for a trip to South Africa. More importantly, the Danes’ decisive victory punched their passports [...]