All the qualifying stages to the World Cup 2010 tournament in South Africa has now ended, and we can present the full list of teams that will participate in next year’s big sporting event. A total of 204 teams were entered in the qualifying stages and 32 of these has now made their way to [...]

Ukraine – Greece, Donetsk 18th November We hope for a more open game with more goals then the goalless stalemate in Athens on Saturday. This is the most open and most evenly balanced of all the European playoff matches and anything apart from a tight fixture would be a surprise. Greece will put their hope [...]

The first leg of the qualifying playoffs in the European Zone has been played and there were no huge surprises but all fixtures are still open, even if France looks to be closest to South Africa as it stands now. Here’s a quick review of the European qualifying fixtures of 14th November 2009. Ireland – [...]

The All Whites has repeated the accomplishment of the national team of 1982 when they beat Bahrain with the only goal of the match earlier today. This was enough to qualify after the goalless draw in Manama last month. In front of the largest ever crowd for a football match in New Zealand, the home [...]

Two of the European giants of football are under heavy pressure after failing direct qualification and now face a tough face-off starting tomorrow. Many of us can’t imagine a World Cup tournament without players like Christiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery and many others. This might be the reality though, if the results on Saturday [...]

As the second leg of the Oceania-AFC playoff get closer, tension is building around Wellingon. The Westpac Stadium, which is also called the Cake Tin, will by no doubt be filled to the last of the 35,000 seats. This game against Bahrain will actually break the record for a football game in New Zealand and [...]

The German soccer team and the whole country is in shock after the news that talented goalkeeper Robert Enke recently took his own life. The German police has also confirmed that he wrote a suicide letter before the tragic incident where Enke was hit by a train. Jörg Neblung, Enke’s agent, also confirmed that it [...]

The tense battle of the east that starts on Saturday will not be the decided on that day according to most comments from fans and players. Russian coach Guus Hiddink comments: “Russia unlikely to finish Slovenia off in Moscow” says the Russian coach. The Slovenian team has been impressive in the last group matches and [...]

Michael Ballack, captain of the German team, speaks up about his sides chances in the World Cup tournament in South Africa next year. “There is a good chance we will reach the final again.” says Ballack. Germany has just been given their new shirts for the upcoming World Cup and it is a return to [...]

Star forward Roman Pavlyuchenko was one of the key players in the Russian team during the Euro 2008 tournament. However, his place in the squad for next years big event in South Africa looks anything but certain. The reason is of course the lack of first team action Pavlyuchenko is getting in Tottenham Hotspurs, and [...]