World Cup 2010 Qualifiers
2010 World Cup — It's good to be back and posting on this 'ere World Cup football blog. It's been a long time. But the draw for the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup Finals has been announced - the complete list is here on the official FIFA site The most notable fixtures thrown up by this draw are the pairing of England with Croatia in Group 6 - Croatia, of course, put England out of Euro 2008. Also in Europe, Greece seem to have been given a free pass to the Finals as their Group 2 opponents include Latvia, Luxembourg and Moldova. Still, the Greeks have been impressive of late and did, of ...

World Cup 2010
Football Down Under and Beyond — ... In October and November last year a preliminary knock out round in Africa claimed Comoros, Guinea-Bissau and Somalia. The rest of the federation has been drawn in 12 groups of four, to begin the round on the 30 May with Cameroon vs Cape Verde Islands and other games. They play for 5 places in the finals, including South Africa which has it's place as host guaranteed. ...

Blogger's Cup Wrap after a draining Qualifier, Australia v Iraq 1:0
Football Down Under and Beyond — ... In other World Cup news the Africa Confederation started their huge 12-Group Round 2 of qualifiers yesterday and continue as I write. Togo and Camaroon won their first games as expected (against Zambia and Caper Verde Islands respectively), but my disapointment was Kenya being beaten away by Namibia. I started following Kenya's progress because my housemate John, an excellent and knowledgeable football compatriot, is from Kenya. According to him they are in the easiest possible group (Namibia, Guinea and Zimbabwe) but they really should have beaten Namibia. John was devastated. ...

The Greatest Of All Imporant Vital News
du Nord — ... v Germany - 1:30pm - ESPN -Tue Jun 17 Netherlands v Romania - 1:30pm - ESPN Classic France v Italy - 1:30pm - ESPN -Wed Jun 18 Greece v Spain - 1:30pm - ESPN Russia v Sweden - 1:30pm - ESPN2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Group Standings ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ African World Cup Qualifying The Round 1 group stage is underway in Africa and most teams have played 2 of the six matches. Here are the standings. ...

Vacation surprises
The Netminder — ... hit the usual contenders to join the USA and Mexico in the final tournament. How does Bermuda have a 2-1 lead over Trinidad and Tobago? (That would be MISL and USL veteran John Barry Nusum with two for Bermuda.) How about Grenada drawing Costa Rica? (Could've been worse.) Haiti might not be much of a power, but the Netherlands Antilles? Did they sign up the Netherlands' B team? That's CONCACAF for you. Nothing leaps out as a shocker at this stage in Africa, while Asia qualifying will go to the next round without China. ...

World Cup wrap
The Netminder — ... AFRICA had another day in the group stage, where Nigeria has already clinched a spot in the next round and the ...

WCQ Stats & Info
Climbing the Ladder — I've been following the action and have some neat stuff to share with you. 1) I've been keeping track of the World Cup eliminations timeline, and just published an updated post below this one. There are now 128 teams remaining, including all 32 qualifiers from four years ago. There is one more African match next weekend, Gabon vs Lesotho, where the latter team is expected to be eliminated. After that, there's Kazakhstan vs Andorra in August. But the real action doesn't start up again until September 5th. Sucks. 2) Of the remaining 128 teams, 58 have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup. There have been at least ...

Brothers Sisters News
du Nord — ... Matches & Scores: -Wed Jun 25 Germany v Turkey - 1:30pm central time on ESPN -Thu Jun 26 Russian v Spain - 1:30pm central time on ESPN2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ World News Simon Kuper at Channel 4 has been slowly releasing his list of the Top 11 Political footballers. Here is the latest - Lillian Thuram. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ African World Cup Qualifying Have a look at the latest Round 2 standings. Only Nigeria has advanced so far. ...

Most Important September WCQ's
Climbing the Ladder — ... qualifier for each region during the next week: AFC: 9/6 - Saudi Arabia vs Iran Three teams in Group 2 are expected to compete for the two automatic bids; they are these two and South Korea. Iran struggled a bit during the last round, waiting until the final matchday to advance. Given how often the other two qualify for the World Cup, I'd say Iran are the favorites to finish third. Here's their chance to prove otherwise. CAF: 9/7 - Benin vs Angola Three teams are competing for first place ...

MLS/WCQ Notes & Updates
Climbing the Ladder — ... Only 121 teams remain, and all 32 of the 2006 World Cup teams are still alive. By this time four years ago, China had been ousted by Kuwait. Who will be the first to go this cycle? Trinidad & Tobago could be edged out by Guatemala, but that's unlikely to happen before November. That leaves Africa, where the current round will be done after the next match day in October and none of the five Germany representatives have progressed so far (standings) ...

World Cup qualifying wrap
The Netminder — ... AFRICA The final 20 are almost set. South Africa has qualified as host but is playing here for qualification into the 2010 African Cup of Nations. And they're not playing well. One result that threw a surprise in the standings -- Libya leads Group 5 after beating Ghana. Gabon is also ahead of Ghana on goal difference. At least one of those teams will be left out. (Standings) SOUTH AMERICA Brazil settled a few ...

The Weathered Cryogen News
du Nord — ... Faso 0-0 Tunisia Sudan 1-2 Chad Mauritius 1-4 Tanzania -Sun Sep 7 Madagascar 1-0 Botswana Zimbabwe 0-0 Guinea Lesotho 0-3 Gabon Mozambique 1-1 Cote d'Ivoire Congo 1-0 Mali Congo DR 0-1 Egypt Benin 3-2 Angola Ethiopia - Morocco - game cancelled Niger 3-1 Uganda -Wed Sep 10 Zambia v Togo Chad v Sudan ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Group Standings ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Asian News Asia World Cup ...

Grey Is Not A Colour For Eating News
du Nord — ... v Armenia Kazakhstan v Ukraine ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Group Standings ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ African News Long time Ghanaian star defender Sammy Kuffour has retired. He last played for Ajax. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ African World Cup Qualifying Africa World Cup qualifiers Matches & Scores: -Wed Sep 10 Zambia v Togo Chad v Sudan ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Group Standings ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Asian News Asia ...

Next Great Project News
du Nord — ... kicker is that Jack did not have T&T file a formal complaint with FIFA over the recall of Yorke. If this is such a big deal then shouldn't Warner be doing things by the book? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Roy Keane is right, Slappy is a clown. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ African World Cup Qualifying Africa World Cup qualifiers Matches & Scores: -Wed Sep 10 Zambia 1-0 Togo Chad 1-3 Sudan ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Group Standings ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Asian News Asia ...

Global weekend: Oct. 10-12
The Netminder — ... from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago dueling for the last spot, and they face off this weekend. (Scores | Standings) TV: USA-Cuba, 7 p.m. Sat. (ESPN Classic, Galavision) Jamaica-Mexico, 8 p.m. Sat., Telemundo Guatemala-Trinidad and Tobago, 3 p.m. Sun., Telemundo AFRICA Last weekend of this particular group stage, with 17 spots still open in the next round. (Scores | Standings) EUROPE Still to early for ...

World Cup Qualifying & Friendlies Around The World This Weekend
du Nord — ... USA (4 played) 4 Honduras - - (Playoff) - - 3 Mexico - - (Out) - - 2 El Salvador 2 Trinidad & Tobago Top 3 go to World Cup - 4th place team has a home and away playoff against CONMEBOL 5th place team. AFRICA Matches & Scores: -Sat Jun 6 Zambia v Rwanda Malawi v Burkina Faso Gabon v Togo Tunisia v Mozambique Standings: 5 group stage winners advance to World Cup See full standings here CONMEBOL Matches & Scores: -Sat Jun 6 ...

Scores From Last Weekends World Cup Qualifiers & Friendlies Around The World
du Nord — ... go to World Cup - 4th place team has a home and away playoff against CONMEBOL 5th place team. AFRICA Matches & Scores: -Sat Jun 6 Zambia 1-0 Rwanda Malawi 0-1 Burkina Faso Gabon 3-0 Togo Tunisia 2-0 Mozambique -Sun Jun 7 Algeria 3-1 Egypt Guinea 1-2 Cote d'Ivoire Benin 1-0 Sudan Cameroon 0-0 Morocco Standings: 5 group stage winners advance to World Cup See full standings here CONMEBOL Matches & Scores: -Sat Jun ...

Some News for Mon Jun 22
du Nord — ... an editorial on what must happen in the next 12 months for South Africa to host a successful World Cup. There is much to be done. WORLD CUP QUALIFYING AFRICA -Sat Jun 20 Zambia 0-2 Algeria Kenya 2-1 Mozambique Burkina Faso 2-3 Ivory Coast Morocco 0-0 Togo Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria Sudan 0-2 Ghana -Sun Jun 21 Guinea 2-1 Malawai Mail 3-1 Benin dN Group standings ...

Some News for Mon Jul 6
du Nord — ... Americans and European teams. ENGLAND The Guardian on Michael Owen signing with Manchester United. Owen said, "I never really had it in my wildest dreams." dN The Guardian talks to former MLS exec and current Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis about the financial condition of his club. AFRICA World Cup Qualifying Egypt 3-0 Rwanda dN Here are the African group standings. ...

Some News for Fri Sep 4, 2009
du Nord — ... Sunday Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana can clinch spots at the World Cup. dN Matches & Scores: -Sat Sep 5 Malawi v Guinea Gabon v Cameroon Rwanda v Egypt Cote d'Ivoire v Burkina Faso -Sun Sep 6 Mozambique v Kenya Togo v Morocco Benin v Mali Nigeria v Tunisia Ghana v Sudan Algeria v Zambia -Wed Sep 9 Cameroon v Gabon dN Standings dN Friendlies Matches & Scores: ...

WCQs - Where We Stand
Climbing the Ladder — ... 1) In Africa, this weekend's results mean that Cameroon and Tunisia should now be considered clear favorites to qualify. If Gabon can't beat Cameroon at home, then how they can hope to get a result on the road? Togo let in a last second equalizer against Morocco which probably ended their hopes. Meanwhile, the draw with Nigeria means that all Tunisia needs to do is beat Kenya at home and Mozambique away. Should be easy, except the latter already held Nigeria to a scoreless draw at home. ...

Some News for Mon Sep 7, 2009
du Nord — ... has clinched a spot at the World Cup! dN Matches & Scores: -Sat Sep 5 Malawi 2-1 Guinea Gabon 0-2 Cameroon Rwanda 0-1 Egypt Cote d'Ivoire 5-0 Burkina Faso -Sun Sep 6 Mozambique 1-0 Kenya Togo 1-1 Morocco Benin 1-1 Mali Nigeria 2-2 Tunisia Ghana 2-0 Sudan Algeria 1-0 Zambia -Wed Sep 9 Cameroon v Gabon dN Standings dN Friendlies Matches & Scores: -Sat Sep ...

Some News for Tue Sep 8, 2009
du Nord — ... v Peru Brazil v Chile dN Standings ASIA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING The winner of this series takes on New Zealand for World Cup place. Matches & Scores -Sat Sep 5 Bahrain 0-0 Saudi Arabia -Wed Sep 9 Saudi Arabia v Bahrain AFRICA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Matches & Scores: -Wed Sep 9 Cameroon v Gabon dN Standings PODCASTS The EPL Talk podcast this week features an ...

Some News for Wed Sep 10, 2009
du Nord — ... QUALIFYING The winner of this series takes on New Zealand for World Cup place. Matches & Scores -Sat Sep 5 Bahrain 0-0 Saudi Arabia -Wed Sep 9 Saudi Arabia v Bahrain AFRICA Paul Doyle of the Guardian on Cameroon and their French coach Paul Le Guen. AFRICA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Matches & Scores: -Wed Sep 9 Cameroon 2-1 Gabon dN Standings ENDERS VW examines the art of the MLS goal ...

Some News for Thu Sep 10, 2009
du Nord — ... now takes on New Zealand for a World Cup place. dN Matches & Scores -Sat Sep 5 Bahrain 0-0 Saudi Arabia -Wed Sep 9 Saudi Arabia 2-2 Bahrain dN Playoff Final Matches & Scores: -Sat Oct 10 Bahrain v New Zealand -Sat Nov 14 New Zealand v Bahrain AFRICA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Matches & Scores: -Wed Sep 9 Cameroon 2-1 Gabon Standings ...

Some News for Fri Oct 9, 2009
du Nord — ... v New Zealand -Sat Nov 14 New Zealand v Bahrain AFRICA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Matches & Scores: -Sat Oct 10 Zambia v Egypt Malawi v Cote d'Ivoire Cameroon v Togo Gabon v Morocco -Sun Oct 11 Benin v Ghana Nigeria v Mozambique Tunisia v Kenya Guinea v Burkina Faso Mali v Sudan Algeria v Rwanda dN Standings U20 WORLD CUP EGYPT 2009 FIFA.com's tournament news ...

Some News for Mon Oct 12
du Nord — ... joins Ghana & South Africa as the 3rd of 6 African teams to become part of the final 32. dN Matches & Scores -Sat Oct 10 Zambia 0-1 Egypt Malawi 1-1 Cote d'Ivoire Cameroon 3-0 Togo Gabon 3-1 Morocco -Sun Oct 11 Benin 1-0 Ghana Nigeria 1-0 Mozambique Tunisia 1-0 Kenya Guinea 1-2 Burkina Faso Mali 1-0 Sudan Algeria 3-1 Rwanda dN Standings U20 WORLD CUP EGYPT 2009 FIFA.com's ...