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Watch top ten World Cup goals selected by BBC here.
UEFA World Cup Qualifying: Latest Group Tables after Wednesday June 10 matches
the90thminute.com 6/11/2009 — The UEFA World Cup Qualifying is about 2/3 finished with some teams already qualifying and others still fighting for a spot in South Africa. The Netherlands are the only European country to clinch qualification while others such as England, Serbia, and Spain are within reach with another win or ...
UEFA World Cup Qualifying: Latest Group Standings after June 6 matches
the90thminute.com 6/6/2009 — It was a busy day of World Cup Qualifying matches in the UEFA Region with a few teams moving closer to an automatic qualification spot. England won at Kazakhstan, the Netherlands won at Iceland, and Denmark got a win at Sweden. With the win against Iceland, the Netherlands have no officially ...
World Cup nails new national sponsor
sportsprodailydeal.com 6/19/2009 — Deutsche Telekom is to become the first of a possible six national supporters of the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2011 in Germany.
US As World Cup Fall Back: An Opinion
matchfitusa.com 7/9/2009 — The strike by construction workers in South Africa, which has halted progress on World Cup stadiums due for delivery ahead of next year's World Cup, has been big news in the last few days.
While...
The First Time the U.S. Shocked the World
pitchinvasion.net 6/29/2009 — 1930 World Cup poster
The U.S.’s surprising run in the Confederations Cup is hardly the first time they have surpassed all expectations on the world stage. Their 1950 victory over England is the best-known; but in many ways, their surprising ...
Outcasts: The Viva World Cup 2009
pitchinvasion.net 6/26/2009 —
The outcasts are on the world stage again: the third Viva World Cup, for associations unaffiliated with FIFA, got underway this week. It’s being held in the northern Italian cities of Verona, Brescia and Varese. You might remember our ...
T-20 World Cup every year annoyed Afridi
cricketsafari.com 6/25/2009 — Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi says the short gap between the just-completed World Twenty20 Cup and next year’s edition has robbed Pakistan of full enjoyment of its triumph.
Just days after Pakistan clinched the 2009 trophy in England, thoughts had already turned to the 2010 event in ...
Impossible Made Possible
thearenablog.net 6/24/2009 — Sometimes you soar. (Courtesy WaPo.)
Curmudgeons will tell you that what happened today in South Africa is a mere footnote to history.
But let me tell you a story.
In 1950, England was the lion of international soccer. From Wikipedia :
At the time, the English considered themselves ...
World Cup 2010 update
soccerbyives.net 5/30/2009 — BY DYLAN BUTLER Dr. Danny Jordaan, the CEO of the Local Organizing Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, held a press briefing at the South African Consulate General in Manhattan Friday afternoon to give an update on South Africa's preparation for next year's competition. I was there and ...