Spain lifts World Cup for first time
Spain finally crawled out from underneath its tag as World Cup underachievers by winning the trophy in their 13th tournament with a 1-0 win over Holland in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 11th. However, it did take them extra time do it and against a 10-man team at the [...]

As we have reached the final of the 2010 World Cup and Paul the Octopus still has a clean track record of predicting Germany’s matches the well known octopus reached a new level of fame this week as he got his own page on Wikipedia.

Germany aims to rebound against Uruguay in third-place match
When two-time World Cup winners Uruguay takes on three-time champions Germany at Port Elizabeth on July 10 in the third-place game, you can bet both teams are going to be disappointed whatever the outcome. Uruguay and Germany were hoping to be playing on Sunday not Saturday to [...]

It’s time for the big semi-final between Germany and European Champions Spain in what should be an highly entertaining match. It’s not an easy game to predict but I have feeling we won’t see that many goals, at least not in the same area as the first semifinal between Holland and Uruguay!
Let’s try to find [...]

Even though he’s generally considered to be one of the best strikers in the world, Fernando Torres of Spain may find himself on the bench in the Spain World Cup semi final game against Germany in Durban on July 7. Spanish manager Vicente del Bosque said Torres offers the team a lot of effort and [...]

After going a goal down early thanks to some less than strategic defense, the Netherlands were able to score 2 unanswered goals in order to upset the number 1 ranked team in the World; Brazil.

While FIFA president Sepp Blatter keeps telling the world’s soccer fans that video technology isn’t used because he wants to protect referees, many people think the opposite is true.

Ghana attempts to make African history against Uruguay
Ghana will attempt to become the first African nation to reach the semi final stage in a World Cup and Uruguay will be trying to reach it for the first time since 1970 in their quarterfinal matchup at Johannesburg on July 2.
Ghana ended the group stage in second [...]

Japan and Paraguay aiming to reach their first quarterfinals
Paraguay and Japan will be attempting to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in their histories when they meet at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on June 29. Paraguay topped Group F with five points after they drew Italy 1-1 in their [...]

Slovakia facing an uphill battle against Holland
Unbeaten Holland will take on Slovakia at Durban Stadium in Durban on June 28 in an attempt to win their first World Cup. Holland, who ended up in first place in Group E after wins over Denmark (2-0), Japan (1-0), and Cameroon (2-1), are one of only two [...]