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Brazil officially qualified for World Cup 2010 tonight, and did it by beating rivals Argentina 3-1. In Argentina. Luis Fabiano bagged two goals, Luisao got the other, Jesus Datolo scored for...
Russian fans are being told to drink whisky when they visit Wales for a World Cup qualifier on September 9th, to prevent them picking up the H1N1 virus (codename: swine flu).
The Russian supporters association is going against the advice of the Russ...
USA fans will claim that this was only their B team/second string and it was only the Gold Cup anyway. They can even claim that Mexico were lucky to win that penalty kick for the first goal. And they’ll definitely have a point.
But Mexico fans...
It was but a mere friendly against a walkover opponent, but in terms of symbolism it was on par with a World Cup final. More than six years after its last international game in Baghdad - and with an Asian trophy in its cabinet since then - Iraq retur...
If you’ve taken to perusing the interwebs for football news with your morning coffee the last couple days, you’ve undoubtedly read about he praise over South Africa’s handling of the Confederations Cup. And in nearly all respects, t...
Who needs actual footballing playoffs when you can just watch the bureaucratic battle that is club v country?
Whilst Portugal v Bosnia – Herzegovina is titillating the football purist and Russia v Slovenia has forced Jonathan Wilson into euphoric...
Some advance warning: This post is going to be mildly critical of Zinedine Zidane. Nothing too harsh, because – as for many people – he was one of my favourite players to watch. The vision, the touch, the roulettes, the shiny bald patch. Loved it. But...
Yeah, I know, we’re late to the party. Would you believe me if I said we were just waiting to see if this whole Facebook thing was going to catch on? No, me neither. But yes, The Offside and WorldCupBlog now has a Facebook fan page, which you can find...
While Maradona is busy making a shamockery of the Argentinean national side, the man who typically lurks behind Diego & Pele – whether prudent or not – in the discussion for the world’s greatest ever player has returned to football. Johan Cruijff,...
For a long while there, Stephen Appiah was an international footballer only. The midfielder has not played a kick of club soccer since late 2007, but still managed to captain Ghana through a successful World Cup 2010 qualification campaign. Which is...
