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World Cup 2010 – My Predictions!

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Now Don’t get angry…this is just for fun! But please feel free to leave your comments! Before we start…I am English and will be supporting England in the 2010 World Cup. i just don’t think we are good enough to get past the 2nd Round! I hope we do..but things are not looking good in the England camp. we qualified well..in a weak group..but to be honest..Rooney aside..i don’t see any genuine World Class players in our squad…time will tell. Here we go then…enjoy! My World Cup Prediction Planner Every …

Who Will Win the 2010 World Cup?

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In theory, any of the teams could win the 2010 World Cup this year, however, some are more favoured than others. Here’s what you need to know 1. The host nation, South Africa, are very proud to be holding the World Cup this year, it will bring the attention of the whole world to the country and the continent. South Africa are unlikely to win, but with the Premier League experience of Benni McCarthy and Aaron Mokoena, will hope to do well. It will also encourage more people to start …

Review of Players Short Listed for the FIFA 2007 Player of the Year Award

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It is time of the year where the FIFA world player of the year is decided by the votes of coaches and captains of national team worldwide. But before we go into the discussion of the list of players drawn for 2007, an introduction of the mechanism of the system would be discussed first. The award was started in 1991 for the male player and in 2001 for the female player categories respectively. Basically, the coaches and national team captains would vote for players drawn by the technical committees of …

World Footballer Of The Year Farce

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Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo Argentina: Lionel Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme, Carlos Tevez Brazil: Juninho, Kaka, Ronaldinho Cameroon: Samuel Eto’o Czech Republic: Petr Cech England: Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, John Terry France: Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira Germany: Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm Ghana: Michael Essien Holland: Ruud Van Nistelrooy Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba Mexico: Rafael Marquez Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco Spain: Fernando Torres How many people take FIFA and UEFA seriously when it comes to nominations or most of their rules …

Who Qualifies For the FIFA World Youth Championship 2009?

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The soccer tournament is for players under the age of 20 and this year it is scheduled to be held in Rwanda from 18 January to 1 February 2009. The 8 participating teams this year include Mali, Cameroon, Ghana and Rwanda forming Group A and South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Cote d’Ivoire forming Group B.These players were selected after the Preliminary Round first leg matches held from 18 April to 20 April 2008, and the Second Round second legs matches from 2 May to 4 May 2008, followed by First …

Top 10 Youngsters of World Football

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The topic that everyone seems to want to question. Who are the best young players, player comparisons and most importantly is whether they will live up to their potential. There have been numerous youngsters in the past five years alone. Pablo Aimar and Javier Saviola were supposed to be the new Diego Maradona, Antonio Cassano the new Roberto Baggio. The list could go on for failed potential. Here I am going to list the top 10 players in the world. 10) Mario Balotelli Current Club: Inter Milan Nationality: Ghana, Italy …

Can an African Nation Win the FIFA World Cup?

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Ever since Sepp Blatter announced his desire to bring the World Cup finals to Africa, the FIFA President has also, on numerous occasions, stated his belief that an African nation has the ability to become world champions in football one day. Blatter has since realised his dream to stage the finals in an African country (South Africa 2010), but before then, there has been no representative from the continent in the final of previous editions. There has been no shortage of contenders. For example, Nigeria has often been considered the …