[MY VIEW] The seven seeds other than host South Africa were considered the favorites to win the World Cup. How did they do in their openers? They ranged fromGermany, magnificent in its 4-0 win over Australia, to Spain, upset by Switzerland, and Italy and England, both lackluster at best in opening ties. Here’s how we […]
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Capello fires back at Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer‘s column in the Johannesburg Times, criticizing England’s play in its opening game against the USA, certainly hit a chord back at theEngland camp, where Coach Fabio Capello said the former West Germany captain and coach should to comments on his own national team. Beckenbauersaid the soccer he saw from the English in their […]
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Orange mini-skirts are no-no
[OFF THE POST] A group of young Dutch women were detained by authorities after Monday’s Netherlands-Denmark game, and ITV World Cup play-by-play commentator,former Jamaican international Robbie Earle, was fired after tickets issued in his name ended up in their hands to get into the game. The transgression of theyoung women? Dressing up in orange mini-skirts. […]
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Stephen Colbert gets his digs in at English …
[VIDEO] On the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert examines the strained relations between the USA and England in theaftermath of the BP oil spill in the Gulf and gets his digs in with a look back at Saturday’s USA-England game in Rustenburg …
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Fitness fears for Rooney
[ENGLAND] Wayne Rooney missed practice on Monday to rest a sore ankle and spent the time working out in a swimming pool. England’smedical staff described the injury as minor and he is expected to start against Algeria on Friday. But it is unsettling news from a player who has ankle problems late last season for […]
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What They're Saying
“It looked to me as if the English have gone backward into the bad old times of kick and rush. What I saw from their 1-1 draw against the USA had very little to do with soccer. And I am not sure ifthe England coach Fabio Capello can change much. The English are being punished […]
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Green's gaffe – yet another view
[OFF THE POST VIDEO] Thanks to LegoFussball we can relive the USA’s 1-1 tie with England, especially the Robert Green goalie gaffe, from yetanother perspective …
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England's Capello is in denial
England coach Fabio Capello reacted more like an Englishman than an Italian after his team’s 1-1 tie with the USA. He had a stiff upper lip with acontinental twist in saying he wasn’t worried. He also insisted he didn’t make any mistakes in his team selections. “Absolutely not,” he said. But that belied the moves […]
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My World Cup: Referees get it right
By Paul Gardner Half of the 32 World Cup teams have now strutted their stuff, and most of them have been singularly unimpressive. The awful truth behind thisdisappointment is that I am the one to blame for all the caution and the defensive play that we have — and hence the lack of goals. My […]
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What They're Saying
“We have time to decide and to speak with [Robert Green] and I will decide.” — England coach FabioCapello on Green, who allowed the tying goal in England’s 1-1 tie with the USA. (AP)