After Rooney was booked in England's last friendly for yelling obscenities at the ref, Brazilian ref Carlos Simon and his assistants are learning foul mouth words in English to catch players using them towards referees in the games. Do you think this is a little over-the-top or should the refs be watching out for disrespect in tongues not native to their own?
Now that the World Cup of Soccer is over there are some viewers still holding acrimonious words toward the center referees of several soccer matches that decided who moved on to play another day and who packed their bags and headed for the airport. Unless you have ever been on a monolithic center stage such as European Football and the World Cup where millions are watching not only the players, but the center... read article
We are now less than 24 hours away from the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and Holland. It is sure to be a fascinating game but do you think it will go all the way to penalties? Vote now!
No, he was never going to last the 90 minutes anyway
Heartbreak for Beckham as an injury in Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo Verona was dampned with the news that David Beckham will not feature in England's 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The question is though, will England as a team perform or will the reel in the absence of the veteran winger?
From John Terry's 'sleeping around' to Ashley Cole's 'romancing around' to indeed all the injuries being suffered by English internationals on the brink of the World Cup? Are we seeing a potential World Cup winning English Squad being torn apart?
It's the right call, he's been out of shape for years.
Bad decision, Ronaldinho still is a world class player.
Carlos Dunga has adopted a different approach than the other coaches who announced extended 30 man teams. He picked a 23 man squad and 7 replacement players and star AC Milan player Ronaldinho is part of the second bunch which means that he will go to South Africa only if somebody from the fist 23 gets injured.
England won the warn up match against Mexico with 3-1 score at the board. Wembley bid their superstars a great adieu filled with millions wishes and luck. rest is up to the team, how far it proves its fans right.
Fabio Capello has admitted that there are still three places up for grabs in his World Cup squad as England go into their final warm-up match against Japan on Sunday. The England manager already knows in his own mind 20 of the men he will call upon in South Africa next month. The remaining 10 will head into the match in Graz knowing they must scrap for their lives to claim one of that trio of remaining tickets. Likely candidates for the axe include Michael Dawson, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Scott Parker. Tom Huddlestone and Darren Bent both start on Sunday knowing a failure will probably end their hopes too.
