Paraguay beat Japan in penalty shoot-out
Paraguay beat Japan and reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the first time, after 120 minutes of football and a penalty shoot-out. The South American squad will now meet Spain, who won the other round of 16 match.
Cardozo celebrates goal as Paraguay beat Japan
The Paraguayans have a [...]
Netherlands beat Slovakia and will now play Brazil
Goals from Robben and Sneijder stamped Holland’s passage to the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after a 2-1 victory over Slovakia.
Robben celebrates first Netherlands goal
Slovakia actually started the game well and had a great shot pass slightly over the cross bar defended by [...]
Germany thrash England 4-1 and head to the quarter-finals
In one of the most anticipated round of 16 games of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the England team was thrashed 4-1 by the German formation in a game overshadowed by one of the worst refereeing mistakes in the tournament’s history.
England thrashed by Germany
Klose, [...]
Uruguay in the quarter-finals after 40 years
Suarez scores in Uruguay win
Uruguay defeated South Korea 2-1 in the first game of the knock-out stage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Suarez was the man of the match by scoring the two goals that helped the South American team reach the quarter-finals of the [...]
2010 World Cup Logo and Zakumi Mascot
The group stages of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa have ended. Starting this Saturday things will start to hurt as it is time for the “knock-out” stages, but before that let’s make a balance and analyze the surprises, facts, trivia, and disappointments of the first two [...]
FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa
The World Cup is an event that brings together many curious facts. Conceived by FIFA in 1904, the World Cup’s first tournament was held in 1930 in Uruguay, which as the host nation became the first world champions. Brazil has won the World Cup on five occasions, more [...]
Goalkeeper Green fumbles in U.S. – England game
A monumental blunder by England goalkeeper Robert Green has allowed the United States to draw their game against England in the first round of the 2010 World Cup Group C game held in Rustenburg, South Africa.
England, world champions at home in 1966, had taken the lead on [...]