With the opening kickoff in only a matter of hours, it’s time to make RTP’s official predictions for the greatest tournament in the World. Starting with the Group winners and second place teams, you might have gotten a handle on who we think will go through from the group previews, but here they are in [...]
Brazil is the favourites to win it all and rightfully so. This “Group of Death” won’t slow them down. Other than arguably Spain, the Brazilians feature the most talent in the world and love to play on the grandest stage. They are so loaded that even Ronaldinho – featured in the superb Nike ad – [...]
Group E is headlined by the Netherlands, who breezed through qualifying and are looking to do the same at the World Cup. The problem with that is the final isn’t nearly as weak as their group was. Their backline is questionable, but their midfield and forwards are sublime. Be sure to check any Dutch game [...]
Onto Group C & D in our World Cup preview.
Algeria may be the first team in alphabetical order from Group C, but they’re sure to be in the bottom of this group. They may have denied perhaps Africa’s best team, Egypt, admittance to the Cup final, but that doesn’t mean Algeria is a contender. The [...]
It all started around two years ago with every country in FIFA trying to qualify for this event to determine what team is truly the best in world. Through several qualifying tournaments, playoffs, friendlies, warm-ups, injuries and many controversies, we’ve finally made it to South Africa – the only team that didn’t have to go [...]
So, with mere weeks to go before the start of World Cup 2010, how confident could anybody be with Portugal right now? On Monday, they could only manage a scoreless draw against Cape Verde Islands, which I actually challenge you to guess where it is on a globe.
It’s not like this game was a true [...]
It’s not too often that we pity the Germans, you know, after those two wars and all, but now might be a great time.
During the last game of the English football schedule, Chelsea’s Michael Ballack took a strong, late tackle and injured his ankle. He’ll be out at least eight weeks, leaving him out of [...]
The biggest tournament in the world of sports is only a month from getting under way, so why not take a look at some of the key stories happening before the World Cup kicks off on June 11?
England, soccer’s alleged birthplace, has their share of problems already. It looks like the injury bug has bitten [...]
Money can’t buy you championships. Just ask Real Madrid how they’re feeling right now and the answer could be something like: “Like losers, but rich, rich losers.”
Lyon came into the game with a 1-0 lead after taking the first leg 1-0 at home. Holding Real to a clean sheet is impressive enough, but walking into [...]
Not to make light of a crime or something that could have potentially hurt someone, but when the police call someone’s car being light on fire, “willful fireraising,” that gets me to chuckle.
American soccer player DaMarcus Beasley had his BMW set on fire outside of his Glasgow, Scotland, home on Monday. It really goes to [...]
