Like any year in sports, a lot has happened in 2010. Since everybody else has chimed in with their two cents about what they liked and what mattered most, why not cop out for once — OK, maybe more than once — and throw down a list of my own favourite moments of the year.
Now, [...]
With the announcement of Qatar being named the host of the 2022 World Cup, the general consensus has been: Are you serious? And, I have to say, I completely agree. FIFA blew this decision and they blew it bad. While it might look good to give the tournament to an Arab nation for the first [...]
There’s something to be said for athletes playing through pain and illness, but we might have just witnessed something truly remarkable in terms of guts and endurance. Since when has there ever been a guy who has played through malaria? Well, that’s what Chelsea striker Didier Drogba did this past weekend and has just now [...]
Hey FIFA, let’s not go and ruin a good thing, OK?
The very fact that the world’s governing body of the beautiful game is thinking about eliminating draws at the World Cup really makes you think about how incompetent the heads of FIFA are. Sepp Blatter has made bad decisions before, but none that could seriously [...]
For as much good as there was at this year’s World Cup, there were, of course, more than a few disappointments. From the officiating, to the vuvuzelas to the play – sometimes – there was plenty to gripe about. So, how about a list of the XI most disappointing things from South Africa 2010?
The referees: [...]
The glorious, golden World Cup trophy wasn’t the only hardware handed out on Sunday in Johannesburg. The individual player awards were also handed out and FIFA did a great job with their selections.
Golden Ball – If David Villa, Wesley Sneijder or even Xavi or Arjen Robben had put on a better showing in the final, [...]
They weren’t the prettiest team at the World Cup, or the best, but they ended up as the champions. Spain has shed their label as underachievers on the world stage by conquering the Netherlands in extra time on Sunday to win the 2010 World Cup.
For a team with so much talent, they weren’t very convincing [...]
The World Cup has all boiled to two nations and both are unlikely finalists. For the first time since 1958, we will see a team win their first World Cup that wasn’t on home soil. For the first time since 1958, we will see a team from the opposite hemisphere win the title. For the [...]
So, of the final four nations left in the World Cup, how many actually feel like they can win it all? Truthfully, only two displayed the offensive and defensive talents to do it in their quarterfinal matches: Germany and the Netherlands.
The Dutch took it to the Brazilians and didn’t back down even after falling behind. [...]
While I may not have been around to comment on the World Cup recently, that doesn’t mean I’ve been skimping on watching the action whenever I can. So, with the round of 16 wrapped up, what better time than now to look at who is all here in the quarterfinals and what may lie ahead.
Uruguay [...]
