It was a good day for Japan and England at the Women’s World cup with Japan qualifying for their first Women’s World Cup quarter-final since 1995, while England are on the cusp of the last eight thanks to a hard-fought comeback victory over New Zealand. Japan totally overwhelmed Mexico 4-0, with veteran superstar Homare Sawa […]
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On a day of wonderful goals and woeful goalkeeping, Mexico had reason to celebrate at the Women’s World Cup. A 30-yard blast from Monica Ocampo gave Mexico a 1-1 draw against England on Monday in Wolfsburg, the biggest surprise so far after two days of the three-week tournament. A superb curling free kick from star […]
The Women’s World Cup got off to an entertaining start today s holders and hosts Germany beat Canada and France beat Nigeria. Germany, winners of the last two World Cups and strong favourites this time around too, got their campaign off to the perfect start when Kerstin Garefrekes headed home after 10 minutes. Canada looked […]
Over the long weekend I was luckily enough to see an advanced copy of the new movie ‘One Night In Turin” which chronicles England’s 1990 World Cup run where they lost to West Germany on penalties in the semi-finals. Watching the movie I was struck by the similarities between England’s 1990 World Cup run and […]
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has apologised to both the English and Mexican FA’s for refeering errors that impacted both countries round of 16 games this week. “Yesterday I spoke to the two federations [England and Mexico] directly concerned by referees’ mistakes said Blatter. “I have expressed to them apologies and I understand they are not […]
Now that the 2010 World Cup is over for the U.S. national team, the question is being asked whether Bob Bradley should continue as the coach of the U.S. team. To show how far the U.S. has come under Bradley, USSF president Sunil Gulati (Bradley’s boss) said that he was “disappointed” in the team’s Round […]