2010 World Cup News

Perhaps there might be one or two members of Stan James’ marketing team in hot water after Spain booked their place in the 2010 World Cup final on Wednesday! Carlos Puyol’s bullet header from a corner put La Furia Roja into a lead that they did not relinquish and that will please the many customers [...]

Before the start of the World Cup, Spain were no bigger than 7/2 to win the competition and although they have reached Sunday’s final, Vicente Del Bosque’s team certainly haven’t done things the easy way. An opening game defeat by Switzerland saw La Furia Roja drift out to 6/1 on the outright market and it [...]

Germany coach Joachim Low has calmed any pre-semi-final apprehensions by claiming every one of his 23 players should be fit and available for selection ahead of Wednesday’s mouthwatering clash with Spain, the team they lost 1-0 to in the 2008 European Championship’s final. There are, however, still doubts surrounding the Brazil born Cacua, but Low [...]

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque has the luxury of having no fresh injury concerns, nor does he have to contend with any suspensions. Gerard Pique, Xabi Alonso and Sergio Busquets have all picked up a caution along the way to making the last-four of the competition but all three players will see their slates wiped [...]

The last thing any manager needs is the absence of important individuals before a semi-final encounter with Holland, with the reward at stake a place in the final against either Germany or Spain. Uruguay head coach Oscar Tabarez has little choice but to face up to life on Tuesday without forward Luis Suarez, who handled [...]

Holland coach Bert Van Marwijk will be without two key figures for Tuesday’s clash with South American outfit Uruguay. Combative midfielder Nigel De Jong and full-back Gregory Van Der Wiel will both miss the Cape Town meeting through suspension after the pair collected their second cautions of the finals in the stunning 2-1 win over [...]

Friday 2nd July was the most exciting day of the World Cup so far, with the first two quarter final matches being played at Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg respectively. While neither games were classic encounters, both contained plenty of drama and saw the eventual victors come from behind to triumph and set up an intriguing [...]

  Argentina Argentina have kept their discpline in these finals, having received just five cautions after four games. Jonas Gutierrez has two but has already served a suspension, but Javier Mascherano and Gabriel Heinze are two players which could pick up another yellow against Germany on Friday and would then miss the semi-final against either [...]