Tottenham signs Van der Vaart

ShareFinally the Premier League club Tottenham has signed Netherlands midfielder Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid for 11 million euros on Wednesday. Tottenham coach Harry Redknapp moved for van der Vaart just two hours before top-flight clubs had to submit their 25-man squads for the first half of the league season. The club said [...]

Match Winners at South Africa 2010 World Cup

ShareGroup A – Franck Ribery and Thierry Henry, France Bayern Munich attacking midfielder Ribery is, at 27, in the prime of his career. Already with 45 caps and seven international goals, he’s now in his fourth year as a member of the French national team and a key player in France’s pursuit of a second [...]

Munich: Arjen Robben could be out for the rest of 2010

ShareThe Bundesliga club Bayern Munich said on Sunday that the Netherlands international and Bayern Munich player Arjen Robben could be out for the rest of the year due to his thigh injury. The-26-year-old picked up the injury playing for Netherlands during World Cup in South Africa. After playing with the injury at the World Cup, [...]

England impressed FIFA by 2018 WC bid

ShareEngland’s 2018 World Cup bid has been impressed by FIFA inspectors Thursday after a four day visit. The six-man team, led by Chilean federation president Harold  Mayne-Nicholls, praised England’s readiness to host the tournament, the level of government support, world-class stadiums, the passion for the game in the country, the social projects of clubs and [...]

Famous Soccer Coaches

ShareCoaches do not participate directly but no team can shine without a good coach. When a football team does well in any tournament the coach gets half the credit. He therefore has to take very important decisions of which 11 players should start the game and when a player should be replaced. Some of the [...]

Paul the Octopus as an ambassador!!

ShareThe octopus Paul has received a tremendous fame by predicting correctly the result of each of Germany’s matches during World Cup 2010. Now this great predictor has been appointed as an ambassador to England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Paul has become famous by calling Germany’s match results and Spain-Netherlands final match from [...]

Kaka had knee problem before World Cup

Share Real Madrid star Kaka told he had knee problem before the World Cup 2010. The Brazilian playmaker said “This knee has been bothering me for quite some time. But I didn’t know that it was so serious. I was the first to be surprised..” He also said "I was always being treated for a [...]

iPad sales reach out to 9 more countries

ShareApple Inc. plans to start selling the iPad  tablet PC in nine new international markets on Friday. This will make Apple’s latest hit product available in a total of 19 countries. The new markets where Apple is expanding sales to include: Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. The company previously [...]

Jo’bulani’s price 48,200 pounds!!

ShareJabulani ball received extensive criticism from players and coaches before and during the World Cup 2010. It said that the path of the ball through the air is unpredictable. It was known as ‘Super Market Ball’, ‘Bad Ball’. But this highly criticized Adidas Jabulani ball, which has been used in the FIFA World Cup final [...]

World Cup 2010: Spaniards Dominate FIFA All-Star Team

ShareThe FIFA World Cup 2010 All-Star team has been announced on Thursday. Online voting from FIFA.com club members decided their ideal starting XI in a 4-4-2 formation as well as their favourite coach. But before the World Cup and also during World Cup those were top favourite player Lionel Messi, Kaka, Ronaldo , Rooney they [...]

Spain at top in FIFA World Ranking

ShareWorld Cup champion Spain replaced Brazil at the top of the most recent FIFA World Ranking released on Wednesday. South Africa World Cup 2010 has changed the total rankings of  FIFA. Runners- up Netherlands now became in second place and quarterfinalist Brazil falling to third. Uruguay has created a great surprise in FIFA rankings too, [...]

Orange-Carpet reception for Netherlands at home

ShareA warm reception has been given to Oranje at home. Thousands of fans were cheering, playing with vuvuzelas, throwing decorated coloured papers on Netherlands team as they have been given seven-kilometres boat parade reception down the canals of Amsterdam Tuesday. Netherlands is proud of Orange as they known as Oranje. Now everything decorated with orange [...]

Spain, Brand New Champion of World Cup 2010

ShareSpain beat Netherlands (1-0) during extra time and secured the World Cup for the first time in their history. European Champion 2008 is now FIFA World Cup Champion 2010.They are now champions not only for Europe’s but also for the whole world. As a European team it was their first time entry in final match [...]

Final Prediction Spain vs. Netherlands — Paul vs. Pino

ShareToday is the FIFA World Cup 2010 final match, Spain vs. Netherlands. Lots of predictions we have seen in this tournament. Today’s final match Spain has already been predicted as a World Cup Champion by Oracle Paul the Octopus. Paul is now Spain’s hero, no doubt of it. He became the famous predictor now. But [...]

Octopus Paul Predicts World Cup Winner!

ShareThe Germans hate him, but Spain loves him. And despite this international tug-of-war, Paul the Oracle Octopus continues with his predictions, he has picked the winners of both the third-place match and the World Cup final. So far, Paul’s predictions have been perfectly accurate – his predictions being made when he picks out  his food [...]

Shakira says she is a ‘football fanatic’

ShareShakira said on Saturday that since she has been keeping track of the World Cup in South Africa, she feels like she has become a ‘football fanatic.’ “I really never in my life imagined that I would go straight to the sports section in the newspaper,” she told journalists before Sunday’s final. “I’ve become a [...]

Soccer City is ready to welcome New Champion

ShareTomorrow will be the final match between Netherlands and Spain. Both teams are best according to their performance. Two times Runners up winner will face European Champion Spain. Netherlands and Spain both are qualified team. Netherlands didn’t lose any match in this tournament; actually they forgot to lose the match. Netherlands last loses the match [...]

Spain is the Champion according to Octopus Paul!!!

ShareAfter the accurate prediction of the semi-finals, Paul The ‘Psychic’ Oracle Octopus now predicted Spain as the World Cup Champion against Netherlands. Spain versus Netherlands final match is on July 11th, but already Spain became the winner by famous Paul. Paul the Octopus lives in an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. Yesterday without any hesitation, directly [...]

Finally Spain in finals

ShareA tremendous performance by Spain! They beat Germany (1-0). European Champion Spain now has reached the FIFA World Cup 2010 finals. Last they had defeated Germany  (1-0) in Euro 2008 game. So another great victory against German. The entire tournament, this was the only match where Germans were not satisfactory. On the other hand it [...]

Netherlands in finals after 32 years

ShareNetherlands beat Uruguay (3-2) and has confirmed their place in the final of the World Cup 2010. They have contested the FIFA World Cup Final twice in the past in 1974 and 1978. Two times Runners up winner Netherlands now very close to win the trophy in final match. The first half both teams Uruguay [...]

Brazil out, big upsets for World Cup

ShareNetherlands defeats Brazil (2-1). Five times World Cup champion Brazil crashed out from FIFA World Cup 2010. It was just an unbelievable result for Brazil. Netherlands were just underdogs beside them. Big fans from Brazilian sides became in great depression now and also a great stunned for them. This FIFA World Cup 2010, started with [...]

Real games from tomorrow!!!

ShareFIFA World Cup 2010 started with 32 teams, now left only 8 teams . Just 8 matches left . Tomorrow, 2nd July first two quarter-finals between Brazil vs. Netherlands and Uruguay vs. Ghana. On 3rd July next two quarter-finals between Argentina vs. Germany and Spain vs. Paraguay. Actually these eight teams can be divided into [...]

Brazil in last eight with brilliant football

ShareBrazil won the match today and defeat Chile (3-0). A brilliant football by them. Brazil were the top favorite, it was almost sure that they will be winner today. Chile, on the other hand were very unimpressive, lack of confidence and passion against Brazil. They were trying but could not be able to create any [...]

Slovakia out, Netherlands reach the last eight

ShareNetherlands booked their ticket for quarter-finals after beating Slovakia (2-1). Today’s match Netherlands were the favorite one. Forward Arien Robben’s presence helped Netherlands to win this match. He didn’t play last two matches due to injury. His first goal within 18th minutes created a pressure on Slovakia. In first half Netherlands got some more opportunities [...]

Netherlands in second round

ShareNetherlands 2 Cameroon 1, it was just a formality match for Netherlands as well as Cameroon, as the Dutch already qualified them in the last 16 after their last match. And Cameroon could not win any matches. Cameroon were just pointless in this tournament, failed to play their usual game, from first match to today’s [...]

A tragic goodbye for Etoo’s Cameroon

ShareCameroon, they were just unsubduable Lions, became the first team ,are not going to play in second round. Though this team had lots of talent, desire, passion. But  from the first match of this World cup 2010, they were unable to show their real games. Cameroon  team were in pressure  after their first match with [...]

Netherlands, second round is waiting for you

ShareFrom the beginning of this match Netherlands was playing an attacking football, first half they have tried a lot for passing the ball in the goalpost but they were unable to do that , they need to wait 53 minutes for one goal and done by Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder . He is also the [...]

Natalee Holloway suspect arrested in Peruvian murder case and accused for extortion in Alabama

ShareFormer suspect of Natalee Holloway case was charged Thursday in Alabama saying that he is trying to extort $250,000 in return for disclosing the location of the teenagers body. The Dutch man, Joran van der Sloot was once considered to be the suspect in 2005 for the disappearance of a teenager, Natalee Holloway who was [...]

Libyan plane crash,boy survives

ShareAfrigiyah Airways Airbus, a Libyan jetliner crashed Wednesday minutes before landing at Tripoli Airport. 103 were found dead but left a 10 year old miraculously the only survivor. Most of the victims or sixty-one of the victims were Dutch tourists including the Dutch boy survivor. These tourists are returning from vacation in South Africa according [...]

Belgium becomes first European country to ban the burqa in public

ShareBelgium became the first country in Europe to vote for a ban on the full Islamic veil or burqa, which led to discontentment amongst many Muslims residing in the country, and gave warnings of a dangerous precedent with France set to follow suit. The bill also sparked fire from human rights groups Amnesty International. The bill [...]

Catholic Cardinal rejects sex abuse ‘gossip’

ShareA senior cardinal has said the Roman Catholic faithful will not be swayed by “petty gossip” about child sex-abuse allegations. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, made the remark in an unusual message of support to Pope Benedict XVI during Easter Mass. The Pope did not mention the scandal directly in his [...]