Erasmia: Germany’s injured captain, Michael Ballack, is going through a whole new bout of pain at the 2010 World Cup – watching the team as a spectator.”It is painful for me. I would like to be on the pitch, but [Read More...]

Buenos Aires: Argentina coach Diego Maradona told a local newspaper on Monday his “chapter had ended,” although the country’s local football association and a close friend told Reuters he had not resigned.”It’s done, my chapter has ended,” Cronica newspaper quoted [Read More...]

Cape Town: Both Uruguay and the Netherlands are small nations steeped in World Cup history but only one will progress to another final when the sides meet on Tuesday evening in Cape Town.It’s been 60 years since the Celeste were [Read More...]

Cape Town: Four months after refusing to share a stage with Thomas Mueller, Diego Maradona will surely recognize the Germany midfielder now.The 20-year-old had another outstanding match at the World Cup on Saturday, scoring the first goal and proving a [Read More...]

Johannesburg: David Villa saved Spain once again, hitting both posts before seeing his shot go into the net on Saturday to give his team a 1-0 win over Paraguay and its first ever appearance in the World  Cup semifinals.With both [Read More...]

Cape Town:Thomas Mueller scored on an early header and Miroslav Klose added two goals as Germany routed Argentina 4-0 for a semifinal spot in the World Cup, sending star striker Lionel Messi and coach Diego Maradona home. After Mueller’s third-minute goal [Read More...]

Johannesburg: Victories — and defeats — don’t come any tougher than this.Uruguay survived when Ghana missed a penalty kick at the very end of extra time, then won the shootout 4-2 after a 1-1 draw on Friday. The wild win [Read More...]

Cape Town: Few people expected Diego Maradona’s Argentina to cruise into the quarter-finals with such serenity, but a side that looked chaotic and clueless during qualification for the World Cup has found harmony in South Africa and appear to be [Read More...]

Johannesburg: Germany’s players chided Argentina for the second straight day on Thursday, with captain Philipp Lahm accusing their World Cup  quarterfinal opponents of being aggressive and provocative on the field.Lahm’s comments followed similar remarks by Bastian Schweinsteiger on Wednesday in [Read More...]

Pretoria: Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque is facing calls to replace striker Fernando Torres with Fernando Llorente for Saturday’s quarter-final with Paraguay.Media polls of fans in Spain have shown backing for a switch in attack but Del Bosque is still [Read More...]