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Day 18 recap
[MON 26 JUN 2006 – 21:39:51 UTC]
Another pair of offense-shy matches took place on M
ON 26 J
UN 2006.
more...Day 14 recap
[FRI 23 JUN 2006 – 04:14:58 UTC]
Perhaps the two most compelling groups came to their surprising conclusions on T
HU 22 J
UN 2006.
more...Day 9 recap
[SAT 17 JUN 2006 – 21:16:48 UTC]
S
AT 17 J
UN 2006 will surely be remembered as one of the wildest days at this Men's World Cup.
more...Day 4 recap
[TUE 13 JUN 2006 – 04:46:03 UTC]
The Socceroos were the biggest surprise on M
ON 12 J
UN 2006.
more...736 men in as rosters announced
[FRI 19 MAY 2006 – 05:12:31 UTC]
FIFA have unveiled the rosters for the 32 teams at the 2006 Men's World Cup. The squad lists, submitted by the coaches M
ON 15 M
AY 2006, include World Cup stalwarts like Kasey KELLER of the
United States and CAFÚ of
Brazil, plus newcomers like
England's Theo WALCOTT and
Argentina's Lionel MESSI. Nearly half of the players are professionals for clubs in England,
Italy,
Spain,
France, or
Germany, including 103 from the English league system. Each team may make changes to its official roster until 24 hours before its first match.
Déjà vu rules at Germany 2006 draw
[FRI 09 DEC 2005 – 21:29:04 UTC]
The final draw for the 2006 Men's World Cup paired up several well known opponents, starting in Group B, where for the second straight World Cup,
England will face
Sweden in the first round. In Group G, qualifying rivals
France and
Switzerland, who battled in
UEFA Group 4, meet again.
Brazil,
Australia, and
Japan, who regularly meet at Confederations Cup tournaments, are together again in Group F. But the consensus Group of Death is likely to be Group C, made up of
Argentina,
Côte d’Ivoire,
Serbia-Montenegro, and the
Netherlands. The tournament's opening match will be
Germany-
Costa Rica, F
RI 09 J
UN 2006 in München.
more...France, Italy in; US, Netherlands out as seeds revealed
[WED 07 DEC 2005 – 03:23:31 UTC]
The 2006 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee has settled on the pots to be used in the final draw. The top eight seeds were decided using a formula that includes performance at France 1998 and Korea/Japan 2002, as well as the FIFA World Rankings over the past three years. Hence,
Brazil,
England,
Spain,
Germany,
Mexico,
France,
Argentina, and
Italy have made the cut; the
United States fell 1.4 points short. Germany are atop Group A, Brazil lead Group F, and the other seeded teams are in Pot 1. Pot 2 contains CAF, OFC, and the other CONMEBOL teams, Pot 3 features eight of the remaining UEFA teams, and Pot 4 includes AFC and the other CONCACAF teams. Finally,
Serbia-Montenegro, as the lowest ranked UEFA side, are in a special pot and must be in either Argentina's, Brazil's, or Mexico's group.
UEFA matchday 15 recap
[TUE 11 OCT 2005 – 02:46:14 UTC]
Six more slots on the Germany 2006 guest list were taken after the
UEFA group phase matches on S
AT 08 O
CT 2005.
more...UEFA matchday 10 recap
[SAT 04 JUN 2005 – 23:21:02 UTC]
UEFA matchday 9 recap
[THU 31 MAR 2005 – 06:59:45 UTC]
UEFA matchday 8 recap
[SUN 27 MAR 2005 – 00:46:09 UTC]
Eto'o leads international stars in tsunami fundraiser
[WED 16 FEB 2005 – 05:30:32 UTC]
On T
UE 15 F
EB 2005, the World won, figuratively as well as literally. RONALDINHO's World XI defeated Andriy SHEVCHENKO's European XI by a 6-3 scoreline at the Camp Nou in Barcelona,
Spain. The match's most important number, of course, was the US$10,000,000 it was expected to pull in for the FIFA/AFC Tsunami Solidarity Fund, going toward efforts to rebuild football infrastructure in
Sri Lanka, the
Maldives, and other nations struck by the tsunamis of S
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EC 2004. In the match, hometown hero Samuel ETO'O of
Cameroon scored twice to put the World up 3-1 by halftime. Gianfranco ZOLA of
Italy and David SUAZO of
Honduras, a special European guest, then scored early in the second half to equalise. But Henri CAMARA of
Senegal was quick to respond, with two goals in just five minutes.
Ballon d'Or goes to Shevchenko
[TUE 14 DEC 2004 – 04:11:56 UTC]
Andriy SHEVCHENKO,
Ukraine forward, was honoured as the 2004 European Footballer of the Year. His 175 votes led the voting, conducted by
France Football magazine, and his 24 goals for AC Milan in the 2003-4 season led
Italy's Serie A. Shevchenko is the first to take the Ballon d'Or to the Ukraine since its 1991 independence. DECO of
Portugal and his Barcelona teammate,
Brazil's RONALDINHO, were second and third respectively in the voting.
UEFA matchday 5 recap
[FRI 15 OCT 2004 – 19:17:53 UTC]
UEFA matchday 4 recap
[SUN 10 OCT 2004 – 19:56:14 UTC]
UEFA matchday 2 recap
[MON 06 SEP 2004 – 07:57:51 UTC]
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