Ireland

FIFA suspend Henry?">Will FIFA suspend Henry?

by Rami Soufi on December 2, 2009 · 0 comments

The con­tro­ver­sial hand­ball by French­man Thierry Henry is still caus­ing shock­waves despite much of the sparks and debates calm­ing down after FIFA ruled out any pos­si­bil­ity of replay­ing the match. In addi­tion, FIFA obvi­ously refused to grant Ire­land an extra spot in South Africa. Adding the Repub­lic of Ire­land to the World Cup draw would […]

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Teams Sadly Missing from South Africa 2010

by Rami Soufi on November 21, 2009 · 18 comments

Below is a list of teams with some qual­ity play­ers which will unfor­tu­nately miss the World Cup next sum­mer: Ire­land– The Irish team may not be the most tal­ented to miss out on qual­i­fi­ca­tion but cer­tainly was unjustly elim­i­nated by France. The Ire­land squad is not as deep as other but has tal­ented play­ers such […]

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The Best Goalkeepers in South Africa

by Rami Soufi on November 5, 2009 · 25 comments

With much of the qual­i­fi­ca­tion process almost com­plete and South Africa 2010 loom­ing large, it would make sense to assess some of the world’s best cus­to­di­ans who will be present dur­ing the World Cup. Goal­keep­ers such as Petr Cech will be excluded from the dis­cus­sion since their nation failed to qual­ify for next summer’s big event. […]

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