Laurent Blanc To Be Next French Manager Bordeaux Manager Laurent Blanc will accept the French Football Federation’s offer and take over the French national team after this summer’s World Cup. At Bordeaux Blanc, 44, achieved the French League and Cup double but finished a disappointing sixth in this year’s campaign. “Girondins Bordeaux have been informed […]
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The Football Association was once again rocked by scandal when Lord Treisman, chairman of both the FA and England’s 2018 World Cup bid, was forced to resign after the Mail On Sunday published excerpts from a conversation in which Treisman accused Spain and Russia of conspiring to bribe officials in South Africa. The comments came […]
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 […]
The first legs of the European World Cup play-offs took place yesterday (Saturday) and Russia, Portugal and France all take slender advantages into their second legs.
We got another edition of World Cup Buzz Top 5. This time we’re going to breakdown the 5 best national team coaches right now. These 5 men have led their charges to surprise heights in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup or in some cases right on the door step of reserving their place in […]
Let’s begin Part II of our analysis of bidders for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup with a surprise entrant whose deep pockets could sneak in and win the right to host a World Cup. QATAR The oil-rich nation with plentiful natural gas reserves would become the 1st Arab nation to host a World Cup. According […]
Fox Soccer Channel has announced its TV schedule for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches, scheduled this September. The matches that will be shown in the United States are: Hungary v Denmark, Saturday, September 6, 1:30pm ET Ukraine v Belarus, Saturday, September 6, 4pm ET (tape delayed) Russia v Wales, Wednesday, September 10, 11am ET Macedonia […]
