United States striker Jozy Altidore was taken to hospital last night for a scan on his right ankle after being injured in training on Wednesday. The 20-year-old, who spent last season on loan from Villareal at Hull, is expected to play in his side’s opening game with England on 12 June. “His status is considered […]
World Cup
The English FA will hold emergency talks with Fabio Capello today in a bid to end Inter Milan’s pursuit of the England manager. Capello again refused to commit his future to England yesterday after the win over Japan saying: “I don’t speak with some people from Inter Milan. I know nothing about this. The situation […]
U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley has announced his 23-man squad for the World Cup in South Africa next month and surprisingly both Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez made the final squad. Three of the U.S.’s four forwards, Edson Buddle, Robbie Findley and Herculez Gomez did not play in the U.S.’s World Cup qualifying campaign. […]
U.S. coach Bob Bradley decided that even with Charlie Davies’s remarkable recovery from a near-fatal car crash seven months ago, that he was not ready to play in a World Cup game. So Bradley left Davies off his 30-man U.S. preliminary roster today. Also left off the list are Colorado forward Conor Casey and Freddy […]
Good news for those of you who hate to listen to Tommy Smyth and his old onion bag. You won’t have to during the World Cup. ESPN has announced that they will be using Ian Darke, Adrian Healey, Derek Rae and Martin Tyler to provide the play-by-play match commentary throughout the World Cup. “The group […]
Chelsea left back Ashley Cole broke his left ankle in the game against Everton last night, an injury that will keep him out of the Chelsea line-up for three months, and puts his World Cup in doubt. Cole’s injury means we might see the combination of Wayne Bridge and John Terry playing along side each […]
FIFA has officially announced its seedings for Friday’s World Cup draw. The big surprise is in the #1 seeds which does not include France. The eight seeded teams in the draw are: Brazil, Spain, Holland, Italy, Germany, Argentina, South Africa and England. That means that Portugal, currently ranked fifth in the world rankings, and France, […]
UEFA and FIFA both got their wishes tonight. France and Portugal both will be in South Africa next summer. But the Republic of Ireland were left fuming as Thierry Henry’s handball earned France a 1-1 draw and a trip to South Africa. France had won the first leg 1-0 in Dublin on Saturday, but Ireland […]
The four European World Cup Play-offs games are delicately posed heading into the second leg on Wednesday. Here is a look at each game, plus the big winner take all game in Africa. Republic of Ireland 0-1 France France were the one European team to win away from home on Saturday, putting them in the […]