FIFA World Cup 2010 News

Resign? Never, insists out of favour Domenech

France coach Raymond Domenech (seen here on November 17) has insisted he would never consider quitting his post despite his unpopularity with the French public which has deepened since last week's World Cup play-off furore.
AFP - Wednesday, November 25

France coach Raymond Domenech insisted Tuesday he would never consider quitting his post despite his unpopularity with the French public which has deepened since last week's World Cup play-off furore. More »

  • Bayern Munich's Italian striker Luca Toni arrives for a training session in Munich, southern Germany on November 23. Toni has revealed his relationship with Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal is at breaking point and admitted he wants to return to Italy to secure his World Cup place.

    Toni slams Van Gaal, wants to return to Italy

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Italian striker Luca Toni on Tuesday revealed his relationship with Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal is at breaking point and admitted he wants to return to Italy to secure his World Cup place.

  • Tunisia have sacked coach Umberto Coelho, seen here in 2008, after their failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) announced on Monday.

    Tunisia sack coach Coelho

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Tunisia have sacked coach Umberto Coelho after their failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) announced on Monday.

  • FIFA president Sepp Blatter, seen here in May 2009, has called an extraordinary general meeting for December 2 following the Thierry Henry handball incident and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Europe.

    FIFA call crisis talks after qualifiers, betting scandal

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary general meeting for December 2 following the Thierry Henry handball incident and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Europe.

  • Tottenham Hotspur's Jermain Defoe (right) shakes hands with goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes at the end of their Premiership match against Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane in London on November 22. Harry Redknapp believes Defoe has made an unanswerable case for inclusion in England's World Cup squad by becoming only the third player to score five times in a Premier League match.

    Five-star Defoe 'on his way to South Africa'

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp believes Jermain Defoe has made an unanswerable case for inclusion in England's World Cup squad by becoming only the third player to score five times in a Premier League match.

  • Picture taken on November 20, in Paris shows a computer screen showing a web site focused on French international football player Thierry Henry. France's controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup has hit a sour note with the French public, with over eight out of 10 people disapproving according to a poll televised on France 2.

    Eight out of 10 French give thumbs down to France team

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    France's controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup has hit a sour note with the French public, with over eight out of 10 people disapproving according to a poll televised on France 2.

  • France does not deserve to be in World Cup - poll

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    PARIS (Reuters) - Most people in France do not think their soccer team deserves to be in the 2010 World Cup and did not approve of Thierry Henry's handball that helped secure a finals place, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday.

  • A cameraman films the poster of French football player Thierry Henry outside FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper Sports Center near Barcelona on November 20. Manchester United's French international defender Patrice Evra has come out fighting in defence of teammate Thierry Henry, vilified for his handball in his country's World Cup qualifying win over Ireland.

    Evra fights Henry corner in handball row

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    Manchester United's French international defender Patrice Evra has come out fighting in defence of teammate Thierry Henry, vilified for his handball in his country's World Cup qualifying win over Ireland.

  • French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff (centre) vies with Irish defender Kevin Kilbane (left) and Irish forward Keith Andrews during their World Cup 2010 qualifying match at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, northern Paris on November 18. The Football Association of Ireland has recognised in a statement that Ireland has failed in its bid to have their World Cup play-off against France replayed.

    Ireland admits defeat in World Cup replay bid

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    Ireland on Saturday conceded defeat in its bid to have a controversial World Cup play-off against France replayed.

  • French football federation say 'non' to Ireland replay

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) reiterated on Friday.

  • Ireland renews appeal to FIFA for France replay

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Irish football chiefs renewed Friday an appeal for FIFA to order a handball-marred World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, after Thierry Henry said a re-match would be the "fairest solution."

  • Guardiola backs Henry in cheating row

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Thierry Henry, in the eye of a storm surrounding his handball in Wednesday's World Cup play-off against Ireland, received welcome support Friday from his club manager at Barcelona.

  • Federer supports Henry over handball storm

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists his friend Thierry Henry shouldn't be blamed for the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the Republic of Ireland's expense.

  • FIFA refuses Irish request for replay

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Football's world ruling body FIFA on Friday officially turned down a request from the Irish football authorities to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat to France.

  • Thierry Henry says replay 'fairest solution'

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    France captain Thierry Henry said on Friday that "the fairest solution" to the row surrounding his handball in the World Cup playoff against Ireland would be to replay the match.

  • Ferguson and Wenger back calls for video ref help

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger joined forces Friday to call for video technology to be used in football to avoid controversies like the one that has marred France's qualification for the World Cup.

  • FIFA opens disciplinary action against Egypt

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Egypt following the violence before their World Cup qualifier with Algeria in Cairo last week, world football's governing body said.

  • Stung Egypt in diplomatic row after Algeria loss

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Egypt, whose state-owned media staked so much on qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in two decades, vented its anguish in an escalating diplomatic row with its Algerian vanquishers.

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