FIFA World Cup 2010 News

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  • Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo goes to the bench during their World Cup 2010 qualifying match against Hungary in Lisbon in October. Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz has insisted he intends to call up Ronaldo for crucial World Cup play-offs against Bosnia-Herzegovina despite the opposition of the player's club Real Madrid.

    Queiroz defiant on Ronaldo call-up

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz insisted Saturday that he intends to call up Cristiano Ronaldo for crucial World Cup play-offs against Bosnia-Herzegovina despite the opposition of the player's club Real Madrid.

  • England coach Fabio Capello, seen here in 2008, was awe-struck as he unveiled a bust at Wembley of Sir Alf Ramsey, the man whose World Cup winning achievement he hopes to emulate in South Africa next year.

    Capello in awe as he unveils Ramsey bust

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    England manager Fabio Capello was awe-struck as he unveiled a bust at Wembley of Sir Alf Ramsey, the man whose World Cup winning achievement he hopes to emulate in South Africa next year.

  • Loew calls up Hunt and Mueller for friendlies

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    Coach Joachim Loew has named promising Werder Bremen midfielder Aaron Hunt and Bayern Munich's rising star Thomas Mueller in the Germany squad for friendlies against Chile and the Ivory Coast.

  • Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, seen here in September 2009. Real Madrid have told Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz in no uncertain terms they will not make star striker Ronaldo available for two crucial World Cup qualifying playoffs.

    Real to defy Portugal request for injured Ronaldo

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    Real Madrid have told Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz in no uncertain terms they will not make star striker Cristiano Ronaldo available for two crucial World Cup qualifying playoffs.

  • Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira (pictured in 2008) says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals.

    SAfrica can reach WCup quarter-finals, says Parreira

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    New coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals.

  • World Cup hosts South Africa recalled controversial striker Benni McCarthy, seen here in 2008, Thursday for mid-November home friendlies against Japan and Jamaica.

    World Cup hosts SAfrica recall McCarthy

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    World Cup hosts South Africa recalled controversial striker Benni McCarthy Thursday for mid-November home friendlies against Japan and Jamaica.

  • Inter Milan's Patrick Vieira pictured during a friendly against Monaco at Louis II stadium in Monaco in July. Vieira has failed to impress France coach Raymond Domenech, who left the Inter Milan midfielder out of his squad for two World Cup qualifying playoff matches against the Republic of Ireland.

    No place for football veteran Vieira as Domenech names squad

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    Patrick Vieira has failed to impress France coach Raymond Domenech, who left the Inter Milan midfielder out of his squad for two World Cup qualifying playoff matches against the Republic of Ireland.

  • Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, seen here in September 2009, will be out of action for at least another two weeks, the club said Thursday, after a doctor in Amsterdam examined his injured ankle.

    Ronaldo out for two more weeks: club

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    Real Madrid's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will be out of action for at least another two weeks, the club said Thursday, after a doctor in Amsterdam examined his injured ankle.

  • Vieira's France future hinges on squad for Ireland

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    The international future of Patrick Vieira could be decided on Thursday when France coach Raymond Domenech names his squad for the World Cup qualifying play-off against Ireland on November 14 and 18.

  • NKorean team get awards for WC qualification: KCNA

    AFP - Tuesday, November 3

    North Korea has given awards to its national football squad for qualifying for next year's World Cup -- the first time the team has made the tournament in more than four decades, state media said Tuesday.

  • Nigeria call up injured Mikel Obi for crucial qualifier

    AFP - Tuesday, November 3

    Nigeria have selected Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi, who is sidelined with an ankle injury, for a crucial World Cup qualifier against Kenya on November 14 in Nairobi.

  • Trapattoni names Ireland squad for France play-off

    AFP - Saturday, October 31

    Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has left out Steven Reid, Andy Reid, Steve Finnan and Clinton Morrison for November's World Cup qualifying play-off against France.

  • Capello defends England's Doha trip

    AFP - Saturday, October 31

    Fabio Capello insists England's trip to Qatar to face Brazil in a lucrative friendly next month is a worthwhile exercise.

  • Fergie fumes over international friendlies

    AFP - Saturday, October 31

    Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed international friendlies like England's clash against Brazil in Doha next month as money-making exercises for Football Association bosses.

  • Football rounds up poor SAfrican youngsters

    AFP - Wednesday, October 28

    The small girl zigzags between plastic cones with a football, hardly obstructed by her pink tulle dress as she attempts to master the game, and life lessons from her coach.

  • Capello reveals key to England's revival

    AFP - Saturday, October 24

    Fabio Capello admits banishing the fear factor has been the key to England's success during his reign.

  • Traditional leaders plan ritual animal slaughter at W.Cup

    Reuters - Saturday, October 24

    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament ahead of the start of the showcase event next June, they said Friday.

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