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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: May 20, 2014
Often talented but usually flawed, Portugal will be relying on their great individual talent to inspire what would be a surprise success in Brazil. The Iberians have always had gifted players, and they do once more this time around, but it is impossible to discuss them without arriving at the same conclusion time and time again. They are going to need Cristiano Ronaldo to perform well to stand any...
Published: May 27, 2013
This time next year all of the talk will be of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil, and England need to make sure that they’re part of the conversation. Two points behind Montenegro in qualifying Group H―a gap which would grow to five should the Montenegrins beat Ukraine in Podgorica next Friday―the English find themselves in somewhat of an uncomfortable position with four matches of...
Published: May 6, 2013
He is one of the new breed of superstars in world football, and he surely stands on the verge of a big summer move to Europe, but can Neymar really afford to think that he’s made it just yet? The 21-year-old has an impressive 32 caps and 20 goals for Brazil, but he surely knows the weight of expectation that would come with a change of continents this summer. So often in the past we’ve...
Published: February 25, 2013
By now it has become a ritual for football fans—those of us who are less familiar with the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A than we should be, anyway. About once a month we’ll see a link on the Internet, click on it, and then be blown away by the quality of what we see. Neymar will have scored another world-class goal and millions will be watching. The 21-year-old Santos superstar appears...
Published: January 25, 2013
February 6 sees the height of the English FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations as the national team face Brazil in a star-studded friendly at Wembley Stadium. Roy Hodgson’s men will take on Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Brazilians at the national stadium in a match that isn’t just about ceremony, but also about improving England’s togetherness ahead of the rest of their campaign...
Published: June 26, 2010
With Spain’s 2-1 victory over Chile on Friday afternoon, the 2010 FIFA World Cup’s Group Stage concluded its 48 grueling matches. The original 32 teams had been cut to just 16 advancing squads, despite quite a few dramatic games to determine which two of the four teams in each group would move on. There were last-second goals, crushing defeats, scoreless, meaningless draws, and times when...